Borges, Marcos Carvalho
Palacios, Ricardo
Conde, Monica Tilli Reis Pessoa
Volpe, Gustavo Jardim
Ferreira, Natasha Nicos
Garibaldi, Pedro Manoel Marques
Fonseca, Benedito Antonio Lopes
Calado, Rodrigo Tocantins
Coutinho, Barbara Marques
Gomes, Bruno Belmonte Martinelli
de Lima Dias, Cassia Fernanda Sales
de Moraes, Glenda Renata
Haddad, Simone Kashima
de Miranda, Erique Jose Farias Peixoto
Braga, Patrícia Emilia
Ragiotto, Lucas
França, João Italo Dias
de Lima, Marcos Alves
de Oliveira Alves, Lucas Bassolli
de Camargo Vieira Tenorio, Juliana
Sampaio, Sandra Coccuzo
Covas, Dimas Tadeu
dos Santos Almeida, Maria Aparecida Alves Leite
Morandi Junior, Eolo
Boulos, Fernanda Castro
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação Butantan
Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (2020/10127-1)
Article History
Received: 18 June 2025
Accepted: 27 January 2026
First Online: 19 February 2026
Declarations
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: MCB, BMC, BBMG, CFSLD, GJV, NNF, PMMG, BALF, and RTC received research funding from Butantan Institute during the conduct of this study. RP, MTRPC, and DTC were employees of Butantan Institute during the conduct of this study. EJFP, PEB, LR, JIDF, MAL, LBOA, JCVT, SCSV, DTC, MAALSA, EMJ, and FCB are employees of Butantan Institute. All other authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of the Clinical Hospital, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo (CAAE 42390621.1.0000.5440). All procedures were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional committee on human experimentation and with the Declaration of Helsinki, as revised in 1975 and subsequently amended. Informed consent was obtained from all participants and/or their legal guardians.