Dopico, Eva
Del-Rei, Rodrigo Pimenta
Espinoza, Bertha
Ubillos, Itziar
Zanchin, Nilson Ivo Tonin
Sulleiro, Elena
Moure, Zaira
Celedon, Paola Alejandra Fiorani
Souza, Wayner Vieira
da Silva, Edimilson Domingos
Gomes, Yara Miranda
Santos, Fred Luciano Neves
Funding for this research was provided by:
Gonçalo Moniz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Article History
Received: 24 September 2018
Accepted: 4 March 2019
First Online: 12 March 2019
Author information
: FLNS is investigator in public health at Gonçalo Moniz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Brazil.
: Ethical permission was sought and granted by Clinical Research Ethics Committee of Bellvitge University Hospital (Barcelona, Spain; IRB OHRP: IRB00005523), and was carried out in accordance with the guidelines of the Helsinki Declaration. With the purpose of protecting the patient’s private information, the Clinical Research Ethics Committee of Bellvitge University Hospital approved that the samples were anonymized so that the investigators do not have access to patient’s private information, therefore, avoiding the requirement of verbal or written consent. This manuscript has also been revised for its publication by the Clinical Research Ethics Committee of Bellvitge University Hospital.
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