Table 1 Parameter estimates of the final viro-immunologic model of Ebola virus disease in cynomolgus macaques

From: Ebola viral dynamics in nonhuman primates provides insights into virus immuno-pathogenesis and antiviral strategies

Parameter

Name

Unit

Fixed effect

sd of the random effect

   

Estimate

r.s.e.(%)

Estimate

r.s.e.(%)

Baseline clearance rate of productively infected cells

δ

Per day

0.224

9

0.169

40

Viral production

p

Virion per cell per day

4.15×104

71

1.76

18

Clearance rate of virions

c

Per day

20

0

Initial number of target cells

T 0

Cells per mL

108

0

Inoculum size

V 0

Virion per mL

10−4.1

11

1.5

17

Virion infectivity

β

mL per virion per day

7.9×10−11

73

0

Rate of transition to productively infected cells

k

Per day

4

0

Favipiravir maximal effect

E max

 

1

0

Drug concentration giving 50% of maximal effect

EC50

µg per mL

191

20

0

IFNα production rate

q

pg per cell per day

0.0074

69

0

IFNα elimination rate

d F

Per day

0.4

0

IFNα concentration giving 50% of max effect

θ T

pg per mL

1.73

35

1.05

16

Maximal rate of transition from target to refractory cells

ϕ

mL pg per day

2.67

17

0

CD8 T cell perforin+ baseline value

C 0

Cell per mL

36,900

30

0.775

23

Initial proportion of EBOV-specific CD8 T cell perforin+

P 0

 

0.001

0

CD8 T cell perforin+ elimination rate

δ E

Per day

0.001

0

CD8 T cell perforin+ elimination rate mediated by viremia

ζ

mL per virion per day

0.455

41

0

Specific CD8 T cell perforin+ growth constant

ρ

Per day

0.338

11

0

Non specific CD8 T cell perforin+ growth constant

σ

cell per mL per day

3050

87

0

IFNα concentration providing 50% of max effect on CD8 T cell perforin+ depletion

θ E

pg per mL

6.5×10−4

233

0

CD8 T cell perforin+ mediated infected cell elimination rate

κ

Per day per cell per mL

2.08×10−5

31

0

IL6 production rate

q L

pg per cell day

0.0097

65

0.76

37

IL6 elimination rate

d L

Per day

0.4

0

TNFα production rate

q N

pg per cell per day

0.0046

69

1.03

30

TNFα elimination rate

d N

Per day

0.4

0

Maximal hazard of death

λ m

Per day

1.12

2

0

IFNα effect compartment concentration inducing 50% of the maximal hazard

F 50

pg per mL

103

12

0

Transfer constant

k s

Per day

0.319

3

0

Hill coefficient

γ

 

2

  1. Parameter of the longitudinal and the joint models were sequentially estimated
  2. sd: standard deviation, r.s.e.: relative standard error