• How did the COVID-19 lockdown affect children and adolescent's well-being: spanish parents, children, and adolescents respond 

      Ajanovic, Sara; Garrido-Aguirre, Jon; Baro, Bàrbara; Balanza, Núria; Varo, Rosauro; Millat-Martínez, Pere; Arias, Sara; Fonollosa, Jordi; Perera-Lluna, Alexandre; Jordan, Iolanda; Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen; Bonet-Carne, Elisenda; Crosas-Soler, Aina; Via, Esther; Nafria, Begonya; García-García, Juan José; Bassat, Quique (Frontiers in Public Health, 2021)
      Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdown strategies have been widely used to contain SARS-CoV-2 virus spread. Children and adolescents are especially vulnerable to suffering psychological ...
    • Human immunodeficiency virus/hepatits C virus coinfection in Spain: elimination Is feasible, but the burden of residual cirrhosis will be significant 

      Berenguer, Juan; Jarrín, Inmaculada; Pérez-Latorre, Leire; Hontañón, Víctor; Vivancos, María J.; Navarro, Jordi; Téllez, María J.; Guardiola Tey, Josep Maria; Iribarren, José A.; Rivero-Juárez, Antonio; Márquez, Manuel; Artero, Arturo; Morano, Luis; Santos, Ignacio; Moreno, Javier; Fariñas, María C.; Galindo, María J.; Hernando, María A.; Montero, Marta; Cifuentes, Carmen; Domingo, Pere; Sanz, José; Domíngez, Lourdes; Ferrero, Oscar L.; De la Fuente, Belén; Rodríguez, Carmen; Reus, Sergio; Hernández-Quero, José; Gaspar, Gabriel; Pérez-Martínez, Laura; García, Coral; Force, Lluis; Veloso, Sergio; Losa, Juan E.; Vilaró, Josep; Bernal, Enrique; Arponen, Sari; Ortí, Amat J.; Chocarro, Ángel; Teira, Ramón; Alonso, Gerardo; Silvariño, Rafael; Vegas, Ana; Geijo, Paloma; Bisbe, Josep; Esteban, Herminia; González-García, Juan; GeSIDA 8514 Study Group (Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2018-01)
      Background: We assessed the prevalence of antibodies against hepatitis C virus (HCV-Abs) and active HCV infection in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Spain in 2016 and compared ...
    • Impacto de la violencia colectiva en la salud. Resultados del estudio ISAVIC en el País Vasco 

      Larizgoitia, Itziar; Izarzugaza, Isabel; Iraurgi, Ioseba; Ballesteros, Javier; Forero, Carlos G.; Markez, Iñaki; Alonso, Jordi; ISAVIC (Gaceta Sanitaria, 2011)
      Objetivo: A pesar de la ubicuidad de la violencia y de su posible importancia para la salud de las personas y las colectividades, su papel y mecanismos de acción en este sentido no están apenas analizados. ...
    • Individual prevention and containment measures in schools in Catalonia, Spain, and community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 after school re-opening 

      Alonso, Sergio; Català, Martí; López, Daniel; Álvarez-Lacalle, Enric; Jordan, Iolanda; García-García, Juan José; Fumadó, Victoria; Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen; Gratacós, Eduard; Balanza, Núria; Varo, Rosauro; Millat, Pere; Baro, Bàrbara; Ajanovic, Sara; Arias, Sara; Claverol, Joana; Fernández de Sevilla, Mariona; Bonet-Carne, Elisenda; Garcia-Miquel, Aleix; Coma, Ermengol; Medina-Peralta, Manuel; Fina, Francesc; Prats, Clara; Bassat, Quique (PLoS One, 2022)
      Background: Despite their clear lesser vulnerability to COVID-19, the extent by which children are susceptible to getting infected by SARS-CoV-2 and their capacity to transmit the infection to other ...
    • Low transmission of SARS-CoV-2 derived from children in family clusters: an observational study of family households in the Barcelona Metropolitan Area, Spain 

      Mele-Casas, Maria; Launes, Cristian; F. de Sevilla, Mariona; Hernandez-Garcia, Maria; Pons-Tomas, Gemma; Bassat, Quique; Fumado, Victoria; Fortuny, Claudia; Garcia-Miquel, Aleix; Bonet-Carne, Elisenda; Prats, Clara; Ajanovic, Sara; Cubells, Marta; Claverol, Joana; Penela-Sanchez, Daniel; Jou, Cristina; Arias, Sara; Balanza, Nuria; Baro, Barbara; Millat-Martinez, Pere; Alonso, Sergio; Alvarez-Lacalle, Enric; Catala, Marti; Cuadras, Daniel; Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen; Gratacos, Eduard; Jordan, Iolanda; Garcia-Garcia, Juan Jose (PLoS ONE, 2022)
      Background: Family clusters offer a good opportunity to study viral transmission in a stable setting. We aimed to analyze the specific role of children in transmission of SARS-CoV-2 within households. ...
    • Machine learning risk prediction of mortality for patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2: the COVIDSurg mortality score 

