new_case: Create a new case

In thibautjombart/quicksim: Quick and simple outbreak simulator

Description

This function creates a new case, with or without a known infector. If it is missing (NULL, default), the case is imported according to parameters in config.

Usage

new_case(infector = NULL, date = NULL, ..., config = new_config(...))

## S3 method for class 'case'
print(x, ...)

Arguments

infector	An optional infector; if provided, it must be a list with the following slots: 'location', 'dna'
date	The date at which the new case is infected; if the case is imported and this is not provided, defaults to 0.
...	further arguments passed to new_config
config	optionally, a config returned by new_config
x	A 'case' object, as returned by new_case.

Details

It calls upon new_location and new_dna to determine locations and DNA sequences.

Author(s)

Thibaut Jombart [e-mail]

Examples

## imported cases
A <- new_case()
B <- new_case()
A
B

## transmission chain A -> C -> D
C <- new_case(A, date = 3)
D <- new_case(C, date = 10)

A
B
C
D

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