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. 2012 Dec 19;12:1091. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-1091

Table 2.

Model parameters in the Murray-Salomon basic model

Symbol Definition HIV neg HIV pos
ϵUf
spontaneous cure rate for untreated cases
0.2 (0.14–0.25)g
 
μUif
TB death rate for untreated cases in clinical category i
 
 
μU1
 
0.12 (0.075–0.20a)
0.45 (0.3–0.6a)
μU2, μU3
 
0.7μU1b
0.7μU1b
gi,k
proportion of treated cases in clinical category i and treatment category k
 
 
g1,1
 
0.5 d
 
g2,1
 
0.28 d
 
g3,1
 
d
 
gi,2
 
gi,2=1−gi,1e
 
ϵTkf
cure rate for treated case in treatment category k
 
 
ϵT1
 
0.8
 
ϵT2
 
0.5c
 
μTi,kf
TB death rate for treated cases in clinical category i and treatment category k
 
 
μT1,1
 
0.075c
0.16c
μT1,2
 
0.12c
0.24c
μT2,k, μT3,k
 
0.7μT1,kb
0.7μT1,kb
rU
proportion of spontaneously recovered cases entering the slow relapse category
0.009c
 
rTk
proportion of recovered cases from treatment category k entering the slow relapse category
 
 
rT1
 
0.0096c
 
rT2
 
0.0094c
 
ρFf
fast relapse rate
2c
3
ρSf
slow relapse rate
0.001 (5–15×10−4a)
 
γf rate of HIV infection 0.075 (0.011–0.95)h  

Model parameters in the Murray-Salomon basic model, Table Two, p.42, in ref. [18], except for K, L, Y and N which are defined in footnote 2 on p.21 of [18]. Where a value is specified only for HIV-negative, the same value is used for HIV-positive.

aFootnote 8, p.24, [18].

bFootnote e, Table A5, p.63, [18].

cTable A5, p.63, [18].

dFootnote , Table A5, p.63, and Figure A4, p.56 [18].

eFootnote d, Table A5, p.63, [18].

fRate: per person per year.

g[33,34]. Other estimate: 0.05–0.15a.

h[1].