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Some new results in the mathematical theory of phage-reproduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Prem S. Puri
Prem S. Puri*
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Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana
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Summary

In the theory of phage reproduction, the mathematical models considered thus far (see Gani [5]) assume that the bacterial burst occurs a fixed time after infection, after a fixed number of generations of phage multiplication, or when the number of mature bacteriophages has reached a fixed threshold. In the present paper, a more realistic assumption is considered: given that until time t the bacterial burst has not taken place, its occurence between tand t + Δt is a random event with probability f(· | t)Δt + o(Δt), where f is a non-negative and non-decreasing function of the number X(t) of vegetative phages and of Z(t), the number of mature bacteriophages at time t. More specifically it is assumed that f = b(t)X(t) + c(t)Z(t) with b(t), c(t) ≦ 0. Here X(t) denotes the survivors in a linear birth and death process and Z(t) the number of deaths until time t. The joint distribution of XT and ZT, the respective numbers of vegetative and mature bacteriophages at the burst time is considered. The distribution of ZT is then fitted to some observed data of Delbrück [2].

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Research Papers
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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , December 1969 , pp. 493 - 504
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Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 

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