Abstract
A mathematical model describing the interactions between viral infection and acquired immunity is proposed. The model is formulated in terms of a system of partial integro-differential bilinear equations. Results of numerical experiments are presented.
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Kolev, M.K. (2010). A Mathematical Model of the Competition between Acquired Immunity and Virus. In: Autexier, S., et al. Intelligent Computer Mathematics. CICM 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 6167. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14128-7_8
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