      RUBIO-PALAU, JOSEP; COVIDSurg Collaborative (British Journal of Surgery, 2021)
      Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic tens of millions of operations have been cancelled1 as a result of excessive postoperative pulmonary complications (51.2 per cent) and mortality rates (23.8 ...
    • Multiplex antibody analysis of IgM, IgA and IgG to SARS-CoV-2 in saliva and serum from infected children and their close contacts 

      Dobaño, Carlota; Alonso, Selena; Vidal, Marta; Jiménez, Alfons; Rubio, Rocío; Santano, Rebeca; Barrios, Diana; Pons Tomas, Gemma; Melé Casas, María; Hernández García, María; Girona-Alarcón, Mònica; Puyol, Laura; Baro, Barbara; Millat-Martínez, Pere; Ajanovic, Sara; Balanza, Núria; Arias, Sara; Rodrigo Melero, Natalia; Carolis, Carlo; García-Miquel, Aleix; Bonet-Carné, Elisenda; Claverol, Joana; Cubells, Marta; Fortuny, Claudia; Fumadó, Victoria; Codina, Anna; Bassat, Quique; Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen; Fernández de Sevilla, Mariona; Gratacós, Eduard; Izquierdo, Luis; García-García, Juan José; Aguilar, Ruth; Jordan, Iolanda; Moncunill, Gemma (Frontiers in Immunology, 2022)
      COVID-19 affects children to a lesser extent than adults but they can still get infected and transmit SARS-CoV-2 to their contacts. Field deployable non-invasive sensitive diagnostic techniques are ...
    • Nasopharyngeal microbiota profiling of pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 infection 

      Crovetto, Francesca; Selma-Royo, Marta; Crispi, Fàtima; Carbonetto, Belén; Pascal, Rosalia; Larroya, Marta; Casas, Irene; Tortajada, Marta; Escudero, Nuria; Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen; Gomez-Roig, Maria Dolores; González-Torres, Pedro; Collado, Maria Carmen; Gratacos, Eduard (Scientific Reports, 2022)
      We aimed to analyze the nasopharyngeal microbiota profiles in pregnant women with and without SARS-CoV-2 infection, considered a vulnerable population during COVID-19 pandemic. Pregnant women were ...
    • Photographic narratives of Covid-19 during Spain’s state of emergency: images of death, dying and grief 

      Morcate, Montserrat; Pardo, Rebeca (Mortality, 2022)
      Covid-19 is the first pandemic to be broadcast and photographed as it happens worldwide. However, despite the plethora of images on countless aspects of the pandemic, few media images have covered its ...
    • Prevalence of hepatitis E infection in HIV/HCV-coinfected patients in Spain (2012–2014) 

      Vázquez-Morón, Sonia; Berenguer, Juan; González-García, Juan; Jiménez-Sousa, Maria Ángeles; Canorea, Isabel; Guardiola Tey, Josep Maria; Crespo, Manuel; Quereda, Carmen; Sanz, José; Carrero, Ana; Hontañón, Víctor; Avellón, Ana; Resino, Salvador (Scientific Reports, 2019)
      Hepatitis E virus (HEV) has emerged as a relevant pathogen for HIV-infected patients. However, there is scarce data on HEV infection in HIV/HCV-coinfected individuals with advanced fibrosis, which seems ...
    • Rapid increase of oral bacteria in nasopharyngeal microbiota after antibiotic treatment in children with invasive pneumococcal disease 

      Henares, Desirée; Rocafort, Muntsa; Brotons, Pedro; De Sevilla, Mariona F.; Mira, Alex; Launes, Cristian; Cabrera-Rubio, Raul; Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen (Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2021)
      Introduction: Antibiotics are commonly prescribed to young children for treating bacterial infections such as invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. Despite the obvious ...
    • Resource utilization and outcomes in emergency general surgery during the COVID19 pandemic: an observational cost analysis 

      Trapero-Bertran, Marta; Borin, Alex; Butori, Eugenia; Curell, Anna; Souza, Arlena; Jensen, Joaquín; Turrado, Víctor; Morales, Xavier; Lacy, Antonio M; Fondevila, Constantino (PLoS One, 2021)
      Background: Over the course of the COVID19 pandemic, global healthcare delivery has declined. Surgery is one of the most resource-intensive area of medicine; loss of surgical care has had untold health ...
    • Risk categories in COVID-19 based on degrees of inflammation: data on more than 17,000 patients from the spanish SEMI-COVID-19 registry 

