About the Authors

Gesgam Magombedze

gmagombedze@nimbios.org

Affiliation National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Calistus N. Ngonghala

Affiliation National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Cristina Lanzas

Affiliations National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GM. Performed the experiments: GM CNN. Analyzed the data: GM CNN CL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GM CNN CL. Wrote the paper: GM CNN CL.