get_generation_time: Get a Literature Distribution for the Generation Time

In EpiNow2: Estimate Real-Time Case Counts and Time-Varying Epidemiological Parameters

Get a Literature Distribution for the Generation Time

Description

Extracts a literature distribution from generation_times. This function has been deprecated. Please specify a distribution using functions such as Gamma() or LogNormal() instead.

Usage

get_generation_time(disease, source, max_value = 14, fixed = FALSE)

Arguments

disease	A character string indicating the disease of interest.
source	A character string indicating the source of interest.
max_value	Numeric, the maximum value to allow. Defaults to 14 days.
fixed	Logical, defaults to FALSE. Should distributions be supplied as fixed values (vs with uncertainty)?

Value

A list defining a distribution

See Also

dist_spec()

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