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 Package: simulist
 Title: Simulate Disease Outbreak Line List and Contacts Data
-Version: 0.3.0
+Version: 0.3.0.9000
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Joshua W.", "Lambert", , "joshua.lambert@lshtm.ac.uk", role = c("aut", "cre", "cph"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-5218-3046")),
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+# simulist (development version)
+
 # simulist 0.3.0
 
 The third release of the _simulist_ R package contains a range of new features, enhancements, documentation and unit tests.