Publications by authors named "Maria Asuncion Iborra"
Background: Chagas disease (CD) treatment is commonly associated with a high incidence of adverse effects. It is crucial to study and update these adverse effects to improve the existing knowledge of which drugs to use and to clarify the information presented to patients.
Methods: We analyzed the adverse effects of benznidazole in two cohorts of patients: a large retrospective study and a small prospective study.
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- A study in southeast Spain examined antibodies and DNA against various sandfly-related pathogens in 670 blood samples from 575 donors during 2017 and 2018.
- High seroprevalences were found for sandfly salivary gland homogenate (SGH) at 69% and recombinant protein rSP03B at 88%, but their correlation was low.
- Seroprevalences for Toscana virus, Sandfly Fever Sicilian virus, and Leishmania were relatively low, and while associations with SGH were stronger, the diagnostic value of rSP03B was questioned.
Introduction: The increasing frequency of malaria infection in our area is due to the rise in international travel and immigration from endemic malaria areas. The aim of this study is to describe the chemoprophylaxis taken and treatment given as well as the clinical, epidemiological and microbiological characteristics for those patients admitted to our hospital with malaria.
Methods: A retrospective study of patients with malaria admitted to the Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, between January 1998 and December 2010, was carried out.