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Babesiosis
Babesiosis y Babesia divergens: investigación y diagnóstico.
Babesia es un parásito Apicomplexa capaz de infectar los eritrocitos de una amplia variedad de vertebrados y causar babesiosis. La enfermedad, transmisible por picadura de garrapata, transfusión y vía congénita, está ampliamente distribuida a nivel mundial afectando al humano, a los animales de consumo, de compañía y a los animales salvajes. El conocimiento sobre la biología del parásito y la capacidad para diagnosticar y tratar la enfermedad son aspectos que requieren de una amplia mejora. Así, esta línea pretende elucidar aspectos biológicos básicos y solventar las deficiencias que giran en torno a Babesia y la babesiosis.
Publicaciones destacadas
Dynamics of HIV Reservoir and HIV-1 Viral Splicing in HCV-Exposed Individuals after Elimination with DAAs or Spontaneous Clearance.
Martínez-Román P, Crespo-Bermejo C, Valle-Millares D, Lara-Aguilar V, Arca-Lafuente S, Martín-Carbonero, Ryan P, De los Santos I, López-Huertas MR, Palladino C, Muñoz-Muñoz M, Fernández-Rodríguez A*, Coiras M, Briz V, on behalf of COVIHEP network. Dynamics of HIV Reservoir and HIV-1 Viral Splicing in HCV-Exposed Individuals after Elimination with DAAs or Spontaneous Clearance. Journal of Clinical Medicine 2022, 11: 3579.
PUBMED DOIProtein Saver® cards: the best alternative for DBS storage at room temperature for HCV RNA.
Arca-Lafuente S, Casanueva-Benítez C, Crespo-Bermejo C, Lara-Aguilar V, Martín-Carbonero L, De los Santos I, Madrid R, Briz V*. Protein Saver® cards: the best alternative for DBS storage at room temperature for HCV RNA. 903 Scientific Report 2022, 12: 10124.
PUBMED DOIDiarrhoea-causing enteric protist species in intensively and extensively raised pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus) in Southern Spain. Part II: Association with Hepatitis E virus susceptibility.
Rivero-Juarez A, Dashti A, Santín M, George, Köster PC, Lopez-Lopez P, Risalde MA, García-Bocanegra I, Gomez-Villamandos JC, Caballero-Gómez J, Frías M, Bailo B, Ortega S, Muadica AS, Calero-Bernal R, González-Barrio D, Rivero A, Briz V*, Carmena D. Diarrhoea-causing enteric protist species in intensively and extensively raised pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus) in Southern Spain. Part II: Association with Hepatitis E virus susceptibility. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 2021, 69: e1172-e1178.
PUBMED DOIHepatitis C virus influences HIV-1 viral splicing in coinfected patients.
Martínez-Román P, López-Huertas MR, Crespo-Bermejo C, Arca-Lafuente S, Cortegano I, Valle-Millares D, Gaspar ML, Martín-Carbonero, Domínguez-Domínguez L, Ryan P, De los Santos I, De la Fuente Moral S, Fernández-Rodríguez A, Coiras M, Briz V, on behalf of COVIHEP. Hepatitis C virus influences HIV-1 viral splicing in coinfected patients. J Clin Med 2020, 9 (7): 2091.
PUBMED DOIrotist enteroparasites in wild boar (Sus scrofa ferus) and black Iberian pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) in southern Spain: a protective effect on hepatitis E acquisition?
Rivero-Juárez A, Dashti A, López-López P, Salimo Muadica A, Risalde MA, Köster PC, Machuca I, Bailo B, Hernández de Mingo M, Dacal E, García-Bocanegra I, Saugar JM, Calero-Bernal R, González-Barrio D, Rivero A, Briz V, Carmena D. Protist enteroparasites in wild boar (Sus scrofa ferus) and black Iberian pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) in southern Spain: a protective effect on hepatitis E acquisition? Parasites & Vectors 2020, 13: 281
PUBMED DOIEpidemiological trend of hepatitis C-related liver events in Spain (2000-2015): A nationwide population-based study.
7. Rivero-Juárez A, Dashti A, López-López P, Salimo Muadica A, Risalde MA, Köster PC, Machuca I, Bailo B, Hernández de Mingo M, Dacal E, García-Bocanegra I, Saugar JM, Calero-Bernal R, González-Barrio D, Rivero A, Briz V, Carmena D. Protist enteroparasites in wild boar (Sus scrofa ferus) and black Iberian pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) in southern Spain: a protective effect on hepatitis E acquisition? Parasites & Vectors 2020, 13: 281
PUBMED DOIMultidisciplinary Group of viral coinfection HIV/Hepatitis (COVIHEP). HCV-coinfection is related to an increased HIV-1 reservoir size in cART-treated HIV patients: a cross-sectional study.
