pstr_gamma_params_ebola: Posterior distribution of Ebola incubation period

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Posterior distribution of Ebola incubation period

Description

A dataset containing samples from an estimated posterior distribution of the incubation period of Ebola. Distribution was estimated from de-identified data from Faye et al. (2015).

Usage

data(pstr_gamma_params_ebola)

Format

A data frame with 3,000,000 rows and 5 variables:

• shape shape parameter of gamma distribution

• scale scale parameter of gamma distribution

• idx index of sample

• median the median correponding to this posterior sample

• p95 the 95th percentile correponding to this posterior sample

References

Faye, O. et al. Chains of transmission and control of Ebola virus disease in Conakry, Guinea, in 2014: an observational study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 15, 320–326 (2015).

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