About the Authors

Patrick G. T. Walker

patrick.walker@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliation MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Simon Cauchemez

Affiliation MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Raphaëlle Métras

Affiliation Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health Group, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, North Mymms, United Kingdom

Do Huu Dung

Affiliation Department of Animal Health, Hanoi, Vietnam

Dirk Pfeiffer

Affiliation Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health Group, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, North Mymms, United Kingdom

Azra C. Ghani

Affiliation MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PGTW SC ACG. Performed the experiments: PGTW. Analyzed the data: PGTW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PGTW SC RM DHD DP ACG. Wrote the paper: PGTW SC RM DHD DP ACG.