param_cl: Epidemic Model Parameters

Description Usage Arguments Value

Description

Sets the epidemic parameters for stochastic network models simulated with netsim for EpiModelHIV

Usage

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param_cl(nwstats, race.method = 1, FU = FALSE,
  last.neg.test.B.int = 301, last.neg.test.W.int = 315,
  last.neg.test.B.int.asmm = 2900, last.neg.test.W.int.asmm = 2900,
  mean.test.B.int = 301, mean.test.W.int = 315,
  mean.test.B.int.asmm = 2900, mean.test.W.int.asmm = 2900,
  testing.pattern = "memoryless", test.window.int = 21,
  tt.traj.B.prob = c(0.077, 0, 0.356, 0.567), tt.traj.W.prob = c(0.052,
  0, 0.331, 0.617), tx.init.B.prob = 0.092, tx.init.W.prob = 0.127,
  tx.halt.B.prob = 0.0102, tx.halt.W.prob = 0.0071,
  tx.reinit.B.prob = 0.00066, tx.reinit.W.prob = 0.00291,
  tx.init.B.prob.asmm = 0.092, tx.init.W.prob.asmm = 0.127,
  tx.halt.B.prob.asmm = 0.0102, tx.halt.W.prob.asmm = 0.0071,
  tx.reinit.B.prob.asmm = 0.00066, tx.reinit.W.prob.asmm = 0.00291,
  max.time.off.tx.full.int = 520 * 7, max.time.on.tx.part.int = 52 * 15
  * 7, max.time.off.tx.part.int = 520 * 7, vl.acute.rise.int = 45,
  vl.acute.peak = 6.886, vl.acute.fall.int = 45, vl.set.point = 4.5,
  vl.aids.onset.int = 520 * 7, vl.aids.int = 52 * 2 * 7,
  vl.fatal = 7, vl.full.supp = 1.5, vl.part.supp = 3.5,
  full.supp.down.slope = 0.25, full.supp.up.slope = 0.25,
  part.supp.down.slope = 0.25, part.supp.up.slope = 0.25,
  birth.age = 13, b.B.rate.asmm = 0.0001348571,
  b.W.rate.asmm = 0.0001348571, b.method = "fixed",
  URAI.prob = 0.0082 * 1.09, UIAI.prob = 0.0031 * 1.09, acute.rr = 6,
  circ.rr = 0.4, condom.rr = 0.295, disc.outset.main.B.prob = 0.685,
  disc.outset.main.W.prob = 0.889, disc.at.diag.main.B.prob = 1,
  disc.at.diag.main.W.prob = 1, disc.post.diag.main.B.prob = 0,
  disc.post.diag.main.W.prob = 0, disc.outset.pers.B.prob = 0.527,
  disc.outset.pers.W.prob = 0.828, disc.at.diag.pers.B.prob = 1,
  disc.at.diag.pers.W.prob = 1, disc.post.diag.pers.B.prob = 0,
  disc.post.diag.pers.W.prob = 0, disc.inst.B.prob = 0.445,
  disc.inst.W.prob = 0.691, disc.outset.asmm.B.prob.asmm = 0,
  disc.outset.asmm.W.prob.asmm = 0, disc.at.diag.asmm.B.prob.asmm = 1,
  disc.at.diag.asmm.W.prob.asmm = 1,
  disc.post.diag.asmm.B.prob.asmm = 0,
  disc.post.diag.asmm.W.prob.asmm = 0, circ.B.prob = 0.874,
  circ.W.prob = 0.918, ccr5.B.prob = c(0, 0.034),
  ccr5.W.prob = c(0.021, 0.176), ccr5.heteroz.rr = 0.3,
  num.inst.ai.classes = 1, base.ai.main.BB.rate = 0.17,
  base.ai.main.BW.rate = 0.26, base.ai.main.WW.rate = 0.23,
  base.ai.pers.BB.rate = 0.11, base.ai.pers.BW.rate = 0.16,
  base.ai.pers.WW.rate = 0.14, base.ai.asmm.BB.rate = 0.0384,
  base.ai.asmm.BW.rate = 0.0384, base.ai.asmm.WW.rate = 0.0384,
  ai.main.scale = 1, ai.pers.scale = 1, ai.inst.scale = 1,
  ai.asmm.scale = 1, cond.main.BB.prob = 0.38,
  cond.main.BW.prob = 0.1, cond.main.WW.prob = 0.15,
  cond.pers.always.prob = 0.216, cond.pers.BB.prob = 0.26,
  cond.pers.BW.prob = 0.26, cond.pers.WW.prob = 0.26,
  cond.inst.always.prob = 0.326, cond.inst.BB.prob = 0.27,
  cond.inst.BW.prob = 0.27, cond.inst.WW.prob = 0.27,
  cond.always.prob.corr = 0.5, cond.asmm.always.prob = 0,
  cond.asmm.BB.prob = 0.54, cond.asmm.BW.prob = 0.54,
  cond.asmm.WW.prob = 0.54, cond.rr.BB = 1, cond.rr.BW = 1,
  cond.rr.WW = 1, cond.diag.main.beta = -0.67,
  cond.discl.main.beta = -0.85, cond.diag.pers.beta = -0.67,
  cond.discl.pers.beta = -0.85, cond.diag.inst.beta = -0.67,
  cond.discl.inst.beta = -0.85, cond.diag.asmm.beta = -0.67,
  cond.discl.asmm.beta = -0.85, vv.iev.BB.prob = 0.42,
  vv.iev.BW.prob = 0.56, vv.iev.WW.prob = 0.49, prep.start = Inf,
  prep.elig.model = "base", prep.class.prob = c(0.211, 0.07, 0.1,
  0.619), prep.class.hr = c(1, 0.69, 0.19, 0.05),
  prep.coverage.adol.naive = 0.4, prep.coverage.adol.exp = 0.4,
  prep.cov.method = "curr", prep.cov.rate = 1, prep.tst.int = 90,
  prep.risk.int = 182, prep.risk.reassess = TRUE,
  prep.start.asmm = Inf, prep.elig.model.asmm = "none",
  prep.class.prob.asmm = c(0.209, 0.244, 0.131, 0.416),
  prep.coverage.asmm = 0.3, prep.cov.method.asmm = "curr",
  prep.cov.rate.asmm = 1, prep.rcomp.asmm = 1,
  prep.tst.int.asmm = 90, prep.risk.int.asmm = 182,
  prep.risk.reassess.asmm = FALSE, prep.delay.asmm = 26,
  prepSpell.asmm = TRUE, prepDrop.asmm = 0.014337,
  prep.uaicount.thresh.asmm = 10, rcomp.prob = 0,
  rcomp.adh.groups = 0:4, rcomp.main.only = FALSE,
  rcomp.discl.only = FALSE, out.age.prob = nwstats$out.age.prob,
  debut.entry.prob = nwstats$debut.entry.prob,
  debut.prob = nwstats$debut.prob,
  role.B.prob.asmm = nwstats$role.B.prob.asmm,
  role.W.prob.asmm = nwstats$role.W.prob.asmm,
  role.B.prob.msm = nwstats$role.B.prob.msm,
  role.W.prob.msm = nwstats$role.W.prob.msm, ...)

