Kathleen Jevtich^1*, Susan Price, RN^2*, Morgan Similuk, ScM, CGC^3*, Elaine Kulm, CRNP-AC^4*, Jia Yan, MS, PhD, CGC^1*, Michael Setzer, ScM, CGC^1*, Leila Jamal, ScM, PhD, CGC^3*, Luis M Franco, MD^3*, Rajarshi Ghosh, PhD^1*, Magdalena Walkiewicz, PhD^1* and V. Koneti Rao, MD, FRCPA⁵

¹Centralized Sequencing Initiative, NIAID National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
²Room 10/12C106, NIAID National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
³NIAID National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
⁴Clinical Research Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Bethesda, MD
⁵LCIM DIR, NIAID National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Evangelos Terpos, MD, PhD¹, Marianna Politou, MD^2*, Theodoros N Sergentanis, MD, PhD^1*, Andreas Mentis, MD^3*, Vassiliki Pappa, MD^4*, Maria Pagoni, MD^5*, Elisavet Grouzi, MD^6*, Stavroula Labropoulou, PhD^3*, Ioanna Charitaki^1*, Dimitra Moschandreou, MD^6*, Anthi Bouhla, MD^4*, Stylianos Saridakis, MD^7*, Eleni Korompoki, MD^1*, Chara Giatra, MD^5*, Tina Bagratuni, PhD^1*, Angelos Pefanis, MD^8*, Sotirios Papageorgiou, MD, PhD^4*, Alexandros Spyridonidis, MD, PhD^9*, Anastasia Antoniadou, MD, PhD^10*, Anastasia Kotanidou, MD^11*, Konstantinos Syrigos, MD, PhD^12*, Konstantinos Stamoulis, MD^13*, George Panayiotakopoulos, MD, PhD^14,15*, Sotirios Tsiodras, MD, PhD^10,15*, Leonidas Alexopoulos, PhD^16* and Meletios A Dimopoulos¹⁷

¹Department of Clinical Therapeutics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
²Hematology Laboratory Blood Bank, Aretaieion Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
³Public Health Laboratories, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, Greece
⁴Second Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology Unit, Attikon University General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
⁵Department of Hematology and Lymphomas, BMT Unit, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece
⁶Department of Transfusion Service and Clinical Hemostasis, “Saint Savvas” Oncology Hospital, Athens, Greece
⁷Blood Bank, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece
⁸Department of Internal Medicine, Sotiria General Hospital of Chest Diseases, Athens, Greece
⁹BMT Unit, University Hospital of Patras, University of Patras, School of Medicine, Patras, Greece
¹⁰Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Attikon University General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
¹¹First Department of Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Services, Evangelismos General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
¹²Third Department of Medicine, Oncology Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
¹³Hellenic National Blood Transfusion Center, Athens, Greece
¹⁴Pharmacology Laboratory, University of Patras, School of Medicine, Patras, Greece
¹⁵National Public Health Organization, Athens, Greece
¹⁶Biomedical Systems Laboratory, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece
¹⁷Department of Clinical Therapeutics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Alexandra General Hospital, Athens, Greece

Kenta Yamamoto^1*, Robert Blum^1* and Dan S Kaufman, MD, PhD²

¹Department of Medicine, Division of Regenerative Medicine, University of California- San Diego, La Jolla, CA
²Department of Medicine, Division of Regenerative Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA

Allyson M. Flower, MD^1*, Rachel Friedmann, DO^2*, Janet Ayello, MS, MT(ASCP)^1*, Olivia Rigot, PhD^1*, Lauren Harrison, RN, MSN^1*, Erin Morris, RN, BSN^1*, Meghan Sturhahn, RN, MSN^3*, Elana Maryamchik, MD^4*, Yongping Wang, MD^5*, Lynn O'Donnell, PhD^6*, Rolla Abu-Arja, MD^7*, Dean Anthony Lee, MD, PhD⁸, Julie-An Talano, MD⁹, Bryon Johnson, PhD¹⁰, Nancy Bunin, MD⁵ and Mitchell S Cairo, MD¹

¹Pediatrics, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
²Pediatrics, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY
³Pediatrics, New York Medical College, Armonk, NY
⁴Children's Hosptial of Philadelphia, Phiadelphia, PA
⁵Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
⁶Pediatrics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
⁷Pediatrics, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH
⁸Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Diseases, Abigail Wexner Research Institute, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH
⁹Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
¹⁰Division of Hematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Chiara Cattaneo^1*, Valeria Cancelli, MD^1*, Chiara Pagani, MD^1*, Alessandra Tucci, MD^1*, Giuseppe Rossi, MD¹, Luisa Imberti, MD^2*, Alessandra Sottini, BS^2*, Kerry Dobbs, BS^3*, Elana Shaw, BS^3*, Luigi D. Notarangelo, MD^3*, Jeffrey Cohen, MD^4* and Peter Burbelo, PhD^5*

¹Department of Hematology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
²CREA (AIL Center for Hemato-Oncologic Research), Diagnostic Department, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
³Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
⁴Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
⁵National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Ling Tian, PhD^1*, Monique Chavez, BS² and Lukas D Wartman, MD³

¹Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, SAINT LOUIS, MO
²Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
³Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO

Namita Kumari, PhD^1*, Marina Jerebtsova, PhD², Songping Wang^3*, Sharmin Diaz, NP^4* and Sergei Nekhai, PhD^5,6

¹Medicine, Sickle Cell Center, Howard University, Washington, DC
²Department of Microbiology, Howard University, McLean, VA
³Center for Sickle Cell Disease, Howard University, Washington DC, DC
⁴Medicine, Howard University, Washington DC, DC
⁵Department of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, DC
⁶Center for Sickle Cell Disease and Department of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, DC