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Vaccine effectiveness against influenza hospitalisation in adults during the 2022/2023 mixed season of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09, A(H3N2) and B circulation, Europe: VEBIS SARI VE hospital network.
Rose AMC, Pozo F, Martínez-Baz I, Mazagatos C, Bossuyt N, Cauchi JP, et al. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2024 Feb;18(2):e13255.
PUBMED DOIThe Hospital Survey Study Group C. A low-cost, sustainable, second generation system for surveillance of people living with HIV in Spain: 10-year trends in behavioural and clinical indicators, 2002 to 2011
Diez M, Diaz A, Garriga C, Pons M, Ten A, Marcos H, Gutierrez G, Moreno S, Gonzalez-Garcia J, Barrios A, Arponen S, Garcia M, Royo M, Toledo J, Gonzalez G, Aranguren R, Izquierdo A, Viloria LJ, Elizalde L, Martinez E, Castrillejo D, Lopez I, Redondo C, Cano A, The Hospital Survey Study Group C. A low-cost, sustainable, second generation system for surveillance of people living with HIV in Spain: 10-year trends in behavioural and clinical indicators, 2002 to 2011. Euro Surveill. 2014; 19(20). pii: 20805
PUBMED DOIOmics feature selection with the extended SIS R package: identification of a body mass index epigenetic multimarker in the Strong Heart Study
Domingo-Relloso A, Feng Y, Rodriguez-Hernandez Z, Haack K, Cole SA, Navas-Acien A, Tellez-Plaza M, Bermudez JD. Omics feature selection with the extended SIS R package: identification of a body mass index epigenetic multimarker in the Strong Heart Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Jul 8;193(7):1010-1018.
PUBMED DOIThe effectiveness of lifestyle interventions on type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes incidence and cardiometabolic outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis of evidence from low- and middle-income countries.
Sagastume D, Siero I, Mertens E, Cottam J, Colizzi C, Peñalvo JL. The effectiveness of lifestyle interventions on type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes incidence and cardiometabolic outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis of evidence from low- and middle-income countries. EClinicalMedicine. 2022 Sep 9;53:101650.
PUBMED DOIIdentification of methodological issues regarding direct impact indicators of COVID-19: a rapid scoping review on morbidity, severity and mortality.
Garriga C, Valero-Gaspar T, Rodriguez-Blazquez C, Diaz A, Bezzegh P, Daňková Š, Unim B, Palmieri L, Thiβen M, Pentz R, Cilović-Lagarija Š, Jogunčić A, Feteira-Santos R, Vuković J, Idavain J, Curta A, Sandu P, Vinko M, Forjaz MJ. Identification of methodological issues regarding direct impact indicators of COVID-19: a rapid scoping review on morbidity, severity and mortality. Eur J Public Health. 2024 Jul 1;34(Supplement_1):i3-i10.
PUBMED DOIUtility of MF-non coding region for measles molecular surveillance during post-elimination phase, Spain, 2017-2020.
Jacqueline C, Gavilán AM, López-Perea N, Penedos AR, Masa-Calles J, Echevarría JE, Fernández-García A; MMR Study Group. Front Microbiol. 2023 May 22;14:1143933.
DOIHepatitis of unknown aetiology in children – epidemiological overview of cases reported in Europe, 1 January to 16 June 2022
9. Vidal A.R., Vaughan A., Innocenti F., Colombe S., Nerlander L., Rachwal N., Ciancio B.C., Mougkou A., Carvalho C., Delgado E., Mook P., De Muylder G., Peeters M., Tenev T., Golkocheva-Markova E., Jensen V.V.S., Koch A., Figoni J., Brouard C., Nikolopoulou G., Zisouli A., Murphy N., Broderick A., Goldberg L., Rich R., Sagie L.H., Tosti M.E., Suligoi B., Joosten R., Pijnacker R., Fjeldheim I., Heen E., Stȩpień M., Polański P., Marinho R.T., Martins J.V., Varela C., Avellón A., Andersson E., Mörk M.J., Mandal S., Watson C., Coughlan L., Chand M., Neill C., Bradley D.T., Li K., O'Leary M., McInnes N., Williams C.J., Moore C., Gjini A., Duffell E., Pebody R.. Hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children – epidemiological overview of cases reported in Europe, 1 January to 16 June 2022. Euro Surveill. 2022;27(31):pii=2200483.
PUBMED DOILong-term effectiveness and tolerability of dolutegravir/lamivudine in treatment-naive people with HIV: an analysis of a multicentre cohort at 96 weeks.
