About the Authors

Natsuko Imai

n.imai12@imperial.ac.uk

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

Ilaria Dorigatti

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

Simon Cauchemez

Affiliation Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Neil M. Ferguson

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NI ID SC NMF. Performed the experiments: NI. Analyzed the data: NI. Wrote the paper: NI ID SC NMF.