Publicaciones

2018

• Comparison of three diagnostic methods (microscopy, RDT, and PCR) for the detection of malaria parasites in representative samples from Equatorial Guinea.

  Pedro Berzosa, Aida de Lucio, María Romay‑Barja, Zaida Herrador, Vicenta González, Luz García, Amalia Fernández‑Martínez, Maria Santana‑Morales, Policarpo Ncogo, Basilio Valladares, Matilde Riloha and Agustín Benito.
  Malar J. 2018 Sep 17;17(1):333. doi: 10.1186/s12936-018-2481-4.

• Interruption of onchocerciasis transmission in Bioko Island: Accelerating the movement from control to elimination in Equatorial Guinea.

Zaida Herrador, Belén Garcia, Policarpo Ncogo, Maria Jesus Perteguer, Jose Miguel Rubio, Eva Rivas, Marta Cimas, Guillermo Ordoñez, Silvia de Pablos, Ana Hernández-González, Rufino Nguema, Laura Moya, María Romay-Barja, [...], Agustín Benito

PLoS One. 2018 May 3;12(5): e0006471. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006471. eCollection 2018.

• Clinical Cysticercosis epidemiology in Spain based on the hospital discharge database: What's new?

Zaida Herrador , Amalia Fernandez-Martinez, Agustín Benito, Rogelio Lopez-Velez.

PLoS One. 2018 April 5;12(4): e0006316. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006316. eCollection 2018.

• The use and preference of artemether as a first-choice treatment for malaria: results from a cross-sectional survey in the Bata district, Equatorial Guinea.

Malar J. 2018 Mar 9;17(1):107. doi: 10.1186/s12936-018-2254-0.

 Romay-Barja M, Ncogo P, Nseng G, Santana-Morales MA, Berzosa P, Herrador Z, Valladares B, Riloha M, Benito A.

• Nutritional supplements for patients being treated for active visceral leishmaniasis

 Custodio E, López-Alcalde J, Herrero M, Bouza C, Jimenez C, Storcksdieck Genannt Bonsmann S, Mouratidou T, López-Cuadrado T, Benito A, Alvar J.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2018, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD012261. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD012261.pub2.

• Differentially expressed microRNAs in experimental cerebral malaria and their involvement in endocytosis, adherens junctions, FoxO and TGF-β signalling pathways.

 Martin-Alonso A, Cohen A, Quispe-Ricalde MA, Foronda P, Benito A, Berzosa P, Valladares B, Grau GE.

Sci Rep. 2018 Jul 26;8(1):11277. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-29721-y.

•  Malaria determining risk factors at the household level in two rural villages of mainland Equatorial Guinea.

Guerra M, de Sousa B, Ndong-Mabale N, Berzosa P, Arez AP.

Malar J. 2018 May 18;17(1):203. doi: 10.1186/s12936-018-2354-x.

2017

• Prevalence of anemia and associated factors in children living in urban and rural settings from Bata District, Equatorial Guinea, 2013.

  Ncogo P, Romay-Barja M, Benito A, Aparicio P, Nseng G, Berzosa P, Santana-Morales MA, Riloha M, Valladares B, Herrador Z.

  PLoS One. 2017 May 3;12(5):e0176613. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176613. eCollection 2017.

• Spatial clustering and risk factors of malaria infections in Bata district, Equatorial Guinea.

  Gómez-Barroso D, García-Carrasco E, Herrador Z, Ncogo P, Romay-Barja M, Ondo Mangue ME, Nseng G, Riloha M, Santana MA, Valladares B, Aparicio P, Benito A.

  Malar J. 2017 Apr 12;16(1):146. doi: 10.1186/s12936-017-1794-z.

• Mediterranean spotted fever in Spain, 1997-2014: Epidemiological situation based on hospitalization records.

  Herrador Z, Fernandez-Martinez A, Gomez-Barroso D, León I, Vieira C, Muro A, Benito A.

  PLoS One. 2017 Mar 29;12(3):e0174745. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174745. eCollection 2017.

• Profile of molecular mutations in pfdhfr, pfdhps, pfmdr1, and pfcrt genes of Plasmodium falciparum related to resistance to different anti-malarial drugs in the Bata District (Equatorial Guinea).

Berzosa P, Esteban-Cantos A, García L, González V, Navarro M, Fernández T, Romay-Barja M, Herrador Z, Rubio JM, Ncogo P, Santana-Morales M, Valladares B, Riloha M, Benito A.

