About the Authors

Maria D. Van Kerkhove

m.vankerkhove@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliation MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Elizabeth Mumford

Affiliation World Health Organization, Global Influenza Programme, Geneva, Switzerland

Anthony W. Mounts

Affiliation World Health Organization, Global Influenza Programme, Geneva, Switzerland

Joseph Bresee

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Sowath Ly

Affiliation Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Carolyn B. Bridges

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Joachim Otte

Affiliation Animal Production and Health Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: MDVK. Wrote the paper: MDVK. Conceived the paper: MDVK, JO. Reviewed and edited versions of the manuscript: EM AM JB SL CB JO.