About the Authors
- Sebastian Funk
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* E-mail: sf7@princeton.edu
Affiliations Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Hiroshi Nishiura
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Affiliations School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, PRESTO, Japan Science of Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
- Hans Heesterbeek
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Affiliation Theoretical Epidemiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- W. John Edmunds
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Affiliation London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Francesco Checchi
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Affiliation London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Developed the methods: SF HN HH. Analyzed the data: SF. Wrote the paper: SF HN HH WJE FC.