About the Authors

Anthony Hauser

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Michel J. Counotte

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Charles C. Margossian

Roles Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Statistics, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Garyfallos Konstantinoudis

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation MRC Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Nicola Low

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Christian L. Althaus

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Julien Riou

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

julien.riou@ispm.unibe.ch

Affiliations Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Division of infectious diseases, Federal Office of Public Health, Bern, Switzerland

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: NL is a member of the editorial board of PLOS Medicine.