Area of research
Infectious Diseases · Epidemiology
Research interest
Research interests include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis, and Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis.
A Novel Heterologous Prime-boost Strategy Using RUTI Vaccine to Improve the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Response in Non-muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer Patients: Phase 1 RUTIVAC-1 Trial.
Fluorescence-based index from the Sofia <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> fluorescent immunoassay: a prognostic tool for pneumococcal community-acquired pneumonia.
Tuberculosis outbreak in a pre-primary and primary school in Barcelona, Spain.
Population structure and spatial distribution of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> complex in Catalonia.
Retrospective Analysis of the Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Recurrent Biliary-Source Bloodstream Infections in Oncologic Patients.
Unravelling the transcriptome of the human tuberculosis lesion and its clinical implications.
Genome-wide phenotypic insights into mycobacterial virulence using Drosophila melanogaster.
Cross-border investigation of a tuberculosis outbreak in Vienna linked to a multi-country cluster among foreign-born individuals, Europe, 2021 to 2025
Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy for rapid <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> serotyping in a tertiary care general hospital.
Identification of Clinical and Genomic Features Associated with SARS-CoV-2 Reinfections.
Bacteriology of Anorectal Abscess and Anal Fistula: A Systematic Review of the Literature.
Safety and immunomodulatory efficacy of heat-killed <i>Mycolicibacterium manresensis</i> as a novel paraprobiotic in swine.
Performance (Sensitivity and Specificity) of a New Point-of-Care Immunochromatography to Screen for Imported Chronic Schistosomiasis Among Long-Term Sub-Saharan Migrants.
Rapid Detection of VREfm Clusters: FTIR Spectroscopy as a Practical Alternative to Whole-Genome Sequencing.
Evaluation of two SARS-CoV-2 whole genome amplification and sequencing workflows for genomic surveillance and outbreak analysis in the clinical microbiology laboratory.
Immune Durability and Breakthrough Infections 15 Months After SARS-CoV-2 Boosters in People over 65: The IMMERSION Study.
Acetylsalicylic Acid and Ibuprofen as Adjunctive Therapy for Tuberculosis
Usefulness of Dried Blood Spot Samples for Syphilis Screening
Executive Summary: Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Resistant Tuberculosis of the Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR) and the Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (SEIMC).
Country-report pattern corrections of new cases allow accurate 2-week predictions of COVID-19 evolution with the Gompertz model.
A longitudinal prospective study of active tuberculosis in a Western Europe setting: insights and findings.
<i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> experimental model to test new antimicrobials: a methodological approach.
Mathematical modeling of SARS-CoV-2 variant substitutions in European countries: transmission dynamics and epidemiological insights.
<i>Candida albicans</i> infection model in <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> suggests a strain-specific virulent factor boosting a stormy innate immune response.
Analysis of a Large Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (Alpha) Outbreak in a Catalan Prison Using Conventional and Genomic Epidemiology.
Evaluation of the Vitros® Anti-T. cruzi assay for its incorporation into the <i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i> infection diagnostic algorithm.
Viral dynamics in patients with monkeypox infection: a prospective cohort study in Spain.
Self-sampling monkeypox virus testing in high-risk populations, asymptomatic or with unrecognized Mpox, in Spain.
Evaluating the Accuracy of Self-Collected Swabs for the Diagnosis of Mpox.
Brand-specific estimates of influenza vaccine effectiveness for the 2021-2022 season in Europe: results from the DRIVE multi-stakeholder study platform.