Naidoo, Tarien J.
Ashokcoomar, Shinese
Truebody, Barry
Mackenzie, Jared S.
Cumming, Bridgette M.
Steyn, Adrie J. C.
Pillay, Manormoney
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Research Foundation (PMDS22070734755)
College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal (CHS PhD Scholarship)
NIH (R01AI137043 and R01AI152110)
UKZN Research Flagship (Afrocentric Precision Approach to Control Health Epidemics (APACHE))
Article History
Received: 25 August 2025
Accepted: 16 October 2025
First Online: 15 November 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was approved by the Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (BREC/00004043/2022) of the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
: Not applicable.