Inference mechanistic models.

ΔDIC calculated as A) DIC target cell limitation model minus DIC immune control model, B) DIC immune control model minus DIC Ki67+ immune control model or DIC Env and Gag-specific immune control model and C) DIC CD8 control model minus DIC immune control models combining two or three immune populations. As a rule of thumb we say we cannot distinguish between two models when we find ΔDIC <2, if ΔDIC is between 3 and 7 there is some support for the 1st model but the 2nd model is clearly better, if ΔDIC is greater than 10 essentially no support is found for the 1st model [90]. The model that predicts the experimental data best is the CD8+ T cell immune control model (in bold above).