1. Greater than or equal to 18 and less than or equal to 65 years old, and have no significant health abnormalities
2. Willing to consider taking part in a future LID Clinical Studies Unit healthy volunteer study
3. A female participant is eligible for this study if she is any of the following:
- Of non-childbearing potential (i.e., women who have had a hysterectomy or tubal ligation or are post-menopausal, as defined by no menses in greater than or equal to 1 year)
- Of childbearing potential but agrees to practice effective contraception or abstinence (from heterosexual sex) for 4 weeks prior to enrolling into a spceific study and during the study.
NOTE: Acceptable methods of contraception may include one or more of the following: 1) male partner who is sterile prior to the female participant's entry into the study and is the sole sexual partner for the female participant; 2) implants of levonorgestrel; 3) injectable progestogen;, 4) an intrauterine device with a documented failure rate of less than 1percent; 5) oral contraceptives; or 6) double barrier methods including diaphragm or condom with a spermicide.
4\. Willing to have samples stored for future research
EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
1. Self-reported history of any significant medical condition including but not limited to:
- Chronic pulmonary disease (such as asthma, emphysema)
- Chronic cardiovascular disease (cardiomyopathy, congestive heart failure, cardiac surgery, ischemic heart disease, known anatomic defects)
- Chronic medical conditions requiring close medical follow-up or hospitalization during the past 5 years (diabetes mellitus, renal dysfunction, hemoglobinopathies)
- Immunosuppression or cancer
- Neurological and neuro-developmental conditions (e.g., cerebral palsy, epilepsy, stroke, seizures)
- Drug and/or alcohol dependency and/or abuse
2. Any condition that, in the judgment of the Principal Investigator, is a contraindication to protocol participation or impairs the volunteer s ability to give informed consent