About the Authors

Praachi Das

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

Affiliation Biomathematics Graduate Program and Department of Mathematics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Morganne Igoe

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

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Suzanne Lenhart

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Lan Luong

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation BJC Healthcare, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Cristina Lanzas

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Population Health and Pathobiology and Comparative Medicine Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Alun L. Lloyd

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biomathematics Graduate Program and Department of Mathematics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Agricola Odoi

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

aodoi@utk.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Diagnostics Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.