Multiple-Strain Malaria Infection and Its Impacts on Plasmodium falciparum Resistance to Antimalarial Therapy: A Mathematical Modelling Perspective

Table 1

Description of the state variables of model system (11)–(18).

Variable	Description
X	Population of uninfected/unparasitized red blood cells (erythrocytes)
	Population of red blood cells infected by drug-sensitive merozoites
	Population of red blood cells infected by drug-resistant merozoites
	Population of drug-sensitive merozoites
	Population of drug-resistant merozoites
	Population of drug-sensitive gametocytes
	Population of drug-resistant gametocytes
W	Population of strain-independent immune cells