About the Authors

Olivier Le Polain de Waroux

olivier.lepolain@lshtm.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Stefan Flasche

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

David Prieto-Merino

Affiliation Department of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

W. John Edmunds

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OLPdW SF WJE. Analyzed the data: OLPdW DPM SF. Wrote the paper: OLPdW SF DPM WJE.