About the Authors
- Myron S. Cohen
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¶All authors contributed equally to this work.
Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Christopher Dye
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¶All authors contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
- Christophe Fraser
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* E-mail: c.fraser@imperial.ac.uk (CF); powersk@email.unc.edu (KAP); BrianGerardWilliams@gmail.com (BGW)
¶All authors contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Medical Research Council Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- William C. Miller
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¶All authors contributed equally to this work.
Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Kimberly A. Powers
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* E-mail: c.fraser@imperial.ac.uk (CF); powersk@email.unc.edu (KAP); BrianGerardWilliams@gmail.com (BGW)
¶All authors contributed equally to this work.
Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Brian G. Williams
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* E-mail: c.fraser@imperial.ac.uk (CF); powersk@email.unc.edu (KAP); BrianGerardWilliams@gmail.com (BGW)
¶All authors contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Analyzed the data: MC CD CF WCM KAP BGW. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: MC CD CF WCM KAP BGW. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MC CD CF WCM KAP BGW. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: MC CD CF WCM KAP BGW. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: MC CD CF WCM KAP BGW. Combined individual written contributions: BGW.