Suárez-García I, Alejos B, Moreno C, Martín Torres J, Masiá M, García-Fraile LJ, Riera M, Dalmau D, Rodríguez-Rosado R, Muga R, Moreno S, Jarrín I; CoRIS cohort. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2025 Mar 3;80(3):682-691.
PUBMED DOIEffects of region of birth, educational level and age on late presentation among men who have sex with men newly diagnosed with HIV in a network of STI/HIV counselling and testing clinics in Spain
Diaz A, del Romero J, Rodriguez C, Alastrue I, Belda J, Bru FJ, Cámara MM, Junquera ML, Sanz I, Viloria LJ, Gil L, Martínez E, Gual F, Landa MC, Pueyo I, Ureña JM, Martínez B, Varela JA, Polo A, Azpiri MA, Diez M, for the EPI-VIH Study Group. Effects of region of birth, educational level and age on late presentation among men who have sex with men newly diagnosed with HIV in a network of STI/HIV counselling and testing clinics in Spain. Euro Surveill. 2015;20(14):pii=21088.
PUBMED DOIUrban green spaces and childhood leukemia incidence: A population-based case-control study in Madrid.
Ojeda Sánchez C, Segú-Tell J, Gomez-Barroso D, Pardo Romaguera E, Ortega-García JA, Ramis R. Urban green spaces and childhood leukemia incidence: A population-based case-control study in Madrid. Environ Res. 2021 Nov;202:111723.
PUBMED DOIVigilancia epidemiológica y virológica de la parotiditis en España, 2005-2022.
Horcas de Frutos A, López-Perea N, Fernández-García A, Gavilán AM, Echevarría JE, Olivares-Quintanar D, et al. BES [Internet]. 29 de septiembre de 2023, 31(3):139-65.
DOIInvestigation of an international outbreak of multidrug-resistant monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium associated with chocolate products, EU/EEA and United Kingdom, February to April 2022
10. Larkin L., de la Gandara M.P., Hoban A., Pulford C., Silva N.J.-D., de Valk H., Browning L., Falkenhorst G., Simon S., Lachmann R., Dryselius R., Karamehmedovic N., Börjesson S., van Cauteren D., Laisnez V., Mattheus W., Pijnacker R., van den Beld M., Mossong J., Ragimbeau C., Vergison A., Brandal L.T., Lange H., Garvey P., Nielsen C.S., León S.H., Varela C., Chattaway M., Weill F.-X., Brown D., McKeown P. Investigation of an international outbreak of multidrug-resistant monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium associated with chocolate products, EU/EEA and United Kingdom, February to April 2022. Euro Surveill2022;27(15):pii=2200314.
PUBMED DOIPregnancy in Women with HIV: Incidence and Outcomes over 19 Years in a Multi-Center Cohort in Spain.
Suárez-García I, Moreno C, Alejos B, Izquierdo R, Pérez de la Cámara S, Pardo OB, Arenzana CB, Pérez-Elías MJ, López TP, Imaz A, Curran A, Hernando V, Jarrín I; CoRIS cohort. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2025 Oct;39(10):385-396.
PUBMED DOIAssessment of an outreach street-based HIV rapid testing programme as a strategy to promote early diagnosis: a comparison with two surveillance systems in Spain, 2008–2011
Belza MJ, Hoyos J, Fernández-Balbuena S, Diaz A, Bravo MJ, de la Fuente L, the Madrid HIV rapid testing group. Assessment of an outreach street-based HIV rapid testing programme as a strategy to promote early diagnosis: a comparison with two surveillance systems in Spain, 2008–2011. Euro Surveill. 2015;20(14):pii=21089
PUBMED DOIAssociation of blood cadmium and lead levels with self-reported reproductive lifespan and pregnancy loss: The national health and nutrition examination survey 1999-2018.
Gonzalez-Martin R, Grau-Perez M, Sebastian-Leon P, Diaz-Gimeno P, Vidal C, Tellez-Plaza M, Dominguez F. Association of blood cadmium and lead levels with self-reported reproductive lifespan and pregnancy loss: The national health and nutrition examination survey 1999-2018. Environ Res. 2023 Sep 15;233:116514.
PUBMED DOIAn interregional measles outbreak in Spain with nosocomial transmission, November 2017 to July 2018.
Pampaka Despina, López-Perea Noemí, Fernández-García Aurora, Huertas-Zarco Isabel, Castellanos-Martínez Maite, Villatoro-Bongiorno Katja, Roig-Sena Javier, Torner Nuria, Mar Mosquera María, Echevarría Juan Emilio, Prats Joaquim Ferras, Masa-Calles Josefa. Euro Surveill. 2023;28(17):pii=2200634.
