About the Authors

Siddhivinayak Hirve

hirves@who.int

Affiliation Global Influenza Program, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Laura P. Newman

Affiliation University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

John Paget

Affiliation Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Julia Fitzner

Affiliation Global Influenza Program, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Niranjan Bhat

Affiliation Program for Appropriate Technology, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Katelijn Vandemaele

Affiliation Global Influenza Program, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Wenqing Zhang

Affiliation Global Influenza Program, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SH LN JP EAB JF NB KV WZ. Analyzed the data: SH LN JP EAB JF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LN JP EAB JF NB. Wrote the paper: SH LN JP EAB JF NB KV WZ.