• HTLV-1 infection in solid organ transplant donors and recipients in Spain 

      Mendoza, Carmen de; Roc, Lourdes; Benito, Rafael; Reina, Gabriel; Ramos, José M.; Gómez, Cesar; Soriano, Vicente ; Corral, Octavio Jorge ; ...et al.; Gómez-Gallego, Felix (BMC Invectious Diseases, 09/08/2019)
      Background: HTLV-1 infection is a neglected disease, despite infecting 10-15 million people worldwide and severe illnesses develop in 10% of carriers lifelong. Acknowledging a greater risk for developing HTLV-1 associated ...
    • Rapid subacute myelopathy following kidney transplantation from HTLV-1 donors: role of immunosuppresors and failure of antiretrovirals 

      Roc, Lourdes; Mendoza, Carmen de; Fernández-Alonso, Miriam; Reina, Gabriel; Soriano, Vicente ; Rodriguez, C.; ...et al.; Corral, Octavio Jorge ; Gómez-Gallego, Felix (Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 08/2019)
      Two kidney transplant recipients from a single donor became infected with HTLV-1 (human T-lymphotropic virus type 1) in Spain. One developed myelopathy 8 months following surgery despite early prescription of antiretroviral ...
    • The slowdown of new infections by human retroviruses has reached a plateau in Spain 

      de Mendoza, Carmen; Carrizo, Paula; Sauleda, Silvia; Richart, Alberto; Rando, Ariadna; Miró, Elisenda; Benito, Rafael; Ayerdi, Oscar; Encinas, Begoña; Aguilera, Antonio; Reina, Gabriel; Rojo, Silvia; González, Rocío; Fernández-Ruiz, Mario; Liendo, Paloma; Montiel, Natalia; Roc, Lourdes; Treviño, Ana; Pozuelo, María José; Soriano, Vicente (Journal of Medical Virology, 2023)
      The 2022 annual meeting of the HTLV & HIV-2 Spanish Network was held in Madrid on December 14. We summarize here the main information presented and discussed at the workshop and review time trends for human retroviral ...