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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Nov 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2007 Aug 15;45(5):483–493. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3180654836

TABLE 1.

Model Parameters

Parameter Description Value Reference
a Maximum T-cell proliferation rate 0.09 (d−1) 9
aL Latent (memory) cell activation 0.01 (d−1) 54
Amax Pathogen carrying capacity 108 (cells/mL/d) 9
αL Fraction latently infected 0.001 40
c Virion clearance rate 23 (d−1) 55
d0 Death rate, quiescent cells 0.01 (d−1) 54
d Death rate, division classes 0.1 (d−1) 9
dLA Death rate, antigen specific 0.325 (d−1) 56
dE Death rate, effector cells 0.325 (d−1) 56
dT Death rate, nonspecific 0.01 (d−1) 54
δ′ Density-dependent mortality 0.7863 d−1 (mL·cell−1)ω 57
μ′ Density-dependent mortality 0.07863 d−1 (mL·cell−1)ω 57
εRT Drug efficacy 0 < εRT < 1 Appendix
εPI Drug efficacy 0 < εPI < 1 Appendix
f Reduction in drug efficacy 0 < f ≤ 1
γ Pathogen clearance rate 10−3 (d−1) 9
k1 Infectivity, primary pool 8 × 10−7 (mL/d−1) 57
k2 Infectivity, secondary pool 1 × 10−4 (mL/d−1) 57
K4, K8 Antigen half-saturation 1000 9
λ1 Primary T-cell source 104 (cells/mL/d−1) 57
λ2 Secondary T-cell source 99, 57, 43 (cells/mL/d−1)
N0 Initial quiescent population 500 cells/mL 9
p0 Initial proliferation rate 1 ( d −1) 54
p Proliferation rate, classes 1, .., k 2.92 (d−1) 54
ω See Appendix 0.01 57
q1, q2 Viral production rates 70, 0.28 (d−1) 57, 58
r0 Maximum pathogen growth rate 2 ( d −1) 9
ρ Rate of reversion to memory 0.01 (d−1) 54