About the Authors

Michele Tizzoni

Affiliation Computational Epidemiology Laboratory, Institute for Scientific Interchange (ISI), Torino, Italy

Paolo Bajardi

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, University of Turin, Torino, Italy

Adeline Decuyper

Affiliation ICTEAM Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Guillaume Kon Kam King

Affiliation CNRS, UMR5558, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France

Christian M. Schneider

Affiliation Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Vincent Blondel

Affiliation ICTEAM Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Zbigniew Smoreda

Affiliation Sociology and Economics of Networks and Services Department, Orange Labs, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

Marta C. González

Affiliations Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Engineering Systems Division, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Vittoria Colizza

vittoria.colizza@inserm.fr

Affiliations INSERM, U707, Paris, France, UPMC Université Paris 06, Faculté de Médecine Pierre et Marie Curie, UMR S 707, Paris, France, Institute for Scientific Interchange (ISI), Torino, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VC. Performed the experiments: MT PB. Analyzed the data: MT PB AD GKKK CMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MT PB AD GKKK CMS VB ZS MCG VC. Wrote the paper: MT PB AD GKKK CMS VB ZS MCG VC. Drafted the manuscript: MT PB VC.