About the Authors
- Eva Santermans
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* E-mail: eva.santermans@uhasselt.be
Affiliation Interuniversity Institute for Biostatistics and Statistical Bioinformatics, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
- Emmanuel Robesyn
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Affiliation European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden
- Tapiwa Ganyani
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Affiliation Interuniversity Institute for Biostatistics and Statistical Bioinformatics, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
- Bertrand Sudre
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Affiliation European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden
- Christel Faes
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Affiliation Interuniversity Institute for Biostatistics and Statistical Bioinformatics, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
- Chantal Quinten
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Affiliation European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden
- Wim Van Bortel
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Affiliation European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden
- Tom Haber
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Affiliation Expertise centre for Digital Media, iMinds, tUL, Diepenbeek, Belgium
- Thomas Kovac
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Affiliations Interuniversity Institute for Biostatistics and Statistical Bioinformatics, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium, Expertise centre for Digital Media, iMinds, tUL, Diepenbeek, Belgium
- Frank Van Reeth
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Affiliation Expertise centre for Digital Media, iMinds, tUL, Diepenbeek, Belgium
- Marco Testa
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Affiliations European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Public Health, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
- Niel Hens
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Affiliations Interuniversity Institute for Biostatistics and Statistical Bioinformatics, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium, Centre for Health Economics Research and Modelling Infectious Diseases, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Diamantis Plachouras
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Affiliation European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following competing interests: Co-author Niel Hens received support from the University of Antwerp scientific chair in Evidence-Based Vaccinology, financed in 2009–2014 by a gift from Pfizer. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Analyzed the data: ES CF TK TH FVR NH. Wrote the paper: ES ER BS CQ NH DP. Data collection: MT. Data interpretation: ES ER BS CF CQ WVB NH DP. Literature search: TG.