About the Authors

Zahra Rikhtegaran Tehrani

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Clinical Care and Research, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Division of Vaccine Research, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Saman Saadat

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Clinical Care and Research, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Division of Vaccine Research, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Ebtehal Saleh

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology & Prevention, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Xin Ouyang

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Clinical Care and Research, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Niel Constantine

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology & Prevention, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Anthony L. DeVico

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Vaccine Research, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Anthony D. Harris

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

George K. Lewis

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Division of Vaccine Research, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Shyam Kottilil

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Clinical Care and Research, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Mohammad M. Sajadi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

msajadi@ihv.umaryland.edu

Affiliations Division of Clinical Care and Research, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Division of Vaccine Research, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Baltimore VA Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.