About the Authors

Kok Ben Toh

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ben@bentoh.my

Current address: Institute of Global Health, Northwesntern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Institute of Global Health and Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Derek A. T. Cummings

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Ira M. Longini Jr.

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Thomas J. Hladish

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.