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Neisseria, Listeria y Bordetella
• Invasive Meningococcal Disease.
o Laboratory surveillance based on whole-genome sequencing and its application in Public Health.
o Study and characterization of antimicrobial resistance mechanisms.
o Study and evaluation of conventional (polysaccharide) and new-generation (protein) vaccines.
• Gonococcal Infection (Gonorrhea).
o Laboratory surveillance based on whole-genome sequencing and its application in Public Health.
o Study and characterization of antimicrobial resistance mechanisms.
• Listeriosis.
o Laboratory surveillance based on whole-genome sequencing and its application in Public Health.
• Pertussis.
o Development and application of molecular techniques for the diagnosis and characterization of Bordetella pertussis, B. parapertussis, B. holmessi, and B. bronchiseptica.
Research projects
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1. PI21CIII/00033 - Título: Análisis multi-ómico para evaluar el impacto a largo plazo de la erradicación del VHC en pacientes coinfectados por VIH/VHC con cirrosis. Investigador principal: María Ángeles Jiménez Sousa. Organismo Financiador: ISCIII - Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria (FIS). AESI 2021. Financiación: 92.000 euros. Duración: 2022-2024 (3 años).
2. COV20/0114 - Título: Integración de ómicas frente al COVID-19. Investigador principal: María Angeles Jiménez Sousa / Amanda Fernández Rodríguez. Organismo Financiador: Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Financiación: 131.969 euros. Duración: 2020-2021 (1 año).
3. CP17CIII/00007 - Título: Impacto del metaboloma, microbioma bacteriano y viroma en la evolución de pacientes cirróticos, con y sin VIH, que eliminan el VHC con tratamiento antiviral. Investigador principal: María Angeles Jiménez Sousa. Organismo Financiador: ISCIII - Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria (FIS). AESI 2017. Financiación: 100.000 euros. Duración: 2019-2021 (3 años).
4. PI18CIII/00028: Enfermedad hepática avanzada en pacientes cirróticos infectados por el VHC: Análisis metabolómico. Investigador principal: María Angeles Jiménez Sousa. Organismo Financiador: ISCIII - Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria (FIS). AESI 2018. Financiación: 26.900 euros. Duración: 2019-2021 (3 años).
Formando parte del equipo investigador:
1. 925.581 - Título: Estudio de los factores genéticos asociados al desarrollo de secuelas en el paciente crítico post-COVID. Investigador principal: Rafael Blancas Gómez-Casero. Organismo Financiador: FUAX-Santander 2022. Financiación: 27.000 euros. Duración: 1/04/2022-31/03/2023 (1 año).
2. IISP 60091 - Título: Genetic contribution to weight gain after initiation of antiretroviral therapy in patients with HIV infection RIS EPICLIN 01-2020. Organismo Financiador: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. Importe: 68.701 €. Fecha de Convocatoria: 2020. Duración: 18 meses. Investigador principal: Juan Berenguer; HGU "Gregorio Marañón", Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas/VIH.
3. COV20/00622 - Título: Determinantes genéticos y biomarcadores genómicos de riesgo en pacientes con infección por coronavirus SARS-COV-2. Organismo Financiador: Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Importe: 597.900 €. Fecha de Convocatoria: 2020. Duración: 1 año. Investigador principal: Ángel Carracedo Álvarez; Universidad de Santiago de Compostela.
4. CIVP19A5953: Búsqueda de biomarcadores en vesículas extracelulares para el diagnóstico y pronóstico del shock séptico post-quirúrgico. IP: Eduardo Tamayo Gómez;.Fundación Ramón Areces. 2019-2021. 70.567€.
La Dra. María Angeles Jiménez Sousa lidera tres subproyectos del consorcio “Spanish COalition to Unlock Research on host Genetics on COVID-19 (http://www.scourge-covid.org/)" que surgió a partir de uno de los proyectos del fondo COVID-ISCIII (REF:COV20_00622). Esta propuesta engloba a más de 60 grupos españoles, 9 biobancos y 22 grupos de investigación de distintos países Latinoaméricanos (México, Cuba, República Dominicana, Nicaragua, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Paraguay, Brasil, Uruguay y Argentina) y está alineada con el “The COVID-9 Host Genetics Initiative" (https://www.covid19hg.org/).
