Schistosomiasis screening in non-endemic countries from a cost perspective: Knowledge gaps and research priorities. The case of African long-term residents in a Metropolitan Area, Spain. by Sílvia Roure, Francesc López, Irene Oliva, Olga Pérez-Quílez, Oriol March, Anna Chamorro, Elena Abad, Israel López Muñoz, Amaia Castillo, Laura Soldevila, Lluís Valerio, Manolo Lozano, Helena Masnou, Mario Oliveira, Laura Cañas, Mireia Gibrat, Marta Chuecos, Juan José Montero, Karen Colmenares, Gemma Falguera, Josep Maria Bonet, Mar Isnard, Núria Prat, Oriol Estrada, Bonaventura Clotet, Xavier Vallès

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Epidemiological, clinical, diagnostic and economic features of an immigrant population of chronic schistosomiasis sufferers with long-term residence in a non-endemic country (North Metropolitan area of Barcelona, 2002-2016). by Sílvia Roure, Lluís Valerio, Olga Pérez-Quílez, Gema Fernández-Rivas, Octavio Martínez-Cuevas, Albert Alcántara-Román, Diego Viasus, M Luisa Pedro-Botet, Miquel Sabrià, Bonaventura Clotet

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Self-sampling monkeypox virus testing in high-risk populations, asymptomatic or with unrecognized Mpox, in Spain by Cristina Agustí, Héctor Martínez-Riveros, Àgueda Hernández-Rodríguez, Cristina Casañ, Yesika Díaz, Lucía Alonso, Elisa Martró, Jordana Muñoz-Basagoiti, Marçal Gallemí, Cinta Folch, Ibrahim Sönmez, Héctor Adell, Marta Villar, Alexia París de León, Sandra Martinez-Puchol, A. C. Pelegrin, Daniel Perez-Zsolt, Dàlia Raïch-Regué, Rubén Mora, Luis Villegas, Bonaventura Clotet, Nuria Izquierdo-Useros, Pere-Joan Cardona, Jordi Casabona

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Monitoring SARS-CoV-2 variant transitions using differences in diagnostic cycle threshold values of target genes by Antoni E. Bordoy, Verónica Saludes, David Panisello Yagüe, Gemma Clarà, Laia Soler, Alexia Paris de León, Cristina Casañ, Ana Blanco-Suárez, Mercedes Guerrero-Murillo, Beatriz Rodríguez-Ponga, Marc Noguera-Julian, Francesc Català-Moll, Irina Pey, Maria Pilar Armengol, Maria Casadellà, Mariona Parera, Raquel Pluvinet, Lauro Sumoy, Bonaventura Clotet, Montserrat Giménez, Elisa Martró, Pere-Joan Cardona, Ignacio Blanco

“…Cycle threshold (Ct) values of positive samples were collected from April 2021 to January 2022 in the Northern Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (n = 15,254). Viral lineage identification from whole genome sequencing (WGS) was available for 4618 (30.3%) of these samples. …”
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Disseminated tuberculosis and diagnosis delay during the COVID-19 era in a Western European country: a case series analysis by Sílvia Roure, Sílvia Roure, Sílvia Roure, Xavier Vallès, Xavier Vallès, Xavier Vallès, Xavier Vallès, Nieves Sopena, Nieves Sopena, Rosa Maria Benítez, Rosa Maria Benítez, Esteban A. Reynaga, Esteban A. Reynaga, Carmen Bracke, Carmen Bracke, Cora Loste, Cora Loste, Lourdes Mateu, Lourdes Mateu, Adrián Antuori, Tania Baena, Germán Portela, Judith Llussà, Clara Flamarich, Laura Soldevila, Laura Soldevila, Montserrat Tenesa, Montserrat Tenesa, Ricard Pérez, Elsa Plasencia, Jordi Bechini, Jordi Bechini, Maria Lluïsa Pedro-Botet, Maria Lluïsa Pedro-Botet, Maria Lluïsa Pedro-Botet, Maria Lluïsa Pedro-Botet, Bonaventura Clotet, Bonaventura Clotet, Cristina Vilaplana, Cristina Vilaplana, Cristina Vilaplana, Cristina Vilaplana, Cristina Vilaplana

“…BackgroundDisseminated tuberculosis is frequently associated with delayed diagnosis and a poorer prognosis.ObjectivesTo describe case series of disseminated TB and diagnosis delay in a low TB burden country during the COVID-19 period.MethodologyWe consecutively included all patients with of disseminated TB reported from 2019 to 2021 in the reference hospital of the Northern Crown of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona. We collected socio-demographic information, clinical, laboratory and radiological findings.ResultsWe included all 30 patients reported during the study period—5, 9, and 16 in 2019, 2020, and 2021 respectively—20 (66.7%) of whom were male and whose mean age was 41 years. …”
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