The risk and severity of specific infections are increased during pregnancy due to a
combination of physiological and immunological changes. Characterizing the maternal …

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a single‐stranded RNA virus that causes large‐scale epidemics of
acute viral hepatitis, particularly in develo** countries. In men and non‐pregnant women …

Extraordinary progress is being made in understanding the relationship between
periodontal disease and systemic health. Periodontitis, one of the oldest and most common …

Approximately two-thirds of women experience nausea or vomiting during the first trimester
of pregnancy. These symptoms are commonly known as morning sickness. Hook (1976) and …

Immune responses play an important role in various reproductive processes, including
ovulation, menstruation and parturition. Clearly, during pregnancy, when the mother must …

Pregnancy requires physiologic adaptations in all maternal systems, including the immune
system. This process is complex and includes modifications at different levels and …

PROBLEM: Pregnancy affects the maternal immune system and the clinical course of
maternal diseases. Here we report the changes in the detailed lymphocyte subsets of helper …

Given the intimate association in host–parasite systems, parasites are expected to initiate
their own reproduction when vulnerable hosts become abundant and/or when adult hosts …

There is now some evidence that i) the availability of plasma tryptophan, the precursor of
serotonin, is significantly lower in pregnant women at the end of term and the first few days …

The pathophysiology of the postpartum blues, common transient mood disorders in the first
week postpartum, has remained elusive. Recently, however, it has been shown that …