Determining drug efficacy parameters for mathematical models of influenza
| Autor: | Noah F. Beggs, Hana M. Dobrovolny |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Drug
Preparation stage Ecology biology Mathematical model media_common.quotation_subject food and beverages Neuraminidase Adamantane Pharmacology Antiviral Agents Models Biological Efficacy Treatment Outcome In vivo Influenza Human biology.protein Humans Biological Assay Enzyme Inhibitors Viral load Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Single cycle media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of biological dynamics. 9 |
| ISSN: | 1751-3766 |
| Popis: | Antivirals are the first line of defence against influenza, so drug efficacy should be re-evaluated for each new strain. However, due to the time and expense involved in assessing the efficacy of drug treatments both in vitro and in vivo, treatment regimens are largely not re-evaluated even when strains are found to be resistant to antivirals. Mathematical models of the infection process can help in this assessment, but for accurate model predictions, we need to measure model parameters characterizing the efficacy of antivirals. We use computer simulations to explore whether in vitro experiments can be used to extract drug efficacy parameters for use in viral kinetics models. We find that the efficacy of neuraminidase inhibitors can be determined by measuring viral load during a single cycle assay, while the efficacy of adamantanes can be determined by measuring infected cells during the preparation stage for the single cycle assay. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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