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 Package: superspreading
 Title: Estimate Individual-Level Variation in Transmission
-Version: 0.2.0
+Version: 0.2.0.9000
 Authors@R: 
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         person(
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+# superspreading (development version)
+
 # superspreading 0.2.0
 
 Second minor release of _superspreading_. This release enhances functions added in v0.1.0 and adds two new exported functions, and two new vignettes.