A mathematical model and numerical simulation for SARS-CoV-2 dynamics.

ABSTRACT: Since its outbreak the corona virus-19 disease has been particularly aggressive for the lower respiratory tract, and lungs in particular. The dynamics of the abnormal immune response leading to lung damage with fatal outcomes is not yet fully understood. We present a mathematical model describing the dynamics of corona virus disease-19 starting from virus seeding inside the human respiratory tract, taking into account its interaction with the components of the innate immune system as classically and alternatively activated macrophages, interleukin-6 and -10. The numerical simulations have been performed for two different parameter values related to the pro-inflammatory interleukin, searching for a correlation among components dynamics during the early stage of infection, in particular pro-

SUBMITTER: Amoddeo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10027279 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature