Package 'serocalculator'

Title: Estimating Infection Rates from Serological Data
Description: Translates antibody levels measured in cross-sectional population samples into estimates of the frequency with which seroconversions (infections) occur in the sampled populations. Replaces the previous `seroincidence` package.
Authors: Peter Teunis [aut, cph] (Author of the method and original code.), Kristina Lai [aut, cre], Chris Orwa [aut], Kristen Aiemjoy [aut], Douglas Ezra Morrison [aut]
Maintainer: Kristina Lai <[email protected]>
License: GPL-3
Version: 1.2.0.9021
Built: 2024-11-06 23:18:24 UTC
Source: https://github.com/ucd-serg/serocalculator

Help Index


Extract or replace parts of a seroincidence.by object

Description

Extract or replace parts of a seroincidence.by object

Usage

## S3 method for class 'seroincidence.by'
x[i, ...]

Arguments

x

the object to subset/replace elements of

i

the indices to subset/replace

...

passed to ⁠[.list⁠

Value

the subset specified


kinetics of the antibody (ab) response (power function decay)

Description

kinetics of the antibody (ab) response (power function decay)

Usage

ab(t, par, ...)

Arguments

t

age at infection?

par

parameters

...

arguments passed to baseline()

Value

a matrix()


Load antibody decay curve parameter

Description

Load antibody decay curve parameter

Usage

as_curve_params(data, antigen_isos = NULL)

Arguments

data

a data.frame() or tibble::tbl_df

antigen_isos

a character() vector of antigen isotypes to be used in analyses

Value

a curve_data object (a tibble::tbl_df with extra attribute antigen_isos)

Examples

library(magrittr)
curve_data <-
  "https://osf.io/download/rtw5k/" %>%
  readr::read_rds() %>%
  as_curve_params()

print(curve_data)

Load noise parameters

Description

Load noise parameters

Usage

as_noise_params(data, antigen_isos = NULL)

Arguments

data

a data.frame() or tibble::tbl_df

antigen_isos

character() vector of antigen isotypes to be used in analyses

Value

a noise_params object (a tibble::tbl_df with extra attribute antigen_isos)

Examples

library(magrittr)
noise_data <-
  "https://osf.io/download//hqy4v/" %>%
  readr::read_rds() %>%
  as_noise_params()

print(noise_data)

Load a cross-sectional antibody survey data set

Description

Load a cross-sectional antibody survey data set

Usage

as_pop_data(
  data,
  antigen_isos = NULL,
  age = "Age",
  value = "result",
  id = "index_id",
  standardize = TRUE
)

Arguments

data

a data.frame() or tibble::tbl_df

antigen_isos

character() vector of antigen isotypes to be used in analyses

age

a character() identifying the age column

value

a character() identifying the value column

id

a character() identifying the id column

standardize

a logical() to determine standardization of columns

Value

a pop_data object (a tibble::tbl_df with extra attribute antigen_isos)

Examples

library(magrittr)
xs_data <-
  "https://osf.io/download//n6cp3/" %>%
  readr::read_rds() %>%
  as_pop_data()

print(xs_data)

graph antibody decay curves by antigen isotype

Description

graph antibody decay curves by antigen isotype

Usage

## S3 method for class 'curve_params'
autoplot(
  object,
  antigen_isos = unique(object$antigen_iso),
  ncol = min(3, length(antigen_isos)),
  ...
)

Arguments

object

a data.frame() of curve parameters (one or more MCMC samples)

antigen_isos

antigen isotypes to analyze (can subset curve_params)

ncol

how many columns of subfigures to use in panel plot

...

Arguments passed on to plot_curve_params_one_ab

verbose

verbose output

xlim

range of x values to graph

n_curves

how many curves to plot (see details).

n_points

Number of points to interpolate along the x axis (passed to ggplot2::geom_function())

rows_to_graph

which rows of curve_params to plot (overrides n_curves).

alpha

(passed to ggplot2::geom_function()) how transparent the curves should be:

  • 0 = fully transparent (invisible)

  • 1 = fully opaque

log_x

should the x-axis be on a logarithmic scale (TRUE) or linear scale (FALSE, default)?

log_y

should the Y-axis be on a logarithmic scale (default, TRUE) or linear scale (FALSE)?

Details

rows_to_graph

Note that if you directly specify rows_to_graph when calling this function, the row numbers are enumerated separately for each antigen isotype; in other words, for the purposes of this argument, row numbers start over at 1 for each antigen isotype. There is currently no way to specify different row numbers for different antigen isotypes; if you want to do that, you could call plot_curve_params_one_ab() directly for each antigen isotype and combine the resulting panels yourself. Or you could subset curve_params manually, before passing it to this function, and set the n_curves argument to Inf.

Value

a ggplot2::ggplot() object

Examples

library(dplyr)
library(ggplot2)
library(magrittr)

curve = load_curve_params("https://osf.io/download/rtw5k/") %>%
  filter(antigen_iso %in% c("HlyE_IgA", "HlyE_IgG")) %>%
  slice(1:100, .by = antigen_iso)  %>% # Reduce dataset for this example
  autoplot()

curve

Plot distribution of antibodies

Description

autoplot() method for pop_data objects

Usage

## S3 method for class 'pop_data'
autoplot(object, log = FALSE, type = "density", strata = NULL, ...)

Arguments

object

A pop_data object (from load_pop_data())

log

whether to show antibody responses on logarithmic scale

type

an option to choose type of chart: the current options are "density" or "age-scatter"

strata

the name of a variable in pop_data to stratify by (or NULL for no stratification)

...

unused

Value

a ggplot2::ggplot object

Examples

library(dplyr)
library(ggplot2)

xs_data <- load_pop_data(
  file_path = "https://osf.io/download//n6cp3/",
  age = "Age",
  id = "index_id",
  value = "result",
  standardize = TRUE
)

xs_data %>% autoplot(strata = "Country", type = "density")
xs_data %>% autoplot(strata = "Country", type = "age-scatter")

Plot the log-likelihood curve for the incidence rate estimate

Description

Plot the log-likelihood curve for the incidence rate estimate

Usage

## S3 method for class 'seroincidence'
autoplot(object, log_x = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

object

a seroincidence object (from est.incidence())

log_x

should the x-axis be on a logarithmic scale (TRUE) or linear scale (FALSE, default)?

...

unused

Value

a ggplot2::ggplot()

Examples

library(dplyr)
library(ggplot2)

xs_data <- load_pop_data("https://osf.io/download//n6cp3/")

curve <- load_curve_params("https://osf.io/download/rtw5k/") %>%
  filter(antigen_iso %in% c("HlyE_IgA", "HlyE_IgG")) %>%
  slice(1:100, .by = antigen_iso) # Reduce dataset for the purposes of this example

noise <- load_noise_params("https://osf.io/download//hqy4v/")

est1 <- est.incidence(
  pop_data = xs_data %>% filter(Country == "Pakistan"),
  curve_param = curve,
  noise_param = noise %>% filter(Country == "Pakistan"),
  antigen_isos = c("HlyE_IgG", "HlyE_IgA"),
  build_graph = TRUE
)

# Plot the log-likelihood curve
autoplot(est1)

Plot seroincidence.by log-likelihoods

Description

Plots log-likelihood curves by stratum, for seroincidence.by objects

Usage

## S3 method for class 'seroincidence.by'
autoplot(object, ncol = min(3, length(object)), ...)

Arguments

object

a '"seroincidence.by"' object (from est.incidence.by())

ncol

number of columns to use for panel of plots

...