Publications
HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins isolated from Viremic Non-Progressor individuals are fully functional and cytopathic
Cabrera-Rodríguez R, Hebmann V, Marfil S, Pernas M, Marrero-Hernández S, Cabrera C, Urrea V, Casado C, Olivares I, Márquez-Arce D, Pérez-Yanes S, Estévez-Herrera J, Clotet B, Espert L, López-Galíndez C, Biard-Piechaczyk M, Valenzuela-Fernández A, Blanco J. Sci Rep. 2019 Apr 3,9(1):5544
PUBMED DOIViral Characteristics Associated with the Clinical Nonprogressor Phenotype Are Inherited by Viruses from a Cluster of HIV-1 Elite Controllers
Casado C, Marrero-Hernández S, Márquez-Arce D, Pernas M, Marfil S, Borràs-Grañana F, Olivares I, Cabrera-Rodríguez R, Valera MS, de Armas-Rillo L, Lemey P, Blanco J, Valenzuela-Fernández A, Lopez-Galíndez C. mBio. 2018 Apr 10,9(2): e02338-17
PUBMED DOIViral and Cellular Factors Leading to the Loss of CD4 Homeostasis in HIV-1 Viremic Nonprogressors.
Colomer-Lluch M, Kilpelainen A, Pernas M, Peña R, Ouchi D, Jimenez-Moyano E, Dalmau J, Casado C, López-Galíndez C, Clotet B, Martinez-Picado J, Prado JG. J Virol. 2022 Jan 12, 96(1): e0149921. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01499-21. Epub 2021 Oct 20.
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The Medical Entomology Laboratory has accumulated extensive experience in this field, especially in entomological field studies, biology of arthropods of medical interest, vector competence and vector control. Also, in the molecular detection of Leishmania infantum promastigotes in naturally parasitized phlebotomine sand flies, in the molecular identification of blood ingested by hematophagous arthropods and in the study of the immunomodulatory properties of proteins present in the saliva of phlebotomine sand flies and mosquitoes. Our laboratory is currently co-leading the studies of vectors and wild reservoirs of leishmaniasis in the leishmaniasis focus of Fuenlabrada, Madrid. In this sense, we have studied the role of asymptomatic individuals as reservoirs in the outbreak by xenodiagnosis. On the other hand, we have participated since 2007 in the Entomological Surveillance Program in Airports and Ports against Potential Vectors of Exotic Infectious Diseases, a program that is allowing to develop the expansion map in Spain of Aedes albopictus. In 2016-2017, we carried out surveillance of Ae. albopictus in the Community of Castilla-La Mancha. On the other hand, we conducted studies on the role of patients with post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) in the transmission of the parasite in Bangladesh and Sudan. In addition, we participate in research studying ticks transmitting Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Spain.
Currently, it maintains confidentiality agreements with several companies participating in the evaluation of molecules with activity against pathogens in vectors (GSK), in the development of vector traps using artificial intelligence algorithms (Irideon, Spain), and in the evaluation of repellents against phlebotomine sand flies (IRSEA, France).
The laboratory actively participates in outreach activities such as the Science Week or the European Researchers' Night, among others, making medical entomology science available to the general population.
The Medical Entomology Laboratory has accumulated extensive experience in this field, especially in entomological field studies, biology of arthropods of medical interest, vector competence and vector control. Also, in the molecular detection of Leishmania infantum promastigotes in naturally parasitized phlebotomine sand flies, in the molecular identification of blood ingested by hematophagous arthropods and in the study of the immunomodulatory properties of proteins present in the saliva of phlebotomine sand flies and mosquitoes. Our laboratory is currently co-leading the studies of vectors and wild reservoirs of leishmaniasis in the leishmaniasis focus of Fuenlabrada, Madrid. In this sense, we have studied the role of asymptomatic individuals as reservoirs in the outbreak by xenodiagnosis. On the other hand, we have participated since 2007 in the Entomological Surveillance Program in Airports and Ports against Potential Vectors of Exotic Infectious Diseases, a program that is allowing to develop the expansion map in Spain of Aedes albopictus. In 2016-2017, we carried out surveillance of Ae. albopictus in the Community of Castilla-La Mancha. On the other hand, we conducted studies on the role of patients with post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) in the transmission of the parasite in Bangladesh and Sudan. In addition, we participate in research studying ticks transmitting Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Spain.
Currently, it maintains confidentiality agreements with several companies participating in the evaluation of molecules with activity against pathogens in vectors (GSK), in the development of vector traps using artificial intelligence algorithms (Irideon, Spain), and in the evaluation of repellents against phlebotomine sand flies (IRSEA, France).
The laboratory actively participates in outreach activities such as the Science Week or the European Researchers' Night, among others, making medical entomology science available to the general population.