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Patrícia Sampaio Tavares Veras1,2\*, Deborah Bittencourt Mothé Fraga1,2,3, Manuela da Silva Solcà1,3 and Carlos Eduardo Sampaio Guedes1

\*Address all correspondence to: pveras@bahia.fiocruz.br

1 Laboratório de Patologia e Biointervenção, Centro de Pesquisa Gonçalo Moniz–FIOCRUZ, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

2 Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Doenças Tropicais (INCT - DT), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

3 Escola de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

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