Models for Antibody Attachment to Virus and Bacteriophage

Abstract

Several interesting mathematical problems concerned with partition into classes, and surface covering are suggested by the physical mechanisms and geometry of antibody attachment to virus particles. This paper outlines some of the recent work done in this area by Yassky [7], myself [2], [3], Moran and Fazekas de St. Groth [5] and Gilbert [4], adds a model and other extensions of my own, and concludes with a suggestion for further investigations. I shall endeavor throughout to hold the mathematical argument at a simple level, and emphasize the model building aspect of the work, in the hope that virologists may be tempted to use and perhaps verify experimentally some of the models put forward.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 07, 1966
Accession Number
AD1027624

Entities

People

  • J. Gani

Organizations

  • University of Sheffield

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Antibodies
  • Attachment
  • Bacteriophages
  • Coverings
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Health Services
  • Kolmogorov Equations
  • Markov Processes
  • Military Research
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Probability
  • Public Health
  • Random Variables
  • Stochastic Processes
  • Virion
  • Viruses

Readers

  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Virology (or Medical Virology).