Arguments

nwstats

Target statistics for the network model. An object of class nwstats output from calc_nwstats_msm.

race.method

Number of races in the model, with options of 1 or 2. If 1, then race-specific parameters will be averaged.

last.neg.test.B.int

Time range in days for last negative test for black men.

last.neg.test.W.int

Time range in days for last negative test for white men.

mean.test.B.int

Mean intertest interval in days for black MSM who test.

mean.test.W.int

Mean intertest interval in days for white MSM who test.

testing.pattern

Method for HIV testing, with options "memoryless" for constant hazard without regard to time since previous test, or "interval" deterministic fixed intervals.

test.window.int

Length of the HIV test window period in days.

tt.traj.B.prob

Proportion of black MSM who enter one of four testing/treatment trajectories: never test or treat, test and never initiate treatment, test and treated with partial viral suppression, and test and treated with full suppression.

tt.traj.W.prob

Proportion of white MSM who enter into the four testing/treatment trajectories, as defined above.

tx.init.B.prob

Probability per time step that a black MSM who has tested positive will initiate treatment.

tx.init.W.prob

Probability per time step that a white MSM who has tested positive will initiate treatment.

tx.halt.B.prob

Probability per time step that a black MSM who is currently on treatment will halt treatment.

tx.halt.W.prob

Probability per time step that a white MSM who is currently on treatment will halt treatment.

tx.reinit.B.prob

Probability per time step that a black MSM who is not currently on treatment but who has been in the past will re-initiate treatment.

