 |
Center for Nonlinear Studies |
It has been observed that the viral blips or brief increase in viral load for HIV patients nominally stable under drug control have a power law amplitude distribution.This raises the question of whether or not a basic mechanism for the temporary escape from control is implied. Here, we show that the low amplitude power law structure is a universal characteristic of any observations that sum up asynchronous overlapping pulses with asymptotic exponential decay. This permits extrapolation to unobserved low amplitude threshold-limited observations.
Host: Alan Perelson, T-6