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    • Multiple recombinant events in human T-cell Leukemia virus Type 1: complete sequences of recombinant African strains 

      Cassar, Oliver; Desrames, Alexandra; Marçais, Antoine; Gout, Olivier F.; Taylor, Graham P.; Hermine, Olivier; Soriano, Vicente ; Mendoza, Carmen de; Dehan, Océane; Mener, Margot Le; Afonso, Philippe V.; Gessain, Antoine (Emerging Microbes and Infections, 01/01/2020)
      Africa is the largest endemic area for HTLV-1, with many molecular genotypes. We previously demonstrated that some strains from North Africa (a-NA clade) originated from a recombinant event between Senegalese and West ...
    • New insights into the genetics of same-sex behavior 

      Gallego, Lucía; De Santiago, Manuel; Soriano, Vicente (Permanyer Publications, 2021)
      Across human societies, a fraction of men and women (around 2-10%) report engaging in sex with samesex partners, either exclusively or, more frequently, in addition to having heterosexual partners (bisexuals) (ACSF. Nature ...
    • New sars-cov-2 variants challenge vaccines protection 

      Soriano, Vicente ; Fernandez-Montero, José V. (AIDS Reviews, 2021)
      By the end of February 2021, roughly 115 million people worldwide had been infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and more than 2.5 million had died. Uneasily, the coronavirus disease ...
    • News from CROI 2022 – caveats using antiretrovirals as HIV prophylaxis 

      Barreiro, Pablo; Soriano, Vicente (AIDS Reviews, 2022)
      The annual conference on retroviruses and opportunistic infections was held in Denver, CO, last February. Most sessions were attended by virtual attenders, due to restrictions forced by the COVID-19 surge caused by the ...
    • Occult hepatitis B and HIV infection 

      Soriano, Vicente ; Aguilera, Antonio; González, Rocío; Gómez-Gallego, Felix ; Barea, Luisa; Treviño, Mercedes; Corral, Octavio Jorge (European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 11/2019)
      Introduction Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, so-called occult B infection (OBI), is defined by the recognition of HBV-DNA in the absence of serum hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). The HBV-DNA genome in OBI is ...
    • Oral antivirals for the prevention and treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection 

      Soriano, Vicente; de Mendoza, Carmen; Edagwa, Benson; Treviño, Ana; Barreiro, Pablo; Fernandez-Montero, José V.; Gendelman, Howard E. (AIDS Reviews, 2022)
      Vaccines and antivirals are the classical weapons deployed to contain, prevent, and treat life-threatening viral illnesses. Specifically, for SARS-CoV-2 infection, vaccines protect against severe COVID-19 disease manifestations ...
    • Overt and occult hepatitis B among immigrants and native blood donors in Madrid, Spain 

      González, Rocío; Barea, Luisa; Arruga, Ana; Richart, Alberto; Soriano, Vicente (Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 12/2020)
      Background: The risk of transfusion-transmitted viral infections is very low in developed countries. Recent massive migration flows from highly hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and/or HIV endemic regions ...
    • Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for viral infections other than HIV 

      Soriano, Vicente; Treviño, Ana; de Mendoza, Carmen; Moreno-Torres, Víctor; Pintos, Ilduara; Barreiro, Pablo; Corral, Octavio Jorge (Infezioni in Medicina, 2022)
      The battle against human viral infections has histori-cally relied on two medical strategies, namely vaccines to protect from contagion and antivirals to treat infected patients. In the absence of vaccines, antivirals have ...
    • Predictors of Hepatitis C Treatment Failure After Using Direct-Acting Antivirals in People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus 

      Cachay, Edward R.; Mena, Alvaro; Morano, Luis; Benitez, Laura; Maida, Ivana; Ballard, Craig; Soriano, Vicente ; ...et al.; Mathews, Wm. C. (Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 03/2019)
      Background. Little is known about the influence of ongoing barriers to care in the persistence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) viremia after treatment with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) among people living with human ...
    • Predictors of in-hospital mortality in HIV-infected patients with COVID-19 

