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Table 1 Parameter values and derived quantities for the in vitro experiment

From: A highly pathogenic simian/human immunodeficiency virus effectively produces infectious virions compared with a less pathogenic virus in cell culture

Parameter name

Symbol

Unit

SHIV-KS661

SHIV-#64

Value

95% CI

Value

95% CI

Calculated parameters for the continuous approximation of cell and virus harvest

Harvest rate of target and infected cells

μ

day-1

0.057

0.057

Harvest rate of total and infectious virus

c

day-1

1.93

1.93

Fitted parameters from separate experiments

Rate of virion infectivity loss

c 50

day-1

0.869

0.598–1.141

0.992

0.866–1.117

Degradation rate of virion RNA

c RNA

day−1

0.091

0.029–0.152

0.160

0.051–0.269

Parameters obtained from simultaneous fit to full in vitro dataset

Rate constant for infections

β 50

(TCID50/ml・day)−1

1.49 × 105

7.97 × 10−6–2.46 × 105

1.47 × 104

8.86 × 10−5–2.36 × 104

Death rate of target cells

d

day−1

6.95 × 10−3

3.89 × 104–5.15 × 102

2.47 × 10−3

1.09 × 103–5.75 × 103

Death rate of infected cells

δ

day−1

1.48

1.20–1.81

1.56

1.23–1.96

Production rate of total virus

p RNA

RNA copies・day−1

3.74 × 104

1.94 × 104–6.35 × 104

4.15 × 104

2.67 × 104–6.07 × 104

Production rate of infectious virus

p 50

TCID50・day−1

0.322

0.164–0.593

0.028

0.0156–0.0426

Quantities derived from fitted values

Viral burst size (total)

p RNA /δ

RNA copies

2.52 × 104

1.39 × 104–4.08 × 104

2.65 × 104

2.03 × 104–3.43 × 104

Viral burst size (infectious)

p 50/ δ

TCID50

0.215

0.127–0.351

0.018

0.0104–0.0280

Malthusian coefficient

M

3.08

2.82–3.52

2.59

2.37–2.80

Basic reproductive number (without removal)

R 0

19.6

16.5–23.6

13.4

11.4–15.7

Basic reproductive number (with removal)

R *0

6.25

5.29–7.51

4.84

4.13–5.62