About the Authors

Simon I. Hay

simon.hay@zoo.ox.ac.uk (SIH); rsnow@nairobi.kemri-wellcome.org (RWS)

Affiliations Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine, KEMRI–University of Oxford–Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya

Emelda A. Okiro

Affiliations Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine, KEMRI–University of Oxford–Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Peter W. Gething

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

Anand P. Patil

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

Andrew J. Tatem

Affiliations Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Carlos A. Guerra

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

Robert W. Snow

simon.hay@zoo.ox.ac.uk (SIH); rsnow@nairobi.kemri-wellcome.org (RWS)

Affiliations Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine, KEMRI–University of Oxford–Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: SIH EAO PWG APP AJT CAG RWS. Agree with the manuscript's results and conclusions: SIH EAO PWG APP AJT CAG RWS. Designed the experiments/the study: SIH RWS. Analyzed the data: SIH PWG APP AJT RWS. Collected data/did experiments for the study: SIH EAO PWG AJT CAG RWS. Wrote the first draft of the paper: SIH RWS. Contributed to the writing of the paper: EAO PWG APP AJT CAG RWS.