López-Huertas MR, Palladino C, Garrido-Arquero M, Esteban-Cartelle B, Sánchez-Carrillo M, Martínez-Román P, Martín-Carbonero L, Ryan P, Domínguez-Domínguez L, Santos ID, Moral SDLF, Benito JM, Rallón N, Alcamí J, Resino S, Fernández-Rodríguez A, Coiras M, Briz V*, on behalf of the Multidisciplinary Group of viral coinfection HIV/Hepatitis (COVIHEP). HCV-coinfection is related to an increased HIV-1 reservoir size in cART-treated HIV patients: a cross-sectional study. Sci Rep 2019: 9 (1); 5606.
PUBMED DOIPersistent Low-Level Viremia in treatment HIV infection: An unresolved status.
3. Crespo-Bermejo C, Ramírez de Arellano E, Lara-Aguilar V, Martínez-Román P, Arca Lafuente S, Gómez-Lus ML, Martín-Carbonero L, Briz V. Persistent Low-Level Viremia in treatment HIV infection: An unresolved status. Virulencia 2021, 12: 2919-2931.
PUBMED DOIFull coding hepatitis E virus genotype 3 genome amplification method.
Muñoz-Chimeno M, Forero JE, Echevarría JM, Muñoz-Bellido JL, Vázquez-López L, Morago L, García-Galera MC, Avellón A. Full coding hepatitis E virus genotype 3 genome amplification method. J Virol Methods. 2016 Apr;230:18-23.
PUBMED DOIComparative sensitivity of commercial tests for hepatitis E genotype 3 virus antibody detection.
• Avellón A, Morago L, García-Galera del Carmen M, Muñoz M, Jose-Manuel Echevarría JM. Comparative sensitivity of commercial tests for hepatitis E genotype 3 virus antibody detection. J Med Virol. 2015 Nov;87(11):1934-9.
PUBMED DOIEpidemiology and predictive factors for early and late mortality in Candida bloodstream infections: a population-based surveillance in Spain
11: Puig-Asensio M, Padilla B, Garnacho-Montero J, Zaragoza O, Aguado JM, Zaragoza R, Montejo M, Muñoz P, Ruiz-Camps I, Cuenca-Estrella M, Almirante B; CANDIPOP Project; GEIH-GEMICOMED (SEIMC); REIPI. Epidemiology and predictive factors for early and late mortality in Candida bloodstream infections: a population-based surveillance in Spain. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2014 Apr;20(4):O245-54.
PUBMED DOIB Pérez de Val, B Romero, MT Tórtola, L Herrera-León, P Pozo, I Mercader, JL Sáez, M Domingo, E Vidal. Poly-resistant Mycobacterium bovis infection in a human and sympatric sheep, Spain, 2017-2018
B Pérez de Val, B Romero, MT Tórtola, L Herrera-León, P Pozo, I Mercader, JL Sáez, M Domingo, E Vidal. Poly-resistant Mycobacterium bovis infection in a human and sympatric sheep, Spain, 2017-2018. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Apr;27(4):1241-1243. doi: 10.3201/eid2704.204467. PMID: 33755008.
DOIL Bernal-Martínez; L Herrera-Leon; C Valero; P de la Cruz; L Ghimpu; AC Mesa-Arango; G Santoni; L Goterris; R Millán; MJ Buitrago. Differential Diagnosis of Fungal Pneumonias vs.Tuberculosis in AIDS Patients by Using Two New Molecular Methods.
L Bernal-Martínez; L Herrera-Leon; C Valero; P de la Cruz; L Ghimpu; AC Mesa-Arango; G Santoni; L Goterris; R Millán; MJ Buitrago. Differential Diagnosis of Fungal Pneumonias vs.Tuberculosis in AIDS Patients by Using Two New Molecular Methods. J. Fungi 2021, 7, 336. doi.org: 10.3390/jof7050336. PMID: 33925404.
