Title :
Estimating the viral load response time after HIV chemotherapy
Author :
Jeffrey, A.M. ; Xia, X.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr., Electron. & Comput. Eng., Pretoria Univ., South Africa
Abstract :
HIV therapy is considered to be effective if it can suppress the viral load to below 50 copies per ml of plasma in less than 6 months. This response time to therapy can be estimated towards the development of an on/off control strategy for the chemotherapy of HIV as well as to aid clinicians in therapy and measurement scheduling.
Keywords :
Jacobian matrices; diseases; medical control systems; microorganisms; on-off control; parameter estimation; patient treatment; physiological models; reduced order systems; HIV chemotherapy; clinicians; measurement scheduling; on/off control strategy; plasma; therapy scheduling; viral load response time; Africa; Capacitive sensors; Delay; Drugs; Electrical resistance measurement; Human immunodeficiency virus; Immune system; Medical treatment; Plasma measurements; Time measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Africon Conference in Africa, 2002. IEEE AFRICON. 6th
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7570-X
DOI :
10.1109/AFRCON.2002.1146809
