About the Authors

Manoj Gambhir

manoj.gambhir@monash.edu

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Modeling Unit, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, IHRC, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Thomas A. Clark

Affiliation Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, NCIRD, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Simon Cauchemez

Affiliations Medical Research Council Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Sara Y. Tartof

Affiliation Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Kaiser Permanente Research, Department of Research & Evaluation, Pasadena, California, United States of America

David L. Swerdlow

Affiliations Modeling Unit, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Office of Science and Integrative Programs, NCIRD, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Neil M. Ferguson

Affiliation Medical Research Council Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

Manoj Gambhir is a paid employee of IHRC, inc.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MG TAC SC NMF DLS. Performed the experiments: MG SC NMF. Analyzed the data: MG SC NMF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MG SC NMF. Wrote the paper: MG TAC SC SYT DLS NMF.