## Further Information

- For this app, the underlying function running the simulation is called `simulate_idcharacteristics.R`. You can call this function directly, without going through the shiny app. Check the help file for the function for more information. If you go that route, you need to use the results returned from this function and produce useful output (such as a plot) yourself.
- You could also modify this R function for your own purposes - though that requires R coding knowledge.
- Some further information covering the concepts this app addresses can be found in (Kajita et al. 2007, Milwid et al. (2016)).

### References

Kajita, Emily, Justin T Okano, Erin N Bodine, Scott P Layne, and Sally Blower. 2007. “Modelling an Outbreak of an Emerging Pathogen.” Nature Reviews. Microbiology 5 (9): 700–709. doi:10.1038/nrmicro1660.

Milwid, Rachael, Andreea Steriu, Julien Arino, Jane Heffernan, Ayaz Hyder, Dena Schanzer, Emma Gardner, et al. 2016. “Toward Standardizing a Lexicon of Infectious Disease Modeling Terms.” Frontiers in Public Health 4: 213. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2016.00213.