Rodolfo Castro:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0701-2528
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole:
Writing – original draft
Hugo Perazzo: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole:
Writing – review & editing
Letícia Artilles Mello Mendonça de Araujo: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Writing – review & editing
Isabella Gonçalves Gutierres: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Writing – review & editing
Beatriz Grinsztejn: Role: ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Valdiléa G. Veloso: Role: ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Heidar Sharafi: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
21
February
2020
Publication date Collection: 2020
Volume: 15
Issue: 2
Electronic Location Identifier: e0229143
Affiliations
[1
]
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Rio de Janeiro,
RJ, Brazil
[2
]
Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Rio
de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
[3
]
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, Rio de Janeiro,
RJ, Brazil
Middle East Liver Diseases (MELD) Center, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-19-24548
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229143
PMC ID: 7034833
PubMed ID: 32084187
SO-VID: 57880f2c-0b90-48c8-8ef4-be45dc06acb1
Copyright © © 2020 Castro et al
License:
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided
the original author and source are credited.
Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003593, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico;
Award ID: PIBIC
Award Recipient
:
Letícia Artilles Mello Mendonça de Araujo
Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003593, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico;
Award ID: PIBIC
Award Recipient
:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0701-2528
Rodolfo Castro
Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003593, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico;
Award ID: PIBITI
Award Recipient
:
Isabella Gonçalves Gutierres
Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003593, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico;
Award ID: PIBITI
Award Recipient
:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0701-2528
Rodolfo Castro
Funded by: Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas
Award ID: Programa de Incentivo a Jovens Pesquisadores
Award Recipient
:
Hugo Perazzo
This study was funded by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
- CNPq (
http://cnpq.br/) through these research grants: Programa Institucional de Bolsas de Iniciação Científica
- PIBIC/CNPq (
http://cnpq.br/pibic) [RC, LAMMA], Programa Institucional de Bolsas de Iniciação em Desenvolvimento Tecnológico
e Inovação - PIBITI/CNPq (
http://cnpq.br/pibiti) [RC,IGG] at Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), and Programa de Incentivo a Jovens
Pesquisadores at Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas - INI/FIOCRUZ (
https://www.ini.fiocruz.br/) [HP]. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision
to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Gastroenterology and Hepatology
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Liver Diseases
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Cirrhosis
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Biology and life sciences
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Organisms
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Viruses
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RNA viruses
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Flaviviruses
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Hepacivirus
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Hepatitis C virus
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Biology and life sciences
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Microbiology
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Medical microbiology
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Microbial pathogens
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Viral pathogens
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Flaviviruses
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Hepacivirus
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Hepatitis C virus
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Medicine and health sciences
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Pathology and laboratory medicine
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Pathogens
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Microbial pathogens
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Viral pathogens
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Flaviviruses
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Hepacivirus
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Hepatitis C virus
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Biology and life sciences
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Organisms
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Viruses
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Viral pathogens
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Flaviviruses
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Hepacivirus
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Hepatitis C virus
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Biology and life sciences
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Microbiology
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Medical microbiology
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Microbial pathogens
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Viral pathogens
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Hepatitis viruses
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Hepatitis C virus
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Medicine and health sciences
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Pathology and laboratory medicine
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Pathogens
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Microbial pathogens
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Viral pathogens
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Hepatitis viruses
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Hepatitis C virus
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Biology and life sciences
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Organisms
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Viruses
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Viral pathogens
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Hepatitis viruses
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Hepatitis C virus
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Research and Analysis Methods
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Mathematical and Statistical Techniques
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Metaanalysis
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Physical Sciences
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Mathematics
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Statistics
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Statistical Methods
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Metaanalysis
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Health Care
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Primary Care
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Research and Analysis Methods
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Research Assessment
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Science Policy
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Research Integrity
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Publication Ethics
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People and Places
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Population Groupings
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Professions
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Medical Personnel
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Medical Doctors
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Physicians
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General Practitioners
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Health Care
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Health Care Providers
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Medical Doctors
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Physicians
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General Practitioners
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People and Places
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Population Groupings
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Medical Personnel
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Medical Doctors
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Physicians
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Health Care
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