Model parameters
Parameter Source LSHTM Simulation.jl
Latent period 2, 3, 4 \[ \footnotesize{d_E: \Gamma(\mu=4.0,k=4)} \] -
Pre-Clinical Infectiousness Duration 5 \[ \footnotesize{d_P: \Gamma(\mu=1.5,k=4)} \] -
Clinical Infectiousness Duration 2, 3, 4 \[ \footnotesize{d_C: \Gamma(\mu=3.5,k=4)} \] -
Subclinical Infectiousness Duration
Assumed to be the same duration as total infectious period for clinical cases, including preclinical transmission
1 \[ \footnotesize{d_S: \Gamma(\mu=5.0,k=4)} \] -
Hospitalization - \[ \footnotesize{d_H: 1} \] -
Incubation period 1 \[ \footnotesize{d_E+d_P; \mu=5.5} \] -
Relative infectiousness of subclinical cases 1 \[ \footnotesize{f = 50\%} \] -
UK Contact Matrices
Number of age- \(j\) individuals contacted by age- \(i\) individual per day
6 \[ \footnotesize{c_{ij}:} \] covidm/data/all_matrices.rds -
Number of age- \(i\) individuals 6 \[ \footnotesize{N_i} \] -
Proportion of hospitalised cases requiring critical care 7 \[ \footnotesize{30\%} \] -
Serial Interval 2, 3, 4 \[ \footnotesize{d_E + \tfrac{1}{2}(y_i(d_P+d_C)+(1-y_i)d_S) = 6.5} \text{ days} \] -
Delay from onset to hospitalization 7, 8 \[ \footnotesize{\Gamma(\mu=7,k=7)} \] -
Duration of hospitalization 7 \[ \footnotesize{\Gamma(\mu=10,k=10)} \] -
Proportion of hospitalized cases requiring critical care 7 \[ \footnotesize{30\%} \] -
Delay from onset to death 7, 8 \[ \footnotesize{\Gamma(\mu=22,k=22)} \] -
\[ \footnotesize{dIp} \] -

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