About the Authors

David A. Rasmussen

david.rasmussen@duke.edu

Affiliation Biology Department, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Erik M. Volz

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

Katia Koelle

Affiliations Biology Department, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DAR EMV KK. Performed the experiments: DAR. Analyzed the data: DAR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DAR EMV. Wrote the paper: DAR EMV KK.