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Theory and Modern Applications

Table 1 List of parameters

From: Analysis and control of an age-structured HIV-1 epidemic model with different transmission mechanisms

Parameters

Biological meaning

Values

Source

\(\beta_{1}\)

Transmission rate from virus-to-cell

4.6 × 10−6

[5]

\(q_{1}\)

Transmission rate from cell-to-cell

8 × 10−5

[30]

\(\delta_{0}\)

Background death rate

0.05

[12]

\(\delta_{m}\)

Extra death rate

0.35

[5]

c

Clearance rate of virus

23

[5]

\(\mu_{1}\)

Death rate for lymphoblasts

0.01

[31]

\(\mu_{2}\)

Death rate for macrophages

0.024

[31]

\(a_{1}\)

Age at which reverse transcription is completed

0.25

[12]

\(a_{2}\)

Window in viral reproduction

0.5

[12]

\(p_{1\mathrm{max}}\)

Maximum production rate for lymphoblasts

850

[12]