About the Authors
- Ryosuke Omori
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Affiliation School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China
- Benjamin J. Cowling
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Affiliation School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China
- Hiroshi Nishiura
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* E-mail: nishiura@hku.hk
Affiliations School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China, PRESTO (Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology), Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors declare that co-authors Benjamin Cowling and Hiroshi Nishiura are PLOS ONE Editorial Board members. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HN. Performed the experiments: RO HN. Analyzed the data: RO HN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RO BJC HN. Wrote the paper: RO BJC HN. Computed mathematical models: RO.