Malar J. 2017 Jan 13;16(1):28. doi: 10.1186/s12936-016-1672-0.

2016

•  Caregivers' Malaria Knowledge, Beliefs and Attitudes, and Related Factors in the Bata District, Equatorial Guinea.

Romay-Barja M, Ncogo P, Nseng G, Santana-Morales MA, Herrador Z, Berzosa P, Valladares B, Riloha M, Benito A.

PLoS One. 2016 Dec 30;11(12):e0168668. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168668. eCollection 2016.

• High prevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis in school-aged children in a rural highland of north-western Ethiopia: the role of intensive diagnostic work-up.

Amor A, Rodriguez E, Saugar JM, Arroyo A, López-Quintana B, Abera B, Yimer M, Yizengaw E, Zewdie D, Ayehubizu Z, Hailu T, Mulu W, Echazú A, Krolewieki AJ, Aparicio P, Herrador Z, Anegagrie M, Benito A.

Parasit Vectors. 2016 Dec 1;9(1):617.

• Treatment Adherence of Tuberculosis Patients Attending Two Reference Units in Equatorial Guinea.

Fagundez G, Perez-Freixo H, Eyene J, Momo JC, Biyé L, Esono T, Ondó Mba Ayecab M, Benito A, Aparicio P, Herrador Z.

PLoS One. 2016 Sep 13;11(9):e0161995. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161995. eCollection 2016.

• Evaluation of onchocerciasis seroprevalence in Bioko Island (Equatorial Guinea) after years of disease control programmes.

Hernández-González A, Moya L, Perteguer MJ, Herrador Z, Nguema R, Nguema J, Aparicio P, Benito A, Gárate T.

Parasit Vectors. 2016 Sep 20;9(1):509. doi: 10.1186/s13071-016-1779-8.

• Cystic Echinococcosis Epidemiology in Spain Based on Hospitalization Records, 1997-2012.

Herrador Z, Siles-Lucas M, Aparicio P, Lopez-Velez R, Gherasim A, Garate T, Benito A.

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 Aug 22;10(8):e0004942. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004942. eCollection 2016 Aug.

• Evidence for Suppression of Onchocerciasis Transmission in Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Moya L, Herrador Z, Ta-Tang TH, Rubio JM, Perteguer MJ, Hernandez-González A, García B, Nguema R, Nguema J, Ncogo P, Garate T, Benito A, Sima A, Aparicio P.

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 Jul 22;10(7):e0004829. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004829. eCollection 2016 Jul.

• Determinants of delay in malaria care-seeking behaviour for children 15 years and under in Bata district, Equatorial Guinea.

Romay-Barja M, Cano J, Ncogo P, Nseng G, Santana-Morales MA, Valladares B, Riloha M, Benito A.

Malar J. 2016 Mar 31;15:187. doi: 10.1186/s12936-016-1239-0.

• Self-reported adherence to antiretroviral therapy in HIV+ population from Bata, Equatorial Guinea

Salmanton-García J, Herrador Z, Ruiz-Seco P, Nzang-Esono J, Bendomo V, Bashmakovic E, Nseng-Nchama G, Benito A, Aparicio P.

AIDS Care. 2016;28(5):543-53. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2015.1124976. Epub 2015 Dec 24.

• Knowledge and experiences of Chagas disease in Bolivian women living in Spain: a qualitative study.

Blasco-Hernández T, Miguel LG, Navaza B, Navarro M, Benito A.

Glob Health Action. 2016 Jan;9(1):30201. doi: 10.3402/gha.v9.30201.

2015

• Malaria prevalence in Bata district, Equatorial Guinea: a cross-sectional study.

  Ncogo P, Herrador Z, Romay-Barja M, García-Carrasco E, Nseng G, Berzosa P, Santana-Morales MA, Riloha M, Aparicio P, Valladares B, Benito A.

  Malar J. 2015 Nov 16;14:456. doi: 10.1186/s12936-015-0986-7.

• Multidrug-resistant and heteroresistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis and associated gene mutations in Ethiopia.

Mekonnen D, Admassu A, Mulu W, Amor A, Benito A, Gelaye W, Biadglegne F, Abera B.

Int J Infect Dis. 2015 Oct;39:34-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.06.013. Epub 2015 Jun 25.

• HIV-1 variability and viral load technique could lead to false positive HIV-1 detection and to erroneous viral quantification in infected specimens.

