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This study was supported by the Thomas H. Nimick Jr. Competitive Research Fund. Y.D. was supported in part by the National Institutes of Health (grant No. K22AI80584) and the Pennsylvania Department of Health (grant No. 4100047864).
Conflicts of interest: Y.D. has received research grants from Merck and has served on an advisory board for Pfizer.