Arguments passed on to autoplot.seroincidence

log_x

should the x-axis be on a logarithmic scale (TRUE) or linear scale (FALSE, default)?

Value

an object of class "ggarrange", which is a ggplot2::ggplot() or a list() of ggplot2::ggplot()s.

Examples

library(dplyr)
library(ggplot2)

xs_data <- "https://osf.io/download//n6cp3/" %>%
  load_pop_data()

curve <- load_curve_params("https://osf.io/download/rtw5k/") %>%
  filter(antigen_iso %in% c("HlyE_IgA", "HlyE_IgG")) %>%
  slice(1:100, .by = antigen_iso) # Reduce dataset for the purposes of this example

noise <- load_noise_params("https://osf.io/download//hqy4v/")

est2 <- est.incidence.by(
  strata = c("catchment"),
  pop_data = xs_data %>% filter(Country == "Pakistan"),
  curve_params = curve,
  noise_params = noise %>% filter(Country == "Pakistan"),
  antigen_isos = c("HlyE_IgG", "HlyE_IgA"),
  #num_cores = 8, #Allow for parallel processing to decrease run time
  build_graph = TRUE
)

# Plot the log-likelihood curve
autoplot(est2)

Plot method for summary.seroincidence.by objects

Description

Plot method for summary.seroincidence.by objects

Usage

## S3 method for class 'summary.seroincidence.by'
autoplot(object, xvar, alpha = 0.7, shape = 1, width = 0.001, ...)

Arguments

object

a summary.seroincidence.by object (generated by applying the summary() method to the output of est.incidence.by()).

xvar

the name of a stratifying variable in object

alpha

transparency for the points in the graph (1 = no transparency, 0 = fully transparent)

shape

shape argument for geom_point()

width

width for jitter

...

unused

Value

a ggplot2::ggplot() object

Examples

library(dplyr)
library(ggplot2)

xs_data <- load_pop_data("https://osf.io/download//n6cp3/")

curve <- load_curve_params("https://osf.io/download/rtw5k/") %>%
  filter(antigen_iso %in% c("HlyE_IgA", "HlyE_IgG")) %>%
  slice(1:100, .by = antigen_iso) # Reduce dataset for the purposes of this example

noise <- load_noise_params("https://osf.io/download//hqy4v/")

est2 <- est.incidence.by(
  strata = c("catchment"),
  pop_data = xs_data %>% filter(Country == "Pakistan"),
  curve_params = curve,
  noise_params = noise %>% filter(Country == "Pakistan"),
  antigen_isos = c("HlyE_IgG", "HlyE_IgA"),
  #num_cores = 8 #Allow for parallel processing to decrease run time
)

est2sum <- summary(est2)

autoplot(est2sum, "catchment")

Check the formatting of a cross-sectional antibody survey dataset.

Description

Check the formatting of a cross-sectional antibody survey dataset.

Usage

check_pop_data(pop_data, verbose = FALSE)

Arguments

pop_data

dataset to check

verbose

whether to print an "OK" message when all checks pass

Value

NULL (invisibly)

Examples

library(dplyr)
xs_data <- readr::read_rds("https://osf.io/download//n6cp3/") %>%
  as_pop_data()
check_pop_data(xs_data, verbose = TRUE)

Find the maximum likelihood estimate of the incidence rate parameter

Description

This function models seroincidence using maximum likelihood estimation; that is, it finds the value of the seroincidence parameter which maximizes the likelihood (i.e., joint probability) of the data.

Usage

est.incidence(
  pop_data,
  curve_params,
  noise_params,
  antigen_isos = pop_data$antigen_iso %>% unique(),
  lambda_start = 0.1,
  stepmin = 1e-08,
  stepmax = 3,
  verbose = FALSE,
  build_graph = FALSE,
  print_graph = build_graph & verbose,
  ...
)

Arguments

pop_data

a data.frame with cross-sectional serology data per antibody and age, and additional columns

curve_params

a data.frame() containing MCMC samples of parameters from the Bayesian posterior distribution of a longitudinal decay curve model. The parameter columns must be named:

  • antigen_iso: a character() vector indicating antigen-isotype combinations

  • iter: an integer() vector indicating MCMC sampling iterations

  • y0: baseline antibody level at $t=0$ ($y(t=0)$)

  • y1: antibody peak level (ELISA units)

  • t1: duration of infection

  • alpha: antibody decay rate (1/days for the current longitudinal parameter sets)

  • r: shape factor of antibody decay

noise_params

a data.frame() (or tibble::tibble()) containing the following variables, specifying noise parameters for each antigen isotype:

  • antigen_iso: antigen isotype whose noise parameters are being specified on each row

  • nu: biological noise

  • eps: measurement noise

  • y.low: lower limit of detection for the current antigen isotype

  • y.high: upper limit of detection for the current antigen isotype

antigen_isos

Character vector with one or more antibody names. Values must match pop_data

lambda_start

starting guess for incidence rate, in years/event.

stepmin

A positive scalar providing the minimum allowable relative step length.

stepmax

a positive scalar which gives the maximum allowable scaled step length. stepmax is used to prevent steps which would cause the optimization function to overflow, to prevent the algorithm from leaving the area of interest in parameter space, or to detect divergence in the algorithm. stepmax would be chosen small enough to prevent the first two of these occurrences, but should be larger than any anticipated reasonable step.

verbose

logical: if TRUE, print verbose log information to console

build_graph

whether to graph the log-likelihood function across a range of incidence rates (lambda values)

print_graph

whether to display the log-likelihood curve graph in the course of running est.incidence()

...

Arguments passed on to stats::nlm

typsize

an estimate of the size of each parameter at the minimum.

fscale

an estimate of the size of f at the minimum.

ndigit

the number of significant digits in the function f.

gradtol

a positive scalar giving the tolerance at which the scaled gradient is considered close enough to zero to terminate the algorithm. The scaled gradient is a measure of the relative change in f in each direction p[i] divided by the relative change in p[i].

iterlim

a positive integer specifying the maximum number of iterations to be performed before the program is terminated.

check.analyticals

a logical scalar specifying whether the analytic gradients and Hessians, if they are supplied, should be checked against numerical derivatives at the initial parameter values. This can help detect incorrectly formulated gradients or Hessians.

Value

a "seroincidence" object, which is a stats::nlm() fit object with extra meta-data attributes lambda_start, antigen_isos, and ll_graph

Examples

library(dplyr)

xs_data <- load_pop_data("https://osf.io/download//n6cp3/")

curves <- load_curve_params("https://osf.io/download/rtw5k/") %>%
  filter(antigen_iso %in% c("HlyE_IgA", "HlyE_IgG")) %>%
  slice(1:100, .by = antigen_iso) # Reduce dataset for the purposes of this example

noise <- load_noise_params("https://osf.io/download//hqy4v/")

est1 <- est.incidence(
  pop_data = xs_data %>% filter(Country == "Pakistan"),
  curve_params = curves,
  noise_params = noise %>% filter(Country == "Pakistan"),
  antigen_isos = c("HlyE_IgG", "HlyE_IgA"),
  iterlim = 5 # limit iterations for the purpose of this example
)

summary(est1)

Estimate Seroincidence

Description

Function to estimate seroincidences based on cross-section serology data and longitudinal response model.

