Poxviruses are important pathogens of man and numerous domestic and wild animal species. Cross species (including zoonotic) poxvirus infections can have drastic consequences for the recipient host. Bats are a diverse order of mammals known to carry…
O objetivo principal deste texto é fazer uma análise geográfica da situação dos povos indígenas e comunidades tradicionais frente à pandemia da COVID-19 no Brasil. A metodologia combina os métodos qualitativo e quantitativo. Refletimos sobre as…
The Covid-19 pandemic in the winter and spring of 2020 represents a major challenge to the world health care system that has not been seen perhaps since the influenza pandemic in 1918. The virus has spread across the world, claiming lives on all…
The Instituto de Evaluación de Tecnologías en Salud e Investigación (IETSI) of the Seguro Social de Salud (EsSalud) has completed seven brief reports by means of rapid reviews of evidence regarding the potentially effective therapies against…
Most small farmers in Brazil have in pig farming activities an alternative to obtaining the food of high nutritional value and profitability. The objective of this work was to implement and develop a system of sustainable extensive production of pigs…
O crescimento da população mundial provoca aumento na demanda de energia e água limpa. O Brasil é um País predominantemente tropical; e, portanto, com potencial de energia solar o ano todo. A radiação solar é uma fonte de energia promissora, tendo em…
Processing of certain viral proteins and bacterial toxins by host serine proteases is a frequent and critical step in virulence. The coronavirus spike glycoprotein contains three (S1, S2, and S2′) cleavage sites that are processed by human host…
Abstract The Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an acute respiratory infectious disease. At present, COVID-19 has no specific therapeutic drugs, and the main clinical treatment is symptomatic treatment and control of complications. On March 5,…
Since September 2020, the world has had more than 28 million cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Many countries are facing a second wave of the COVID-19 outbreak. A pressing need is evident for the development of a potent vaccine to control…