About the Authors

Ben Lopman

ben.lopman@hpa.org.uk

Affiliations Gastrointestinal, Emerging and Zoonotic Infections Department, Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Ben Armstrong

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Christina Atchison

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Jim J. Gray

Affiliation Virus Reference Department, Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BAL. Analyzed the data: BAL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BA CA JJG. Wrote the paper: BAL.