DOIE Tagliani, RAnthony, TA Kohl, A de Neeling, V Nikolayevskyy, C Ködmön, FP Maurer, S Niemann, D van Soolingen, MJ van der Werf, D Cirillo, ECDC molecular surveillance project participants. Use of a whole genome sequencing-based approach for Mycobacterium tuberculosis surveillance in Europe in 2017-2019: an ECDC pilot study
E Tagliani, RAnthony, TA Kohl, A de Neeling, V Nikolayevskyy, C Ködmön, FP Maurer, S Niemann, D van Soolingen, MJ van der Werf, D Cirillo, ECDC molecular surveillance project participants. Use of a whole genome sequencing-based approach for Mycobacterium tuberculosis surveillance in Europe in 2017-2019: an ECDC pilot study. Eur Respir J. 2021 Jan 5;57(1):2002272. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02272-2020. Print 2021 Jan. PMID: 32732329.
DOIMJ Iglesias, D Ibarz, A Cebollada, J Comín, MS Jiménez, MC Vázquez, S Samper, Spanish Working Group on MDRTB. The value of the continuous genotyping of multidrug resistant tuberculosis over 20 years in Spain.
MJ Iglesias, D Ibarz, A Cebollada, J Comín, MS Jiménez, MC Vázquez, S Samper, Spanish Working Group on MDRTB. The value of the continuous genotyping of multidrug resistant tuberculosis over 20 years in Spain. Sci Rep. 2020 Nov 24;10(1):20433. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-77249-x. PMID: 33235225.
DOIS Campos-Gutierrez, MJ Ramos-Real, R Abreu, MS Jimenez, M Lecuona. Pseudo-ourbreak of Mycobacterium fortuitum, in a hospital bronchoscopy unit.
S Campos-Gutierrez, MJ Ramos-Real, R Abreu, MS Jimenez, M Lecuona. Pseudo-ourbreak of Mycobacterium fortuitum, in a hospital bronchoscopy unit. Am J Infect Control. 2020 Jul;48(7):765-769. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2019.11.019. Epub 2019 Dec 24. PMID: 31882175.
DOIGascha , Y Meijeb, M Espasac, B Fonta, MS Jiménez, N Fernández-Hidalgo. Disseminated Infection Due to Mycobacterium chimaera After Aortic Valve Replacement.
Gascha , Y Meijeb, M Espasac, B Fonta, MS Jiménez, N Fernández-Hidalgo. Disseminated Infection Due to Mycobacterium chimaera After Aortic Valve Replacement. Revista Española de cardiología. 2019. Vol 72 (6):502-503. DOI: 10.1016/j.rec.2018.06.026. PMID: 30029979
DOIPBMCs gene expression signature of advanced cirrhosis with high risk for clinically significant portal hypertension in HIV/HCV coinfected patients: A cross-control study
2. Salgüero S, Brochado-Kith O, Virseda Verdices A, Berenguer J, González-García J, Martínez I, Díez C, Hontañón V, Pérez-Latorre L, Fernández-Rodríguez A (‡), Jiménez-Sousa MA (‡,*), and Resino S (‡, *). PBMCs gene expression signature of advanced cirrhosis with high risk for clinically significant portal hypertension in HIV/HCV coinfected patients: A cross-control study. Biomed Pharmacother 2023, 159:114220. (A; FI= 7.42; D1, Pharmacology & Pharmacy; JCR 2021). PMID: 36628818. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2023.114220.
PUBMEDLow 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.
PUBMEDInformación adicional
B. divergens es el agente causal en Europa de la fiebre del agua roja en el ganado y la forma más severa de la babesiosis humana, provocando la muerte en el 40% de los casos. Además, B. divergens es un modelo in vitro excelente para el estudio de la biología básica de los parásitos Apicomplexa, algunos de ellos altamente patógenos como Plasmodium falciparum causante de la malaria y que, al igual que Babesia, infecta los eritrocitos humanos.
Nuestros objetivos están enfocados a investigar procesos vitales para la supervivencia del parásito B. divergens, en el interior del eritrocito humano y su posible extrapolación a P. falciparum. Así, estamos integrando la biología celular, molecular y la metabolómica para elucidar la arquitectura tridimensional de B. divergens, la cinética de diferenciación morfológica de los estadios que se suceden en el ciclo asexual del parásito, los mecanismos moleculares de propagación y el perfil metabólico que desencadena el parásito como consecuencia de su activad e interacción con su célula huésped.
Este estudio integral podrá asentar las bases para la identificación de biomarcadores de diagnóstico y patológicos que ayuden al seguimiento de infecciones activas en hospedadores vertebrados, así como para el desarrollo de vacunas y tratamientos eficaces.