Research Article

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

Table 3

Baseline values and range for parameters of model (11)–(18).

ParameterValueRangeUnitsSource

()Cells//day[69]
30(10–40)Cells//day[70]
0.5(0-1)UnitlessAssumed
0.4(0.1–1)UnitlessAssumed
0.2(0.01–1)UnitlessAssumed
Unitless[71]
1/120(0.05–0.1)[72]
0.5(0.3–0.8)[73]
0.3(0.3–0.8)Assumed
48(46–50)[69]
0.0625(0.05–0.1)[74]
0.05(0.02–0.08)[74]
0.7(0.01–0.99)UnitlessAssumed
0.5(0-1)[73]
P16(15–20)Erythrocytes/day[34]
βMerozoites/day[75]
, 0.02(0.01–0.03)[75]
0.05(0.01–0.08)/day[70]
0.000001(0.001–0.9)[51]
0.2(0.01–2.2)Assumed
0.01(0.001–0.1)Assumed
0.3(0-1)UnitlessAssumed
γ0.5(0-1)Immune cell/Assumed
0.2(0-1)Unitless[76]