Usage

est.incidence.by(
  pop_data,
  curve_params,
  noise_params,
  strata,
  curve_strata_varnames = strata,
  noise_strata_varnames = strata,
  antigen_isos = pop_data %>% pull("antigen_iso") %>% unique(),
  lambda_start = 0.1,
  build_graph = FALSE,
  num_cores = 1L,
  verbose = FALSE,
  print_graph = FALSE,
  ...
)

Arguments

pop_data

a data.frame with cross-sectional serology data per antibody and age, and additional columns corresponding to each element of the strata input

curve_params

a data.frame() containing MCMC samples of parameters from the Bayesian posterior distribution of a longitudinal decay curve model. The parameter columns must be named:

  • antigen_iso: a character() vector indicating antigen-isotype combinations

  • iter: an integer() vector indicating MCMC sampling iterations

  • y0: baseline antibody level at $t=0$ ($y(t=0)$)

  • y1: antibody peak level (ELISA units)

  • t1: duration of infection

  • alpha: antibody decay rate (1/days for the current longitudinal parameter sets)

  • r: shape factor of antibody decay

noise_params

a data.frame() (or tibble::tibble()) containing the following variables, specifying noise parameters for each antigen isotype:

  • antigen_iso: antigen isotype whose noise parameters are being specified on each row

  • nu: biological noise

  • eps: measurement noise

  • y.low: lower limit of detection for the current antigen isotype

  • y.high: upper limit of detection for the current antigen isotype

strata

a character vector of stratum-defining variables. Values must be variable names in pop_data.

curve_strata_varnames

A subset of strata. Values must be variable names in curve_params. Default = "".

noise_strata_varnames

A subset of strata. Values must be variable names in noise_params. Default = "".

antigen_isos

Character vector with one or more antibody names. Values must match pop_data

lambda_start

starting guess for incidence rate, in years/event.

build_graph

whether to graph the log-likelihood function across a range of incidence rates (lambda values)

num_cores

Number of processor cores to use for calculations when computing by strata. If set to more than 1 and package parallel is available, then the computations are executed in parallel. Default = 1L.

verbose

logical: if TRUE, print verbose log information to console

print_graph

whether to display the log-likelihood curve graph in the course of running est.incidence()

...

Arguments passed on to est.incidence, stats::nlm

stepmin

A positive scalar providing the minimum allowable relative step length.

stepmax

a positive scalar which gives the maximum allowable scaled step length. stepmax is used to prevent steps which would cause the optimization function to overflow, to prevent the algorithm from leaving the area of interest in parameter space, or to detect divergence in the algorithm. stepmax would be chosen small enough to prevent the first two of these occurrences, but should be larger than any anticipated reasonable step.

typsize

an estimate of the size of each parameter at the minimum.

fscale

an estimate of the size of f at the minimum.

ndigit

the number of significant digits in the function f.

gradtol

a positive scalar giving the tolerance at which the scaled gradient is considered close enough to zero to terminate the algorithm. The scaled gradient is a measure of the relative change in f in each direction p[i] divided by the relative change in p[i].

iterlim

a positive integer specifying the maximum number of iterations to be performed before the program is terminated.

check.analyticals

a logical scalar specifying whether the analytic gradients and Hessians, if they are supplied, should be checked against numerical derivatives at the initial parameter values. This can help detect incorrectly formulated gradients or Hessians.

Details

If strata is left empty, a warning will be produced, recommending that you use est.incidence() for unstratified analyses, and then the data will be passed to est.incidence(). If for some reason you want to use est.incidence.by() with no strata instead of calling est.incidence(), you may use NA, NULL, or "" as the strata argument to avoid that warning.

Value

  • if strata has meaningful inputs: An object of class "seroincidence.by"; i.e., a list of "seroincidence" objects from est.incidence(), one for each stratum, with some meta-data attributes.

  • if strata is missing, NULL, NA, or "": An object of class "seroincidence".

Examples

library(dplyr)

xs_data <- load_pop_data("https://osf.io/download//n6cp3/")

curve <- load_curve_params("https://osf.io/download/rtw5k/") %>%
  filter(antigen_iso %in% c("HlyE_IgA", "HlyE_IgG")) %>%
  slice(1:100, .by = antigen_iso) # Reduce dataset for the purposes of this example

noise <- load_noise_params("https://osf.io/download//hqy4v/")

est2 <- est.incidence.by(
  strata = c("catchment"),
  pop_data = xs_data %>% filter(Country == "Pakistan"),
  curve_params = curve,
  noise_params = noise %>% filter(Country == "Pakistan"),
  antigen_isos = c("HlyE_IgG", "HlyE_IgA"),
  #num_cores = 8 # Allow for parallel processing to decrease run time
  iterlim = 5 # limit iterations for the purpose of this example
)

summary(est2)

Small example of noise parameters for typhoid

Description

A subset of noise parameter estimates from the SEES study, for examples and testing.

Usage

example_noise_params_pk

Format

example_noise_params_pk

A curve_params object (from as_curve_params()) with 4 rows and 7 columns:

antigen_iso

which antigen and isotype are being measured (data is in long format)

Country

Location for which the noise parameters were estimated

y.low

Lower limit of detection

eps

Measurement noise, defined by a CV (coefficient of variation) as the ratio of the standard deviation to the mean for replicates. Note that the CV should ideally be measured across plates rather than within the same plate.

nu

Biological noise: error from cross-reactivity to other antibodies. It is defined as the 95th percentile of the distribution of antibody responses to the antigen-isotype in a population with no exposure.

y.high

Upper limit of detection

Lab

Lab for which noise was estimated.

Source

https://osf.io/rtw5k


Get Additional Data

Description

Retrieves additional data from internet. The data format must be .RDS or a zipped .RDS. The purpose of this function is to download data such as longitudinal response parameters from an online repository or cross-sectional population data.

Data for this package is available at: https://osf.io/ne8pc/files/osfstorage

You can save the data into your chosen directory using the optional savePath argument. Specify the file path and the file name.

Large datasets may timeout. If so, you can increase the download time by updating the maximum timeout time in the code below. (Ex: increase from 300 to 1000) options(timeout = max(300, getOption("timeout")))

Usage

get_additional_data(fileURL, savePath = NULL)

Arguments

fileURL

URL of the file to be downloaded.

savePath

Folder directory and filename to save the downloaded and unzipped (if needed) file. File is saved only if this argument is not NULL. Optional. Default = NULL.

