About the Authors

Erika M. C. D'Agata

edagata@bidmc.harvard.edu

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mary Ann Horn

Affiliations Department of Mathematics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Division of Mathematical Sciences, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America

Shigui Ruan

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, United States of America

Glenn F. Webb

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Joanna R. Wares

Affiliation Department of Math and Computer Science, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EMCD MAH SR GFW JRW. Performed the experiments: EMCD JRW. Analyzed the data: EMCD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EMCD MAH SR GFW JRW. Wrote the paper: EMCD MAH SR GFW JRW.