diff --git a/cara/models.py b/cara/models.py index d17b962b..0943bd87 100644 --- a/cara/models.py +++ b/cara/models.py @@ -454,8 +454,9 @@ Virus.types = { 'SARS_CoV_2': SARSCoV2( viral_load_in_sputum=1e9, # No data on coefficient for SARS-CoV-2 yet. - # It is somewhere between 1000 or 100 SARS-CoV viruses to have - # a 50% chance to cause infection. + # It is somewhere between 1000 or 10 SARS-CoV viruses, + # as per https://www.dhs.gov/publication/st-master-question-list-covid-19 + # 50 comes from Buonanno et al. quantum_infectious_dose=50., ), 'SARS_CoV_2_B117': SARSCoV2(