About the Authors

Christian L. Althaus

christian.althaus@alumni.ethz.ch

Affiliation Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Beda Joos

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zürich, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Alan S. Perelson

Affiliation Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America

Huldrych F. Günthard

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zürich, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CLA BJ HFG. Performed the experiments: CLA. Analyzed the data: CLA BJ ASP HFG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CLA BJ HFG. Wrote the paper: CLA BJ ASP HFG.