To cite package ‘DESA’ in publications use:

Joshy V, Feng Z, Deeth L, Slater J, Vanderkruk K (2025). DESA: Detecting Epidemics using School Absenteeism. R package version 1.0.0, https://github.com/vjoshy/desa.

Corresponding BibTeX entry:

  @Manual{,
    title = {DESA: Detecting Epidemics using School Absenteeism},
    author = {Vinay Joshy and Zeny Feng and Lorna Deeth and Justin
      Slater and Kayla Vanderkruk},
    year = {2025},
    note = {R package version 1.0.0},
    url = {https://github.com/vjoshy/desa},
  }