Alvarez P, Martín L, Prieto L, Obiang J, Vargas A, Avedillo P, Rojo P, Fernández McPhee C, Benito A, Ramos JT, Holguín Á.

J Infect. 2015 Sep;71(3):368-76. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2015.05.011. Epub 2015 May 29.

• Quality of malaria diagnosis and molecular confirmation of Plasmodium ovale curtisi in a rural area of the southeastern region of Ethiopia.

Díaz PB, Lozano PM, Rincón JM, García L, Reyes F, Llanes AB.

Malar J. 2015 Sep 18;14(1):357. doi: 10.1186/s12936-015-0893-y.

• Economic evaluation of Chagas disease screening in Spain.

Imaz-Iglesia I, Miguel LG, Ayala-Morillas LE, García-Pérez L, González-Enríquez J, Blasco-Hernández T, Martín-Águeda MB, Sarría-Santamera A.

Acta Trop. 2015 Aug;148:77-88. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.04.014. Epub 2015 Apr 25.

• Rural-Urban Differences in Household Treatment-Seeking Behaviour for Suspected Malaria in Children at Bata District, Equatorial Guinea.

Romay-Barja M, Jarrin I, Ncogo P, Nseng G, Sagrado MJ, Santana-Morales MA, Aparcio P, Valladares B, Riloha M, Benito A.

PLoS One. 2015 Aug 18;10(8):e0135887. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135887. eCollection 2015.  

• Molecular evidence of a Trypanosoma brucei gambiense sylvatic cycle in the human african trypanosomiasis foci of Equatorial Guinea.

Cordon-Obras C, Rodriguez YF, Fernandez-Martinez A, Cano J, Ndong-Mabale N, Ncogo-Ada P, Ndongo-Asumu P, Aparicio P, Navarro M, Benito A, Bart JM.

Front Microbiol. 2015 Jul 24;6:765. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00765. eCollection 2015.

• Low Dietary Diversity and Intake of Animal Source Foods among School Aged Children in Libo Kemkem and Fogera Districts, Ethiopia.

Herrador Z, Perez-Formigo J, Sordo L, Gadisa E, Moreno J, Benito A, Aseffa A, Custodio E.

PLoS One. 2015 Jul 23;10(7):e0133435. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133435. eCollection 2015.

• EVALUACIÓN ECONÓMICA DE DISTINTAS ESTRATEGIAS PARA EL CRIBADO DE LA ENFERMEDAD DE CHAGAS EN ESPAÑA.

Iñaki Imaz Iglesia, Lucía García San Miguel,Teresa Blasco Hernández,María Belén Martín Águeda, Jesús González-Enríquez, Lorenzo Eduardo Ayala Morillas, Lidia García Pérez, Antonio Sarría Santamera.

AETS – Junio 2015. Edita: INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III. Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad NIPO en línea: 725150097  NIPO libro electrónico: 725150081.

• Using Hospital Discharge Database to Characterize Chagas Disease Evolution in Spain: There Is a Need for a Systematic Approach towards Disease Detection and Control.

Herrador Z, Rivas E, Gherasim A, Gomez-Barroso D, García J, Benito A, Aparicio P.

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Apr 17;9(4):e0003710. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003710

• Epidemiological Changes in Leishmaniasis in Spain According to Hospitalization-Based Records, 1997-2011: Raising Awareness towards Leishmaniasis in Non-HIV Patients.

Herrador Z, Gherasim A, Jimenez BC, Granados M, San Martín JV, Aparicio P.

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Mar 10;9(3)

• HIV-1 infection using dried blood spots can be confirmed by Bio-Rad Geenius™ HIV 1/2 confirmatory assay.

Fernández McPhee C, Álvarez P, Prieto L, Obiang J, Avedillo P, Vargas A, Rojo P, Abad C, Ramos JT, Holguín A.

J Clin Virol. 2015 Feb;63:66-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2014.12.018. Epub 2014 Dec 27.

• Spatial distribution and cluster analysis of a leishmaniasis outbreak in the south-western Madrid region, Spain, September 2009 to April 2013.

Gomez-Barroso D, Herrador Z, San Martín JV, Gherasim A, Aguado M, Romero-Maté A, Molina L, Aparicio P, Benito A.

Euro Surveill. 2015 Feb 19;20(7):11-20.

2014

• Micronutrient deficiencies and related factors in school-aged children in ethiopia: a cross-sectional study in libo kemkem and fogera districts, amhara regional state.

