Publications by authors named "Rosa Albarracin"
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- Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are essential for gut health and immune function, with lower levels seen in patients suffering from dysbiosis, particularly those with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI).
- Current methods to measure SCFAs in stool samples lack consistency and often overlook factors like water, fiber content, and bacterial counts, which are crucial for accurate analysis.
- The study demonstrates that normalizing SCFA concentrations by bacterial count enhances the differentiation between healthy and dysbiotic samples, particularly highlighting butyrate as the most effective marker for distinguishing between healthy and unhealthy gut microbiota.
Dengue is the most significant arbovirus worldwide and a public health threat to non-endemic areas in which vectors are present. Autochthonous dengue transmission has been reported in several European countries in the last decade. Infected travelers from endemic regions arriving to areas colonized by in Europe need to be monitored in surveillance and control programs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Dengue virus (DENV) is the most important arbovirus worldwide, causing infections in endemic countries and returning travellers from these areas. Rapid diagnostic tests are needed to improve patient management and monitor local transmission. The detection of DENV non-structural protein 1 (NS1) is a useful tool for the diagnosis, but the currently available methods can be time consuming or lack sensitivity.
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