Some state space models of HIV pathogenesis under treatment by anti-viral drugs in HIV-infected individuals

In this paper we have extended the model of HIV pathogenesis under treatmen t by anti-viral drugs given by Perelson et al. [A.S. Perelson et al., Scien ce 271 (1999) 1582] to a stochastic model. By using this stochastic model a s the stochastic system model, we have developed a state space model for th e HIV pathogenesis under treatment by antiviral drugs. In this state space model, the observation model is a statistical model based on the observed n umbers of RNA virus copies over different times. For this model we have dev eloped procedures for estimating and predicting the numbers of infectious f ree HIV and non-infectious free HIV as well as the numbers of different typ es of T cells through extended Kalman filter method. As an illustration, we have applied the method of this paper to the data of patient Nos. 104, 105 and 107 given by Perelson et al, [A.S. Perelson et al., Science 271 (1999) 1582] under treatment by Ritonavir. For these individuals, it is shown tha t within two weeks since treatment, most of the free HIV are non-infectious , indicating the usefulness of the treatment. Furthermore, the Kalman filte r method revealed a much stronger effect of the treatment within the first 10 to 20 h than that predicted by the deterministic model. (C) 1999 Elsevie r Science Inc. All rights reserved.