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. 2009 Apr 1;259(2):253–263. doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.03.029

Table 1.

Possible transitions between compartments of the stochastic model that can occur in Δt unit of time.

Event Transition during Δt Transition rate
Infection of a susceptible S(t)S(t)-1 β(IU+δTIT+δrIr)SΔt+o(Δt)
Increase of untreated infection IU(t)IU(t)+1 (1-p)β(IU+δTIT)SΔt+o(Δt)
Increase of treated infection IT(t)IT(t)+1 pβ(IU+δTIT)SΔt+o(Δt)
Development of drug resistance IT(t)IT(t)-1 αTITΔt+o(Δt)
Increase of resistant infection Ir(t)Ir(t)+1 (βδrIrS+αTIT)Δt+o(Δt)
Recovery from untreated infection IU(t)IU(t)-1 γUIUΔt+o(Δt)
Recovery from treated infection IT(t)IT(t)-1 γTITΔt+o(Δt)
Recovery from resistant infection Ir(t)Ir(t)-1 γUIrΔt+o(Δt)
Increase in immune population R(t)R(t)+1 (γUIU+γTIT+γUIr)Δt+o(Δt)
Death from untreated infection IU(t)IU(t)-1 dUIUΔt+o(Δt)
Death from treated infection IT(t)IT(t)-1 dTITΔt+o(Δt)
Death from resistant infection Ir(t)Ir(t)-1 dU,rIrΔt+o(Δt)
Increase in death D(t)D(t)+1 (dUIU+dTIT+dU,rIr)Δt+o(Δt)