Disease progression

The following parameters determine aspects of HIV progression from the acute stage to AIDS. For more information, see HIV symptoms and disease stages.

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.

Parameter	Data type	Minimum	Maximum	Default	Description	Example
Acute_Duration_In_Months	float	0	5	2.9	The time since infection, in months, over which the Acute_Stage_Infectivity_Multiplier is applied to coital acts occurring in that time period.	{ "Acute_Duration_In_Months": 2.9 }
AIDS_Duration_In_Months	float	7	12	9	The length of time, in months, prior to an AIDS-related death over which the AIDS_Stage_Infectivity_Multiplier is applied.	{ "AIDS_Duration_In_Months": 8 }