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Assuming a small failure probability for the interleukin production, a discrete model of HIV infection leads to transitions between fixed points. Eventually all initial configurations for the cellular automata lead to the destruction of the immune system, i.e., to AIDS.
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Pandey, R.B., Stauffer, D. Metastability with probabilistic cellular automata in an HIV infection. J Stat Phys 61, 235–240 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01013962
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