**Acknowledgements**

The authors would like to acknowledge the laboratory interns and personnel which worked so diligently to support the research efforts of this and all other projects in our laboratory; Mr. Brandon Easparro, Ms. Taylor White, and Ms. Akelachi Okparanta. We would also like to thank Mr. Brent Barton for his contribution to our publications through graphics development, including but not limited to, the graphics used in this manuscript. Additionally, we would like to recognize the following researchers for their assistance in procuring the samples needed to conduct the research studies which allowed us to complete this chapter; Drs. Angel Rivera and Maria Nagy of Quorum X Diagnostics (Tucker, GA, USA), Dr. Michael Shannon of The Georgia Tech Research Institute (Atlanta, GA, USA), Dr. John Roback of Emory University School of Medicine (Atlanta, GA, USA), and Dr. Tonney Nyirenda of the University of Malawi College of Medicine (Blantyre, Malawi).
