Table 1 Parameter estimated by mathematical-experimental analysis.

From: Quantifying the Antiviral Effect of IFN on HIV-1 Replication in Cell Culture

Parameter Name

Symbol

Unit

aHIV-1 NL-AD8

aHIV-1 NL-AD8 with IFN

aHIV-1 NL4-3

aHIV-1 NL4-3 with IFN

Parameters obtained from simultaneous fit to full in vitro dataset

Rate constant for infection

β

(p24 ng/well·day)−1

(6.73 ± 2.00) × 10–3

(8.76 ± 3.74) × 10–3

Death rate of infected cells

δ

day−1

1.56 ± 0.16

1.80 ± 0.19

Production rate of total virus

p

10–3 × p24 ng/well·(cell·day−1)

2.55 ± 0.68

3.92 ± 1.19

Antiviral effect of IFN on de novo infection

η

No inhibition

0.47 ± 0.06

No inhibition

0.33 ± 0.10

Antiviral effect of IFN on virus production

ε

No inhibition

0.06 ± 0.9

No inhibition

0.15 ± 0.11

Initial amount of virus inoculation

V(0)

p24 ng/well

0.79 ± 0.57

2.03 ± 1.07

2.24 ± 1.70

1.23 ± 0.29

Quantities derived from fitted values

Half-life of infected cells

log2/δ

days

0.45 ± 0.05

0.39 ± 0.04

Viral burst size

(1–ε)p

10–3 × p24 ng/well·cell−1

1.69 ± 0.62

1.59 ± 0.65

2.14 ± 0.43

1.76 ± 0.59

Malthusian coefficient

Θ

day−1

4.97 ± 0.14

2.88 ± 0.09

7.24 ± 0.86

4.79 ± 0.52

Basic reproductive number

R 0

13.1 ± 0.33

6.37 ± 0.43

19.0 ± 6.88

7.24 ± 0.86

  1. aValues are averages and standard deviations for three independent experiments.