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Overt and occult hepatitis B among immigrants and native blood donors in Madrid, Spain
(Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2020-12)
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 ...
The time to offer treatments for COVID-19
(Expert opinion on investigational drugs, 2021)
Background: COVID-19 has several overlapping phases. Treatments to date have focused on the late stage of disease in hospital. Yet, the pandemic is by propagated by the viral phase in out-patients. The current public health ...
Inoculum at the time of SARS-CoV-2 exposure and risk of disease severity
(International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020-08)
A relationship between the infecting dose and the risk of disease severity has not been demonstrated for SARS-CoV-2 infection. Here, we report three clusters of individuals that were potentially exposed to distinct inoculum ...
Trends in hospitalizations and deaths in HIV-infected patients in Spain over two decades
(AIDS, 2022-02)
Background: The prognosis of HIV infection dramatically improved after the introduction of triple antiretroviral therapy 25 years ago. Herein, we report the impact of further improvements in HIV management since then, ...
Short Communication: Impact of COVID-19 on Case Reporting for HTLV and HIV-2 in Spain
(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 ...
Situación epidemiológica actual de la infección por VIH-2 y HTLV-1 en España
(Medicina clinica, 2021)
La familia Retroviridae incluye 7 subfamilias. Los miembros de
2 de ellas infectan a humanos y son patogénicos. Se trata de los
deltarretrovirus, de los cuales el human T-cell lymphotropic virus
(HTLV, «virus linfotrópico ...
Impact of scaling up SARS-CoV-2 vaccination on COVID-19 hospitalizations in Spain
(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, ...
Envisioning a hepatitis delta cure with new antivirals
(Future Medicine Ltd., 2021)
Envisioning a hepatitis delta cure with new antivirals
Main differences between the first and second waves of COVID-19 in Madrid, Spain
(International journal of infectious diseases, 2021)
Background: The emergence and rapid global spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) represents a major challenge to health services, and has disrupted social and economic activities worldwide. ...
Third wave of COVID-19 in Madrid, Spain
(Innoeduca-international journal of infectious diseases, 2021)
A third wave of COVID-19 occurred after Christmas 2020 in Madrid, one of the European pandemic epicenters. We noticed 6 major differential features to previous waves. First, household contacts were a large proportion of ...