About the Authors

Cees C. van den Wijngaard

kees.van.den.wijngaard@rivm.nl

Affiliation National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Center for Infectious Disease Control, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Liselotte van Asten

Affiliation National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Center for Infectious Disease Control, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Marion P. G. Koopmans

Affiliations National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Center for Infectious Disease Control, Bilthoven, The Netherlands, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Wilfrid van Pelt

Affiliation National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Center for Infectious Disease Control, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Nico J. D. Nagelkerke

Affiliation United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates

Cornelia C. H. Wielders

Affiliation National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Center for Infectious Disease Control, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Alies van Lier

Affiliation National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Center for Infectious Disease Control, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Wim van der Hoek

Affiliation National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Center for Infectious Disease Control, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Adam Meijer

Affiliation National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Center for Infectious Disease Control, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Gé A. Donker

Affiliation NIVEL, Netherlands Institute of Health Services Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Frederika Dijkstra

Affiliation National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Center for Infectious Disease Control, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Carel Harmsen

Affiliation Statistics Netherlands, The Hague, The Netherlands

Marianne A. B. van der Sande

Affiliations National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Center for Infectious Disease Control, Bilthoven, The Netherlands, Julius Centre for Health Sciences & Primary Care, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Mirjam Kretzschmar

Affiliations National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Center for Infectious Disease Control, Bilthoven, The Netherlands, Julius Centre for Health Sciences & Primary Care, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CvdW LvA M. Koopmans WvP NN MvdS WvdH M. Kretzschmar. Analyzed the data: CvdW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CW AvL CH AM GD FD. Wrote the paper: CvdW LvA M. Koopmans WvP NN CW AvL WvdH AM GD FD CH MvdS M. Kretzschmar.