tx.reinit.W.prob

Probability per time step that a white MSM who is not currently on treatment but who has been in the past will re-initiate treatment.

max.time.off.tx.full.int

Number of days off treatment for a full suppressor before onset of AIDS, including time before diagnosis.

max.time.on.tx.part.int

Number of days on treatment for a partial suppressor beofre onset of AIDS.

max.time.off.tx.part.int

Nnumber of days off treatment for a partial suppressor before onset of AIDS, including time before diagnosis.

vl.acute.rise.int

Number of days to peak viremia during acute infection.

vl.acute.peak

Peak viral load (in log10 units) at the height of acute infection.

vl.acute.fall.int

Number of days from peak viremia to set-point viral load during the acute infection period.

vl.set.point

Set point viral load (in log10 units).

vl.aids.onset.int

Number of days to AIDS for a treatment-naive patient.

vl.aids.int

Duration of AIDS stage infection in days.

vl.fatal

Viral load in AIDS at which death occurs.

vl.full.supp

Log10 viral load at full suppression on ART.

vl.part.supp

Log10 viral load at partial suppression on ART.

full.supp.down.slope

For full suppressors, number of log10 units that viral load falls per time step from treatment initiation or re-initiation until the level in vl.full.supp.

full.supp.up.slope

For full suppressors, number of log10 units that viral load rises per time step from treatment halting until expected value.

part.supp.down.slope

For partial suppressors, number of log10 units that viral load falls per time step from treatment initiation or re-initiation until the level in vl.part.supp.

part.supp.up.slope

For partial suppressors, number of log10 units that viral load rises per time step from treatment halting until expected value.

birth.age

Age (in years) of new arrivals.

b.method

Method for calculating the number of expected births at each time step, with "fixed" based on the number of persons at the initial time step and "varying" based on the current time step.

URAI.prob

Probability of transmission for a man having unprotected receptive anal intercourse with an infected man at set point viral load.

UIAI.prob

Probability of transmission for an uncircumcised man having unprotected insertive anal intercourse with an infected man at set point viral load.

acute.rr

Relative risk of infection (compared to that predicted by elevated viral load) when positive partner is in the acute stage.

circ.rr

Relative risk of infection from insertive anal sex when the negative insertive partner is circumcised.

condom.rr

Relative risk of infection from anal sex when a condom is used.

disc.outset.main.B.prob

Probability that an HIV-infected black MSM will disclose his status at the start of a main partnership.

disc.outset.main.W.prob

Probability that an HIV-infected white MSM will disclose his status at the start of a main partnership.

disc.at.diag.main.B.prob

Probability that a black MSM already in a main partnership will disclose at the time of diagnosis.

disc.at.diag.main.W.prob

Probability that a white MSM already in a main partnership will disclose at the time of diagnosis.

disc.post.diag.main.B.prob

Probability that an HIV-infected black MSM in a main partnership will disclose his status, assuming he didn't at the start of the partnership or at diagnosis.

disc.post.diag.main.W.prob

Probability that an HIV-infected white MSM in a main partnership will disclose his status, assuming he didn't at the start of the partnership or at diagnosis.

disc.outset.pers.B.prob

Probability that an HIV-infected black MSM will disclose his status at the start of a casual partnership.

disc.outset.pers.W.prob

Probability that an HIV-infected white MSM will disclose his status at the start of a casual partnership.

disc.at.diag.pers.B.prob

Probability that a black MSM already in a casual partnership will disclose at the time of diagnosis.

disc.at.diag.pers.W.prob

Probability that a white MSM already in a casual partnership will disclose at the time of diagnosis.

disc.post.diag.pers.B.prob

Probability that an HIV-infected black MSM in a casual partnership will disclose his status, assuming he didn't at the start of the partnership or at diagnosis.

disc.post.diag.pers.W.prob

Probability that an HIV-infected white MSM in a casual partnership will disclose his status, assuming he didn't at the start of the partnership or at diagnosis.

disc.inst.B.prob

Probability that an HIV-infected black MSM will disclose his status to a one-off partner.

disc.inst.W.prob

Probability that an HIV-infected white MSM will disclose his status to a one-off partner.

circ.B.prob

Probablity that a black new arrival in the population will be circumcised.

circ.W.prob

Probablity that a white new arrival in the population will be circumcised.

