Maciel, Isabel Feitosa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3515-7214
Ruiz, Juliana https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2127-8493
de Oliveira, Renata Buccheri https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3217-5898
Rigato, Paula Ordonhez https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-3544
Folgosi, Victor Angelo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0114-7587
de Freitas-Xavier, Roseli Santos https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5811-5255
de Moraes Vasconcelos, Dewton https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3930-3354
Funding for this research was provided by:
CAPES (33002010060P2)
Article History
Received: 20 June 2025
Accepted: 24 November 2025
First Online: 12 December 2025
Declarations
:
: All the authors declare no conflict of interest.
: The protocol was evaluated and approved by the Ethics Committee for the Evaluation of Research Projects [CAPPesq] of the the Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo. [n o . 1.483.420/2016] and the Institute of Infectious Diseases of the Emílio Ribas Hospital [n o .1.569.194]
: All the patients or their legal guardians signed an informed consent form.