Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (AI139835)
Article History
Received: 6 July 2020
Accepted: 12 September 2020
First Online: 18 September 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The serum sample used in the current study was provided by American Red Cross National Testing Lab in St. Louis. The serum sample was not collected for the current study. Instead, it was used in routine lab tests for transfusion safety and would be discarded if not used for research purpose. We obtained the serum sample that was not accompanied with any identity information. Hence, the consent was waived by the Saint Louis University Institutional Review Board that reviewed and approved the entire study protocol under the assurance no: FWA00005304.
: Each author has agreed to publication of this manuscript.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.