TyphoidVaccine

The TyphoidVaccine intervention class is a subclass of SimpleVaccine so it contains all functionality of SimpleVaccine, but also provides the ability to configure the mode (shedding, dose, exposures) of contact transmission of typhoid for vaccine campaigns. For more information about mode, see the ‘Mode’ parameter for TyphoidVaccine.

Note

Parameters are case-sensitive. For Boolean parameters, set to 1 for true or 0 for false. Minimum, maximum, or default values of “NA” indicate that those values are not applicable for that parameter.

EMOD does not use true defaults; that is, if the dependency relationships indicate that a parameter is required, you must supply a value for it. However, many of the tools used to work with EMOD will use the default values provided below.

JSON format does not permit comments, but you can add “dummy” parameters to add contextual information to your files. Any keys that are not EMOD parameter names will be ignored by the model.

The table below describes all possible parameters with which this class can be configured. The JSON example that follows shows one potential configuration.

Parameter

Data type

Minimum

Maximum

Default

Description

Example

Changing_Effect

JSON object

NA

NA

NA

A highly configurable effect that changes over time. Specify how this effect decays over time using one of the Waning effect classes.

{
    "Intervention_Config": {
        "Changing_Effect": {
            "Durability_Map": {
                "Times": [
                    0,
                    10,
                    11,
                    20,
                    21,
                    26,
                    27,
                    33,
                    34,
                    40
                ],
                "Values": [
                    0,
                    0,
                    1,
                    1,
                    0,
                    0,
                    1,
                    1,
                    0,
                    0
                ]
            },
            "Expire_At_Durability_Map_End": 1,
            "Initial_Effect": 1,
            "class": "WaningEffectMapLinear"
        },
        "Effect": 1,
        "Mode": "Dose",
        "Target_Demographic": "Everyone",
        "class": "TyphoidVaccine"
    }
}

Disqualifying_Properties

array of strings

NA

NA

[]

A list of IndividualProperty key:value pairs that cause an intervention to be aborted (persistent interventions will stop being distributed to individuals with these values). See NodeProperties and IndividualProperties parameters for more information. Generally used to control the flow of health care access. For example, to prevent the same individual from accessing health care via two different routes at the same time.

{
    "Disqualifying_Properties": [
        "InterventionStatus:LostForever"
    ]
}

Dont_Allow_Duplicates

boolean

0

1

0

If an individual’s container has an intervention, set to true (1) to prevent them from receiving another copy of the intervention. Supported by all intervention classes.

{
    "Dont_Allow_Duplicates": 0
}

Effect

float

0

1

1

The efficacy of the Typhoid vaccine intervention. For example, a value of 1 would be 100 percent efficacy for all targeted nodes within the intervention.

{
    "Intervention_Config": {
        "Changing_Effect": {
            "Durability_Map": {
                "Times": [
                    0,
                    10,
                    11,
                    20,
                    21,
                    26,
                    27,
                    33,
                    34,
                    40
                ],
                "Values": [
                    0,
                    0,
                    1,
                    1,
                    0,
                    0,
                    1,
                    1,
                    0,
                    0
                ]
            },
            "Expire_At_Durability_Map_End": 1,
            "Initial_Effect": 1,
            "class": "WaningEffectMapLinear"
        },
        "Effect": 1,
        "Mode": "Dose",
        "Target_Demographic": "Everyone",
        "class": "TyphoidVaccine"
    }
}

Intervention_Name

string

NA

NA

NA

The optional name used to refer to this intervention as a means to differentiate it from others that use the same class.

{
    "Intervention_Config": {
        "class": "TyphoidVaccine",
        "Intervention_Name": "Country-wide vaccination campaign"
    }
}

Mode

enum

NA

NA

Shedding

The mode of contact transmission of typhoid targeted by the intervention. Possible values are:

  • Dose (disease acquisition)

    Reduces the amount of contagion an individual is exposed to per exposure event, by a proportion. This is similar to setting Vaccine_Type to AcquisitionBlocking when using SimpleVaccine.

  • Exposures (disease acquisition)

    Reduces the number of exposures to pathogen by a proportion. This is similar to setting Vaccine_Type to AcquisitionBlocking when using SimpleVaccine.

  • Shedding (disease transmission)

    Reduces the amount of contagion shed if a vaccinated individual is infected. This is similar to setting Vaccine_Type to TransmissionBlocking when using SimpleVaccine.

{
    "Intervention_Config": {
        "Changing_Effect": {
            "Durability_Map": {
                "Times": [
                    0,
                    10,
                    11,
                    20,
                    21,
                    26,
                    27,
                    33,
                    34,
                    40
                ],
                "Values": [
                    0,
                    0,
                    1,
                    1,
                    0,
                    0,
                    1,
                    1,
                    0,
                    0
                ]
            },
            "Expire_At_Durability_Map_End": 1,
            "Initial_Effect": 1,
            "class": "WaningEffectMapLinear"
        },
        "Effect": 1,
        "Mode": "Dose",
        "Target_Demographic": "Everyone",
        "class": "TyphoidVaccine"
    }
}

New_Property_Value

string

NA

NA

NA

An optional IndividualProperty key:value pair that will be assigned when the intervention is distributed. See NodeProperties and IndividualProperties parameters for more information. Generally used to indicate the broad category of health care cascade to which an intervention belongs to prevent individuals from accessing care through multiple pathways. For example, if an individual must already be taking a particular medication to be prescribed a new one.

{
    "New_Property_Value": "InterventionStatus:None"
}
{
  "Intervention_Config": {
    "Changing_Effect": {
      "Durability_Map": {
        "Times": [
          0,
          10,
          11,
          20,
          21,
          26,
          27,
          33,
          34,
          40
        ],
        "Values": [
          0,
          0,
          1,
          1,
          0,
          0,
          1,
          1,
          0,
          0
        ]
      },
      "Expire_At_Durability_Map_End": 1,
      "Initial_Effect": 1,
      "class": "WaningEffectMapLinear"
    },
    "Effect": 1,
    "Mode": "Dose",
    "Target_Demographic": "Everyone",
    "class": "TyphoidVaccine"
  }
}