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get_transmissibility

Syntax

get_transmissibility(condition)

Parameters

condition
The condition name

Returns

The transmissibility value of a condition

Description

The transmissibility value represents how likely a transmission event will occur between a transmissible agent and a susceptible agent. The higher the value, the greater chance of a transmission event occurring.

Examples

If a transmissibility value is specified like so:

condition Influenza {
    transmissibility = 1.0
}

A call to get_transmissibility(Influenza) will return 1.0.

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