About the Authors
- Catarina Xavier
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Affiliations Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal, Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
- Juan José Builes
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Affiliations Instituto de Biología, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia, Laboratorio Genes Ltda, Medellín, Colombia
- Verónica Gomes
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Affiliations Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal
- Jose Miguel Ospino
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Affiliation Laboratorio Genes Ltda, Medellín, Colombia
- Juliana Aquino
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Affiliation DNA Diagnostic Laboratory (LDD), State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Walther Parson
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Affiliations Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria, Eberly College of Science, Penn State University, University Park, PA, United States of America
- António Amorim
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Affiliations Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Leonor Gusmão
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Affiliations Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal, DNA Diagnostic Laboratory (LDD), State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Ana Goios
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* E-mail: aalmeida@ipatimup.pt
Affiliations Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal
Competing Interests
The authors declare that no competing interests exist. Although two authors are affiliated to Laboratorio Genes Ltda., this does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AA LG AG. Performed the experiments: CX JJB VG JMO JA. Analyzed the data: CX VG WP LG AG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JJB JMO AA LG. Wrote the paper: CX VG AA LG AG.