About the Authors

Michiel van Boven

michiel.van.boven@rivm.nl

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Wilhelmina L. M. Ruijs

Affiliations Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands, Academic Collaborative Centre AMPHI, Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Jacco Wallinga

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Philip D. O'Neill

Affiliation School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Susan Hahné

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WLMR SH. Performed the experiments: WLMR SH. Analyzed the data: MvB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MvB. Wrote the paper: MvB WLMR JW PDO SH.