About the Authors

Hiroshi Nishiura

h.nishiura@uu.nl

Affiliation Theoretical Epidemiology, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Don Klinkenberg

Affiliation Theoretical Epidemiology, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Mick Roberts

Affiliation Centre for Mathematical Biology, Institute of Information and Mathematical Sciences, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand

Johan A. P. Heesterbeek

Affiliation Theoretical Epidemiology, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HN. Performed the experiments: HN. Analyzed the data: HN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HN DK MR JAPH. Wrote the paper: HN DK MR JAPH.