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. 2013 Dec 18;17(3):284–293. doi: 10.1111/ele.12229

Table 2.

Expressions for the equilibrium pathogen load Inline graphic and immune abundance Inline graphic for each of the four models. Ecological interpretations of these expressions in terms of resource gain and loss rates (for Inline graphic) and pathogen replication and immune killing rates (for Inline graphic) can be found in eqns (19) and (20) in the main text. Inline graphic or Inline graphic is the equilibrium pathogen resource abundance, as defined in Appendix S1

Model name Pathogen load, Inline graphic Immune cells, Inline graphic
1. Independent energy model Inline graphic Inline graphic
2. Pathogen priority model Inline graphic Inline graphic
3. Immune priority model Inline graphic Inline graphic
4. Energy antagonism model Inline graphic Inline graphic