Herrador Z, Sordo L, Gadisa E, Buño A, Gómez-Rioja R, Iturzaeta JM, de Armas LF, Benito A, Aseffa A, Moreno J, Cañavate C, Custodio E.

PLoS One. 2014 Dec 29;9(12):e112858.

• Cross-sectional study of malnutrition and associated factors among school aged children in rural and urban settings of Fogera and Libo Kemkem districts, Ethiopia.

Herrador Z, Sordo L, Gadisa E, Moreno J, Nieto J, Benito A, Aseffa A, Cañavate C, Custodio E.

PLoS One. 2014 Sep 29;9(9):e105880. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105880. eCollection 2014.

• Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to visceral leishmaniasis in rural communities of amhara state: a longitudinal study in northwest ethiopia.

López-Perea N, Sordo L, Gadisa E, Cruz I, Hailu T, Moreno J, Aseffa A, Cañavate C, Custodio E.

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 Apr 17;8(4):e2799. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002799. eCollection 2014 Apr.

• Glossina palpalis palpalis populations from Equatorial Guinea belong to distinct allopatric clades.

Cordon-Obras C, Cano J, Knapp J, Nebreda P, Ndong-Mabale N, Ncogo-Ada PR, Ndongo-Asumu P, Navarro M, Pinto J, Benito A, Bart JM.

Parasit Vectors. 2014 Jan 17;7:31. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-31.

• Initial evaluation of a programme to prevent mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus infection in Equatorial Guinea.

Badillo-Navarro K, Prieto-Tato L, Obiang-Esomoyo J, Avedillo-Jiménez P, Vargas-Brizuela A, Rojo-Conejo P.

Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 2014 Jan;32(1):31-6. doi: 10.1016/j.eimc.2013.07.003. Epub 2013 Sep 27. Spanish.

2013

• Trypanosoma brucei gambiense adaptation to different mammalian sera is associated with VSG expression site plasticity.

Cordon-Obras C, Cano J, González-Pacanowska D, Benito A, Navarro M, Bart JM.

PLoS One. 2013 Dec 23;8(12):e85072. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085072. eCollection 2013.

• Target of rapamycin (TOR) kinase in Trypanosoma brucei: an extended family.

Saldivia M, Barquilla A, Bart JM, Diaz-González R, Hall MN, Navarro M.

Biochem Soc Trans. 2013 Aug;41(4):934-8. doi: 10.1042/BST20130052.

• La basura tecnológica de la brecha digital. Nuevos contextos de contaminación ambiental.

García B, Boquete T.

Colegio Oficial de Biólogos de la Comunidad de Madrid 2013. (publicación enviada a la revista y aceptada)

• Brecha digital y salud. Una aproximación a la realidad de Guinea Ecuatorial.

García B, Cubo S, Boquete T, Aparicio P.

Programa Editorial del ISCIII, 2013 

• Epidemiology of soil-transmitted helminths, Schistosoma mansoni, and haematocrit values among schoolchildren in Ethiopia.

Abera B, Alem G, Yimer M, Herrador Z:

J Infect Dev Ctries; 2013 Mar;7(3):253-60.

• Haemoglobin levels for population from Gambo, a rural area of Ethiopia, and their association with anaemia and malaria.

Santana-Morales MA, Quispe-Ricalde MA, Afonso-Lehmann RN, Berzosa P, Lorenzo-Morales J, Tiziano G, Reyes F, Benito A, Valladares B, Martinez-Carretero E.

Malar J. 2013 Dec 1;12:435. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-435.

• Artesunate/amodiaquine malaria treatment for Equatorial Guinea (Central Africa).

Charle P, Berzosa P, de Lucio A, Raso J, Nseng Nchama G, Benito A.

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Jun;88(6):1087-92. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0290. Epub 2013 Mar 25.

• Genetic diversity and signatures of selection of drug resistance in Plasmodium populations from both human and mosquito hosts in continental Equatorial Guinea.

Mendes C, Salgueiro P, Gonzalez V, Berzosa P, Benito A, do Rosário VE, de Sousa B, Cano J, Arez AP.

Malar J. 2013 Mar 27;12:114. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-114.

• Characterization of the Plasmodium falciparum sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase gene in samples from Equatorial Guinea before implementation of artemisinin-based combination therapy.

Fernández-Martínez A, Mula P, Cravo P, Charle P, Amor A, Ncogo P, Benito A, Berzosa P.

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Jan;88(1):43-7. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0364. Epub 2012 Nov 26.