About the Authors

Thais Cristina Garbelini Salles

Contributed equally to this work with: Thais Cristina Garbelini Salles, Eduardo Alexandrino Medeiros

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

thais.salles@yahoo.com.br

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Paulista School of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Hospital Santa Helena, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil

Santiago Grau Cerrato

Roles Supervision, Validation

‡ This author also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Autonomous University of Barcelona, Campus de la UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

Tatiana Fiscina Santana

Roles Validation

Affiliation UnitedHealth Group, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Eduardo Alexandrino Medeiros

Contributed equally to this work with: Thais Cristina Garbelini Salles, Eduardo Alexandrino Medeiros

Roles Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Paulista School of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The company United Health Group provided support in the form of salaries for authors T.C.G.S. and E.A.M. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.