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A simulation of disease spread in livestock populations. Includes detection and containment simulation.
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Disease progression terminology definitions are not entirely accurate. #563

Closed casesp closed 8 years ago

casesp commented 9 years ago

[For a quick explanation of this issue, see the Results section at the bottom of this report. Similar issues: #506.]

Category: Model Definitions Test Name: Disease Progression Definitions Software version: ADSM 3.3.0-RC1(52dbd9e) Machine: Win7ProVMWare11

Description This test looks at the definitions supplied by the software with reference to its model and their meaning with respect to how the CEngine runs the simulations for the Disease Progression Form

Expected Outcomes The resulting help/documentation will accurately define epidemiology terminology, as well as will accurately reflect what the model and simulation actually do with this information. It will explain how these factors affect the model and the simulation.

Steps to run/create this test 1) Start the ADSM program by doubleclicking on the filename 2) Navigate to the Disease Progression tab on the left navigation menu 3) Select "Add New Disease Progression" 3) Select the links at "latent period", "production type", "Subclinical", "clinical", and "immune" 4) Read the subsequent documentation that pops up on github 5) Identify any documentation weaknesses or inaccuracies.

Results The definitions shown are from the "Lexicon of Disease Spread Modelling Terms". Many of these are inaccurate for this modeling framework.

On this page "subclinical" is not accurate for the model. (it implies all diseases modeled have infectious subclinical phases, and that is not true.)

On this page "production type" is not as accurate as it could be. It needs much more detail. (Many of us have coursework we've already written which could significantly supplement this.)

On this page "clinical" links to the term "clinically infectious", which is not the same thing at all. "Clinical" is a stage of the disease, "clinically infectious" is an adjective describing a host...

Please let's polish these terms and definitions before release to the public.

Note: This is both a documentation bug and a program issue, since ADSM will need to be adjusted to link to the correct information.

missyschoenbaum commented 9 years ago

I need my staff in on this discussion, so it will be moved to the future.