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		Nested Particle Filter for Stochastic SEIR Epidemic Models //
		Implements the online Bayesian inference framework for joint
		state and parameter estimation in a stochastic Susceptible-
		Exposed-Infectious-Recovered (SEIR) epidemic model with a time-
		varying transmission rate. The log-transmission rate is
		modelled as a latent Ornstein-Uhlenbeck (OU) process with exact
		Gaussian discrete-time transitions. Inference is performed via
		the nested particle filter (NPF) of Crisan and Miguez (2018)
		doi:10.3150/17-BEJ954, which maintains an outer particle layer
		over the OU hyperparameters and, for each outer particle, an
		inner bootstrap filter over epidemic states. The Cori-style
		renewal-equation estimator follows Cori et al. (2013)
		doi:10.1093/aje/kwt133. The package also provides utilities for
		simulation, posterior summarisation, and forecasting.
	</longdescription>
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