Trained immunity is a type of non-specific memory-like immune response induced by some pathogens and vaccines, such as BCG, which can confer antigen-independent protection against a wide variety of pathogens. The BCG vaccine has been extensively used…
Antigen Presenting Cells (APC) are immune cells that recognize, process, and present antigens to lymphocytes. APCs are among the earliest immune responders against an antigen. Thus, in patients with COVID-19, a disease caused by the newly reported…
Though many scholars and practitioners are paying more attention to the health and life of the public after the COVID-19 outbreak, extant literature has so far failed to explore the variation of ambient air quality during this pandemic. The current…
CDC and WHO guidelines for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) diagnosis only recommend synthetic fiber swabs for nasopharyngeal (NP) sampling. We show that cotton-tipped plastic swabs do not inhibit PCR and have equivalent…
The ongoing pandemic of COVID-19 has forced us to consider using available drugs in the shortfall of vaccines and established treatment. Cotrimoxazole is one of the oldest drugs presently used in the prevention and treatment of opportunistic…
Este vídeo mostra o cotidiano de uma família no trabalho agrícola e sua interação doméstica pelos “silêncios”. Em um dia do mês de novembro de 2016, a partir da lógica da agricultura familiar. O vídeo utiliza como campo os espaços da família Souza,…
Mostraremos uma narrativa imagética com elementos culturais e sociais da rotina da Feira da Agricultura Familiar da Cidade de São Caetano de Odivelas. Cidade Amazônica, localizada no Nordeste Paraense, na chamada microrregião do Salgado, uma cidade…