^aDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina

^bRalph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC, USA.

Correspondence to Wei Jiang, MD, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

Received 8 June, 2022

Accepted 23 November, 2022