About the Authors

Daniel M. Weinberger

Daniel.weinberger@yale.edu

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Division of International Epidemiology and Population Studies, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Keith P. Klugman

Affiliation Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Claudia A. Steiner

Affiliation Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Lone Simonsen

Affiliations Division of International Epidemiology and Population Studies, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Global Health, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Cécile Viboud

Affiliation Division of International Epidemiology and Population Studies, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

DMW has received research support for other projects from an investigator initiated research grant from Pfizer to Yale University. LS and KPK have previously received research support from Pfizer. DMW has received consulting fees from Merck. KPK is a member of the Editorial Board of PLOS Medicine. The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DMW CV LS KPK. Performed the experiments: DMW. Analyzed the data: DMW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CAS. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: DMW. Wrote the paper: DMW CAS CV KPK LS. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: DMW CAS CV KPK LS. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: DMW CAS CV KPK LS.