**Acknowledgements**

H.A.A thanks the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) for a midcareer scientist and Self-initiated research grant; and the South African National Research Foundation (NRF) for Research Development Grant (RDG) for rated researchers. The authors thank the University Research committee (URC) of the University of Cape Town for funding this book chapter.

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