About the Authors

Simon I. Hay

simon.hay@zoo.ox.ac.uk

Affiliations Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Dylan B. George

Affiliation Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Catherine L. Moyes

Affiliation Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

John S. Brownstein

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital Informatics Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

Since submitting this article, Epidemico has been formed by Boston Children's Hospital to handle licensing of HealthMap data for commercial companies. JB holds an equity stake in Epidemico. The authors declare that no other competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SIH. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: SIH. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SIH DBG CLM JSB. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: SIH DBG CLM JSB. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: SIH DBG CLM JSB.