About the Authors

Kasia A. Pawelek

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, United States of America

Giao T. Huynh

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, United States of America

Michelle Quinlivan

Affiliation Virology Unit, Irish Equine Centre, Johnstown, Naas, Co. Kildare, Ireland

Ann Cullinane

Affiliation Virology Unit, Irish Equine Centre, Johnstown, Naas, Co. Kildare, Ireland

Libin Rong

rong2@oakland.edu (LR); asp@lanl.gov (ASP)

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, United States of America

Alan S. Perelson

rong2@oakland.edu (LR); asp@lanl.gov (ASP)

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: LR. Performed the experiments: KAP LR ASP. Analyzed the data: KAP LR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GTH MQ AC ASP. Wrote the paper: KAP LR ASP.