Li, Shanshan
Das, Nabojeet
Miller, Natalie
Caudle, Ariel
Wilkins, Kimberly
Khan, Theodora
Pfotenhauer, Stefan
Saunders, Amy
Hutson, Christina L.
Venkateswaran, Kodumudi S.
Nelson, William M.
Venkateswaran, Neeraja
Satheshkumar, Panayampalli S.
Townsend, Michael B.
Article History
Received: 24 September 2025
Accepted: 6 May 2026
First Online: 22 June 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: Samples utilized were deidentified prior to testing in this study. Use of de-identified clinical remainder samples was reviewed by CDC, deemed research not involving human subjects, and was conducted consistently with applicable federal law and CDC policy, including 45 C.F.R. part 46; 21 C. F. R. part 56; 42 U.S.C. § 241(d), 5 U.S.C. § 552a, 44 U.S.C. § 3501 et seq.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: SP, AS, KV, WMN and NV are employees of Tetracore, Inc. CDC authors declare no financial or non-financial competing interest. Testing was performed at CDC and by CDC staff.