de Oliveira, Tamara Lopes Rocha
de Souza, Ariane Faria
de Souza, Bruna Marques
da Silva, Marlei Gomes
Duarte, Rafael Silva
Ferreira, Rosana Barreto Rocha
dos Santos, Kátia Regina Netto
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (E-26/205.939/2022)
Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (#E-26/203.296/2017; #E-26/200.419/2023, #E-26/010.000172/2016, #E-26/010.001463/2019, #E-26/010.101056/2018; #E-26/211.554/2019 (Projeto REDES); #E-26/201.071/2020; #E-26/211.284/2021; #E-26/201.454/2021)
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Finance Code 001)
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Grants #307594/2021-1 (KRNS) and 405020/2023-6 (Universal-MSL))
Article History
Received: 1 October 2025
Accepted: 12 February 2026
First Online: 16 February 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee of Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) under numbers 159/07 and CAAE40652714.0.0000.5257, and by the Human Research Ethics Committee of Copa Dor hospital under number 088/07. In addition, all methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. All experimental protocols were approved by the Microbiology Institute/UFRJ.
: The authors confirm that informed consent was obtained from all subjects and/or their legal guardian(s).