About the Authors

Victoria C. Barclay

Contributed equally to this work with: Victoria C. Barclay, Timo Smieszek

vickistar50@gmail.com

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Timo Smieszek

Contributed equally to this work with: Victoria C. Barclay, Timo Smieszek

Current address: Modelling and Economics Unit, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom; Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jianping He

Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Guohong Cao

Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jeanette J. Rainey

Affiliation Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Hongjiang Gao

Affiliation Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Amra Uzicanin

Affiliation Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Marcel Salathé

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS VCB TS GC AU. Performed the experiments: VCB JH. Analyzed the data: VCB TS MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS. Wrote the manuscript: VCB TS MS JJR HG AU.