Value

the R object stored in the file indicated by the fileURL input Data object

Examples

## Not run: 
curve_param_samples <-
  get_additional_data(
    fileURL = "https://osf.io/download/bhfvx"
  )

# optionally, save the data to disk
curve_param_samples <-
  get_additional_data(
    fileURL = "https://osf.io/download/bhfvx",
    savePath = "~/Downloads/curv_params.rds"
  )

## End(Not run)

Graph log-likelihood of data

Description

Graph log-likelihood of data

Usage

graph_loglik(
  pop_data,
  curve_params,
  noise_params,
  antigen_isos = pop_data %>% get_biomarker_levels(),
  x = 10^seq(-3, 0, by = 0.1),
  highlight_points = NULL,
  highlight_point_names = "highlight_points",
  log_x = FALSE,
  previous_plot = NULL,
  curve_label = paste(antigen_isos, collapse = " + "),
  ...
)

Arguments

pop_data

a data.frame() with cross-sectional serology data by antibody and age, and additional columns

curve_params

a data.frame() containing MCMC samples of parameters from the Bayesian posterior distribution of a longitudinal decay curve model. The parameter columns must be named:

  • antigen_iso: a character() vector indicating antigen-isotype combinations

  • iter: an integer() vector indicating MCMC sampling iterations

  • y0: baseline antibody level at $t=0$ ($y(t=0)$)

  • y1: antibody peak level (ELISA units)

  • t1: duration of infection

  • alpha: antibody decay rate (1/days for the current longitudinal parameter sets)

  • r: shape factor of antibody decay

noise_params

a data.frame() (or tibble::tibble()) containing the following variables, specifying noise parameters for each antigen isotype:

  • antigen_iso: antigen isotype whose noise parameters are being specified on each row

  • nu: biological noise

  • eps: measurement noise

  • y.low: lower limit of detection for the current antigen isotype

  • y.high: upper limit of detection for the current antigen isotype

antigen_isos

Character vector listing one or more antigen isotypes. Values must match pop_data.

x

sequence of lambda values to graph

highlight_points

a possible highlighted value

highlight_point_names

labels for highlighted points

log_x

should the x-axis be on a logarithmic scale (TRUE) or linear scale (FALSE, default)?

previous_plot

if not NULL, the current data is added to the existing graph

curve_label

if not NULL, add a label for the curve

...

Arguments passed on to log_likelihood

verbose

logical: if TRUE, print verbose log information to console

Value

a ggplot2::ggplot()

Examples

library(dplyr)
library(tibble)

# Load cross-sectional data
xs_data <- load_pop_data("https://osf.io/download//n6cp3/")


# Load curve parameters and subset for the purposes of this example
dmcmc <- load_curve_params("https://osf.io/download/rtw5k/") %>%
  filter(antigen_iso %in% c("HlyE_IgA", "HlyE_IgG")) %>%
  slice(1:100, .by = antigen_iso)

# Load noise parameters
cond <- tibble(
  antigen_iso = c("HlyE_IgG", "HlyE_IgA"),
  nu = c(0.5, 0.5),                          # Biologic noise (nu)
  eps = c(0, 0),                             # M noise (eps)
  y.low = c(1, 1),                           # Low cutoff (llod)
  y.high = c(5e6, 5e6))                      # High cutoff (y.high)

# Graph the log likelihood
lik_HlyE_IgA <- # nolint: object_name_linter
  graph_loglik(
    pop_data = xs_data,
    curve_params = dmcmc,
    noise_params = cond,
    antigen_isos = "HlyE_IgA",
    log_x = TRUE
)

lik_HlyE_IgA # nolint: object_name_linter

Graph estimated antibody decay curve

Description

Graph estimated antibody decay curve

Usage

graph.curve.params(
  curve_params,
  antigen_isos = unique(curve_params$antigen_iso),
  verbose = FALSE
)

Arguments

curve_params

a data.frame() containing MCMC samples of antibody decay curve parameters

antigen_isos

antigen isotypes

verbose

verbose output

Value

a ggplot2::ggplot() object

Examples

## Not run: 
plot1 <- graph.curve.params(curve_params)

print(plot1)

## End(Not run)

Load antibody decay curve parameter samples

Description

Load antibody decay curve parameter samples

Usage

load_curve_params(file_path, antigen_isos = NULL)

Arguments

file_path

path to an RDS file containing MCMC samples of antibody decay curve parameters y0, y1, t1, alpha, and r, stored as a data.frame() or tibble::tbl_df

antigen_isos

character() vector of antigen isotypes to be used in analyses

Value

a curve_params object (a tibble::tbl_df with extra attribute antigen_isos)

Examples

curve <- load_curve_params("https://osf.io/download/rtw5k/")

print(curve)

Load noise parameters

Description

Load noise parameters

Usage

load_noise_params(file_path, antigen_isos = NULL)

Arguments

file_path

path to an RDS file containing biologic and measurement noise of antibody decay curve parameters y.low, eps, nu, and y.high, stored as a data.frame() or tibble::tbl_df

antigen_isos

character() vector of antigen isotypes to be used in analyses

Value

a noise object (a tibble::tbl_df with extra attribute antigen_isos)

Examples

noise <- load_noise_params("https://osf.io/download//hqy4v/")
print(noise)

Load a cross-sectional antibody survey data set

Description

Load a cross-sectional antibody survey data set

Usage

load_pop_data(file_path, ...)

Arguments

file_path

path to an RDS file containing a cross-sectional antibody survey data set, stored as a data.frame() or tibble::tbl_df

...

Arguments passed on to as_pop_data

data

a data.frame() or tibble::tbl_df

antigen_isos

character() vector of antigen isotypes to be used in analyses

age

a character() identifying the age column

id

a character() identifying the id column

value

a character() identifying the value column

standardize

a logical() to determine standardization of columns

Value

a pop_data object (a tibble::tbl_df with extra attributes)

Examples

xs_data <- load_pop_data("https://osf.io/download//n6cp3/")

print(xs_data)

Calculate log-likelihood

Description

Calculates the log-likelihood of a set of cross-sectional antibody response data, for a given incidence rate (lambda) value.

Usage

log_likelihood(
  lambda,
  pop_data,
  curve_params,
  noise_params,
  antigen_isos = get_biomarker_levels(pop_data),
  verbose = FALSE,
  ...
)

Arguments

lambda

a numeric vector of incidence parameters, in events per person-year

pop_data

a data.frame() with cross-sectional serology data by antibody and age, and additional columns

curve_params

a data.frame() containing MCMC samples of parameters from the Bayesian posterior distribution of a longitudinal decay curve model. The parameter columns must be named:

  • antigen_iso: a character() vector indicating antigen-isotype combinations

  • iter: an integer() vector indicating MCMC sampling iterations

  • y0: baseline antibody level at $t=0$ ($y(t=0)$)

  • y1: antibody peak level (ELISA units)

  • t1: duration of infection

  • alpha: antibody decay rate (1/days for the current longitudinal parameter sets)

  • r: shape factor of antibody decay

noise_params

a data.frame() (or tibble::tibble()) containing the following variables, specifying noise parameters for each antigen isotype:

  • antigen_iso: antigen isotype whose noise parameters are being specified on each row

  • nu: biological noise

  • eps: measurement noise

  • y.low: lower limit of detection for the current antigen isotype

  • y.high: upper limit of detection for the current antigen isotype

antigen_isos

Character vector listing one or more antigen isotypes. Values must match pop_data.

verbose

logical: if TRUE, print verbose log information to console

...

additional arguments passed to other functions (not currently used).

