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. 2017 Apr 8;34(8):2065–2084. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msx124

Table 1.

Parameters of the Transmission Model Used in Simulation of Datasets.

Parameter Interpretation Value
ɛI1 Infectiousness of undiagnosed chronic stage individuals 0.25 year–1
ɛI2 Infectiousness of undiagnosed AIDS individuals 0 year–1
ɛJ0 Infectiousness of diagnosed acute stage individuals 0.125 year–1
ɛJ1 Infectiousness of diagnosed chronic stage individuals 0.025 year–1
ɛJ2 Infectiousness of diagnosed AIDS individuals 0 year–1
μI0 Death rate+aging rate of undiagnosed acute stage individuals 1/3 year–1
μI1 Death rate+aging rate of undiagnosed chronic stage individuals 1/3 year–1
μI2 Death rate+aging rate of undiagnosed AIDS individuals 5/6 year–1
μJ0 Death rate+aging rate of diagnosed acute stage individuals 1/3 year–1
μJ1 Death rate+aging rate of diagnosed chronic stage individuals 1/3 year–1
μJ2 Death rate+aging rate of diagnosed AIDS individuals 2/3 year–1
γI0 Progression rate from undiagnosed acute to undiagnosed chronic 1 year–1
γI1 Progression rate from undiagnosed chronic to undiagnosed AIDS 1/6.3 year–1
γJ0 Progression rate from diagnosed acute to diagnosed chronic 1 year–1
γJ1 Progression rate from diagnosed chronic to diagnosed AIDS 1/6.3 year–1
ρ0 Diagnosis rate of acute stage individuals 0.5 year–1
ρ1 Diagnosis rate of chronic stage individuals 0.225 year–1
ρ2 Diagnosis rate of AIDS individuals 50 year–1
ψ Immigration rate of infected individuals 0 year–1
ϕ Emigration rate of infected individuals 0 year–1
troot Root (polytomy) time 0 year
t0 Time to begin simulation of the transmission model 2 year
tend Time to end simulation of the transmission model 10 year
nloci Length of the sequences to simulate 100 base pairs
pG Probability of a sequence given diagnosis 0.48
NI0(t0) Number of undiagnosed early-stage individuals at t0 11
NI1(t0) Number of undiagnosed chronic-stage individuals at t0 15
NI2(t0) Number of undiagnosed AIDS individuals at t0 0
NJ0(t0) Number of diagnosed early-stage individuals at t0 4
NJ1(t0) Number of diagnosed chronic-stage individuals at t0 8
NJ2(t0) Number of diagnosed AIDS individuals at t0 6