Pinho, Adriana de Araujo
Barbosa, Regina Maria
Brignol, Sandra
Villela, Wilza
Monteiro, Simone Souza
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (2012/25239-3)
Pan-American Health Organization (BR_LOA_1200041, # BR_LOA_1200124)
Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development (471892/2011-4, #478296/2012-6)
Article History
Received: 14 November 2016
Revised: 23 October 2017
Accepted: 27 October 2017
First Online: 21 February 2018
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The study was submitted and approved by four different research ethics committees: The Research Ethics Committee of the Center for Referrals and Training in STDs/AIDS of the Secretary of the Health of the State of São Paulo (# 022/2011); The Research Ethics Committee of the Emílio Ribas Institute of Infectology (#11712112.6.0000.5375); The Research Ethics Committee of the Secretary of Health of the City of São Paulo (# 0043;12); and the Research Ethics Committee of the Federal University of São Paulo (#11712112.6.0000.5375).