Value

the log-likelihood of the data with the current parameter values

Examples

library(dplyr)
library(tibble)

# load in longitudinal parameters
dmcmc <- load_curve_params("https://osf.io/download/rtw5k")

xs_data <- "https://osf.io/download//n6cp3/" %>%
  load_pop_data()

# Load noise params
cond <- tibble(
  antigen_iso = c("HlyE_IgG", "HlyE_IgA"),
  nu = c(0.5, 0.5), # Biologic noise (nu)
  eps = c(0, 0), # M noise (eps)
  y.low = c(1, 1), # low cutoff (llod)
  y.high = c(5e6, 5e6)
) # high cutoff (y.high)

# Calculate log-likelihood
ll_AG <- log_likelihood(
  pop_data = xs_data,
  curve_params = dmcmc,
  noise_params = cond,
  antigen_isos = c("HlyE_IgG", "HlyE_IgA"),
  lambda = 0.1
) %>% print()

generate random sample from baseline distribution

Description

generate random sample from baseline distribution

Usage

mk_baseline(kab, n = 1, blims, ...)

Arguments

kab

index for which row of antibody baseline limits to read from blims

n

number of observations

blims

range of possible baseline antibody levels

...

not currently used

Value

a numeric() vector


Graph an antibody decay curve model

Description

Graph an antibody decay curve model

Usage

plot_curve_params_one_ab(
  object,
  verbose = FALSE,
  alpha = 0.4,
  n_curves = 100,
  n_points = 1000,
  log_x = FALSE,
  log_y = TRUE,
  rows_to_graph = seq_len(min(n_curves, nrow(object))),
  xlim = c(10^-1, 10^3.1),
  ...
)

Arguments

object

a data.frame() of curve parameters (one or more MCMC samples)

verbose

verbose output

alpha

(passed to ggplot2::geom_function()) how transparent the curves should be:

  • 0 = fully transparent (invisible)

  • 1 = fully opaque

n_curves

how many curves to plot (see details).

n_points

Number of points to interpolate along the x axis (passed to ggplot2::geom_function())

log_x

should the x-axis be on a logarithmic scale (TRUE) or linear scale (FALSE, default)?

log_y

should the Y-axis be on a logarithmic scale (default, TRUE) or linear scale (FALSE)?

rows_to_graph

which rows of curve_params to plot (overrides n_curves).

xlim

range of x values to graph

...

Arguments passed on to ggplot2::geom_function

mapping

Set of aesthetic mappings created by aes(). If specified and inherit.aes = TRUE (the default), it is combined with the default mapping at the top level of the plot. You must supply mapping if there is no plot mapping.

data

Ignored by stat_function(), do not use.

stat

The statistical transformation to use on the data for this layer. When using a ⁠geom_*()⁠ function to construct a layer, the stat argument can be used the override the default coupling between geoms and stats. The stat argument accepts the following:

  • A Stat ggproto subclass, for example StatCount.

  • A string naming the stat. To give the stat as a string, strip the function name of the stat_ prefix. For example, to use stat_count(), give the stat as "count".

  • For more information and other ways to specify the stat, see the layer stat documentation.

position

A position adjustment to use on the data for this layer. This can be used in various ways, including to prevent overplotting and improving the display. The position argument accepts the following:

  • The result of calling a position function, such as position_jitter(). This method allows for passing extra arguments to the position.

  • A string naming the position adjustment. To give the position as a string, strip the function name of the position_ prefix. For example, to use position_jitter(), give the position as "jitter".

  • For more information and other ways to specify the position, see the layer position documentation.

na.rm

If FALSE, the default, missing values are removed with a warning. If TRUE, missing values are silently removed.

show.legend

logical. Should this layer be included in the legends? NA, the default, includes if any aesthetics are mapped. FALSE never includes, and TRUE always includes. It can also be a named logical vector to finely select the aesthetics to display.

inherit.aes

If FALSE, overrides the default aesthetics, rather than combining with them. This is most useful for helper functions that define both data and aesthetics and shouldn't inherit behaviour from the default plot specification, e.g. borders().

Details

n_curves and rows_to_graph

In most cases, curve_params will contain too many rows of MCMC samples for all of these samples to be plotted at once.

  • Setting the n_curves argument to a value smaller than the number of rows in curve_params will cause this function to select the first n_curves rows to graph.

  • Setting n_curves larger than the number of rows in ' will result all curves being plotted.

  • If the user directly specifies the rows_to_graph argument, then n_curves has no effect.

Value

a ggplot2::ggplot() object

Examples

library(dplyr) # loads the `%>%` operator and `dplyr::filter()`

load_curve_params("https://osf.io/download/rtw5k/") %>%
  dplyr::filter(antigen_iso == "HlyE_IgG") %>%
  serocalculator:::plot_curve_params_one_ab()

Print Method for seroincidence Object

Description

Custom print() function to show output of the seroincidence calculator est.incidence().

Usage

## S3 method for class 'seroincidence'
print(x, ...)

Arguments

x

A list containing output of function est.incidence.by().

...

Additional arguments affecting the summary produced.

Examples

## Not run: 
# Estimate seroincidence
seroincidence <- est.incidence.by(...)

# Print the seroincidence object to the console
print(seroincidence)

# Or simply type (appropriate print method will be invoked automatically)
seroincidence

## End(Not run)

Print Method for seroincidence.by Object

Description

Custom print() function to show output of the seroincidence calculator est.incidence.by().

Usage

## S3 method for class 'seroincidence.by'
print(x, ...)

Arguments

x

A list containing output of function est.incidence.by().

...

Additional arguments affecting the summary produced.

Examples

## Not run: 
# Estimate seroincidence
seroincidence <- est.incidence.by(...)

# Print the seroincidence object to the console
print(seroincidence)

# Or simply type (appropriate print method will be invoked automatically)
seroincidence

## End(Not run)

Print Method for Seroincidence Summary Object

Description

Custom print() function for "summary.seroincidence.by" objects (constructed by summary.seroincidence.by())

Usage

## S3 method for class 'summary.seroincidence.by'
print(x, ...)

Arguments

x

A "summary.seroincidence.by" object (constructed by summary.seroincidence.by())

...

Additional arguments affecting the summary produced.

Examples

## Not run: 
# Estimate seroincidence
seroincidence <- est.incidence.by(...)

# Calculate summary statistics for the seroincidence object
seroincidenceSummary <- summary(seroincidence)

# Print the summary of seroincidence object to the console
print(seroincidenceSummary)

# Or simply type (appropriate print method will be invoked automatically)
seroincidenceSummary

## End(Not run)

extract a row from longitudinal parameter set

Description

take a random sample from longitudinal parameter set given age at infection, for a list of antibodies

Usage

row_longitudinal_parameter(age, antigen_isos, nmc, npar, ...)

Arguments

age

age at infection

antigen_isos

antigen isotypes

nmc

mcmc sample to use

npar

number of parameters

...

passed to simpar()

Value

an array of parameters: c(y0,b0,mu0,mu1,c1,alpha,shape)


Small example cross-sectional data set

Description

A subset of data from the SEES data, for examples and testing.

