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. 2020 Sep 10;5:213. [Version 1] doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16164.1

Table 1. Model notation.

Symbol Meaning
C(i) Age-dependent susceptibility scaling factor of individual i
T(i) Age-dependent transmissibility scaling factor of individual i
N H(i) Number of individuals in an individual i’s household
T H Baseline transmission rate across household contact
ρ H(i,j) Household transmission rate from individual j to individual i
T B Baseline transmission rate across bubble contact, T B = CT H where c ∈ [0 1]
ρ B(i,j) Bubble transmission rate from individual j to individual i
ε Baseline mean-field transmission rate
ε(i) Mean-field transmission rate to an individual i
I g(i) Infection status of an individual i at generation g.
I g(i) = 0 if i is susceptible at generation g.
I g(i) = 1 if i has been infected by generation g (so includes recovered individuals)
S g (i) 1 - I g(i), i.e. the susceptibility status of an individual i at generation g.
N Size of population.