About the Authors

Joanne Turner

j.turner@liverpool.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Leahurst, Neston, United Kingdom

Roger G. Bowers

Affiliation Department of Mathematical Sciences, School of Physical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Matthew Baylis

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Leahurst, Neston, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JT RGB MB. Performed the experiments: JT. Analyzed the data: JT RGB MB. Wrote the paper: JT RGB MB.