In the foi chunks, we need to incorporate something like a vector with zero-truncated values.
First example: HPV
This is a sexually transmitted infection, so we should restrict FOI to 0 for ages before sexual debut.
Age
Chunk
Is_zero
1
1
yes
2
1
yes
3 …
1
yes
15
2
no
Second example: CHIK
Similarly, for time-varying models. An example of this is Chikungunya virus in the Americas. We have good evidence that it didn't circulate in the human population before 2010.
In the foi chunks, we need to incorporate something like a vector with zero-truncated values.
First example: HPV This is a sexually transmitted infection, so we should restrict FOI to 0 for ages before sexual debut.
Second example: CHIK
Similarly, for time-varying models. An example of this is Chikungunya virus in the Americas. We have good evidence that it didn't circulate in the human population before 2010.
Year | Chunk | Is_zero
Tagging @ekamau ;)