Update on HIV infection and the COVID-19 pandemic

by IrsiCaixa

4 years ago
HIV, Covid19, infection

In this video you can watch the course organised by the Chair in Infectious Diseases and Immunity UVIC-UCC, directed by Dr Clotet, in which all the information related to HIV infection and the COVID-1...

What Do We Know About Immunity to SARS-CoV-2 and What are the Implications for Public Health Policies?

by ISGlobal - Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona

4 years ago
Covid19, immune response, Public Health Policies, infection

In its second report, the Scientific Advisory Group on COVID-19 reviews the current knowledge on the topic and draws a series of conclusions and recommendations

A new method to find modulators of the immune response to COVID-19

by CIC bioGUNE

4 years ago
inflammatory, COVID-19, infection, diagnostics, immune system

The recent paper, published in Science Advances by the Computational Biology Laboratory at CICbioGUNE, member of the Basque Research & Technology Alliance BRTA and at Luxembourg Centre for Systems Bio...

The JRC releases new reference materials for the quality control of SARS-CoV-2 antibody tests

by European Commission - Joint Research Centre

4 years ago
vaccine, quality control, antibody tests, infection, immunity, COVID-19

The new reference materials can be used to check the correct functioning of SARS-CoV-2 antibody tests. They can also support research on immunity against COVID-19 and help monitor the efficiency of ex...

Who Should be Vaccinated First? A Multidisciplinary Group of Experts Proposes a COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy

by ISGlobal - Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona

4 years ago
Vaccination, covid-19, infection, GCMSC

The report proposes to start by vaccinating those most exposed: healthcare workers in contact with patients, and people working in nursing homes

CBGP researchers discover a novel group of plant cell wall-derived elicitors

by Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas CBGP

4 years ago
CBGP, plant cell wall, diseases, infection, plants

Plant cell wall is a complex cell structure that surrounds all plant cells. This structure plays a very important role as a physical barrier that pathogens must overcome to colonize the plant tissue a...

Sant Pau publishes a study on the pathogenesis of COVID-19

by Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

5 years ago
pathogenesis, covid-19, immune defense, infection, hyperinflammatory, hypercoagulable

A study led by Dr. Pere Domingo, coordinator of the HIV and AIDS Research Group and hospitalization COVID of the Sant Pau Research Institute -IIB Sant Pau and member of the Infectious Diseases Unit of...

First cat infected with the new coronavirus detected in Spain

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

5 years ago
cat, coronavirus, infection, veterinary

Researchers at CReSA and the UAB have detected the first cat in Spain to be infected with the new coronavirus. It is the sixth case detected worldwide. Researchers point out that the capacity for cats...

A Study Details for the First Time the Signature of Immune Mediators Associated with ‘Plasmodium vivax’ Infection during Pregnancy

by ISGlobal - Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona

5 years ago
infection, pregnancy, parasite, malaria

The multicentric study also identifies a possible marker of parasite exposure

Discovery of an adaptation process key to the survival of Mycoplasma genitalium in the urogenital tract

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

5 years ago
transmisión sexual, sexual transmission, mycoplasma genitalium, urogenital, infection

A study led by an IBB-UAB research team has managed to identify the mechanisms by which the sexually transmitted bacterium Mycoplasma genitalium (Mge) can persist in conditions with very limited avail...

Scientists discover the origin of a microbial infection with lethal effects

by Universitat Rovira i Virgili

5 years ago
water, infection, microbiome, bacteria

URV researchers are taking part in this research work that is paving the way to finding effective treatments that can counteract the virulence of necrotizing fasciitis caused by a bacterium in water

Researchers describe a key protein for Epstein-Barr virus infection, which causes mononucleosis and cancer

by IRB Barcelona - Instituto de Investigación Biomédica

5 years ago
protein, infection, mononucleosis, cancer

Two studies by IRB Barcelona and IBMB-CSIC published in Nature Communications reveal the portal structure of the Epstein-Barr virus and bacteriophage T7. No treatment is currently available for the...