About the Authors

Samuel P. C. Brand

S.Brand@warwick.ac.uk

Affiliations School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom, WIDER (Warwick Infectious Disease Epidemiology Research) Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Kat S. Rock

Affiliations School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom, WIDER (Warwick Infectious Disease Epidemiology Research) Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Matt J. Keeling

Affiliations School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom, WIDER (Warwick Infectious Disease Epidemiology Research) Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom, Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SPCB MJK. Performed the experiments: SPCB. Analyzed the data: SPCB KSR MJK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SPCB KSR MJK. Wrote the paper: SPCB KSR MJK.