rabies {epimdr}

Raccoon rabies data.

Description

Data is the average monthly number of reported cases of rabid raccoons across all counties within each of 11 east coast US states the time line is from the first reported case in each state (starting in late 1970s for West Virginia).

Usage

rabies

Format

A data frame with 208 rows and 12 variables:

Month

Month since rabies appearance in the state

CT

Connecticut

DE

Delaware

MD

Maryland

MA

Massachusetts

NJ

New Jersey

NY

New York

NC

North Carolina

PA

Pennsylvania

RI

Rhode Island

VA

Virginia

WV

West Virginia

Source

Childs et al. 2000. Predicting the local dynamics of epizootic rabies among raccoons in the United States Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 97:13666-13671. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.240326697.