Rocha, Thiago Augusto Hernandes
Thomaz, Erika Bárbara Abreu Fonseca
da Silva, Núbia Cristina
de Sousa Queiroz, Rejane Christine
de Souza, Marta Rovery
Barbosa, Allan Claudius Queiroz
Thumé, Elaine
Rocha, João Victor Muniz
Alvares, Viviane
de Almeida, Dante Grapiuna
Vissoci, João Ricardo Nickenig
Staton, Catherine Ann
Facchini, Luiz Augusto
Funding for this research was provided by:
Brazilian Ministry of Health
Fogarty International Center (K01 TW010000-01A1)
Article History
Received: 26 July 2016
Accepted: 22 October 2017
First Online: 30 October 2017
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