Freire, Marina Moreira
Gomez, Cristina
Moreira, Josino Costa
Linde Arias, Ana Rosa
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (201.644/2021)
Article History
Received: 13 July 2022
Accepted: 11 November 2022
First Online: 12 December 2022
Declarations
: All authors have read, understood, and have complied as applicable with the statement on “Ethical responsibilities of Authors” as found in the Instructions for Authors and are aware that with minor exceptions, no changes can be made to authorship once the paper is submitted.
: All procedures have been conducted as per the guidelines of the Institutional Animal Ethics Committee of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil. However, the fish species used in this study was fished by fishermen for commercial purposes. Therefore, the use of these fish species for this research did not require ethical clearance. We followed the standard ethical protocols that are universal to this type of research.
: The authors declare no competing interests.