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Contributors SMSN, IAT: conceived the study; SMSN, IDLS, DFM: oversaw specimen and data collection; ATF, CTJP, APM: performed the laboratory studies; CEF: analyzed the data. SMSN: prepared the first draft of the manuscript. All authors: reviewed, revised, and contributed to the draft manuscript.
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Funding This study received funding from the Foundation to Support Development of Education, Science, and Technology, State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil (Fundect-MS).
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Competing interests None.
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Patient consent Obtained.
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Ethics approval Approval provided by the Committee of Ethics in Research with Human Beings of Universidade Federal do Estado do Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil (Number 1422 06/08/2009).
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Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.