Table 1. Parameter values.

Parameter	Description	Value	Source
sT	Source terms of CD4+ T cells from thymus	10cellsd−1	[48]
K	Carrying capacity of CD4+ T cells	1500 cells ml−1	Est.
μ	Proportion of infected cells that die per time step	0.5 to 1	[33]
γ	Growth rate of CD4+ T cells	2.7 cells d−1	Est.
β1	Virus infectivity	2.4 × 10−5 ml−1 d−1	[33]
β2	Cell-associated virus infectivity	100 − 1000 × β1	[6, 8, 53]
ϕ	Virus production/provirus/cycle	1000 virions	[29]
θ1	Transition Probability	$\frac{1}{3}$	[33]
θ2	Transition Probability	0.06315	[48]
θ3	Probability of surviving and remaining in provirus stages	0.43685	[48]

Est. means that parameters were estimated/derived to simulate acceptable HIV dynamics.