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| <h1>Create a new Infector</h1> |
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| <p align="center"><b>Figure 1: The Infector Icon looks similar to the |
| New Disease Icon but contains a capital letter 'I' in the lower right |
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| <p>Click on the new infector icon (black square with the health symbol and |
| the letter I) </p> |
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| <li>Name it (e.g., "CubaInfector"), under DiseaseName: "ExperimentalDisease" |
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| <li>Under country select the location you want to infect (e.g., Cuba). |
| You can infect at the country level, state or province level or even at the |
| county level depending on the resolution of the graph you are using. In the |
| case of Cuba, only country level is selected (see Figure 2.)<br> |
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| <li>Click on the Scenario to open it in the Resource set <br> |
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| <li>drag the CubaInfector from Decorators into the <b>Scenario</b> (open it to see |
| it) <br> |
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| <li>In the resource set click on the infector SI Infector ExperimentalDisease to edit |
| it. Your disease model may be SI, SIR, SIER, etc but in all cases you only need |
| an SI infector (as this base class will add infectious people to seed any model.<br> |
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| <li>Click on Properties to open the Properties Editor and double click on |
| the Infector in the Resource Set under your scenario. This will open an |
| editor where you can confirm the location to be infected and the number of |
| infectious people to start with.<br> |
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| <li>Add additional infectors for other locations as desired following the |
| procedure above.<br> |
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| <td>Figure 2: Creating an Infector for Cuba. Here we are selecting a |
| country level node. Note the location ID (CUB).</td> |
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| <p><i>save your work at this point by hitting <ctrl>S</i> </p> |
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