About the Authors

Rob J. De Boer

r.j.deboer@uu.nl

Affiliation Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Ruy M. Ribeiro

Affiliation Theoretical Biology and Biophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America

Alan S. Perelson

Affiliation Theoretical Biology and Biophysics, 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: RJDB RMR ASP. Analyzed the data: RJDB RMR ASP. Wrote the paper: RJDB RMR ASP. Developed the mathematical models: RJDB RMR ASP.