About the Authors

Caoimhe McKerr

Affiliations Public Health England, Field Epidemiology Services, London, England, United Kingdom, Field Epidemiology Training Programme, Public Health England, London, England, United Kingdom

Goutam K. Adak

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal, Emerging & Zoonotic Infections, Public Health England, London, England, United Kingdom

Gordon Nichols

Affiliations Department of Gastrointestinal, Emerging & Zoonotic Infections, Public Health England, London, England, United Kingdom, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England, United Kingdom, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece, European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter, Exeter, England, United Kingdom

Russell Gorton

Affiliation Public Health England, Field Epidemiology Services, London, England, United Kingdom

Rachel M. Chalmers

Affiliation Cryptosporidium Reference Unit, Public Health Wales, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom

George Kafatos

Affiliation Statistics, Modelling and Economics Department, Public Health England, London, England, United Kingdom

Paul Cosford

Affiliation Public Health England, London, England, United Kingdom

Andre Charlett

Affiliation Statistics, Modelling and Economics Department, Public Health England, London, England, United Kingdom

Mark Reacher

Affiliation Public Health England, Field Epidemiology Services, London, England, United Kingdom

Kevin G. Pollock

Affiliation Health Protection Scotland, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Claire L. Alexander

Affiliation Health Protection Scotland, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Stephen Morton

stephen.morton@phe.gov.uk

Affiliation Public Health England Centre, Yorkshire & Humber, England, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CM GKA GN RG RMC GK PC AC MR KGP CLA SM. Performed the experiments: CM GKA GN RG RMC GK PC AC MR KGP CLA SM. Analyzed the data: CM GKA GN RG RMC GK PC AC MR KGP CLA SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CM GKA GN RG RMC GK PC AC MR KGP CLA SM. Wrote the paper: CM GKA GN RG RMC GK PC AC MR KGP CLA SM.