CONCLUSION: These findings contribute to a better understanding of the emergence and course of depression in early adolescence, suggesting that childhood abuse and neglect are critical early risk factors. Additionally, depression plays a key role in
CONCLUSIONS: Overall, we found that COVID-19 pandemic mitigation efforts significantly influenced women's ability to obtain cervical cancer screening and routine HIV management at APIN clinic. This study buttresses the challenges in accessing routine
We aimed to explore how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the lives of healthcare workers (HCWs) in the Dominican Republic. We also aimed to identify the types of resources that HCWs felt were needed to support their mental health. We used purposive and
CONCLUSIONS: Measurement of visfatin levels may be helpful in patients with COVID-19. However, two other biomarkers in our study, ELA and chemerin, were found not to be useful in diagnosing COVID-19. New inflammatory biomarkers may help to diagnose a
CONCLUSIONS: A homologous booster of Ad5-nCoV vaccine is well tolerated and immunogenic in healthy adults aged 18-60 years who had received a priming dose of Ad5-nCoV 6 months previously. The neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 peaked at day
Vaccine hesitancy is a complex, context-specific issue that negatively impacts vaccine uptake. During the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine mis- and dis-information on social media negatively impacted on COVID-19 vaccine acceptance. University students'
CONCLUSION: This study reveals a high risk of mortality and complication after HPB surgeries in patient infected with COVID-19. The more extensive the procedure, the higher the risk. Nonetheless, an increased risk was observed across all types of
CONCLUSIONS: Recovery of neurological services up to spring 2023 has been incomplete following substantial disruption of neurological care, medical education, and health economics in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The continued limitations for
We show the construction of 3D solids (volumetric 3D models) of SARS-CoV-2 viral particles from the tomographic studies (videos) of SARS-CoV-2-infected tissues. To this aim, we propose a video analysis (tomographic images) by frames (medical images