DOIVigilancia epidemiológica de Shigelosis en España, 2016-2021
12. Guerrero-Vadillo M, Peñuelas M, Herrera León S, Suarez Rodriguez B, Díaz A, Guzmán Herrador B, et al. Vigilancia epidemiológica de Shigelosis en España, 2016-2021. BES [Internet]. 21 de marzo de 2022;29(8):90-8. Disponible en: //revista.isciii.es/index.php/bes/article/view/1201
PUBMED DOITraffic Density Exposure, Oxidative Stress Biomarkers and Plasma Metabolomics in a Population-Based Sample: The Hortega Study.
Sanchez-Rodriguez L, Galvez-Fernandez M, Rojas-Benedicto A, Domingo-Relloso A, Amigo N, Redon J, Monleon D, Saez G, Tellez-Plaza M, Martin-Escudero JC, Ramis R. Traffic Density Exposure, Oxidative Stress Biomarkers and Plasma Metabolomics in a Population-Based Sample: The Hortega Study. Antioxidants (Basel). 2023 Dec 15;12(12):2122.
PUBMED DOIEpidemiology of Herpes Zoster in the pre-vaccination era: establishing the baseline for vaccination programme’s impact in Spain.
Risco Risco Carlos, Herrador Zaida, López-Parea Noemi, Martinez-Urbistondo Diego, del Villar Carrero Rafael Suarez, Masa-Calles Josefa.Euro Surveill. 2023;28(8):pii=2200390.
DOISituación epidemiológica de la hepatitis A en España. Años 2021 y 2022
1. Guerrero-Vadillo M, Peñuelas M, Varela C. Situación epidemiológica de la hepatitis A en España. Años 2021 y 2022. BES [Internet]. 22 de diciembre de 2023;31(4):243-52. Disponible en: //revista.isciii.es/index.php/bes/article/view/1339
PUBMED DOIMeasles in Vaccinated People: Epidemiology and Challenges in Surveillance and Diagnosis in the Post-Elimination Phase. Spain, 2014–2020.
López-Perea, N.; Fernández-García, A.; Echevarría, J.E.; de Ory, F.; Pérez-Olmeda, M.; Masa-Calles, J. Viruses 2021, 13, 1982.
DOISituación epidemiológica prepandémica de la campilobacteriosis en España entre los años 2013-2019
2. Carbajo Otero A, Guerrero Vadillo M, León Gómez I, Varela Martínez MC. Situación epidemiológica prepandémica de la campilobacteriosis en España entre los años 2013-2019. Rev Salud ambient. 2023; 23(2):131-140.
PUBMED DOILast cases of rubella and congenital rubella syndrome in Spain, 1997-2016: The succes of a vaccination program.
Elina Marjukka Seppälä, Noemí López-Perea, María de Viarce Torres de Mier, Juan E. Echevarría, Aurora Fernández-García, Josefa Masa-Calles. Vaccine, 2019,37.1, 169-175
DOIVigilancia y epidemiología del Herpes Zóster en España.
Josefa Masa-Calles, Noemí López-Perea, Beatriz Vila Cordero, Rocío Carmona. Rev Esp Salud Pública. 2021, Vol. 95: 25 de junio e1-13.
PUBMEDEvaluación de la sensibilidad del sistema de vigilancia del botulismo en España entre 1997 y 2019
4. Peñuelas M, Guerrero-Vadillo M, Díaz-García O, García-García D, Varela C. Evaluación de la sensibilidad del sistema de vigilancia del botulismo en España entre 1997 y 2019. BES [Internet]. 31 de marzo de 2023;31(1):37-43. Disponible en: //revista.isciii.es/index.php/bes/article/view/1285
PUBMED DOIListeriosis outbreak caused by contaminated stuffed pork, Andalusia, Spain, July to October 2019
8. Fernández-Martínez N.F., Ruiz-Montero R., Briones E., Baños E., Rodríguez-Alarcón L.G.S.M., Chaves J.A., Abad R., Varela C., Lorusso N., Antiñolo G., Elías C., López J.J., López Márquez M.R., Riazzo C., Luque R.S., Almela A.F.D.S., Milena A.P., Smani Y., de la Torre Cisneros J., Butrón E.T., Moreno J.V., LISMOAN team. Listeriosis outbreak caused by contaminated stuffed pork, Andalusia, Spain, July to October 2019. Euro Surveill. 2022;27(43):pii=2200279.
PUBMED DOIShift within age-groups of mumps incidence, hospitalizations and severe complications in a highly vaccinated population
Noemí López-Perea, Josefa Masa-Calles, María de Viarce Torres de Mier, Aurora Fernández-García, Juan E. Echevarría, Fernando De Ory, María Victoria Martínez de Aragón.
