About the Authors

Anna Sisk

Contributed equally to this work with: Anna Sisk, Matthew J. Silk

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America, NSF Center for Analysis and Prediction of Pandemic Expansion (APPEX), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Matthew J. Silk

Contributed equally to this work with: Anna Sisk, Matthew J. Silk

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Nakeya D. Williams

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Science, United States Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, New York, United States of America

Nina H. Fefferman

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

nfefferm@utk.edu

Affiliations National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America, NSF Center for Analysis and Prediction of Pandemic Expansion (APPEX), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America, Departments of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Mathematics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America, School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.