The effects of symmetry on the dynamics of antigenic variation

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DOI10.1007/S00285-012-0508-YzbMATH Open1256.92024arXiv1202.4290OpenAlexW3101738286WikidataQ48000791 ScholiaQ48000791MaRDI QIDQ1937883FDOQ1937883


Authors: K. B. Blyuss Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 1 February 2013

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In the studies of dynamics of pathogens and their interactions with a host immune system, an important role is played by the structure of antigenic variants associated with a pathogen. Using the example of a model of antigenic variation in malaria, we show how many of the observed dynamical regimes can be explained in terms of the symmetry of interactions between different antigenic variants. The results of this analysis are quite generic, and have wider implications for understanding the dynamics of immune escape of other parasites, as well as for the dynamics of multi-strain diseases.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1202.4290




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