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Curso de Gestión de Calidad y Buenas Prácticas de Laboratorio. Ed. 3
Grammatico JP, Cuevas L (Edits.) y Grupo de expertos de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud OPS/OMS. Curso de Gestión de Calidad y Buenas Prácticas de Laboratorio. Ed. 3. OPS/OMS;. Washington, D.C., 2016. Disponible en: “http://iris.paho.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/31168”. ISBN: 978-92-75-11906-8
Gestión de la Calidad para laboratorios de ensayo. 1ª ed.
Grammatico JP, Cuevas L (Edits.). Gestión de la Calidad para laboratorios de ensayo. 1ª ed. Conicet-Madri+d; Buenos Aires, 2011. Disponible en: “http://www.madrimasd.org/Laboratorios/Documentos/Red-Laboratorios/documentos/Gest_Calidad_Ensayo.pdf”. ISBN: 978-950-692-095-1
Curso de Gestión de Calidad y Buenas Prácticas de Laboratorio.
Grupo de expertos de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud OPS/OMS. Curso de Gestión de Calidad y Buenas Prácticas de Laboratorio. OPS; Documentos Técnicos THR/HT 2009/001. Washington, D.C., 2009. ISBN: 978-92-75-32977-1
Guía Latinoamericana para la implementación de Código de Ética en los laboratorios de salud.
Grupo de expertos de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS/OMS). Guía Latinoamericana para la implementación de Código de Ética en los laboratorios de salud. Organización Panamericana de la Salud. Documentos Técnicos. Políticas y Regulación. THS/EV-2007/001; 2007. ISBN: 92-7-532702-5
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The research activity of the Viral Biology group since its beginnings in the 1980s has focused on respiratory viruses, especially on the study of the mechanisms of virus entry into the cell, evolutionary aspects, antigenic properties and vaccine development.
Currently, the group's objectives are focused on the characterisation of the immune response and the development of vaccines against human pneumoviruses: human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV) and human metapneumovirus (hMPV).
Both viruses are considered to be important respiratory pathogens of high clinical relevance, especially in the paediatric population.
Safe and effective vaccines against these viruses are currently not available. Soluble protein subunits based on the fusion protein (F-protein) of hRSV and hMPV are being developed in the laboratory by protein engineering for use as vaccines against human pneumoviruses.
On the other hand, and thanks to the characterisation of the type of humoral response induced by the F proteins of these viruses, the laboratory is also involved in the isolation of monoclonal antibodies and nanoantibodies for use as treatments against these viruses.
The research activity of the Viral Biology group since its beginnings in the 1980s has focused on respiratory viruses, especially on the study of the mechanisms of virus entry into the cell, evolutionary aspects, antigenic properties and vaccine development.
Currently, the group's objectives are focused on the characterisation of the immune response and the development of vaccines against human pneumoviruses: human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV) and human metapneumovirus (hMPV).
Both viruses are considered to be important respiratory pathogens of high clinical relevance, especially in the paediatric population.
Safe and effective vaccines against these viruses are currently not available. Soluble protein subunits based on the fusion protein (F-protein) of hRSV and hMPV are being developed in the laboratory by protein engineering for use as vaccines against human pneumoviruses.
On the other hand, and thanks to the characterisation of the type of humoral response induced by the F proteins of these viruses, the laboratory is also involved in the isolation of monoclonal antibodies and nanoantibodies for use as treatments against these viruses.