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. 2013 Nov 26;8(11):e70578. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070578

Table 2. Parameter distributions for uncertainty and sensitivity analysis.

ParameterName Distribution1 Argument 12 Argument 2
GeneralMortalityRate U 5.75 ⋅ 10-5 1.73 ⋅ 10-4
TreatmentFailureRate U 0 5 ⋅ 10-3
CD4AsymptomPhaseCutoff D 2 ⋅ 102
InitialUninfCD4 N 7 ⋅ 102 102
InitialInfCD4 D 0.00
InitialViralLoad U 5 ⋅ 10-1 5 ⋅ 106
TrPr_Acute U 4.4 ⋅ 10-2 8.6 ⋅ 10-2
TrPr_1 U 5.4 ⋅ 10-4 10-3
TrPr_2 U 5.9 ⋅ 10-3 1.2 ⋅ 10-2
TrPr_3 U 6.4 ⋅ 10-3 1.3 ⋅ 10-2
TrPr_4 U 7.4 ⋅ 10-3 1.5 ⋅ 10-2
TrPr_5 U 1.2 ⋅ 10-2 2.4 ⋅ 10-2
NumberUIAI_1 G 7.1 ⋅ 10-1 2.65
NumberUIAI_2 G 7.1 ⋅ 10-1 1.15
NumberUIAI_3 G 7.1 ⋅ 10-1 2.05
NumberUIAI_4 G 7.1 ⋅ 10-1 7.8 ⋅ 10-1
NumberUIAI_5 G 7.1 ⋅ 10-1 3.80
NumberUIAI_6 G 7.1 ⋅ 10-1 1.57
NumberUIAI_7 G 7.1 ⋅ 10-1 1.77
MortalityRateOnTreatment_1 U 8 ⋅ 10-4 2.4 ⋅ 10-3
MortalityRateOnTreatment_2 U 6.5 ⋅ 10-4 1.9 ⋅ 10-3
MortalityRateOnTreatment_3 U 1.5 ⋅ 10-3 4.5 ⋅ 10-3
MortalityRateOnTreatment_4 U 2.5 ⋅ 10-3 6.1 ⋅ 10-3
MortalityRateOnTreatment_5 U 1.6 ⋅ 10-3 4.8 ⋅ 10-3
MortalityRateOnTreatment_6 U 1.5 ⋅ 10-3 4.6 ⋅ 10-3
p_eventImpr U 10-1 6 ⋅ 10-1
p_eventCD4 U 5 ⋅ 10-1 1.00
AddRateVLDecrease U 10-3 3 ⋅ 10-3
RateCD4Increase U 6.67 20.0
AddRateVLIncrease U 8 ⋅ 10-4 2.4 ⋅ 10-3
c U 1.20 3.60
sT U 1.5 ⋅ 102 4.5 ⋅ 102
pT U 4.5 ⋅ 10-1 1.35
Tmax U 7.5 ⋅ 102 2.25 ⋅ 102
dT U 3 ⋅ 10-1 9 ⋅ 10-1
k U 3.6 ⋅ 10-4 1.1 ⋅ 10-3
delta U 3.60 1.08 ⋅ 101
N U 6 ⋅ 102 1.8 ⋅ 103
Mp LN 9.22 1.80
p_eventImprAfterFailure U 0.00 5 ⋅ 10-1
RateVLIncreaseAfterFailure U 1.7 ⋅ 10-4 5.1 ⋅ 10-4
RateCD4DecreaseAfterFailure U 2.50 7.50
RateCD4DecreaseAsymptom_1 U 1.51 4.53
RateCD4DecreaseAsymptom_2 U 1.87 5.60
RateCD4DecreaseAsymptom_3 U 2.30 6.90
RateCD4DecreaseAsymptom_4 U 2.70 8.10
RateCD4DecreaseAsymptom_5 U 3.19 9.56
p_ART N 4 ⋅ 101 10
1

U(Uniform), N(Normal), G(Gamma), D(Deterministic)

2

For Uniform distribution, Argument1 is the minimum, Argument 2 is the maximum of the range

For Normal and LogNormal distributions, Argument1 is the mean, Argument 2 is the standard deviation

For Gamma distribution, Argument1 is the shape parameter, Argument 2 is the scale parameter