• AIDS Clinical Research in SpainLarge HIV Population, Geniality of Doctors, and Missing Opportunities 

      Soriano, Vicente ; Ramos, José M.; Barreiro, Pablo; Fernández-Montero, José V. (Viruses.Basel, 06/2018)
      The first cases of AIDS in Spain were reported in 1982. Since then over 85,000 persons with AIDS have been cumulated, with 60,000 deaths. Current estimates for people living with HIV are of 145,000, of whom 20% are unaware ...
    • 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 ...
    • COVID-19 Comes 40 Years After AIDS - Any Lesson? 

      Soriano, Vicente ; Barreiro, Pablo; Ramos, José M.; Eirós, José M.; Mendoza, Carmen de (AIDS Reviews, 06/2020)
      The pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has hit health-care systems and societies in an unprecedented manner. In 1981, the first cases of AIDS were reported and wide diagnostic ...
    • Hospital admissions in individuals with HTLV-1 infection in Spain 

      Ramos, José M.; Mendoza, Carmen de; Aguilera, Antonio; Barreiro, Pablo; Benito, Rafael; Eirós, José M.; Soriano, Vicente (AIDS, 06/2020)
      OBJECTIVE: To examine the clinical burden and disease spectrum, as well as time trends for human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) and HTLV type 2 (HTLV-2) hospital admissions. DESIGN: Retrospective, observational study ...
    • HTLV-1 infection and health outcomes 

      Ramos, José M.; Mendoza, Carmen de; Soriano, Vicente (The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 04/2020)
      The meta-analysis published by Gill Schierhout and colleagues1 reported an increased relative risk of premature death in individuals infected with HTLV-1 compared with individuals not infected with HTLV-1 (RR 1·57, 95% CI ...
    • 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 ...