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Low anti-SARS-CoV-2 S antibody levels predict increased mortality and dissemination of viral components in the blood of critical COVID-19 patients
4. Martin-Vicente M, Almansa R, Martínez I, Tedim AP, Bustamante E, Tamayo L, Aldecoa C, Gómez JM, Renedo G, Berezo JA, Cedeño JA, Mamolar N, García Olivares P, Herrán-Monge R, Cicuendez R, Enríquez P, Ortega A, Jorge N, Doncel C, Fuente A, Bustamante-Munguira J, Muñoz-Gómez MJ, González-Rivera M, Puertas C, Más V, Vázquez M, Pérez-García F, Rico-Feijoo J, Martín S, Motos A, Fernandez-Barat L, Eiros JM, Domínguez-Gil M, Ferrer R, Barbé F, Trapiello W, Kelvin DJ (¥), Bermejo-Martin JF (* ¥), Resino S (¥), Torres A (* ¥). Low anti-SARS-CoV-2 S antibody levels predict increased mortality and dissemination of viral components in the blood of critical COVID-19 patients. J Intern Med. 2022, 291(2):232–240. (A; FI= 13.07; D1, Medicine, General & Internal; JCR 2021). PMID: 34611927. DOI: 10.1111/joim.13386.
PUBMEDPrevalence and factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity in the Spanish HIV Research Network Cohort
5. Berenguer J (*), Díez C, Martín-Vicente M, Mican R, Pérez-Elías MJ, García-Fraile LJ, Vidal F, Suárez-García I, Podzamcer D, Del Romero J, Pulido F, Iribarren JA, Gutiérrez F, Poveda E, Galera C, Izquierdo R, Asensi V, Portilla J, López JC, Arribas JR, Moreno S, González-García J, Resino S (‡), Jarrín I (‡). Prevalence and factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity in the Spanish HIV Research Network Cohort. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2021, 27(11):1678-1684. (A; FI= 13.31; D1, Microbiology; JCR 2021). PMID: 34186209 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2021.06.023.
PUBMEDEnvironmental factors linked to hospital admissions in young children due to acute viral lower respiratory infections: A bidirectional case-crossover study
6. Álvaro-Meca A, Goez MC, Resino R, Matías V, Sepúlveda-Crespo D; Martínez I, Resino S (*). Environmental factors linked to hospital admissions in young children due to acute viral lower respiratory infections: a bidirectional case-crossover study. Environ Res. 2022. 212(Pt B), 113319. (A; FI= 8.43; D1, Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; JCR 2021). PMID: 35447151. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113319.
PUBMEDDetection of active hepatitis C in a single visit and linkage to care among marginalized people using a mobile unit in Madrid, Spain
7. Ryan P, Valencia J, Cuevas G, Torres-Macho J, Troya J, Pueyo A, Muñoz-Gómez MJ, Muñoz-Rivas N, Vázquez-Morón S, Martínez, I, Lazarus JV, Resino S (*). Detection of active hepatitis C in a single visit and link-to-care among excluded people using a mobile unit in Madrid, Spain. Int J Drug Policy. 2021, 96:103424. (A; FI= 5.93; Q1, Substance Abuse; JCR 2021). PMID: 34429222 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103424.
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Isabel Jado García
Científico Titular OPIS, Director laboratorio
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Raquel Escudero Nieto
Científico Titular OPIS, Director laboratorio
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Escolástica Chaparro Tercero
Técnico de Laboratorio
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Ave María Vila-Coro Laviña
Auxiliar de Investigación
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María Elena Andrés Galván
Ayudante de Investigación.
Técnico superior en laboratorio de diagnóstico clínico en 2013 y Técnico superior en laboratorio de análisis y control de calidad en 2015. Lleva vinculada a la Unidad de Neumococos desde 2022 como ayudante de investigación y es personal de plantilla. Anteriormente estuvo contratada en el Instituto de recursos naturales y agrobiología de Salamanca (IRNASA) del CSIC.
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The Medical Entomology Laboratory has accumulated extensive experience in this field, especially in entomological field studies, biology of arthropods of medical interest, vector competence and vector control. Also, in the molecular detection of Leishmania infantum promastigotes in naturally parasitized phlebotomine sand flies, in the molecular identification of blood ingested by hematophagous arthropods and in the study of the immunomodulatory properties of proteins present in the saliva of phlebotomine sand flies and mosquitoes. Our laboratory is currently co-leading the studies of vectors and wild reservoirs of leishmaniasis in the leishmaniasis focus of Fuenlabrada, Madrid. In this sense, we have studied the role of asymptomatic individuals as reservoirs in the outbreak by xenodiagnosis. On the other hand, we have participated since 2007 in the Entomological Surveillance Program in Airports and Ports against Potential Vectors of Exotic Infectious Diseases, a program that is allowing to develop the expansion map in Spain of Aedes albopictus. In 2016-2017, we carried out surveillance of Ae. albopictus in the Community of Castilla-La Mancha. On the other hand, we conducted studies on the role of patients with post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) in the transmission of the parasite in Bangladesh and Sudan. In addition, we participate in research studying ticks transmitting Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Spain.
Currently, it maintains confidentiality agreements with several companies participating in the evaluation of molecules with activity against pathogens in vectors (GSK), in the development of vector traps using artificial intelligence algorithms (Irideon, Spain), and in the evaluation of repellents against phlebotomine sand flies (IRSEA, France).
The laboratory actively participates in outreach activities such as the Science Week or the European Researchers' Night, among others, making medical entomology science available to the general population.
The Medical Entomology Laboratory has accumulated extensive experience in this field, especially in entomological field studies, biology of arthropods of medical interest, vector competence and vector control. Also, in the molecular detection of Leishmania infantum promastigotes in naturally parasitized phlebotomine sand flies, in the molecular identification of blood ingested by hematophagous arthropods and in the study of the immunomodulatory properties of proteins present in the saliva of phlebotomine sand flies and mosquitoes. Our laboratory is currently co-leading the studies of vectors and wild reservoirs of leishmaniasis in the leishmaniasis focus of Fuenlabrada, Madrid. In this sense, we have studied the role of asymptomatic individuals as reservoirs in the outbreak by xenodiagnosis. On the other hand, we have participated since 2007 in the Entomological Surveillance Program in Airports and Ports against Potential Vectors of Exotic Infectious Diseases, a program that is allowing to develop the expansion map in Spain of Aedes albopictus. In 2016-2017, we carried out surveillance of Ae. albopictus in the Community of Castilla-La Mancha. On the other hand, we conducted studies on the role of patients with post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) in the transmission of the parasite in Bangladesh and Sudan. In addition, we participate in research studying ticks transmitting Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Spain.
Currently, it maintains confidentiality agreements with several companies participating in the evaluation of molecules with activity against pathogens in vectors (GSK), in the development of vector traps using artificial intelligence algorithms (Irideon, Spain), and in the evaluation of repellents against phlebotomine sand flies (IRSEA, France).
The laboratory actively participates in outreach activities such as the Science Week or the European Researchers' Night, among others, making medical entomology science available to the general population.