Usage

sees_pop_data_pk_100

Format

sees_pop_data_pk_100

A pop_data object (from as_pop_data()) with 200 rows and 8 columns:

id

Observation ID

Country

Country where the participant was living

cluster

survey sampling cluster

catchment

survey catchment area

age

participant's age when sampled, in years

antigen_iso

which antigen and isotype are being measured (data is in long format)

value

concentration of antigen isotype, in ELISA units

Source

https://osf.io/n6cp3


Small example cross-sectional data set

Description

A subset of data from the SEES data, for examples and testing.

Usage

sees_pop_data_pk_100_old_names

Format

sees_pop_data_pk_100_old_names

A pop_data object (from as_pop_data()) with 200 rows and 8 columns:

index_id

Observation ID

Country

Country where the participant was living

cluster

survey sampling cluster

catchment

survey catchment area

Age

participant's age when sampled, in years

antigen_iso

which antigen and isotype are being measured (data is in long format)

result

concentration of antigen isotype, in ELISA units

Source

https://osf.io/n6cp3


Estimating Infection Rates from Serological Data

Description

This package translates antibody levels measured in a (cross-sectional) population sample into an estimate of the frequency with which seroconversions (infections) occur in the sampled population.

Details

_PACKAGE

Author(s)

References

Methods for estimating seroincidence

  • Teunis, P. F. M., and J. C. H. van Eijkeren. "Estimation of seroconversion rates for infectious diseases: Effects of age and noise." Statistics in Medicine 39, no. 21 (2020): 2799-2814.

  • Teunis, P. F. M., J. C. H. van Eijkeren, W. F. de Graaf, A. Bonačić Marinović, and M. E. E. Kretzschmar. "Linking the seroresponse to infection to within-host heterogeneity in antibody production." Epidemics 16 (2016): 33-39.

Applications

  • Aiemjoy, Kristen, Jessica C. Seidman, Senjuti Saha, Sira Jam Munira, Mohammad Saiful Islam Sajib, Syed Muktadir Al Sium, Anik Sarkar et al. "Estimating typhoid incidence from community-based serosurveys: a multicohort study." The Lancet Microbe 3, no. 8 (2022): e578-e587.

  • Aiemjoy, Kristen, John Rumunu, Juma John Hassen, Kirsten E. Wiens, Denise Garrett, Polina Kamenskaya, Jason B. Harris et al. "Seroincidence of enteric fever, Juba, South Sudan." Emerging infectious diseases 28, no. 11 (2022): 2316.

  • Monge, S., Teunis, P. F., Friesema, I., Franz, E., Ang, W., van Pelt, W., Mughini-Gras, L. "Immune response-eliciting exposure to Campylobacter vastly exceeds the incidence of clinically overt campylobacteriosis but is associated with similar risk factors: A nationwide serosurvey in the Netherlands" Journal of Infection, 2018, 1–7, doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2018.04.016

  • Kretzschmar, M., Teunis, P. F., Pebody, R. G. "Incidence and reproduction numbers of pertussis: estimates from serological and social contact data in five European countries" PLoS Medicine 7, no. 6 (June 1, 2010):e1000291. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000291.

  • Simonsen, J., Strid, M. A., Molbak, K., Krogfelt, K. A., Linneberg, A., Teunis, P. "Sero-epidemiology as a tool to study the incidence of Salmonella infections in humans" Epidemiology and Infection 136, no. 7 (July 1, 2008): 895–902. doi:10.1017/S0950268807009314

  • Simonsen, J., Teunis, P. F., van Pelt, W., van Duynhoven, Y., Krogfelt, K. A., Sadkowska-Todys, M., Molbak K. "Usefulness of seroconversion rates for comparing infection pressures between countries" Epidemiology and Infection, April 12, 2010, 1–8. doi:10.1017/S0950268810000750.

  • Falkenhorst, G., Simonsen, J., Ceper, T. H., van Pelt, W., de Valk, H., Sadkowska-Todys, M., Zota, L., Kuusi, M., Jernberg, C., Rota, M. C., van Duynhoven, Y. T., Teunis, P. F., Krogfelt, K. A., Molbak, K. "Serological cross-sectional studies on salmonella incidence in eight European countries: no correlation with incidence of reported cases" BMC Public Health 12, no. 1 (July 15, 2012): 523–23. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-523.

  • Teunis, P. F., Falkenhorst, G., Ang, C. W., Strid, M. A., De Valk, H., Sadkowska-Todys, M., Zota, L., Kuusi, M., Rota, M. C., Simonsen, J. B., Molbak, K., Van Duynhoven, Y. T., van Pelt, W. "Campylobacter seroconversion rates in selected countries in the European Union" Epidemiology and Infection 141, no. 10 (2013): 2051–57. doi:10.1017/S0950268812002774.

  • de Melker, H. E., Versteegh, F. G., Schellekens, J. F., Teunis, P. F., Kretzschmar, M. "The incidence of Bordetella pertussis infections estimated in the population from a combination of serological surveys" The Journal of Infection 53, no. 2 (August 1, 2006): 106–13. doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2005.10.020

Quantification of seroresponse

  • de Graaf, W. F., Kretzschmar, M. E., Teunis, P. F., Diekmann, O. "A two-phase within-host model for immune response and its application to serological profiles of pertussis" Epidemics 9 (2014):1–7. doi:10.1016/j.epidem.2014.08.002.

  • Berbers, G. A., van de Wetering, M. S., van Gageldonk, P. G., Schellekens, J. F., Versteegh, F. G., Teunis, P.F. "A novel method for evaluating natural and vaccine induced serological responses to Bordetella pertussis antigens" Vaccine 31, no. 36 (August 12, 2013): 3732–38. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.05.073.

  • Versteegh, F. G., Mertens, P. L., de Melker, H. E., Roord, J. J., Schellekens, J. F., Teunis, P. F. "Age-specific long-term course of IgG antibodies to pertussis toxin after symptomatic infection with Bordetella pertussis" Epidemiology and Infection 133, no. 4 (August 1, 2005): 737–48.

  • Teunis, P. F., van der Heijden, O. G., de Melker, H. E., Schellekens, J. F., Versteegh, F. G., Kretzschmar, M. E. "Kinetics of the IgG antibody response to pertussis toxin after infection with B. pertussis" Epidemiology and Infection 129, no. 3 (December 10, 2002):479. doi:10.1017/S0950268802007896.


Simulate a cross-sectional serosurvey with noise

Description

Makes a cross-sectional data set (age, y(t) set) and adds noise, if desired.

