About the Authors

Paolo Bajardi

Contributed equally to this work with: Paolo Bajardi, Chiara Poletto

Affiliations Computational Epidemiology Laboratory, Institute for Scientific Interchange (ISI), Torino, Italy, Centre de Physique Théorique (CNRS UMR 6207), Marseille, France

Chiara Poletto

Contributed equally to this work with: Paolo Bajardi, Chiara Poletto

Affiliation Computational Epidemiology Laboratory, Institute for Scientific Interchange (ISI), Torino, Italy

Jose J. Ramasco

Affiliation Instituto de Física Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos IFISC (CSIC-UIB), Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Michele Tizzoni

Affiliations Computational Epidemiology Laboratory, Institute for Scientific Interchange (ISI), Torino, Italy, Scuola di Dottorato, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy

Vittoria Colizza

vittoria.colizza@inserm.fr (VC); alexv@indiana.edu (AV)

Affiliations INSERM, U707, Paris, France, UPMC Université Paris 06, Faculté de Médecine Pierre et Marie Curie, UMR S 707, Paris, France, Complex Systems Lagrange Laboratory, Institute for Scientific Interchange (ISI), Torino, Italy

Alessandro Vespignani

vittoria.colizza@inserm.fr (VC); alexv@indiana.edu (AV)

Affiliations Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research (CNetS), School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America, Pervasive Technology Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America, Institute for Scientific Interchange (ISI), Torino, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PB CP JJR MT VC AV. Performed the experiments: PB CP JJR MT VC AV. Analyzed the data: PB CP JJR MT VC AV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PB CP JJR MT VC AV. Wrote the paper: PB CP JJR MT VC AV.