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. 2016 Jan 6;12(1):e1004677. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004677

Table 1. Initial conditions and baseline parameters, with parameter ranges given in parentheses.

Parameter Meaning Value Source
c viral clearance rate 23 day−1 (23 day−1–100 day−1) lower: [35] upper: [36]
δ productively infected cell death rate 1 day−1 [37]
p viral production rate 50000 per day (1000–50 000 per day) lower: [38], upper: [39]
ε drug efficacy 0.99 (0.9–0.999) See text
T target cell density (assumed constant) 800 cells per μL
t1/2L Net latent reservoir half-life 44 months [10]
η 1 Latent reservoir decay rate in the absence of replenishment
by de novo infection
5.17 × 10−4 day−1;
half-life is ln(2)/η 1 = 44.0 mos
See text
L 0 Initial latent reservoir size 1 per 106 cells ≈ 0.8 cells per mL [40]
V 0 Initial viral load 3.1 copies/mL [2]
a Latent cell activation rate 1.74 × 10−3 day−1 See text