Publications by authors named "Jose Luis Francos"
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- The study investigates the 2022 monkeypox outbreak, examining its epidemiology, clinical features, and virology through a retrospective analysis in a Dermatology unit involving 124 subjects.
- The majority of participants were men, with a high percentage living with HIV, and the disease predominantly spread through sexual contact; symptoms included a vesicular rash and systemic issues, most commonly proctitis.
- The findings highlight the importance of early detection in at-risk populations and the efficacy of lesion swab samples for diagnosing the disease, with a high survival rate noted among patients.
The Muñiz hospital is an institution with historical, cultural and health heritage. A historical analysis of the different epidemics/pandemics and outbreaks is carried out here, assessing the epidemiological management (surveillance, prevention, control and emergency management) in the institution and the reason for its architecture. To this end, a systematic review of the literature on the history of the Muñiz hospital and its references was carried out, since 1980 to 2023, following the PRISMA format.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTuberculosis (TB) remains the most frequent cause of illness and death from an infectious agent, and its interaction with HIV has devastating effects. We determined plasma levels of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), its circulating form DHEA-suphate (DHEA-s) and cortisol in different stages of M. tuberculosis infection, and explored their role on the Th1 and Treg populations during different scenarios of HIV-TB coinfection, including the immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS), a condition related to antiretroviral treatment.
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