Background: The placenta serves as a crucial interface between maternal and foetal circulation, undergoing dynamic changes throughout pregnancy to attain optimal structural complexity by term. This st
Chagas’ disease, one of the major public health concerns in Latin America, is caused by the haemophlagelated protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi). In the past few years congenital transmission of
Testing the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommendations on maternal reproductive health and associated neonatal characteristics in a transitional, Mediterranean population