Supplementary Information: Post-exposure prophylaxis during pandemic outbreaks
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1Institute for Biodiagnostics, National Research Council Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 2Department of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 3Analysis and Stochastics Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Bolyai Institute, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary 4Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto and Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 5Centre for Disease Modelling, York Institute of Health Research, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Post-exposure prophylaxis during pandemic outbreaks
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