title: Analysis of HIV by entropy evolution rate.
abstract: We analyze the variation of HIV after infection by means of an information measure, called the entropy evolution rate. In our analysis, we use a part of the external glycoprotein gp120 including the V3 region observed from six patients. Then we could make the following two aspects clear; (1) the relation between the change of the entropy evolution rate and the appearance of symptoms of disease, and (2) the relation between the change of the entropy evolution rate and that of the CD4 count of the patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Information Sciences, Science University of Tokyo, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohya
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000821:virology; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D019277:Entropy; D006678:HIV / Q000737:chemistry*; D015699:HIV Envelope Protein gp120 / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D015699:HIV Envelope Protein gp120; C059762:HIV envelope protein gp120 (305-321); D010446:Peptide Fragments; D014764:Viral Proteins