ccr5.B.prob

Vector of length two of frequencies of the Delta 32 mutation (homozygous and heterozygous, respectively) in the CCR5 gene among black MSM.

ccr5.W.prob

Vector of length two of frequencies of the Delta 32 mutation (homozygous and heterozygous, respectively) in the CCR5 gene among white MSM.

ccr5.heteroz.rr

Relative risk of infection for men who are heterozygous in the CCR5 mutation.

num.inst.ai.classes

Number of quantiles into which men should be divided in determining their levels of one-off anal intercourse.

base.ai.main.BB.rate

Expected coital frequency in black-black main partnerships (acts per day).

base.ai.main.BW.rate

Expected coital frequency in black-white main partnerships (acts per day).

base.ai.main.WW.rate

Expected coital frequency in white-white main partnerships (acts per day).

base.ai.pers.BB.rate

Expected coital frequency in black-black casual partnerships (acts per day).

base.ai.pers.BW.rate

Expected coital frequency in black-white casual partnerships (acts per day).

base.ai.pers.WW.rate

Expected coital frequency in white-white casual partnerships (acts per day).

cond.main.BB.prob

Probability of condom use in a black-black main partnership.

cond.main.BW.prob

Probability of condom use in a black-white main partnership.

cond.main.WW.prob

Probability of condom use in a white-white main partnership.

cond.pers.always.prob

Fraction of men in casual partnerships who always use condoms in those partnerships.

cond.pers.BB.prob

Of men who are not consistent condom users, per-act probability of condom use in a black-black casual partnerships.

cond.pers.BW.prob

Of men who are not consistent condom users, per-act probability of condom use in a black-white casual partnerships.

cond.pers.WW.prob

Of men who are not consistent condom users, per-act probability of condom use in a white-white casual partnerships.

cond.inst.always.prob

Fraction of men in instant partnerships who always use condoms in those partnerships.

cond.inst.BB.prob

Of men who are not consistent condom users, per-act probability of condom use in a black-black one-off partnerships.

cond.inst.BW.prob

Of men who are not consistent condom users, per-act probability of condom use in a black-white one-off partnerships.

cond.inst.WW.prob

Of men who are not consistent condom users, per-act probability of condom use in a white-white one-off partnerships.

cond.always.prob.corr

Correlation coefficient for probability of always using condoms in both casual and one-off

cond.rr.BB

Condom probability scaler for black-black partnerships for model calibration purposes.

cond.rr.BW

Condom probability scaler for black-white partnerships for model calibration purposes.

cond.rr.WW

Condom probability scaler for white-white partnerships for model calibration purposes.

cond.diag.main.beta

Beta multiplier for the log odds of using a condom in a main partnership if the HIV-infected man has been diagnosed.

cond.discl.main.beta

Beta multiplier for the log odds of using a condom in a main partnership if the HIV-infected man has disclosed.

cond.diag.pers.beta

Beta multiplier for the log odds of using a condom in a casual partnership if the HIV-infected man has been diagnosed.

cond.discl.pers.beta

Beta multiplier for the log odds of using a condom in a casual partnership if the HIV-infected man has disclosed his status.

cond.diag.inst.beta

Beta multiplier for the log odds of using a condom in a one-off partnership if the HIV-infected man has been diagnosed.

cond.discl.inst.beta

Beta multiplier for the log odds of using a condom in a one-off partnership if the HIV-infected man has disclosed his status.

vv.iev.BB.prob

Probability that in a black-black partnership of two versatile men, they will engage in intra-event versatility ("flipping") given that they're having AI.

vv.iev.BW.prob

Probability that in a black-white partnership of two versatile men, they will engage in intra-event versatility ("flipping") given that they're having AI.

vv.iev.WW.prob

Probability that in a white-white partnership of two versatile men, they will engage in intra-event versatility ("flipping") given that they're having AI.

prep.start

Time step at which the PrEP intervention should start.

prep.elig.model

Modeling approach for determining who is eligible for PrEP. Current options are limited to: "all" for all persons who have never been on PrEP and are disease-susceptible.

prep.class.prob

The probability of adherence class in non-adherent, low adherence, medium adherence, or high adherence groups (from Liu).

prep.class.hr

The hazard ratio for infection per act associated with each level of adherence (from Grant).

prep.coverage.adol.naive

The proportion of the eligible MSM population who did not use prep as an asmm that start PrEP once they become eligible.

