• Hepatitis C hospitalizations in Spain and impact of new curative antiviral therapies 

      Ramos-Rincón, José-Manuel; Pinargote-Celorio, Héctor; de Mendoza, Carmen; Ramos-Belinchón, Clara; Barreiro, Pablo; Gómez-Gallego, Felix; Corral, Octavio Jorge; Soriano, Vicente (Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 2022)
      Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is major cause of decompensated cirrhosis and liver cancer. The advent of curative new antiviral therapies since year 2015 has dramatically improved the prognosis of HCV patients. ...
    • Impact of scaling up SARS-CoV-2 vaccination on COVID-19 hospitalizations in Spain 

      Barandalla, Ignacio ; Alvarez, Carmen ; Barreiro, Pablo; de Mendoza, Carmen; González-Crespo, Rubén ; Soriano, Vicente (Elsevier B.V., 2021)
      Background: The advent of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines has been associated with a significant decline in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) hospitalizations and deaths. However, ...
    • Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital admissions due to viral hepatitis in Spain 

      Ramos-Rincón, José-Manuel; Pinargote-Celorio, Héctor; de Mendoza, Carmen; Ramos-Belinchón, Clara; Moreno-Torres, Víctor; Treviño, Ana; Barreiro, Pablo; Corral, Octavio Jorge; Soriano, Vicente (Journal of Clinical Virology, 2023)
      Background: Before the advent of COVID-19 vaccines, hospitalizations due to SARS-CoV-2 infection during 2020 collapsed most medical centers worldwide. Disruptions in health care for clinical conditions other than COVID-19 ...
    • Liver cancer and hepatic decompensation events in patients hospitalized with viral hepatitis in Spain 

      Ramos-Rincón, José-Manuel; Pinargote-Celorio, Héctor; de Mendoza, Carmen; Ramos-Belinchón, Clara; Barreiro, Pablo; Treviño, Ana; Corral, Octavio Jorge; Soriano, Vicente (Hepatology International, 2022)
      Background: Chronic viral hepatitis B, C, and D are the main causes of decompensated cirrhosis and liver cancer worldwide. Newborn HBV vaccination was implemented more than 2 decades ago in most EU countries. Furthermore, ...