de Andrade, Lorena Viana
Vasconcelos, Beatriz
Khouri, Ricardo
de Souza, Carlos Dornels Freire
Armstrong, Anderson da Costa
do Carmo, Rodrigo Feliciano
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação de Amparo à Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de Pernambuco (IBPG-1902-4.03/22, APQ-0422-2.02/19)
Health Secretariat of Pernambuco (10/2021)
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (001)
Article History
Received: 2 August 2024
Accepted: 9 September 2025
First Online: 2 October 2025
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Hospital das Clínicas of the Federal University of Pernambuco (HC/UFPE) under register number CAAE: 36613520.0.0000.5640. A free and informed consent form was obtained in accordance with the requirements of the Brazilian National Research Ethics Commission (CONEP, acronym in Portuguese).
: Not applicable.
: Rodrigo Feliciano do Carmo is Senior Editor at BMC Infectious Diseases.