Rodrigues, Ana Carolina B. da C.
Silva, Suellen L. R.
Dias, Ingrid R. S. B.
Costa, Rafaela G. A.
Oliveira, Maiara de S.
Soares, Milena B. P.
Dias, Rosane B.
Valverde, Ludmila F.
Rocha, Clarissa A. G.
Johnson, Emily M.
Pina, Cristina http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2575-6301
Bezerra, Daniel P. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6774-2063
Funding for this research was provided by:
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation | Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia
Brunel University London
Article History
Received: 11 January 2024
Revised: 4 March 2024
Accepted: 5 March 2024
First Online: 19 March 2024
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: For human samples, the Research Ethics Committee of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Salvador, Bahia, Brazil) (CAAE 16220713.2.0000.0040) approved the protocol. All subjects provided signed informed consent prior to the use of these clinical materials for research purposes. For animal studies, an experimental protocol was approved by the local animal ethics committee of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Salvador, Bahia, Brazil) (#16/2018).