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. 2013 Nov 1;8(11):e78286. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078286

Table 3. Treatment Strategies.

Strategy Short Name Node Selection at each Treatment Epoch
Decreasing node degree dec. degree Choose node avail. for treatment with largest node degree.
Increasing node degree inc. degree Choose node avail. for treatment with smallest node degree.
Random node selection random Choose avail. ego randomly. Treat ego.
Acquaintance, degree ≥5 acq5 Choose avail. ego randomly. Treat ego & ego’s avail. contacts with node degree ≥5.
Acquaintance, degree ≥3 acq3 Choose avail. ego randomly. Treat ego & ego’s avail. contacts with node degree ≥3.
Primary contacts ring Choose avail. ego randomly. Treat ego & ego’s avail. contacts.
Primary & some sec. contacts 2-ring Choose avail. ego randomly. Treat ego, avail. prim. contacts and some avail. sec. contacts.
Primary and all sec. contacts 2-ring all Choose avail. ego randomly. Treat ego, avail. prim. contacts, and all avail. sec. contacts.
Contacts of uninfected nodes naive ring Choose uninfected ego randomly. Treat all of ego’s avail. prim. contacts.

Abbreviations: “avail.”: available, “prim.”: primary, “sec.”: secondary.

Treatment strategies considered. In all cases, only infected nodes not currently in treatment and without a history of treatment failure are “available” for treatment.