About the Authors

Hiroshi Nishiura

nishiura@hku.hk

Affiliations PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, Japan, Theoretical Epidemiology, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Gerardo Chowell

Affiliations Mathematical and Computational Modeling Sciences Center, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Carlos Castillo-Chavez

Affiliations Mathematical and Computational Modeling Sciences Center, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America

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 GC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HN. Wrote the paper: HN GC C-CC.