      Rubio-Rivas, Manuel; Corbella Virós, Xavier; Formiga, Francesc; Menéndez Fernández, Estela; Martín Escalante, María Dolores; Baños Fernández, Isolina; Arnalich Fernández, Francisco; Del Corral-Beamonte, Esther; Lalueza, Antonio; Parra Virto, Alejandro; Roy Vallejo, Emilia; Loureiro-Amigo, José; Álvarez Suárez, Ana María; Abadía-Otero, Jesica; Navarro De La Chica, María; Estévez González, Raquel; Hernández Milián, Almudena; Areses Manrique, María; Blázquez Encinar, Julio César; González Noya, Amara; González Ferrer, Ruth; Pérez Aguilera, María; Gil Sánchez, Ricardo; Millán Núñez-Cortés, Jesús; Casas-Rojo, José Manuel; SEMI-COVID-19 Network (Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2021)
      (1) Background: The inflammation or cytokine storm that accompanies COVID-19 marks the prognosis. This study aimed to identify three risk categories based on inflammatory parameters on admission. (2) ...
    • El rostre i les mans de la COVID-19: un tast de distopia 

      Escribano, Xavier (Anuari de la Societat Catalana de Filosofia, 2021)
      Partint de l’experiència pandèmica com a perspectiva filosòfica, aquesta contribució versa sobre les diferents formes de privació sensorial que han afectat la nostra experiència sensible durant el període ...
    • SARS-CoV-2 transmission in teenagers and young adults in Fútbol Club Barcelona’s multidisciplinary sports training academy 

      Hernández García, María; Bassat, Quique; Fumado, Victoria; Rodas, Gil; Pi, Ramon; Miranda-Garcia, Maite; Girona-Alarcón, Mònica; Català, Martí; Alonso, Sergio; Alvarez Lacalle, Enrique; López, Daniel; Melé-Casas, Maria; Pons Tomas, Gemma; F. de Sevilla, Mariona; Bonet-Carne, Elisenda; FORTUNY, CLAUDIA; García-Miquel, Aleix; Jou, Cristina; Adroher, Cristina; Claverol, Joana; Cubells, Marta; Codina, Anna; Cuadras, Daniel; Gratacós, Eduard; Brotons de Los Reyes, Pedro; Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen; Prats, Clara; García-García, Juan José; Jordan, Iolanda (European Journal of Pediatrics, 2023)
      Most studies, aimed at determining the incidence and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in children and teenagers, have been developed in school settings. Our study conducted surveillance and inferred attack ...
    • Socio-economic and psychological impact of COVID-19 pandemic in a Spanish cohort BIOVAL-D-COVID-19 study protocol 

      Miranda-Mendizábal, Andrea; Recoder Fernández, Silvia; Calbo Sebastián, Esther; Casajuana Closas, Marc; Leiva Urena, David; Manolov, Rumen; Matilla-Santander, Nuria; Forero, Carlos G.; Castellví Obiols, Pere (Gaceta Sanitaria, 2021)
      Objective: SARS-CoV-2 outbreak has a negative psychological impact among general population. Data comparing mental health status before and during the outbreak is needed. The BIOVAL-D-COVID-19 study ...
    • Susceptibility to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection among children and adults: a seroprevalence study of family households in the Barcelona metropolitan region, Spain 

      Brotons, Pedro; Launes, Cristian; Buetas, Elena; Fumado, Vicky; Henares, Desirée; Fernandez de Sevilla, Mariona; Redin, Alba; Fuente-Soro, Laura; Cuadras, Daniel; Melé Casas, María; Jou, Cristina; Millat-Martínez, Pere; Jordan, Iolanda; Garcia-Garcia, Juan Jose; Bassat, Quique; Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen; Kids Corona Study Group (Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2021-06)
      Background: Susceptibility of children and adults to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and persistence of antibody response to the virus after infection resolution ...
    • Trichodynia and telogen effluvium in COVID-19 patients: results of an international expert opinion survey on diagnosis and management 

      Starace, Michela; Iorizzo, Matilde; Sechi, Andrea; Alessandrini, Aurora Maria; Carpanese, Miriam; Bruni, Francesca; Vara, Giulio; Apalla, Zoe; Asz-Sigall, Daniel; Barruscotti, Stefania; Camacho, Francisco; Doche, Isabella; Duque Estrada, Bruna; Dhurat, Rachita; Gavazzoni, Maria Fernanda; Grimalt Santacana, Ramon; Harries, Matthew; Ioannidis, Dimitrios; McMichael, Amy; Fernandes Melo, Daniel; Oliveira, Rui; Ovcharenko, Yuliya; Pirmez, Rodrigo; Ramot, Yuval; Rudnicka, Lidia; Shapiro, Jerry; Silyuk, Tatiana; Sinclair, Rodney; Tosti, Antonella; Vano-Galvan, Sergio; Piraccini, Bianca Maria (JAAD International, 2021)
      Background: The cutaneous manifestations of COVID-19 may be useful disease markers and prognostic indicators. Recently, postinfectious telogen effluvium and trichodynia have also been reported. Objective: ...