About the Authors

Mirjam Kretzschmar

mirjam.kretzschmar@rivm.nl

Affiliations Julius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, RIVM, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Peter F. M. Teunis

Affiliations Julius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Richard G. Pebody

Affiliation Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: MK PFT RGP. Agree with the manuscript's results and conclusions: MK PFT RGP. Designed the experiments/the study: MK. Analyzed the data: MK PFT. Collected data/did experiments for the study: RGP. Wrote the first draft of the paper: MK. Contributed to the writing of the paper: MK PFT RGP.