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. 2022 Jun 21;11:72. doi: 10.1186/s40249-022-01001-y

Table 4.

Expanded compartments that considered both virus characteristics and interventions

Interventions Expansion compartments Interpretation References
Social distancing, wearing masks, washing hands, etc U Unsusceptible a(U) [43]
Quarantined at home/hospitalization ST Susceptible persons removed from isolation b(ST) [44]
I2 Infectious after receiving ineffective treatment (I2) [45]
Q, D Home quarantined individuals (Q), diagnosed individuals who are being treated and isolated (D) [46]
Ia, Is, Qa, Qs, Ru, Ra, Rs Undetected asymptomatic infectious (Ia), undetected symptomatic infectious (Is), detected and quarantined asymptomatic (Qa), detected and quarantined symptomatic (Qs), undetected recovered asymptomatic (Ru), recovered detected asymptomatic (Ra), recovered detected symptomatic (Rs) [37]
W1, R1, D1, W2, R2, D2

Hospitalized that never require an intensive care

bed (W1), recovered from non-ICU (R1), deaths from non-ICU (D1), hospitalized that require an intensive care

bed (W2), recovered from ICU (R2), deaths from ICU (D2)

[41]
H1, H2 Confirmed cases who are quarantined at home (H1), confirmed cases who are hospitalized (H2) [40]
Ip, Ic Primarily infected (Ip), chronically infected (Ic)c [47]
Vaccination, testing or contact tracing AC Contact traced asymptomatic (AC) [48]
Eu, Ed Undetected exposed (Eu), detected exposed (Ed) [38]
Su, Sv Unvaccinated susceptible (Su), vaccinated susceptible (Sv) [42]

aUnsusceptible: a susceptible person can become unsusceptible due to factors such as the use of facemasks, hand washing, and SD (social distance)

bSusceptible persons removed from isolation (ST): isolated susceptible individuals, after a period, are released from isolation and transferred to compartment ST

cPrimarily infected: individuals that remain infectious within the reported duration of the infectious period after the incubation period; chronically infected: individuals that are less infectious but remain infectious and may be diagnosed for a longer duration