Publications by authors named "Maria Vicente Santiago"
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- The study focuses on tick-borne rickettsioses (TBRs), which are emerging zoonotic diseases in Europe, and aims to track tick populations and their pathogens in northwestern Spain from 2018 to 2022.
- A total of 7397 ticks were collected and analyzed for rickettsial pathogens, revealing a detection rate of 15.91%, with ten different Rickettsia species identified, some of which had not been previously documented in the region.
- The research highlights significant geographic and seasonal changes in tick populations and their associated pathogens, showcasing how their distributions have evolved over time.
Ticks transmit a wide diversity of pathogens to a great variety of hosts, including humans. We conducted a tick surveillance study in northwestern Spain between 2014 and 2019. Ticks were removed from people and identified.
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- Dexamethasone may cause severe complications in patients with Strongyloides stercoralis, highlighting a need to study its relationship with COVID-19 infections.
- A study was conducted analyzing 2567 COVID-19 patients from March to December 2020, identifying 86 from endemic areas, with 7 diagnosed with strongyloidiasis, all showing satisfactory clinical outcomes.
- The study recommends screening for strongyloidiasis in COVID-19 patients and suggests that dexamethasone did not negatively impact those with strongyloidiasis, but further research is needed.
Background: Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a widespread tick-borne viral disease caused by the Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV). CCHFV has been implicated in severe viral haemorrhagic fever outbreaks. During the summer of 2016, the first two cases with genotype III (Africa 3) were reported in Spain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackgroundCrimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) is considered an emerging or even a probable re-emerging pathogen in southern Europe. Presence of this virus had been reported previously in Spain in 2010.AimWe aimed to evaluate the potential circulation of CCHFV in western Spain with a serosurvey in asymptomatic adults (blood donors).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is an emerging infectious disease caused by a Nairovirus. CCHF is a tick-borne disease that is predominantly associated with Hyalomma ticks and have a widespread distribution in Africa, Asia and Europe. CCHF usually presents as a subclinical disease, but in some cases, it may present as a hemorrhagic fever with a high mortality rate.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 26-year-old woman presented to the emergency department complaining of left flank pain, and proteinuria and hematuria were detected during urinalysis. A renal ultrasound did not reveal any disorder, and after performing a computed tomography angiography scan, compression of the left renal vein between the superior mesenteric artery and the aorta was seen. This compression is known as Nutcracker syndrome.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBecause of the increase in life expectancy, peripheral artery disease (PAD) has become a major health problem. A study performed in Spain in persons aged more than 65 years old found an overall prevalence of PAD of 9.9%.
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