About the Authors

Sherry Towers

smtowers@asu.edu

Affiliation Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA

Andres Gomez-Lievano

Affiliation Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA

Maryam Khan

Affiliation Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL, USA

Anuj Mubayi

Affiliations Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL, USA

Carlos Castillo-Chavez

Affiliation Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ST AGL. Performed the experiments: ST AGL MK AM. Analyzed the data: ST AGL MK AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ST AGL AM CCC. Wrote the paper: ST AGL MK AM CCC. Developed concept of study: ST AGL. Developed software: ST AGL. Conducted data collection and analysis of self-excitation model: ST AGL MK AM. Conducted development and analysis interpretation of deterministic model: ST AGL AM CCC.