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whitetailedSIRS: A package to project SARS-CoV-2 outbreak dynamics in white-tailed deer

September 14, 2023

This software release contains several R scripts that generate epidemic projections of SARS-CoV-2 in white tailed deer populations using a Susceptible-Infected-Recovered-Susceptible (SIRS) modeling framework. We provide a workflow of vignettes used in Rosenblatt et al. In Prep and Cook et al. In Prep. Users are able to specify transmission parameters for human-deer and deer-deer transmission to quantify changes in outbreak dynamics. The outputs of this package are ggplot friendly, and for the most part, we use a list-column workflow when working with multiple simulations. Details on the model can be found in the vignettes.

Publication Year 2023
Title whitetailedSIRS: A package to project SARS-CoV-2 outbreak dynamics in white-tailed deer
DOI 10.5066/P9TZK938
Authors Graziella V Direnzo, Jonathan D Cook, Francisca J Rudolph, Evan H Grant, Michael C Runge, Elias Rosenblatt, Fernando Arce, Brittany Mosher
Product Type Software Release
Record Source USGS Digital Object Identifier Catalog
USGS Organization Cooperative Research Units Program