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 Package: aedseo
 Title: Automated and Early Detection of Seasonal Epidemic Onset
-Version: 0.1.2
+Version: 0.1.2.9000
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Kasper", "Schou Telkamp", ,"kasper.telkamp@gmail.com", role = c("aut"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0009-0001-5126-0190")),
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+# aedseo (development version)
+
 # aedseo 0.1.2
 
 ## Minor changes