About the Authors

Victoria J. Davey

Contributed equally to this work with: Victoria J. Davey, Robert J. Glass

victoria.davey@va.gov

Affiliations Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Office of Public Health and Environmental Hazards, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington D. C., United States of America

Robert J. Glass

Contributed equally to this work with: Victoria J. Davey, Robert J. Glass

Affiliation National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

H. Jason Min

Affiliation National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Walter E. Beyeler

Affiliation National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Laura M. Glass

Affiliation Albuquerque Public Schools, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VD RG. Performed the experiments: RG HM WB. Analyzed the data: VD RG HM. Wrote the paper: VD RG HM. Other: Modified the simulation code for Sandia's high performance computer cluster so that the extensive simulation set could be conducted and analyzed: HM. Designed and developed the generic core of the modeling system, and collaborated in developing those elements required for this application: WB. Constructed the augmented social contact network and conducted the simulations for this case: LG.