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    • Antibody conversion rates to SARS-CoV-2 in saliva from children attending summer schools in Barcelona, Spain 

      Dobaño, Carlota; Alonso, Selena; Fernández de Sevilla, Mariona; Vidal, Marta; Jiménez, Alfons; Pons Tomas, Gemma; Jairoce, Chenjerai; Melé Casas, María; Rubio, Rocío; Hernández García, María; Ruiz-Olalla, Gemma; Girona-Alarcón, Mònica; Barrios, Diana; Santano, Rebeca; Mitchell, Robert A.; Puyol, Laura; Mayer, Leonie; Chi, Jordi; Rodrigo Melero, Natalia; Carolis, Carlo; Garcia-Miquel, Aleix; Bonet-Carne, Elisenda; Claverol, Joana; Cubells, Marta; Fortuny, Claudia; Fumado, Vicky; Jou, Cristina; Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen; Izquierdo, Luis; Bassat, Quique; Gratacós, Eduard; Aguilar, Ruth; García-García, Juan José; Moncunill, Gemma; Jordan, Iolanda (BMC Medicine, 2021)
      Background: Surveillance tools to estimate viral transmission dynamics in young populations are essential to guide recommendations for school opening and management during viral epidemics. Ideally, ...
    • 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. ...
    • Methylprednisolone pulses plus tacrolimus in addition to standard of care vs. standard of care alone in patients with severe COVID-19. A randomized controlled trial 

      Solanich, Xavier; Antolí, Arnau; Rocamora-Blanch, Gemma; Padullés, Núria; Fanlo-Maresma, Marta; Iriarte, Adriana; Mitjavila, Francesca; Capdevila, Olga; Riera-Mestre, Antoni; Bas, Jordi; Vicens-Zygmunt, Vanesa; Niubó, Jordi; Calvo, Nahum; Bolivar, Santiago; Rigo-Bonnin, Raúl; Mensa-Vilaró, Anna; Arregui, Laura; Tebé, Cristian; Videla, Sebastià; Hereu, Pilar; Corbella Virós, Xavier (Frontiers in Medicine, 2021)
      Introduction: Severe lung injury is triggered by both the SARS-CoV-2 infection and the subsequent host-immune response in some COVID-19 patients. Methods: We conducted a randomized, single-center, ...
    • 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 ...