add asymptomaticity reference
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def make_pars(set_prognoses=False, prog_by_age=True, **kwargs):
pars['viral_dist'] = {'frac_time':0.3, 'load_ratio':2, 'high_cap':4} # The time varying viral load (transmissibility); estimated from Lescure 2020, Lancet, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30200-0
# Efficacy of protection measures
- pars['asymp_factor'] = 1.0 # Multiply beta by this factor for asymptomatic cases; assumption
+ pars['asymp_factor'] = 1.0 # Multiply beta by this factor for asymptomatic cases; no statistically significant difference in transmissibility: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220302502
pars['diag_factor'] = 0.2 # Multiply beta by this factor for diganosed cases; based on intervention strength
pars['quar_eff'] = None # Quarantine multiplier on transmissibility and susceptibility; set below
pars['quar_period'] = 14 # Number of days to quarantine for; assumption based on standard policies
