Help Index of InfluSim Version 2.0

• General Instructions

  • How (not) to use this program
    • General remarks
      This file gives some guidelines of how to use or not to use this simulation tool.
  • User Interface
    • General remarks on the user interface
      This file explains some basics of the InfluSim user interface. It gives some general instructions on using the sliders and the input fields and on how to modify the way the simulation results are presented.

• Parameter Input Settings

  • General Settings
    • Age distribution
      This file explains how to set demographic parameters (i.e. the age distribution and the age-dependent fractions of people who are under high risk when infected with the influenza virus).
    • Contact matrix
      This file explains how to interprete and change the contact matrix.
    • Contacts of children
      This file explains how many contacts children have in day care centres and at school and how their contacts to adults change when children are extremely sick.
    • Costs
      This file explains how to set some of the direct costs which will be caused by an influenza pandemic.
  • Disease
    • Average durations
      This file explains how to set the parameters for the average durations of the latent and infectious period.
    • Disease severity
      This file explains how to interprete and change the parameters which determine how frequently the different courses of the disease occur.
    • Fraction of hospitalized cases among untreated severe cases
      This file explains what fraction of influenza cases will need hospitalization.
    • Case fatality
      This file explains what fraction of cases will die from influenza.
  • Contagiousness
    • Basic reproduction number
      The basic reproduction number summarizes the overall contagiousness of a disease. This file explains this crucial transmission parameter.
    • Contagiousness during first half of the infectious period
      This file explains how the infectiousness changes during the course of the disease.
    • Relative contagiousness relative to moderately sick cases
      This file explains how contagious individuals are who experience different courses of the disease.
    • Partial Isolation
      This file explains about fully or partly isolating cases.
  • Treatment
    • Ressources
      This file explains about the availability of antiviral drugs.
    • Medical time schedule (averages)
      This file explains when cases seek medical help and for how long antiviral treatment may be given.
    • Treatment of severe cases
      This file explains about the treatment of severe cases.
    • Treatment of extremely sick cases
      This file explains about the treatment of extremely sick cases.
    • Treatment effects
      This file explains how antivirals reduce the infectivity and the duration of the disease and how many hospitalizations can be prevented by antiviral treatment.
  • Social Distancing
    • General reduction of contacts
      This file explains about contact reduction in the (healthy) population.
    • Closing of day care centers and schools
      This file explains about closing day care centers and schools.
    • Cancelling of mass gathering events
      This file explains about cancelling mass gathering events.

• Simulation output

  • Output curves
    • Infection
      This file explains the infection curves.
    • Ressource use
      This file explain the curves on the usage of ressources.
    • Cumulative ressource use
      This file explains the cumulative curves on ressource use.
    • Costs
      This file explains the cumulative costs curves.