About the Authors

Marcella Torres

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Jing Wang

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Paul J. Yannie

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Shobha Ghosh

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Rebecca A. Segal

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Angela M. Reynolds

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

areynolds2@vcu.edu

Affiliations Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Victoria Johnson Center for Lung Disease Research, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.