as_R0: Calculate R0 from transmission rate

In MJomaba/flu-evidence-synthesis: Flu Evidence Synthesis: Analysing Effectiveness of Vaccine Strategies

Calculate R0 from transmission rate

Description

Uses the transmission rate (λ), contact matrix (c), population (N), and infectious period (γ) to calculate the R0 using the following equation.

λ max(EV(C)) γ

where EV(C) denotes the eigenvalues of the matrix C which is calculated from the contact matrix and the population (C[i,j] = c[i,j] N[j]).

Usage

as_R0(transmission_rate, contact_matrix, age_groups, duration = 1.8)

Arguments

transmission_rate	The transmission rate of the disease
contact_matrix	The contact matrix between age groups
age_groups	The population size of the different age groups
duration	Duration of the infectious period. Default value is 1.8 days

Value

Returns the R0

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