Table 1.

Model parameter values

Parameter description	Symbol	Value	95 %*	Units
Wild-type virus burst size	b	2670	±160	p.f.u. cell−1
IE burst size	d	420	±10	IE cell−1
Factor to describe an IE as multiple particles	z	190	±10	IU IE−1
Extent of yield decrease of wild-type virus with additional IUs present	p	880	±20
Extent of yield increase of wild-type virus at very high interference	q	0.47	±0.10	p.f.u. IU−1
Cut-off between high and very high interference	w	290	±150	IU cell−1
Extent of yield increase of IE with additional IUs present	r	30	±5
Extent of yield decrease of IE with additional IUs present above w	s	80	±5
IE generation rate	g	0.001	±0.0002	IE cell−1

*95 % confidence intervals as determined by the bootstrapping method.