About the Authors

Simon Cauchemez

simon.cauchemez@pasteur.fr

Affiliations Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Neil M. Ferguson

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

Annette Fox

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit - Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Hanoi, Vietnam, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Le Quynh Mai

Affiliation National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam

Le Thi Thanh

Affiliation National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam

Pham Quang Thai

Affiliation National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam

Dang Dinh Thoang

Affiliation Ha Nam Centre for Preventive Medicine, Ha Nam, Vietnam

Tran Nhu Duong

Affiliation National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam

Le Nguyen Minh Hoa

Affiliation Oxford University Clinical Research Unit - Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Hanoi, Vietnam

Nguyen Tran Hien

Affiliation National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam

Peter Horby

Affiliation Oxford University Clinical Research Unit - Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Hanoi, Vietnam

Competing Interests

SC received consulting fees from Sanofi Pasteur MSD for a project on the modelling of varicella zoster virus transmission. There are no other competing interests to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SC NMF AF PH. Performed the experiments: SC AF LQM LTT PQT DDT TND LNMH NTH PH. Analyzed the data: SC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LQM. Wrote the paper: SC NMF AF LQM LTT PQT DDT TND LNMH NTH PH.