Ruivo, Amanda Pellenz
da Cruz Bauermann, Milena
Gregianini, Tatiana Schäffer
dos Santos, Franciellen Machado
Godinho, Fernanda
Baethgen, Ludmila Fiorenzano
Machado, Taís Raquel Marcon
Martins, Leticia Garay
Mondini, Renata Petzhold
Port, Carolina Nunes
Correa, Artur
Selayaran, Taina
Resende, Paola Cristina
da Luz Wallau, Gabriel
Salvato, Richard Steiner https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5701-9437
da Veiga, Ana Beatriz Gorini
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (23/2551-0000510-7 and 23/2551-0000852-1)
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (304476/2022-6)
Article History
Received: 23 April 2025
Accepted: 29 July 2025
First Online: 26 September 2025
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Ethical Committees of Escola de Saúde Pública do Rio Grande do Sul (CAAE 67181123.1.0000.5312) and Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (CAAE 75118217.9.0000.5345), in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. This study was conducted using fully anonymized residual clinical samples. Written informed consent to participate was not required, as the research involved no identifiable human data and posed minimal risk. The informed consent was waived by the Escola de Saúde Pública do Rio Grande do Sul and Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre ethical committees in accordance with Brazilian national regulations (CNS Resolution Nº 510/2016).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.