Figure 5.
The impact of B cell/antibody (Ab) or CTL immune responses on fitness and stickiness. Immune response strength is increased by increasing virus clearance, w1, for the Ab response and increasing infected cell killing, w2, for the CTL response. (a) Maximum fitness as a function of immune response strength. (b) Stickiness as a function of immune response strength. (c) Total fraction of cells or viruses killed/removed by the immune response during the infection. For every value of immune response strength, wi, we scanned across the k− and k+ parameter space to determine the maximum fitness and the level of stickiness at which this maximum fitness is achieved. Parameter values are as described for figure 2.