About the Authors

Laura Fumanelli

lfumanelli@fbk.eu

Affiliation Bruno Kessler Foundation, Trento, Italy

Marco Ajelli

Affiliation Bruno Kessler Foundation, Trento, Italy

Stefano Merler

Affiliation Bruno Kessler Foundation, Trento, Italy

Neil M. Ferguson

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

Simon Cauchemez

Affiliation Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LF MA SM NMF SC. Performed the experiments: LF. Analyzed the data: LF MA SM SC. Wrote the paper: LF MA SM NMF SC. Developed the model: LF MA SM.