Liu, Shiwei
Huckaby, Adam C.
Brown, Audrey C.
Moore, Christopher C.
Burbulis, Ian
McConnell, Michael J.
Güler, Jennifer L. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6301-4563
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Virginia (3Cavaliers Grant)
University of Virginia Global Infectious Disease Institute (iGrant)
McDonnell Fellowship (FONDECYT Regular #1191737)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH 7R21AI111072)
Article History
Received: 24 February 2020
Accepted: 17 April 2021
First Online: 4 May 2021
Declarations
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: The University of Virginia Institutional Review Board for Health Sciences Research provided ethical approval for clinical samples used in this study (IRB-HSR protocol #21081). We handled all samples in accordance with approved protocols and in agreement with ethical standards of the Declaration of Helsinki. The University of Virginia Institutional Review Board for Health Sciences Research provided a waiver for informed consent because our study design met the following criteria: the research involved minimal risk to subjects, the waiver does not adversely affect the rights and welfare of subjects, and the research could not practicably be carried out without the waiver.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.