The researchers of the Viral Infection and Immunity Unit (UIVI) are part of the CIBER de Infectious Diseases (CIBERINFEC) as an independent group (https://www.ciberinfec.es/grupos/grupo-de-investigacion?id=27501).  The UIVI studies the immunopathology of clinically relevant infections in humans, such as chronic viral hepatitis (Hepatitis B, C and D), HIV, and SARS-CoV-2, and their impact on the clinical evolution of infected patients. We also analyse the evolution of the patient after controlling viral replication or after eliminating the virus spontaneously or by antiviral treatment.

The group focuses mainly on translational research in which collaborating clinical groups also participate. On the one hand, ‘omics’ techniques such as genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, epigenetics and metagenomics are used, which, depending on the type of study, are targeted or not. On the other hand, specific laboratory assays designed in-house, such as PCR, RT-PCR, immunoassays for virus titration and neutralisation, production of monoclonal antibodies, among others, are carried out. With the molecular data obtained from patient samples, we perform bioinformatics/statistical analyses, analysing their association with the clinical condition of the patients and their subsequent evolution.