05 interventions

Four interventions are currently available: human mass drug administration (eg, using praziquantel or niclosamide), pig mass drug administration (eg, using oxfendazole), pig vaccination, and combined pig mda and vaccination. These interventions can be implemented alone or in combination.

Human MDA

Implementation

do_mda_man(x, efficacy, coverage, min.age = 0, max.age = Inf)

Arguments

x	Object of class cystiSim
efficacy	Presumed efficacy of tapeworm treatment, expressed as a decimal value.
coverage	Presumed coverage of drug administration within eligible population, expressed as a decimal value.
min.age	Minimum age for MDA, in months. Defaults to 0, i.e., no lower age limit.
max.age	Maximum age for MDA, in months. Defaults to Inf, i.e., no upper age limit.

Details

• Eligible HT: have Taenia (mature, immature) and eligible age
• Effective treatment is randomized based on efficacy and coverage, within eligible group
• Both mature and immature TW die
• Time since infection set to zero
• Time since contamination set to one: initiates decay of environmental contamination

Pig MDA

Implementation

do_mda_pig(x, efficacy, coverage, immunity = 3, min.age = 0, max.age = Inf)

Pig vaccination

Implementation

do_vac_pig(x, efficacy, coverage, interval = 4, immunity = Inf,
           min.age = 0, max.age = Inf)

Pig MDA and vaccination

Implementation

do_mda_vac_pig(x, efficacy, coverage, interval = 4, immunity = Inf,
               min.age = 0, max.age = Inf)