Funding for this research was provided by:
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U01CK000585)
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (75D30121F00003)
Article History
Received: 13 February 2026
Accepted: 15 May 2026
First Online: 5 June 2026
Declarations
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: Adam Hersh is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Infectious Diseases and Therapy . Adam Hersh was was not involved in the selection of peer reviewers for the manuscript nor any of the subsequent editorial decisions. Alun Thomas, Karim Khader, and Matthew Samore have nothing to disclose.
: This article is based on previously conducted studies and the development of new quantitative methods and does not contain any new studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors.