Ñacata, Isaac
Early, Angela M.
Boboy, Janeth
Neafsey, Daniel E.
Sáenz, Fabián E.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (Fondo Publícalo, #QINV0084-IINV529010100)
National Institutes of Health (1R01AI176569, U19AI110818, 1R01AI176569)
Article History
Received: 9 March 2025
Accepted: 3 July 2025
First Online: 14 July 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All methods were performed in accordance with guidelines and regulations and in accordance with the declaration of Helsinki. The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee on Human Beings of Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador registered in the document CEISH-571-2018 and by the Ministry of Public Health (MPH) of Ecuador registered in the document MSP-DIS-2019-044-O.