Landscape-scale analysis of raccoon rabies surveillance reveals different drivers of disease dynamics across latitude

• Matthew Michalska-Smith ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors are joint first-authorship on this work.

  Affiliations Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0369-412X

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• Meggan E. Craft ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: craft004@umn.edu

  ¶‡ These authors are joint first-authorship on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5333-8513

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• Amy J. Davis,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Amy T. Gilbert,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Richard B. Chipman,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, National Rabies Management Program, Concord, New Hampshire, United States of America

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• Jordona Kirby,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, National Rabies Management Program, Concord, New Hampshire, United States of America

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• Kathleen M. Nelson,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, National Rabies Management Program, Concord, New Hampshire, United States of America

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• Xiaoyue Ma,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Core Laboratory Services and Response, Office of Laboratory Systems and Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Ryan Wallace,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Grace Miller,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota United States of America

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• Kim M. Pepin

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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