About the Authors

Erwan Hingant

ehingant@ci2ma.udec.cl

Affiliation CI2MA, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile

Pascaline Fontes

Affiliation INSERM U710, Université Montpellier 2, Place E. Bataillon, 3eme étage, Montpellier, France

Maria Teresa Alvarez-Martinez

Affiliation Etablissement Confiné d’Expérimentation, Plateforme RAM, UMS 3426-BioCampus, Place E. Bataillon, UM2, Montpellier, France

Jacques-Damien Arnaud

Affiliation Etablissement Confiné d’Expérimentation, Plateforme RAM, UMS 3426-BioCampus, Place E. Bataillon, UM2, Montpellier, France

Jean-Pierre Liautard

Affiliation Centre de Recherche sur les Pathogènes et Biologie pour la Santé, CPBS UMR5236, Université Montpellier 2, Place E. Bataillon, Montpellier, France

Laurent Pujo-Menjouet

Affiliations Université de Lyon, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, Institut Camille Jordan UMR5208, Villeurbanne, France, INRIA Team Dracula, Inria Center Grenoble Rhône-Alpes, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JPL LPM. Performed the experiments: PF MTAM JDA. Analyzed the data: EH JPL LPM. Wrote the paper: EH JPL LPM. Developed the mathematical model: EH LPM.