Optimal latent period in a bacteriophage population model structured by infection-age

Autor: Calsina i Ballesta, Àngel, Palmada Privat, Josep Ma., Ripoll, Jordi, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Centre de Recerca Matemàtica
Rok vydání: 2021
Zdroj: Recercat: Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Popis: We study the lysis timing of a bacteriophage population by means of a continuously infection-age-structured population dynamics model. The features of the model are the infection process of bacteria, the natural death process, and the lysis process which means the replication of bacteriophage viruses inside bacteria and the destruction of them. We consider that the length of the lysis timing (or latent period) is distributed according to a general probability distribution function. We have carried out an optimization procedure and we have found the latent period corresponding to the maximal fitness (i.e. maximal growth rate) of the bacteriophage population.
Databáze: OpenAIRE