Jones-López, Edward C.
Acuña-Villaorduña, Carlos
Fregona, Geisa
Marques-Rodrigues, Patricia
White, Laura F.
Hadad, David Jamil
Dutra-Molina, Lucilia Pereira
Vinhas, Solange
McIntosh, Avery I.
Gaeddert, Mary
Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Rodrigo
Salgame, Padmini
Palaci, Moises
Alland, David
Ellner, Jerrold J.
Dietze, Reynaldo
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (UO1 AI065663-01)
TB Research Unit Network (U19AI111276)
Article History
Received: 3 April 2017
Accepted: 8 August 2017
First Online: 18 August 2017
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa do Centro de Ciências da Saúde - Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo and the Comissão Nacional de Ética em Pesquisa, and the Institutional Review Boards of Boston University Medical Center and Rutgers University –New Jersey Medical School (formerly University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey). We obtained written informed consent and assent in Portuguese in accordance with age-specific ethical guidelines of participating institutions.
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