About the Authors

Isobel M. Blake

isobel.blake02@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Matthew J. Burton

Affiliation Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Anthony W. Solomon

Affiliation Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Sheila K. West

Affiliation Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

María-Gloria Basáñez

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Manoj Gambhir

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Robin L. Bailey

Affiliation Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

David C. W. Mabey

Affiliation Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Nicholas C. Grassly

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IMB MJB AWS SKW MGB MG RLB DCWM NCG. Performed the experiments: MJB AWS SKW RLB DCWM. Analyzed the data: IMB NCG. Wrote the paper: IMB.