Symptoms and diagnosis

The following parameters determine the characteristics of HIV diagnosis and HIV/AIDS symptoms, such as CD4 counts at various times in the progression of the disease.

Note

Parameters are case-sensitive. For Boolean parameters, set to 1 for true or 0 for false. Minimum, maximum, or default values of "NA" indicate that those values are not applicable for that parameter.

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Parameter	Type	Min	Max	Default	Description
CD4_At_Death_LogLogistic_Scale	float	1	1000	31.63	The scale parameter of a :term:Weibull distribution that represents the at-death CD4 cell count.
CD4_Post_Infection_Weibull_Heterogeneity	float	0	100	0.275642	The inverse shape parameter of a :term:Weibull distribution that represents the post-acute-infection CD4 cell count.
CD4_Post_Infection_Weibull_Scale	float	1	1000	560.432	The scale parameter of a :term:Weibull distribution that represents the post-acute-infection CD4 cell count.
Days_Between_Symptomatic_And_Death_Weibull_Heterogeneity	float	0.1	10	1	The time between the onset of AIDS symptoms and death is sampled from a Weibull distribution; this parameter governs the heterogeneity (inverse shape) of the Weibull.
Days_Between_Symptomatic_And_Death_Weibull_Scale	float	1	3650	183	The time between the onset of AIDS symptoms and death is sampled from a Weibull distribution; this parameter governs the scale of the Weibull.