About the Authors

Leonid Chindelevitch

leonid@sfu.ca

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Caroline Colijn

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Prashini Moodley

Affiliation School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Douglas Wilson

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Edendale Hospital, Pietermaritzberg, South Africa, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Ted Cohen

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TC LC. Performed the experiments: PM DW LC. Analyzed the data: LC. Wrote the paper: LC CC TC. Suggested the methodology for simulating data: CC. Provided feedback and suggestions on all aspects of development and testing: CC TC. DW Supervised primary collection of data: DW. Supervised laboratory activities: PM.