About the Authors

Natsuko Imai

n.imai12@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Immunology and Infection, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Michael T. White

Affiliation MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Azra C. Ghani

Affiliation MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Chris J. Drakeley

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infection, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NI MTW ACG CJD. Wrote the paper: NI. Designed ITN model and provided extensive feedback on manuscript: MTW. Supervised project: MTW ACG CJD. Read and provided comments on the manuscript: MTW ACG CJD.