About the Authors
- Kathleen M. O'Reilly
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* E-mail: k.oreilly@imperial.ac.uk
Affiliation Medical Research Council Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Claire Chauvin
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Affiliation Global Polio Eradication Initiative, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
- R. Bruce Aylward
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Affiliation Global Polio Eradication Initiative, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
- Chris Maher
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Affiliation Global Polio Eradication Initiative, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
- Sam Okiror
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Affiliation Immunizations and Vaccine Development, World Health Organization, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
- Chris Wolff
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Affiliation Global Polio Eradication Initiative, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
- Deo Nshmirimana
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Affiliation Immunizations and Vaccine Development, World Health Organization, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
- Christl A. Donnelly
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Affiliation Medical Research Council Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Nicholas C. Grassly
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Affiliation Medical Research Council Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
CM is a serving staff member of the World Health Organization. NG has received funding from the World Health Organization. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KMO NCG RBA. Analyzed the data: KMO NCG RBA CC CAD CW. Wrote the first draft: KMO NCG. Contributed to the writing of the paper: KMO CC RBA CM SO CW DN CAD NCG. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: KMO CC RBA CM SO CW DN CAD NCG. Agree with the manuscript' results and conclusions: KMO CC RBA CM SO DN CAD NCG.