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Arbovirus and imported viral diseases
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Interruption of onchocerciasis transmission in Bioko Island: Accelerating the movement from control to elimination in Equatorial Guinea
5. Herrador Z, Garcia B, Ncogo P, Perteguer MJ, Rubio JM, Rivas E, Cimas M, Ordoñez G, de Pablos S, Hernández-González A, Nguema R, Moya L, Romay-Barja M, Garate T, Barbre K, Benito A. Interruption of onchocerciasis transmission in Bioko Island: Accelerating the movement from control to elimination in Equatorial Guinea. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 May 3;12(5):e0006471.
PUBMED DOILAMP kit for diagnosis of non-falciparum malaria in Plasmodium ovale infected patients
7. Thuy-Huong Ta-Tang, Sergio L. B. Luz, Francisco J. Merino, Isabel de Fuentes, Rogelio López-Vélez, Tatiana A. P. Almeida, Marta Lanza, Cláudia M. M. Abrahim, and José M. Rubio (2016). Atypical Mansonella ozzardi Microfilariae from an Endemic Area of Brazilian Amazonia. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg 95(3), 2016, pp. 633–636.
PUBMED DOIComparison of Imported Plasmodium ovale curtisi and P. ovale wallikeri Infections among Patients in Spain, 2005-2011.
9. Rojo-Marcos G, Rubio-Muñoz JM, Ramírez-Olivencia G, García-Bujalance S, Elcuaz-Romano R, Díaz-Menéndez M, Calderón M, García-Bermejo I, Ruiz-Giardín JM, Merino-Fernández FJ, Torrús-Tendero D, Delgado-Iribarren A, Ribell-Bachs M,Arévalo-Serrano J, Cuadros-González J (2014). Comparison of Imported Plasmodium ovale curtisi and P. ovale wallikeri Infections among Patients in Spain, 2005-2011. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Mar;20(3):409-16.
PUBMED DOIArbovirus surveillance: first dengue virus detection in local Aedes albopictus mosquitoes in Europe, Catalonia, Spain, 2015.
1. C Aranda; MJ Martínez; T Montalvo; R Eritja; J Navero-Castillejos; E Herreros; E Marqués; R Escosa; I Corbella; E Bigas; L Picart; M Jané; I Barrabeig; N Torner; S Talavera; Ana Vázquez; María Paz Sánchez-Seco; Nuria Busquets. Arbovirus surveillance: first dengue virus detection in local Aedes albopictus mosquitoes in Europe, Catalonia, Spain, 2015.Eurosurveillance. 23 - 47, 2018.
PUBMED DOIAdditional Information
Our objectives are research into well-established autochthonous viruses (Toscana, West Nile and Lymphocoriomeningitis), imported viruses with a vector in Spain (mainly Zika, Dengue and Chikungunya), and viruses that cause haemorrhagic fevers (such as Ebola, Lassa or Crimea Congo, which despite being autochthonous, we include in this category) without forgetting other viruses that, at any time, may become emerging viruses and cause public health alerts.
The group's main research objective is to identify and characterise the aforementioned viruses that cause disease and those circulating in our environment with pathogenic potential.
One of the cross-cutting objectives of the laboratory is to optimise methods for the detection of these viruses and their application to determine the incidence, prevalence and/or presence of the viruses in our environment.
However, in addition to methodological development, it is important to know the origin of the circulating viruses, their antigenic relationships with related viruses, the pathogenicity of the different isolates or the interactions of the agents with their host both in cell culture and in arthropod vectors when this is possible. The aim is to strengthen our role as a National Reference Laboratory for zoonoses through research.
Our objectives are research into well-established autochthonous viruses (Toscana, West Nile and Lymphocoriomeningitis), imported viruses with a vector in Spain (mainly Zika, Dengue and Chikungunya), and viruses that cause haemorrhagic fevers (such as Ebola, Lassa or Crimea Congo, which despite being autochthonous, we include in this category) without forgetting other viruses that, at any time, may become emerging viruses and cause public health alerts.
The group's main research objective is to identify and characterise the aforementioned viruses that cause disease and those circulating in our environment with pathogenic potential.
One of the cross-cutting objectives of the laboratory is to optimise methods for the detection of these viruses and their application to determine the incidence, prevalence and/or presence of the viruses in our environment.
However, in addition to methodological development, it is important to know the origin of the circulating viruses, their antigenic relationships with related viruses, the pathogenicity of the different isolates or the interactions of the agents with their host both in cell culture and in arthropod vectors when this is possible. The aim is to strengthen our role as a National Reference Laboratory for zoonoses through research.