About the Authors

Tini Garske

t.garske@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Medical Research Council Centre of Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Azra C. Ghani

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Medical Research Council Centre of Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: TG. Wrote the paper: ACG TG. Designed the model: ACG TG. Implemented the model: TG.