prep.cov.method

The method for calculating PrEP coverage, with options of "curr" to base the numerator on the number of people currently on PrEP and "ever" to base it on the number of people ever on PrEP.

prep.cov.rate

The rate at which persons initiate PrEP conditional on their eligibility, with 1 equal to instant start.

prep.tst.int

Testing interval for those who are actively on PrEP. This overrides the mean testing interval parameters.

prep.risk.int

Time window for assessment of risk eligibility for PrEP in days.

prep.risk.reassess

If TRUE, reassess eligibility for PrEP at each testing visit.

prep.start.asmm

Time step at which the PrEP intervention should start.

prep.elig.model.asmm

Modeling approach for determining who is eligible for PrEP. Current options are limited to: none, adol.entry, adol.debuted, adol.AI, adol.entry.older, adol.debuted.older, adol.AI.older, adol.entry.time, adol.debuted.time, adol.AI.time, adol.entry.older.time, adol.debuted.older.time, adol.AI.older.time, adol.riskhist, adol.riskhist.older, adol.riskhist.time, adol.riskhist.older.time for all persons who have never been on PrEP or those who have cycled off see: prepSpell if TRUE and are disease-susceptible.

prep.cov.method.asmm

The method for calculating PrEP coverage, with options of "curr" to base the numerator on the number of people currently on PrEP and "ever" to base it on the number of people ever on PrEP for asmm.

prep.tst.int.asmm

Testing interval for asmm who are actively on PrEP. This overrides the mean testing interval parameters.

prep.risk.int.asmm

Time window for assessment of risk eligibility for PrEP in days.

prep.risk.reassess.asmm

If TRUE, reassess eligibility for PrEP at each testing visit.

prepSpell.asmm

If TRUE, there is a constant hazard from dropping PrEP.

rcomp.prob

Level of risk compensation from 0 to 1, where 0 is no risk compensation, 0.5 is a 50 per act, and 1 is a complete cessation of condom use following PrEP initiation.

rcomp.adh.groups

PrEP adherence groups for whom risk compensation occurs, as a vector with values 0, 1, 2, 3 corresponding to non-adherent, low adherence, medium adherence, and high adherence to PrEP.

rcomp.main.only

Logical, if risk compensation is limited to main partnerships only, versus all partnerships.

rcomp.discl.only

Logical, if risk compensation is limited known-discordant partnerships only, versus all partnerships.

...

Additional arguments passed to the function.

b.B.rate

Rate at which black MSM enter the population.

b.W.rate

Rate at which white MSM enter the population.

ai.scale

General relative scaler for all act rates for model calibration.

prep.coverage

The proportion of the eligible MSM population who used PrEP as an ASMM and start PrEP once they become eligible.

prep.efficacy.asmm

The per-contact efficacy of PrEP to prevent infection if used (parameter not currently used).

prep.class.prob.b.asmm

The frequency of being in a low, medium, or high class of adherence to PrEP for black asmm.

prep.class.prob.w.asmm

The frequency of being in a low, medium, or high class of adherence to PrEP for white asmm.

prep.class.effect.asmm

The functional effectiveness of PrEP conditional on PrEP class.

prep.coverage.b.asmm

The proportion of the eligible population who are start PrEP once they become eligible for black asmm.

prep.coverage.w.asmm

The proportion of the eligible population who are start PrEP once they become eligible for white asmm.

prep.cov.rate.b.asmm

The rate at which persons initiate PrEP conditional on their eligibility, with 1 equal to instant start for black asmm.

prep.cov.rate.w.asmm

The rate at which persons initiate PrEP conditional on their eligibility, with 1 equal to instant start for white asmm.

prep.delay.b.asmm

The number of timesteps between becomeing eligible for PreP and starting PrEP for black asmm.

prep.delay.w.asmm

The number of timesteps between becomeing eligible for PreP and starting PrEP for white asmm.

PrepDrop.b.asmm

The hazard for dropping PrEP for black asmm given prepSpell.asmm==TRUE.

PrepDrop.w.asmm

The hazard for dropping PrEP for white asmm given prepSpell.asmm==TRUE.

prep.uaicount.thresh.b.asmm

The number of UAI a black asmm must have to initiate prep if PreP eligibility is based on UAI counts.

prep.uaicount.thresh.w.asmm

The number of UAI a white asmm must have to initiate prep if PreP eligibility is based on UAI counts.

Value

A list object of class param_msm, which can be passed to EpiModel function netsim.


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