About the Authors

Gerardo Chowell

gchowell@asu.edu

Affiliations Division of Epidemiology and Population Studies, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Mathematical, Computational & Modeling Sciences Center, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Santiago Echevarría-Zuno

Affiliation Dirección de Prestaciones Médicas, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, México

Cécile Viboud

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Population Studies, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Lone Simonsen

Affiliations Division of Epidemiology and Population Studies, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Global Health, George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Mark A. Miller

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Population Studies, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Irma Fernández-Gárate

Affiliation Coordinación de Programas Integrados de Salud, Dirección de Prestaciones Médicas, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, México

Cesar González-Bonilla

Affiliation Coordinación de Vigilancia Epidemiológica y Apoyo en Contingencias, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, México

Víctor H. Borja-Aburto

Affiliation Coordinación de Vigilancia Epidemiológica y Apoyo en Contingencias, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, México

Competing Interests

LS has served on advisory expert committees to Genentech, Merck, Novartis and has done consulting work for Biocryst. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: GC VHBA. Designed the study: GC CV LS VHBA. Participated in data acquisition: SEZ IFG CGB VHBA. Participated in the interpretation of results: GC CV LS VHBA. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: GC. Contributed to the writing and editing of the manuscript: GC SEZ CV LS MM IFG CGB VHBA. Read and approved the final manuscript: GC SEZ CV LS MM IFG CGB VHBA.