calculate_hosp_cases: Calculate the number of per capita dengue hospitalized cases.

In mrc-ide/drep: Dengue reproduction number calculation

Description

calculate_hosp_cases calculates the number of per capita annual dengue symptomatic infections (cases) requiring hospitalization in a human population, given a force of infection.

Usage

calculate_hosp_cases(FOI, n_j, u_lim, l_lim, parms, weights_vec)

Arguments

FOI	The force of infection value. Numeric.
n_j	A numeric vector of the proportion of individuals in each age group in the human population.
u_lim	A numeric vector of the upper age limits of the population age groups.
l_lim	A numeric vector of the lower age limits of the population age groups.
parms	A numeric vector of length = 4 of the proportions of primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary symptomatic infections requiring hospitalization.
weights_vec	A numeric vector of length = 4 of the proportions of primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary infections which are symptomatic.

Value

Numeric.

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