as_transmission_rate: Calculate transmission rate from R0

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

Calculate transmission rate from R0

Description

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

R0/(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_transmission_rate(R0, contact_matrix, age_groups, duration = 1.8)

Arguments

R0	The R0 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 transmission rate

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