A model for the complete life cycle of marine viruses is presented.
The Beretta-Kuang model introduces an explicit equation for viral particles
but the replication process of viral particles in their hosts is not considered.
The extended model keeps the structure of the original model. This makes it
possible to estimate the growth parameters of the viruses for a given parametrisation
of the Beretta-Kuang model.
Citation: Ivo Siekmann, Horst Malchow, Ezio Venturino. An extension of the Beretta-Kuang model of viral diseases[J]. Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 2008, 5(3): 549-565. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2008.5.549
Abstract
A model for the complete life cycle of marine viruses is presented.
The Beretta-Kuang model introduces an explicit equation for viral particles
but the replication process of viral particles in their hosts is not considered.
The extended model keeps the structure of the original model. This makes it
possible to estimate the growth parameters of the viruses for a given parametrisation
of the Beretta-Kuang model.