Opinion: Mathematical models: a key tool for outbreak response.

OPINION Correction for “Opinion: Mathematical models: A key tool for outbreak response,” by Eric Lofgren, M. Elizabeth Halloran, C.M. Rivers, J. M. Drake, Travis C. Porco, Bryan Lewis,WanYang, Alessandro Vespignani, Jeffrey Shaman, Joseph N. S. Eisenberg, M.C. Eisenberg,MadhavMarathe, SamuelV. Scarpino, KathleenA. Alexander, Rafael Meza, Matthew J. Ferrari, James M. Hyman, Lauren A. Meyers, and Stephen Eubank, which appeared in issue 51, December 23, 2014, of Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (111:18095–18096; first published December 10, 2014; 10.1073/ pnas.1421551111). The editors note that four authors’ names appeared incorrectly. Eric Lofgren should instead appear as Eric T. Lofgren, C. M. Rivers should instead appear as Caitlin M. Rivers, J. M. Drake should instead appear as John M. Drake, and M. C. Eisenberg should instead appear as Marisa C. Eisenberg. The authors also note that affiliation a should instead appear as Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061. The authors also note that two affiliations should be listed for M. Elizabeth Halloran. The affiliations should be Department of Biostatistics and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington. The corrected author and affiliation lines appear below. The online version has been corrected.