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Table 1 Parameter estimates from the literature

From: Reconciling conflicting clinical studies of antioxidant supplementation as HIV therapy: a mathematical approach

Parameter

Value

Reference

λ x

60.76 cells μL-1 day-1

estimated from = λ x /d x [49]

d x

0.057 day-1

[50]

d y

1 day-1

[51]

5.99 × 107 day-1

(half life = 1 ms) [52]

5.47 × 1013 molecules μL-1 day-1

[5]

λ a

2.74 × 1013 molecules μL-1 day-1

estimated from [5]

h a

0.0347 day-1

(half life = 8 - 40 days, choose 20 days) [45]

R 0

4.5

estimated from [36]

ϵ

estimated from [43]