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Setting the "Treatment fraction" and the "Range of
days" alone does not guarantee any treatments.
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Section ressources determines the size
of the antiviral stockpile at the beginning of the epidemic. Treatments will
only be given until the viral stockpile is depleted.
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Treatment is only given after a case
seeks medical help. The waiting
time between onset of symptoms and seeking medical help influences the
fraction of severe cases who actually receive antiviral treatment.
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Section treatment of extremely severe case
determines at what time a fraction of severe cases who need hospitalization
can be treated..
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Antiviral treatment can reduce
contagiousness and duration of the disease and thereby reduce the speed
at which the infection spreads. The epidemiologic effect of antiviral
treatment is, therefore, also influenced by the
duration und
average contagiousness
of the disease.
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If partial isolation of severe
cases who can be taken care of at home is chosen, the
reduction of the duration and
degree of contagiousness after antiviral treatment can mitigate the isolation
effect.
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