Baffert, Blandine
Cholko, Michal
Sabapathy, Vikram
Modhukuru, Pritika
Heath, Isaac
Zheng, Shuqiu
Gautam, Jitendra
Schneider, Kevin
Silverman, Lily
Okusa, Mark
Sharma, Rahul
Arandjelovic, Sanja https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1113-1965
Funding for this research was provided by:
Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01AI158596)
Article History
Received: 7 January 2026
Revised: 30 March 2026
Accepted: 27 April 2026
First Online: 19 May 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study did not utilize human participants that would require ethical approval. All animal procedures were approved by and performed according to the guidelines of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) at the University of Virginia under the protocol #4320.