Modeling the Interplay between HDV and HBV in Chronic HDV/HBV Patients

Adequate Mhlanga, Rami Zakh, Alexander Churkin, Vladimir Reinharz, Jeffrey S. Glenn, Ohad Etzion, Scott J. Cotler, Cihan Yurdaydin, Danny Barash, Harel Dahari

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Abstract

Hepatitis D virus is an infectious subviral agent that can only propagate in people infected with hepatitis B virus. In this study, we modified and further developed a recent model for early hepatitis D virus and hepatitis B virus kinetics to better reproduce hepatitis D virus and hepatitis B virus kinetics measured in infected patients during anti-hepatitis D virus treatment. The analytical solutions were provided to highlight the new features of the modified model. The improved model offered significantly better prospects for modeling hepatitis D virus and hepatitis B virus interactions.

Original languageAmerican English
Article number3917
JournalMathematics
Volume10
Issue number20
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Oct 2022

Keywords

  • analytical solution
  • anti-HDV treatment
  • hepatitis B virus
  • hepatitis delta virus

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Science (miscellaneous)
  • Engineering (miscellaneous)
  • General Mathematics

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