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title: 'epidesc: Calculation of Epidemiological Descriptors'
version: 0.1.0
doi: 10.32614/CRAN.package.epidesc
abstract: 'Provides tools to easily compute a series of epidemiological indicators
  to characterise different transmission profiles of infectious diseases with a simple
  pipeline: format the dates in epiyearweek format, choose the descriptors and their
  parameters, and compute them. The package is based on the publication ''How heterogeneous
  is the dengue transmission profile in Brazil? A study in six Brazilian states''
  by Ferreira de Almeida et al (2002) <https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010746>.'
authors:
- family-names: Lana
  given-names: Raquel Martins
  email: raquel.lana@bsc.es
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7573-1364
- family-names: Milà
  given-names: Carles
  email: carles.milagarcia@bsc.es
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0470-0760
- family-names: Almeida
  given-names: Iasmin Ferreira
  name-particle: de
- family-names: Codeço
  given-names: Claudia Torres
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1174-178X
- family-names: Lührsen
  given-names: Daniela
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6340-5964
- family-names: Silva
  given-names: Diego Ricardo Xavier
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5259-7732
- family-names: Barcellos
  given-names: Christovam
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1161-2753
- family-names: Saldanha
  given-names: Raphael
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0652-8466
- family-names: Lowe
  given-names: Rachel
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3939-7343
repository: https://bsc-es.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/BSC-ES/epidesc
commit: d812124dd70efbd2ca9920fb608d1d90b193e23e
url: https://github.com/BSC-ES/epidesc
date-released: '2026-08-10'
contact:
- family-names: Milà
  given-names: Carles
  email: carles.milagarcia@bsc.es
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0470-0760