About the Authors

Nicholas J. Croucher

n.croucher@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Rafal Mostowy

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Christopher Wymant

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Paul Turner

Affiliations Cambodia Oxford Medical Research Unit, Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Stephen D. Bentley

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Christophe Fraser

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NJC SDB PT CF. Performed the experiments: NJC CF. Analyzed the data: NJC RM CW CF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PT SDB. Wrote the paper: NJC CF.