Usage

sim.cs(
  lambda = 0.1,
  n.smpl = 100,
  age.rng = c(0, 20),
  age.fx = NA,
  antigen_isos,
  n.mc = 0,
  renew.params = FALSE,
  add.noise = FALSE,
  curve_params,
  noise_limits,
  format = "wide",
  verbose = FALSE,
  ...
)

Arguments

lambda

a numeric() scalar indicating the incidence rate (in events per person-years)

n.smpl

number of samples to simulate

age.rng

age range of sampled individuals, in years

age.fx

specify the curve parameters to use by age (does nothing at present?)

antigen_isos

Character vector with one or more antibody names. Values must match curve_params.

n.mc

how many MCMC samples to use:

  • when n.mc is in 1:4000 a fixed posterior sample is used

  • when n.mc = 0, a random sample is chosen

renew.params

whether to generate a new parameter set for each infection

  • renew.params = TRUE generates a new parameter set for each infection

  • renew.params = FALSE keeps the one selected at birth, but updates baseline y0

add.noise

a logical() indicating whether to add biological and measurement noise

curve_params

a data.frame() containing MCMC samples of parameters from the Bayesian posterior distribution of a longitudinal decay curve model. The parameter columns must be named:

  • antigen_iso: a character() vector indicating antigen-isotype combinations

  • iter: an integer() vector indicating MCMC sampling iterations

  • y0: baseline antibody level at $t=0$ ($y(t=0)$)

  • y1: antibody peak level (ELISA units)

  • t1: duration of infection

  • alpha: antibody decay rate (1/days for the current longitudinal parameter sets)

  • r: shape factor of antibody decay

noise_limits

biologic noise distribution parameters

format

a character() variable, containing either:

  • "long" (one measurement per row) or

  • "wide" (one serum sample per row)

verbose

logical: if TRUE, print verbose log information to console

...

Arguments passed on to simcs.tinf

Value

a tibble::tbl_df containing simulated cross-sectional serosurvey data, with columns:

  • age: age (in days)

  • one column for each element in the antigen_iso input argument

Examples

# Load curve parameters
dmcmc <- load_curve_params("https://osf.io/download/rtw5k")

# Specify the antibody-isotype responses to include in analyses
antibodies <- c("HlyE_IgA", "HlyE_IgG")

# Set seed to reproduce results
set.seed(54321)

# Simulated incidence rate per person-year
lambda <- 0.2;

# Range covered in simulations
lifespan <- c(0, 10);

# Cross-sectional sample size
nrep <- 100

# Biologic noise distribution
dlims <- rbind(
  "HlyE_IgA" = c(min = 0, max = 0.5),
  "HlyE_IgG" = c(min = 0, max = 0.5)
)

# Generate cross-sectional data
csdata <- sim.cs(
  curve_params = dmcmc,
  lambda = lambda,
  n.smpl = nrep,
  age.rng = lifespan,
  antigen_isos = antibodies,
  n.mc = 0,
  renew.params = TRUE,
  add.noise = TRUE,
  noise_limits = dlims,
  format = "long"
)

Simulate multiple data sets

Description

Simulate multiple data sets

Usage

sim.cs.multi(
  nclus = 10,
  lambdas = c(0.05, 0.1, 0.15, 0.2, 0.3),
  num_cores = max(1, parallel::detectCores() - 1),
  rng_seed = 1234,
  renew.params = TRUE,
  add.noise = TRUE,
  verbose = FALSE,
  ...
)

Arguments

nclus

number of clusters

lambdas

#incidence rate, in events/person*year

num_cores

number of cores to use for parallel computations

rng_seed

starting seed for random number generator, passed to rngtools::RNGseq()

renew.params

whether to generate a new parameter set for each infection

  • renew.params = TRUE generates a new parameter set for each infection

  • renew.params = FALSE keeps the one selected at birth, but updates baseline y0

add.noise

a logical() indicating whether to add biological and measurement noise

verbose

whether to report verbose information

...

Arguments passed on to sim.cs

lambda

a numeric() scalar indicating the incidence rate (in events per person-years)

n.smpl

number of samples to simulate

age.rng

age range of sampled individuals, in years

age.fx

specify the curve parameters to use by age (does nothing at present?)

antigen_isos

Character vector with one or more antibody names. Values must match curve_params.

n.mc

how many MCMC samples to use:

  • when n.mc is in 1:4000 a fixed posterior sample is used

  • when n.mc = 0, a random sample is chosen

noise_limits

biologic noise distribution parameters

format

a character() variable, containing either:

  • "long" (one measurement per row) or

  • "wide" (one serum sample per row)

curve_params

a data.frame() containing MCMC samples of parameters from the Bayesian posterior distribution of a longitudinal decay curve model. The parameter columns must be named:

  • antigen_iso: a character() vector indicating antigen-isotype combinations

  • iter: an integer() vector indicating MCMC sampling iterations

  • y0: baseline antibody level at $t=0$ ($y(t=0)$)

  • y1: antibody peak level (ELISA units)

  • t1: duration of infection

  • alpha: antibody decay rate (1/days for the current longitudinal parameter sets)

  • r: shape factor of antibody decay

Value

a tibble::tibble()


collect cross-sectional data

Description

output: (age, y(t) set)

Usage

simcs.tinf(
  lambda,
  n.smpl,
  age.rng,
  age.fx = NA,
  antigen_isos,
  n.mc = 0,
  renew.params = FALSE,
  ...
)

Arguments

lambda

seroconversion rate (in events/person-day)

n.smpl

number of samples n.smpl (= nr of simulated records)

age.rng

age range to use for simulating data, in days

age.fx

age.fx for parameter sample (age.fx = NA for age at infection)

antigen_isos

Character vector with one or more antibody names. Values must match curve_params.

n.mc
  • when n.mc is in 1:4000 a fixed posterior sample is used

  • when n.mc = 0 a random sample is chosen

renew.params
  • renew.params = TRUE generates a new parameter set for each infection

  • renew.params = FALSE keeps the one selected at birth, but updates baseline y0

...

arguments passed to simresp.tinf()

Value

an array()


simulate antibody kinetics of y over a time interval

Description

simulate antibody kinetics of y over a time interval

Usage

simresp.tinf(
  lambda,
  t.end,
  age.fx,
  antigen_isos,
  n.mc = 0,
  renew.params,
  predpar,
  ...
)

Arguments

lambda

seroconversion rate (1/days),

t.end

end of time interval (beginning is time 0) in days(?)

age.fx

parameter estimates for fixed age (age.fx in years) or not. when age.fx = NA then age at infection is used.

antigen_isos

antigen isotypes

n.mc

a posterior sample may be selected (1:4000), or not when n.mc = 0 a posterior sample is chosen at random.

renew.params

At infection, a new parameter sample may be generated (when renew.params = TRUE). Otherwise (when renew.params = FALSE), a sample is generated at birth and kept, but baseline y0 are carried over from prior infections.

predpar

an array() with dimensions named:

  • antigen_iso

  • parameter

  • obs

...

Arguments passed on to row_longitudinal_parameter, ab, mk_baseline

age

age at infection

nmc

mcmc sample to use

npar

number of parameters

t

age at infection?

par

parameters

kab

index for which row of antibody baseline limits to read from blims

n

number of observations

blims

range of possible baseline antibody levels

Value

This function returns a list() with:

  • t = times (in days, birth at day 0),

  • b = bacteria level, for each antibody signal (not used; probably meaningless),

  • y = antibody level, for each antibody signal

  • smp = whether an infection involves a big jump or a small jump

  • t.inf = times when infections have occurred.


