About the Authors

Margarita Pons-Salort

m.pons-salort@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, St Mary’s Campus, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Cara C. Burns

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

Hil Lyons

Affiliation Institute for Disease Modeling, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Isobel M. Blake

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, St Mary’s Campus, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Hamid Jafari

Affiliation World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland

M. Steven Oberste

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

Olen M. Kew

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

Nicholas C. Grassly

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, St Mary’s Campus, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MPS NCG. Performed the experiments: MPS. Analyzed the data: MPS HL IMB NCG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CCB HL IMB MSO OMK NCG. Wrote the paper: MPS CCB HL IMB HJ MSO OMK NCG. Critically revised the manuscript for important intellectual content: CCB HL HJ MSO OMK NCG. Contributed to the acquisition of data: CCB HJ MSO OMK.