About the Authors
- Adam J. Kucharski
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Affiliations Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Kin O. Kwok
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Affiliation School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Vivian W. I. Wei
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Affiliation School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Benjamin J. Cowling
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Affiliation School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Jonathan M. Read
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Institute of Infection and Global Health, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Justin Lessler
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Derek A. Cummings
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Steven Riley
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* E-mail: s.riley@imperial.ac.uk
Affiliation MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
BJC has received research funding from MedImmune Inc., and consult for Crucell NV. DAC has acted as a consultant to Medimmune. These do not alter our adherence to all PLOS policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AJK SR BJC JMR JL DAC. Performed the experiments: AJK KOK VWIW. Analyzed the data: AJK SR KOK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AJK SR KOK BJC JMR JL DAC. Wrote the paper: AJK.