# R: Raccoon rabies data.

rabies {epimdr} | R Documentation

## 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

  Massachusets

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.

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