Exploring the Stochastic Host-Pathogen Tuberculosis Model with Adaptive Immune Response

Table 1

Biological meaning of variables and parameters of the deterministic model (1).

Symbol	Interpretation
Variables
	Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) population at time
	Population of uninfected macrophages at time
	Population of infected macrophages at time
	Population of immune response CD4+ T cells at time
Parameters
	Bacterium growth rate
	Carrying capacity
	Death rate of infected macrophages
	Extracellular bacteria rate by burst
	Engulfment rate of uninfected macrophages
	Half saturation rate in uninfected macrophages
	Killing rate of extracellular bacteria
	Influx rate of uninfected macrophages
	Death rates of uninfected macrophages
	Infection rates of uninfected macrophages
	Killing rate of infected macrophages
	Cell-mediated adaptive immune response rate
	Natural recruitment rate of activated CD4+ T cells
	Maximum killing rates of extracellular bacteria macrophages
	Maximum killing rates of infected macrophages
	Saturating factor of extracellular bacteria macrophages
	Saturating factor of infected macrophages
	Death rate of activated CD4+ T cells