Charles-Chess, Nana Appiah Essel https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7151-5787
Ruberto, Anthony A.
Bowers, Carson
Schmidt-Silva, Clyde
Obeng-Adjei, Nyamekye
Hansen, Matthew R.
B.R. Prasad, Disha https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4886-8864
Rosenberg, Alex
Traore, Boubacar
Klonowski, Kimberly D.
Crompton, Peter D. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5629-0412
Kurup, Samarchith P. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0640-0502
Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (AI168307)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (AI193123)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (K99AI177948)
UGA | University of Georgia Research Foundation
Article History
Received: 16 October 2025
Accepted: 30 April 2026
First Online: 22 June 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.