Funding for this research was provided by:
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (307282/2017-1)
Article History
Received: 9 May 2018
Accepted: 11 July 2019
First Online: 22 July 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study is based on data routinely collected in the hospital of the Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas/FIOCRUZ and three pediatric hospitals in the city. The study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Protocol n°: 1532.0.009.000-1161/08, CAAE: 0026.0.009.000-07) and Secretaria Municipal de Saúde e Defesa Civil do Rio de Janeiro, RJ (33/09 CAAE: 00290314011-09). Informed consent was waived since the data were anonymized and de-identified prior to analysis to ensure patient’s information confidentiality.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.