• Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV-2 Infection in Non-Endemic Regions 

      Mendoza, Carmen de; Lozano, A. B.; Caballero, Estrella; Cabezas, Teresa; Ramos, José M.; Soriano, Vicente ; Spanish HIV-2 Network (AIDS Reviews, 01/2020)
      Human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) was isolated in AIDS patients in 1986. Around 1-2 million people are infected worldwide. The virus is less transmissible than HIV-1, being sexual contacts the most frequent route ...
    • Short Communication: Impact of COVID-19 on Case Reporting for HTLV and HIV-2 in Spain 

      de Mendoza, Carmen; Caballero, Estrella; Eirós, José M.; Rojo, Silvia; Benito, Rafael; Soriano, Vicente (Mary Ann Liebert Inc., 2021)
      The medical demand imposed by COVID-19 has distracted proper care of other illnesses. Herein, we report the impact on new diagnoses of HTLV-1, HTLV-2, and HIV-2 in Spain, where these infections are mostly driven by immigration ...
    • 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 ...
    • Treatment outcome in dually HIV-1 and HIV-2 coinfected patients living in Spain 

      Requena, S.; Caballero, Estrella; Lozano, A. B.; Ríos-Villegas, María; Benito, Rafael; Rojo, Silvia; Cabezas, Teresa; Macià, María; Nieto, María del; Soriano, Vicente ; Mendoza, Carmen de (AIDS, 15/11/2019)
      Background: Whereas HIV-1 has spread globally, HIV-2 is mainly found in West Africa where dual HIV-1/HIV-2 coinfection is nowadays uncommon. Herein, we report the rate, main characteristics, and treatment outcomes of all ...