About the Authors

Luciana Haddad

Contributed equally to this work with: Luciana Haddad, Alex Jones Flores Cassenote

luciana.haddad@hc.fm.usp.br

Affiliation Digestive Transplant Unit—Gastroenterology Department, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil

Alex Jones Flores Cassenote

Contributed equally to this work with: Luciana Haddad, Alex Jones Flores Cassenote

Affiliations Postgraduate Program in Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, University of São Paulo, Faculty of Medicine, Center of Fuzzy Systems in Health, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Wellington Andraus

Affiliation Digestive Transplant Unit—Gastroenterology Department, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil

Rodrigo Bronze de Martino

Affiliation Digestive Transplant Unit—Gastroenterology Department, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil

Neli Regina de Siqueira Ortega

Affiliation University of São Paulo, Faculty of Medicine, Center of Fuzzy Systems in Health, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Jair Minoro Abe

Affiliation Institute for Advanced Studies, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Luiz Augusto Carneiro D’Albuquerque

Affiliation Digestive Transplant Unit—Gastroenterology Department, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LH AJFC RBM LACD. Performed the experiments: LH AJFC WA. Analyzed the data: LH AJFC NRSO JMA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WA RBM NRSO JMA. Wrote the paper: LH AJFC WA RBM JMA LACD.