Whealy, Ryann N.
Timm, Skylar
Furstenau, Tara N.
Roberts, Alexander
Maltinsky, Sara
Wells, Sydney
Drake, Kylie
Ramirez, Kayla
Bolduc, Candice
Ross, Ann
Pearson, Talima
Fofanov, Viacheslav Y.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (75D30121C11191)
Article History
Received: 2 May 2025
Accepted: 24 October 2025
First Online: 21 January 2026
Declarations
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: Approval for this project was granted by the Northern Arizona University Institutional Review Board (#1766728). Participant recruitment for pathogen surveillance began Oct 27th of 2021 and continued until the last sampling event on Oct 31st of 2023. All participants provided formal informed written consent. Research on human subjects was carried out in compliance with the Helsinki Declaration. Oral health surveys were provided to participants following the last sampling event.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.