Extract strata from an object

Description

Generic method for extracting strata from objects. See strata.seroincidence.by()

Usage

strata(x)

Arguments

x

an object

Value

the strata of x


Extract the Strata attribute from an object, if present

Description

Extract the Strata attribute from an object, if present

Usage

## S3 method for class 'seroincidence.by'
strata(x)

Arguments

x

any R object

Value

  • a tibble::tibble() with strata in rows, or

  • NULL if x does not have a "strata" attribute


Summarize cross-sectional antibody survey data

Description

summary() method for pop_data objects

Usage

## S3 method for class 'pop_data'
summary(object, strata = NULL, ...)

## S3 method for class 'summary.pop_data'
print(x, ...)

Arguments

object

a pop_data object (from as_pop_data())

strata

a character() specifying grouping column(s)

...

unused

x

an object of class "summary.pop_data"; usually, the result of a call to summary.pop_data()

Value

a summary.pop_data object, which is a list containing two summary tables:

  • age_summary summarizing age

  • ab_summary summarizing value, stratified by antigen_iso

Examples

library(dplyr)

xs_data <- load_pop_data("https://osf.io/download//n6cp3/")
summary(xs_data, strata = "Country")

Summarizing fitted seroincidence models

Description

This function is a summary() method for seroincidence objects.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'seroincidence'
summary(object, coverage = 0.95, ...)

Arguments

object

a list(), outputted by stats::nlm() or est.incidence()

coverage

desired confidence interval coverage probability

...

unused

Value

a tibble::tibble() containing the following:

  • est.start: the starting guess for incidence rate

  • ageCat: the age category we are analyzing

  • incidence.rate: the estimated incidence rate, per person year

  • CI.lwr: lower limit of confidence interval for incidence rate

  • CI.upr: upper limit of confidence interval for incidence rate

  • coverage: coverage probability

  • log.lik: log-likelihood of the data used in the call to est.incidence(), evaluated at the maximum-likelihood estimate of lambda (i.e., at incidence.rate)

  • iterations: the number of iterations used

  • antigen_isos: a list of antigen isotypes used in the analysis

  • nlm.convergence.code: information about convergence of the likelihood maximization procedure performed by nlm() (see "Value" section of stats::nlm(), component code); codes 3-5 indicate issues:

    • 1: relative gradient is close to zero, current iterate is probably solution.

    • 2: successive iterates within tolerance, current iterate is probably solution.

    • 3: Last global step failed to locate a point lower than x. Either x is an approximate local minimum of the function, the function is too non-linear for this algorithm, or stepmin in est.incidence() (a.k.a., steptol in stats::nlm()) is too large.

    • 4: iteration limit exceeded; increase iterlim.

    • 5: maximum step size stepmax exceeded five consecutive times. Either the function is unbounded below, becomes asymptotic to a finite value from above in some direction or stepmax is too small.

Examples

library(dplyr)

xs_data <- load_pop_data("https://osf.io/download//n6cp3/")

curves <- load_curve_params("https://osf.io/download/rtw5k/") %>%
  filter(antigen_iso %in% c("HlyE_IgA", "HlyE_IgG")) %>%
  slice(1:100, .by = antigen_iso) # Reduce dataset for the purposes of this example

noise <- load_noise_params("https://osf.io/download//hqy4v/")

est1 <- est.incidence(
  pop_data = xs_data %>% filter(Country == "Pakistan"),
  curve_params = curves,
  noise_params = noise %>% filter(Country == "Pakistan"),
  antigen_isos = c("HlyE_IgG", "HlyE_IgA")
)

summary(est1)

Summary Method for "seroincidence.by" Objects

Description

Calculate seroincidence from output of the seroincidence calculator est.incidence.by().

Usage

## S3 method for class 'seroincidence.by'
summary(
  object,
  confidence_level = 0.95,
  showDeviance = TRUE,
  showConvergence = TRUE,
  ...
)

Arguments

object

A dataframe containing output of function est.incidence.by().

confidence_level

desired confidence interval coverage probability

showDeviance

Logical flag (FALSE/TRUE) for reporting deviance (-2*log(likelihood) at estimated seroincidence. Default = TRUE.

showConvergence

Logical flag (FALSE/TRUE) for reporting convergence (see help for optim() for details). Default = FALSE.

...

Additional arguments affecting the summary produced.

Value

A summary.seroincidence.by object, which is a tibble::tibble, with the following columns:

  • incidence.rate maximum likelihood estimate of lambda (seroincidence)

  • CI.lwr lower confidence bound for lambda

  • CI.upr upper confidence bound for lambda

  • Deviance (included if showDeviance = TRUE) Negative log likelihood (NLL) at estimated (maximum likelihood) lambda)

    • nlm.convergence.code (included if showConvergence = TRUE) Convergence information returned by stats::nlm() The object also has the following metadata (accessible through base::attr()):

  • antigen_isos Character vector with names of input antigen isotypes used in est.incidence.by()

  • Strata Character with names of strata used in est.incidence.by()

Examples

library(dplyr)

xs_data <- load_pop_data("https://osf.io/download//n6cp3/")

curve <- load_curve_params("https://osf.io/download/rtw5k/") %>%
  filter(antigen_iso %in% c("HlyE_IgA", "HlyE_IgG")) %>%
  slice(1:100, .by = antigen_iso) # Reduce dataset for the purposes of this example

noise <- load_noise_params("https://osf.io/download//hqy4v/")

est2 <- est.incidence.by(
  strata = c("catchment"),
  pop_data = xs_data %>% filter(Country == "Pakistan"),
  curve_params = curve,
  noise_params = noise %>% filter(Country == "Pakistan"),
  antigen_isos = c("HlyE_IgG", "HlyE_IgA"),
  #num_cores = 8 # Allow for parallel processing to decrease run time
)

summary(est2)

## Not run: 
# estimate seroincidence
seroincidence <- est.incidence.by(...)

# calculate summary statistics for the seroincidence object
seroincidenceSummary <- summary(seroincidence)

## End(Not run)

Small example of antibody response curve parameters for typhoid

Description

A subset of data from the SEES study, for examples and testing.

Usage

typhoid_curves_nostrat_100

Format

typhoid_curves_nostrat_100

A curve_params object (from as_curve_params()) with 500 rows and 7 columns:

antigen_iso

which antigen and isotype are being measured (data is in long format)

iter

MCMC iteration

y0

Antibody concentration at t = 0 (start of active infection)

y1

Antibody concentration at t = t1 (end of active infection)

t1

Duration of active infection

alpha

Antibody decay rate coefficient

r

Antibody decay rate exponent parameter

Source

https://osf.io/rtw5k


Warn about missing stratifying variables in a dataset

Description

Warn about missing stratifying variables in a dataset

Usage

warn.missing.strata(data, strata, dataname)

Arguments

data

the dataset that should contain the strata

strata

a data.frame() showing the strata levels that are expected to be in the dataset

dataname

the name of the dataset, for use in warning messages if some strata are missing.

Value

a character() vector of the subset of stratifying variables that are present in pop_data

Examples

## Not run: 
expected_strata <- data.frame(Species = "banana", type = "orchid")

warn.missing.strata(iris, expected_strata, dataname = "iris")

## End(Not run)