DOIFirst cross-border outbreak of foodborne botulism in the European Union associated with the consumption of commercial dried roach (Rutilus rutilus)
5. Hendrickx D, Varela Martínez C, Contzen M, Wagner-Wiening C, Janke K-H, Hernando Jiménez P, Massing S, Pichler J, Tichaczek-Dischinger P, Burckhardt F, Stark K, Katz K, Jurke A, Thole S, Carbó R, del Pobil Ferré MP, Nieto M, Zamora MJ, Sisó A, Pallares García P, Valdezate S, Schaade L, Worbs S, Dorner BG, Frank C and Dorner MB. First cross-border outbreak of foodborne botulism in the European Union associated with the consumption of commercial dried roach (Rutilus rutilus). Front. Public Health 2023;10:1039770.
PUBMED DOIPrevicet Working Group On Viral Hepatitis. Hepatitis A Outbreak Characteristics: A Comparison of Regions with Different Vaccination Strategies, Spain 2010-2018
15. Domínguez A, Varela C, Soldevila N, Izquierdo C, Guerrero M, Peñuelas M, Martínez A, Godoy P, Borràs E, Rius C, Torner N, Avellón AM, Castilla J, Previcet Working Group On Viral Hepatitis. Hepatitis A Outbreak Characteristics: A Comparison of Regions with Different Vaccination Strategies, Spain 2010-2018. Vaccines (Basel). 2021 Oct 20;9(11):1214.
PUBMED DOIBotulism in Spain: Epidemiology and Outcomes of Antitoxin Treatment, 1997-2019
6. Peñuelas M, Guerrero-Vadillo M, Valdezate S, Zamora MJ, Leon-Gomez I, Flores-Cuéllar Á, Carrasco G, Díaz-García O, Varela C. Botulism in Spain: Epidemiology and Outcomes of Antitoxin Treatment, 1997-2019. Toxins (Basel). 2022 Dec 20;15(1):2.
PUBMED DOIMolecular and Epidemiological Characterization of Toxigenic and Nontoxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Corynebacterium belfantii, Corynebacterium rouxii, and Corynebacterium ulcerans isolates identified in Spain from 2014 to 2019.
Andreas Hoefer, Despina Pampaka, Silvia Herrera-León, Sonia Peiró, Sarai Varona, Noemí López-Perea, Josefa Masa-Calles, Laura Herrera-León. J Clin Microbiol. 2021 Feb 18;59(3):e02410-20.
PUBMED DOIEpidemiological Characteristics and Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Hepatitis A in Spain in the Context of the 2016/2017 European Outbreak
7. Guerrero-Vadillo M, Peñuelas M, Domínguez Á, Godoy P, Gómez-Barroso D, Soldevila N, Izquierdo C, Martínez A, Torner N, Avellón A, Rius C, Varela C. Epidemiological Characteristics and Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Hepatitis A in Spain in the Context of the 2016/2017 European Outbreak. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Dec 14;19(24):16775.
PUBMED DOIAcute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance: challenges and opportunities from 18 years' experience, Spain, 1998 to 2015.
Masa-Calles, J. et al. Euro Surveill. 2018; 23(47)
DOILifting COVID-19 mitigation measures in Spain (May-June 2020)
16. Monge S., Latasa Zamalloa P., Sierra Moros M.J., Pérez Olaso O., García San Miguel L., Varela C., Rivera Ariza S., Vázquez Torres M.C., Olmedo Lucerón M.D.C., González Yuste P., Soler Crespo P., Segura del Pozo J., Gullón P., Carrasco J.M., Martínez Sánchez E.V., Redondo Bravo L., Pichiule Castañeda M., Purriños Hermida M.J., Hervada Vidal X., Huerta Gonzalez I., Margolles M., Vanaclocha Luna H., Ramalle Gómara E., Pérez Martín J.J., Chirlaque López M.D., López Fernández M.J., Lorusso N., Carmona Ubago A., Rivas Perez A., Ramos Marin V., Criado Alvarez J.J., Castrillejo Pérez D., Góméz Anés A.A., Frontera M., Macias Rodriguez P., Álvarez León E.E., Díaz Casañas M., Lopaz Perez M.A., Alonso Pérez de Ágreda J.P., Navas Gutierrez P., Rosell Aguilar I., Arteagoitia Axpe J.M., Gonzalez Carril F., Aparicio Azcárraga P., Simón Soria F., Suarez Rodríguez B., Members of the Technical advisory group for the lifting of lockdown measures. Lifting COVID-19 mitigation measures in Spain (May–June 2020) [La desescalada de las medidas de mitigación contra el COVID-19 en España (mayo–junio 2020)] Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica 41 (2023) 11–17
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