HOW SELF-PROLIFERATION OF CD4＋T CELLS AFFECT THE HIV DYNAMICS IN AN IN-HOST TARGET-CELL LIMITED HIV MODEL WITH SATURATION INFECTION RATE： A QUASI-STEADY-STATE APPROXIMATION ANALYSIS

In this study, we consider two target-cell limited models with saturation type infec- tion rate and intracellular delay： one without self-proliferation and the other with self- proliferation of activated CD4＋T cells. We discuss about the local and global behavior of both the systems in presence and absence of intracellular delay. It is shown that the endemic equilibrium of a target-cell limited model would be unstable in presence and absence of intraeellular delay only when self-proliferation of activated CD4＋T cell is considered. Otherwise, all positive solutions converge to the endemic equilibrium or disease-free equilibrium depending on whether the basic reproduction ratio is greater than or less than unity. Our study suggests that amplitude of oscillation is negatively correlated with the constant input rate of CD4＋T cell when intracellular delay is absent or low. However, they are positively correlated if the delay is too high. Amplitude of oscillation, on the other hand, is always positively correlated with the proliferation rate of CD4＋T cell for all delay. Our mathematical and simulation analysis also suggest that there are many potential contributors who are responsible for the variation of CD4＋T cells and virus particles in the blood plasma of HIV patients.