EpiNow2 (version 1.3.2)

get_dist: Get a Literature Distribution

Description

Search a data frame for a distribution and return it in the format expected by delay_opts and the generation_time argument of epinow and estimate_infections.

Usage

get_dist(data, disease, source, max_value = 15)

Arguments

data

A data.table in the format of generation_times.

disease

A character string indicating the disease of interest.

source

A character string indicating the source of interest.

max_value

Numeric, the maximum value to allow. Defaults to 15 days.

Value

A list defining a distribution

Examples

# NOT RUN {
get_dist(EpiNow2::generation_times, disease = "SARS-CoV-2", source = "ganyani") 
# }