Article
Some basic properties of immune selection.
Journal of theoretical biology - 21 Jul 2004
Iwasa Yoh, Michor Franziska, Nowak Martin
Abstract excerpt
We analyze models for the evolutionary dynamics of viral or other infectious agents within a host. We study how the invasion of a new strain affects the composition and diversity of the viral population. We show that--under strain-specific immunity--the equilibrium abundance of uninfected cells declines during viral evolution. In addition, for cytotoxic immunity the absolute force of infection, and for...
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