About the Authors

Monica Alves

monicalves1@uol.com.br

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo University, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil, Pontific Catholic University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Peter Sol Reinach

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo University, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

Jayter Silva Paula

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo University, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

Antonio Augusto Vellasco e Cruz

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo University, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

Leticia Bachette

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo University, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

Jacqueline Faustino

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo University, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

Francisco Penteado Aranha

Affiliation Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Afonso Vigorito

Affiliation Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Carmino Antonio de Souza

Affiliation Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Eduardo Melani Rocha

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo University, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MA JSP AAVC EMR. Performed the experiments: MA JSP AAVC LB JF FPA AV CAS. Analyzed the data: MA PR JSP AAVC FPA AV CAS EMR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MA CAS EMR. Wrote the paper: MA PR EMR.