About the Authors

Ben S. Cooper

ben@tropmedres.ac

Affiliations Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Maciej F. Boni

Affiliations Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

Wirichada Pan-ngum

Affiliation Department of Tropical Hygiene, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Nicholas P. J. Day

Affiliations Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Peter W. Horby

Affiliation Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Piero Olliaro

Affiliations Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, UNICEF-UNDP-World Bank-WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, Geneva, Switzerland

Trudie Lang

Affiliation Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Nicholas J. White

Affiliations Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Lisa J. White

Affiliations Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

John Whitehead

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

NJW is a member of the Editorial Board of PLOS Medicine. PO is a staff member of the World Health Organization (WHO); the authors alone are responsible for the views expressed in this publication and they do not necessarily represent the decisions, policy, or views of the WHO. The authors have declared that no other competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: BSC MFB WP NPJD PWH NJW LJW JW. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: BSC. Wrote the paper: BSC MFB WP NPJD PWH PO TL NJW LJW JW. Conceived and designed the MSA and SRCT designs: JW. Conceived and designed simulation studies: BSC MFB WP NPJD PWH PO TL NJW LJW JW. Performed exact calculations to evaluate performance characteristics: JW. Performed simulation studies: BSC MFB WP LW. Contributed tools for exact analysis: JW. Contributed analysis tools for the simulation study: BSC WP LW MFB. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: BSC MFB WP NPJD PWH PO TL NJW LJW JW. All authors have read, and agree that they meet, ICMJE criteria for authorship.