      Moreno-Torres, Víctor; de Mendoza, Carmen; Martínez-Urbistondo, María; Mills, Patricia; Treviño, Ana; de la Fuente, Sara; Diaz de Santiago, Alberto; Calderon-Parra, Jorge; Pintos, Ilduara; Corpas, Manuel; Soriano, Vicente (QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 2023)
      Background Underlying immunodeficiency is associated with severe COVID-19, but the prognosis of persons with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (PWH) with COVID-19 is under debate. Aim: assessment of the mortality rate and ...
    • Prevalence and incidence of hepatitis delta in patients with chronic hepatitis B in Spain 

      Aguilera, Antonio; Trastoy, Rocío; Rodríguez-Calviño, Javier; Manso, Tamara; Mendoza, Carmen de; Soriano, Vicente (European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 09/2018)
      Background Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) is a defective agent that only replicates in the presence of the hepatitis B virus. Accordingly, HDV acquisition may occur as superinfection of HBsAg+ carriers or following acute dual ...
    • Providing Spiritual Care to In-Hospital Patients During COVID-19: A Preliminary European Fact-Finding Study 

      Timmins, Fiona; Connolly, Michael; Palmisano, Stefania; Burgos, Daniel ; Mariano Juarez, Lorenzo; Gusman, Alessandro; Soriano, Vicente ; Jewdokimow, Marcin; Sadlon, Wojciech; López, Aída ; Conde Caballero, David; Campagna, Sara; Vázquez García-Peñuela, José María (Journal of Religion & Health, 2022)
      Historically, there has be a close relationship between the nursing services and spiritual care provision to patients, arising due to the evolvement of many hospitals and nursing programmes from faith-based institutions ...
    • Rapid antigen Testing and Mask Wearing While Waiting for COVID-19 Vaccines 

      Soriano, Vicente ; Sánchez-Santos, Miguel; Barreiro, Pablo (AIDS reviews, 2020)
      After the rapid surge of COVID-19 in Europe during the spring of 2020, implementation of lockdowns succeeded in drastically reduce the number of cases and deaths within 2-3 months. However, it came at a heavy socioeconomic ...
    • 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 ...
    • Rebound in Sexually Transmitted Infections Following the Success of Antiretrovirals for HIV/AIDS 

      Soriano, Vicente ; Romero, Jorge del (AIDS Reviews, 10/2018)
      Nearly 1 million people become infected every day with any of the four major curable sexually transmitted infections (STIs), namely trichomoniasis, chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. Despite huge global incidence, STIs ...
    • Response to: Prognostic factors in hospitalized HIV-positive patients with COVID-19: correspondence 

      Moreno-Torres, Víctor; Soriano, Vicente (Support UsContactAdmin QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 2023)
      [Abstract not available]
    • Safety considerations in the management of hepatitis C and HIV co-infection 

      Soriano, Vicente; Moreno-Torres, Víctor; Treviño, Ana; Barreiro, Pablo; de Jesús-Franco, Fernando; Corral, Octavio Jorge; de Mendoza, Carmen (Expert Opinion on Drug Safety, 2023)
      Introduction: Both HCV and HIV are highly prevalent infections with current estimates of 57 and 38 million people infected worldwide, respectively. Oral antivirals can be curative for HCV and rescue HIV patients from disease ...
    • Screening for retroviruses and hepatitis viruses using dried blood spots reveals a high prevalence of occult hepatitis B in Ghana 

      Mendoza, Carmen de; Bautista Vallejo, José Manuel; Pérez-Benavente, Susana; Kwawu, Roger; Fobil, Julius; Soriano, Vicente ; Diez, Amalia (Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 05/2019)
      Background: Recent advances in antiviral therapy show potential for a cure and/or control of most human infections caused by hepatitis viruses and retroviruses. However, medical success is largely dependent on the ...
    • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Antibodies in Adults in Madrid, Spain 

      Soriano, Vicente ; Meiriño, Rosa; Corral, Octavio Jorge ; Guallar, María Pilar (Clinical infectious diseases, 2021)
      We read with interest the article by Huff and Singh [1] in which they highlight the role of asymptomatic transmissions of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The authors point out that “public ...
    • Sexually Transmitted Infections in Men having Sex with Men - Rising Numbers and Wider Etiologies 

      Soriano, Vicente (AIDS Reviews, 01/2019)
      Classical sexually transmitted infections (STI), namely, syphilis, gonorrhea, trichomonas, and chlamydia, are on the rise worldwide.