Pickford, Anastasia Katherine (Date of defense: 2021-11-19)
Malaria is a vector-borne disease transmitted by female Anopheles mosquitoes and caused by Plasmodium parasites. The deadliest species, Plasmodium falciparum, is responsible for over 200 million cases ...
Tintó Font, Elisabet (Date of defense: 2019-12-12)
Malaria disease is caused by protozoan Plasmodium sp. parasites. Among the species of Plasmodium that produce infection in humans, P. falciparum is the responsible for the majority of cases and deaths ...
Velasco de Andrés, María (Date of defense: 2020-02-05)
CD5 is a scavenger receptor mainly expressed on lymphoid (T and B1a) cells but also on some minor myeloid (Mϕ and DCs) cell subsets. It is long known to negatively modulate differentiation and activation ...
Alonso Galindo, Selena (Date of defense: 2021-06-10)
Infectious diseases are one of the main causes of mortality in newborns born in Mozambique. Transplacental transfer of antibodies is essential for conferring protection during the first months of life ...
Santano García, Rebeca (Date of defense: 2022-06-17)
[eng] INTRODUCTION: Some of the infectious agents that affect the largest proportion of the world population are Plasmodium falciparum and helminths such as soil-transmitted helminths (STH) and Schistosoma ...
Inciarte Portillo, Alexy (Date of defense: 2023-11-14)
[eng] • PEP completion rates for sexual assault victims will be lower compared to other individuals for whom PEP is prescribed. • TDF/FTC+EVG/c, as a once-daily single tablet regimen, will be a more ...
Fernández Luis, Sheila (Date of defense: 2022-11-21)
[eng] INTRODUCTION Children acquire human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection mainly due to vertical transmission (VT) from their mothers, during pregnancy, delivery or breastfeeding (1). Without ...
Cortés Serra, Núria (Date of defense: 2022-11-24)
[eng] American tripanosomiasis or Chagas Disease (CD), caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi), remains one of most neglected tropical diseases. Endemic from 21 countries in Latin America, ...
Motos Galera, Ana (Date of defense: 2022-12-21)
[eng] INTRODUCTION: Nosocomial pneumonia caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa is associated with high mortality and morbidity. Furthermore, the high incidence of multi-resistance to antimicrobials makes ...