About the Authors

Stanca M. Ciupe

Affiliation Center for Computational Immunology, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Blythe H. Devlin

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

M. Louise Markert

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Thomas B. Kepler

kepler@duke.edu

Affiliations Center for Computational Immunology, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the paper: SMC BHD MLM TBK. Conceived the study: MLM TBK. Developed mathematical components: SMC TBK. Interpreted results: SMC BHD MLM TBK. Developed empirical components: BHD MLM.