Pre-Term Exposure Patterns in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Alters Immunological Outcome in Neonates

Darshan Shah^2#, Subhadra Nandakumar^1,3#, Gayatri Bala Jaishankar², Sandeep Chilakala², Kesheng Wang⁴ and Uday Kumaraguru^1*

¹Department of Microbiology, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN-37614, USA

²Department of Pediatrics, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN-37614, USA

³National Center for HIV, Hepatitis, STD and TB prevention, MLB, DTBE, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA

⁴Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, College of Public Health, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN-37614, USA

^#Contributed equally to this work