The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) poses a serious global health threat. Without a
vaccine, behavior change is the most effective means of reducing disease transmission …

Exposure to and perceptions of stress have been associated with altered systemic
inflammation, but the intermediate processes by which stress links to inflammation are not …

Disgust is hypothesized to be an evolved emotion that functions to regulate the avoidance of
pathogen-related stimuli and behaviors. Individuals with higher pathogen disgust sensitivity …

A growing body of research finds that the activities of the immune system—in addition to
protecting the body from infection and injury—also influence how we think, feel, and behave …

Objectives This study aimed at exploring and comparing the vulnerability to COVID-19,
demographic variables and perceived stress of frontline nurses. Methods This study …

Risk perception and consequently engagement in behaviors to avoid illness often do not
match actual risk of infection, morbidity, and mortality. Unrealistic optimism occurs when …

The emotion of disgust is suggested to be an adaptation that evolved to keep us away from
sources of infection. Therefore, individuals from populations with greater pathogen stress …

Secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA) in saliva is the most important immunoglobulin fighting
pathogens in the respiratory tract and may thus play a role in preventing SARS-CoV-2 …

Although infectious disease has posed a significant and persistent threat to human survival
and welfare throughout history, only recently have the psychological and behavioral …

The behavioral immune system (BIS) comprises manifold mechanisms, that may assist the
physiological immune system (PIS) in counteracting infection and can even reduce the risk …