Research Article
Hopf Bifurcation and Stability of Periodic Solutions for Delay Differential Model of HIV Infection of CD4+ T-cells
Table 1
Parameter definitions and estimations used in the underlying model.
| Parameter | Notes | Estimated Value | Range | Source |
| | Source of uninfected CD4+ T-cells | 10 | 0–10 | [26] | | Rate of infection | 0.1 | 0.00001–0.5 | [26] | | Total carrying capacity | 1500 | 1500 | [26] | | Logistic growth term | 0.03 | 0.03–3 | [26] | | Mortality rate of CD4+ T-cells | 0.06 | 0.007–0.1 | [26] | | Antiretroviral (RTI) therapy | 0.9 | 0-1 | see text | | Infected cells died out naturally | 0.3 | 0.2–1.4 | [26] | | Apoptosis rate of infected cells | 0.2 | 0.2 | [26] | | Clearance rate of infected cells | 1 | 0.001–1 | [26] | | Protease inhibitor therapy | 0.9 | 0, 1 | see text | | Rate of differentiation of CTLs | 0.02 | Assumed | — | | Death rate of CTL precursors | 0.02 | 0.005–0.15 | [26] | | Proliferation of CTLs responsiveness | 0.1 | 0.001–1 | [26] | | Mortality rate or CTL effectors | 0.1 | 0.005–0.15 | [26] |
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