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On fractional order models for Hepatitis C
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* Corresponding author: E Ahmed magd45@yahoo.com
1 Mathematics Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, 35516, Mansoura, Egypt
2 Mathematics Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, 34517, New Damietta, Egypt
Nonlinear Biomedical Physics 2010, 4:1 doi:10.1186/1753-4631-4-1
Published: 18 March 2010Abstract
In this paper we present a fractional order generalization of Perelson et al. basic hepatitis C virus (HCV) model including an immune response term. We argue that fractional order equations are more suitable than integer order ones in modeling complex systems which include biological systems. The model is presented and discussed. Also we argue that the added immune response term represents some basic properties of the immune system and that it should be included to study longer term behavior of the disease.