Unplanned Pregnancy and Depressive Symptoms during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

This is a cross-sectional study conducted with pregnant women who underwent prenatal care at basic health units in São Luís City, Maranhão State, Brazil. The authors used a semistructured questionnaire to assess the socioeconomic, demographic, and clinical characteristics of pregnant women as well as the Edinburgh Scale to investigate depressive symptoms. In order to assess the association between the explanatory variable and the outcome variable, Poisson logistic regression was performed with statistical significance at p < 0.

The Baecke Habitual Physical Activity Questionnaire (BHPAQ): a valid internal structure of the instrument to assess healthy Brazilian adults.

Objective: This study aimed to validate the internal structure of the Brazilian version of the Baecke Habitual Physical Activity Questionnaire.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with individuals over 18 years old of both sexes, with Brazilian Portuguese as their native language. The structure of the Baecke Habitual Physical Activity Questionnaire was tested by confirmatory factor analysis.

Decrease in CD8CD45CCR7CD62L T cells in individuals vaccinated with Sinovac-CoronaVac following COVID-19 infection.

Vaccines induce antibodies, but T cell responses are also important for protection against Coronavirus disease 2019. Here, we analyzed the frequency of memory T cells in infected and/or vaccinated individuals and observed a decrease in central memory T cells in individuals who were vaccinated following COVID-19 infection.

Hydroalcoholic Leaf Extract of , alone and in Combination with Calcium Hydroxide, Is Effective against Mono- and Polymicrobial Biofilms of and .

Failures in endodontic treatments are mostly associated with the difficulty in eradicating microbes of the root canal system, highlighting the need to develop novel effective antimicrobials. (pomegranate) leaf hydroalcoholic extract may be a potential alternative in canal dressing, owing to its antimicrobial properties. The objective of this study was to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of hydroalcoholic leaf extract of (HEPg) alone or in combination with calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)) against and in isolation and in mono- and polymicrobial biofilms.

Immunity and inflammatory biomarkers in COVID-19: A systematic review.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a clinical syndrome caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus. Patients can be asymptomatic or present respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms, and even multiple-organ failure which can lead to death. The balance between an effective antiviral response and dysregulated immune response is the key factor determining the severity of COVID-19 progression.