Set_up: Set up

Description Usage Arguments Value

View source: R/Set_up.R

Description

Caculates internal parameters and equilbirum staring values for state variables

Usage

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Set_up(LEP = 1, delta = 960000, HPS = 10000, PPS = 2000, TPrev = 0.02,
  CPrev = 0.07, PCPrev = 0.2, AEL = 2, ATL = 2, ADI = 3, LEH = 54,
  phi = 0.8, chi = 0.5, RR_cysticercosis = 1, epsilon = 0.01,
  RR_infection = 1, RR_consumption = -0.25)

Arguments

LEP

Pig life expectancy (years)

delta

Egg production rate (per month)

HPS

Human population size

PPS

Pig population size

TPrev

Taeniasis prevalence

CPrev

Cysticercosis prevalence in humans

PCPrev

Cysticercosis prevalence in pigs

AEL

Average life expectancy of egg in the environment (weeks)

ATL

Average life expectancy of T. solium adult worm in human (years)

ADI

Average duration of cycticercosis infection in humans (years)

LEH

Average life expectancy of a human (years)

phi

Proportion of infected pigs with low-intensity cyst burden

chi

Average number of pork meals (200g portion) per person per month

RR_cysticercosis

Risk multiplier for Cysticercosis if human has Taeniasis

epsilon

Pig rate of loss of naturally aquired immunity

RR_infection

Increased RR of infection given consumption of high cyct burden pork, compared with low cyst burden

RR_consumption

Decreased RR of consumption of high cyst burden pork, compared with low cyst burden pork

Value

Two lists of parameters and state variable values


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