Dobrose, Megan M. https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9180-1018
Kars, Meltem Ece https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5922-5608
Perez-Caraballo, Jareb J.
Roark, Colleen M. https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3312-5312
Mariskanish, Christine
Zavaleta-Martinez, Oscar
Gomez-Hernandez, Noemi
Lugo-Reyes, Saul Oswaldo
Itan, Yuval
Blancas-Galicia, Lizbeth https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3861-8864
Martínez-Barricarte, Rubén https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7925-449X
Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R21AI171466, R01AI168210)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (R01CA269217)
Article History
Received: 15 April 2025
Revised: 28 October 2025
Accepted: 5 November 2025
First Online: 17 November 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was reviewed and approved by the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Human Research Protection Program (Institutional Review Board # 200412) All participants provided informed consent. All methods were performed in accordance with the ethical standards outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki.