About the Authors

Jamie T. Griffin

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

Matthew Cairns

Affiliation Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Azra C. Ghani

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

Cally Roper

Affiliation Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

David Schellenberg

Affiliation Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Ilona Carneiro

Affiliation Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Robert D. Newman

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

Martin P. Grobusch

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Tropical Medicine and AIDS, Amsterdam Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Medical Research Unit, Hospital Albert Schweitzer, Lambaréné, Gabon

Brian Greenwood

Affiliation Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Daniel Chandramohan

Affiliation Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Roly D. Gosling

Roly.Gosling@Gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JTG MEC ACG CR DS IC RN MPG BG DC RDG. Performed the experiments: JTG MEC ACG CR DS IC RN MPG BG DC RDG. Analyzed the data: JTG MEC ACG CR DS IC RN MPG BG DC RDG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RDG. Wrote the paper: JTG MEC ACG CR DS IC RN MPG BG DC RDG.