ContactTrace-class {EpiContactTrace}

Class "ContactTrace"

Description

Class to handle contact tracing.

Details

The ContactTrace class holds information for the ingoing and outgoing contact chain for a specific root within the time window used for contact tracing.

Slots

root

A character vector of length one with the identifier of the root.

ingoingContacts

A Contacts object with the contacts for the ingoing contact chain.

outgoingContacts

A Contacts object with the contacts for the outgoing contact chain.

Objects from the Class

Objects can be created by calls of the form new("ContactTrace",root, ingoingContacts, outgoingContacts,...)

Examples

## Load data
data(transfers)

## Perform contact tracing
contactTrace <- Trace(movements = transfers,
                      root = 2645,
                      tEnd = "2005-10-31",
                      days = 90)

## Show structure
str(contactTrace)