Seifert, Marva http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7554-6396
Vargas, Eva
Ruiz-Valdepeñas Montiel, Victor
Wang, Joseph
Rodwell, Timothy C.
Catanzaro, Antonino
Funding for this research was provided by:
This study was funded by Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (P30AI036214-25)
Article History
Received: 16 May 2021
Accepted: 1 September 2021
First Online: 28 September 2021
Competing interests
: Dr. Seifert is funded by NIH and receives salary support from the non-profit organization FIND. Dr. Catanzaro is funded by NIH and DoD. Dr. Rodwell is funded by NIH and DoD and receives salary support from the non-profit organization FIND. Dr. Rodwell and Dr. Catanzaro are co-founders, board members and shareholders of Verus Diagnostics Inc, a company that founded with the intent of developing diagnostic assays including the assay described in this manuscript. Verus Diagnostics has submitted a letter of Intent to UCSD to license the assay IP from UCSD. Dr. Rodwell and Dr. Catanzaro have not received any financial support from Verus Diagnostics. Verus Diagnostics has not supported the development of this assay in any way, financial or otherwise nor was it involved in the design, analysis or implementation of the study. UCSD Conflict of Interest office has reviewed and approved Dr. Rodwell and Dr. Catanzaro’s roles in Verus Diagnostics Inc. Dr Seifert, Dr. Vargas, Dr. Ruiz-Valdepeñas Montiel, Dr. Wang, Dr. Rodwell, and Dr. Catanzaro are co-inventors of a provisional patent of the assay described in this manuscript. The Regents of The University of California have filed an International Application (PCT/U21/40672) for filing in the US receiving office on July 7, 2021. The IP of the assay has also not been licensed to any entity at the time of this disclosure to our knowledge, and no royalties have been received from the patent.