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Advances in Continuous and Discrete Models

Theory and Modern Applications

Table 1 Parameters of model (2) and their interpretations

From: Stability of a general CTL-mediated immunity HIV infection model with silent infected cell-to-cell spread

Symbol

Biological meaning

γ

Death rate constant of silent HIV-infected cells

a

Death rate constant of active HIV-infected cells

μ

Killing rate constant of active HIV-infected cells due to their specific CTL-mediated immunity

λ

Transmission rate constant of silent HIV-infected cells that become active HIV-infected cells

b

Generation rate constant of new HIV particles

ε

Death rate constant of free HIV particles

σ

Proliferation rate constant of HIV-specific CTLs

Ï€

Decay rate constant of HIV-specific CTLs

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