Sá, Regina http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9978-2716
Roque, Joana
Marques Mendes, Pedro
Gonçalves, Inês
Sousa, Judite
Matos, Cátia http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0348-6360
Júnior, Álvaro
Coelho, Anabela
Belo Correia, Cristina http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8220-6592
Manageiro, Vera http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7729-4199
Minetti, Corrado http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7862-4874
de Sousa, Rita http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6134-6003
Horta Correia, Filomena
Lopes, Carlos
Fonseca, Ana
Almeida, Soraia
Ferreira, Maria Jesus
Almendra, Tiago
des Neves, Natalie
Fernandes, Aida
Queiroz, Carolina
Maia, Carla
Bodião, Joaquim
Guerreiro, Ana Cristina
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Article History
Received: 27 June 2023
Accepted: 16 October 2023
First Online: 28 November 2023
Declarations
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: None.
: This research was conducted in accordance with ethical principles with due respect for human dignity and human rights. Approval was obtained from an ethics commission on 19 April 2023 (Comissão de Ética e Saúde da ARS Algarve - process 08/2023). Epidemiological data were collected according to the principles applying to health authorities in this context. Informed verbal consent was given by the patients for the collection of biological samples. Irreversibly anonymised data were used for the analysis, no identifiable characteristics of individuals are described in this study, and only aggregated data are presented.