About the Authors

Adam J. Kucharski

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

adam.kucharski@lshtm.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Justin Lessler

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Derek A. T. Cummings

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Steven Riley

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.