About the Authors

José Abraão Carneiro Neto

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Post Graduate Program of Health Sciences, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Cássius José Vitor de Oliveira

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Post Graduate Program of Health Sciences, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Sheila Nunes Ferraz

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Post Graduate Program of Health Sciences, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Mariele Guerra

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Immunology Service of University Hospital Professor Edgard Santos, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Lívia Alves Oliveira

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Immunology Service of University Hospital Professor Edgard Santos, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Lúcia Passos

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Immunology Service of University Hospital Professor Edgard Santos, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Edgar M. Carvalho

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

imuno@ufba.br

Affiliations Post Graduate Program of Health Sciences, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Immunology Service of University Hospital Professor Edgard Santos, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Gonçalo Moniz Institute, Fiocruz, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, National Institute of Science and Technology of Tropical Diseases, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Paulo Novis Rocha

Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Post Graduate Program of Health Sciences, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Nephrology Service of University Hospital Professor Edgard Santos, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.