About the Authors

Stanca M. Ciupe

stanca@math.vt.edu

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Ruy M. Ribeiro

Affiliation Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America

Alan S. Perelson

Affiliation Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMC RMR ASP. Performed the experiments: SMC. Analyzed the data: SMC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SMC. Wrote the paper: SMC RMR ASP.