About the Authors

Magali Lemaitre

maglemaitre@gmail.com

Affiliations Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Inserm, UMR-S 707, Paris, France

Fabrice Carrat

Affiliations Inserm, UMR-S 707, Paris, France, UPMC – Paris 6, UMR-S 707, Paris, France, Public Health Unit, Saint-Antoine hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France

Grégoire Rey

Affiliation Inserm, CépiDC, Le Vésinet, France

Mark Miller

Affiliation Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Lone Simonsen

Affiliations Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Global Health, School of Public Health and Health Services, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Cécile Viboud

Affiliation Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

M. Lemaitre, L. Simonsen, M. Miller and G. Rey declare they have no potential conflicts of interest. F. Carrat received paid honoraria for a consultancy on influenza epidemiology from Laboratoires Boiron, France. C. Viboud is a PLoS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ML FC CV LS. Performed the experiments: ML CV FC. Analyzed the data: ML GR CV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GR ML. Wrote the paper: ML FC GR MM LS CV.