About the Authors
- Ana Horta
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Contributed equally to this work with: Ana Horta, Claudia Nobrega
Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3B's, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal, Infectious Diseases Service of the Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Hospital Joaquim Urbano Unit, Porto, Portugal
- Claudia Nobrega
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Contributed equally to this work with: Ana Horta, Claudia Nobrega
Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3B's, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
- Pedro Amorim-Machado
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Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3B's, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
- Vitor Coutinho-Teixeira
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Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3B's, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
- Palmira Barreira-Silva
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Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3B's, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
- Susana Boavida
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Affiliation Infectious Diseases Service of the Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Hospital Joaquim Urbano Unit, Porto, Portugal
- Patrício Costa
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Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3B's, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
- Rui Sarmento-Castro
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Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3B's, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal, Infectious Diseases Service of the Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Hospital Joaquim Urbano Unit, Porto, Portugal
- António Gil Castro
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Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3B's, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
- Margarida Correia-Neves
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* E-mail: mcorreianeves@ecsaude.uminho.pt
Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3B's, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AH AGC MC-N. Performed the experiments: AH PA-M CN VC-T PB-S. Analyzed the data: AH PA-M CN VC-T AGC MC-N PC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AH SB RS-C AGC MC-N. Wrote the paper: AH PA-M CN AGC MC-N.