Impact of polymorphisms in genes orchestrating innate immune responses on replication kinetics of Torque teno virus after kidney transplantation. Redondo N, Rodriguez-Goncer I, Parra P, Albert E, Gimenez E, Ruiz-Merlo T, Lopez-Medrano F, San Juan R, Gonzalez E, Sevillano A, Andres A, Navarro D, Aguado J, Fernandez-Ruiz M. Frontiers in Genetics. 2022 Nov 22;13:1069890. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2022.1069890. PMID: 36482892

Impact of time elapsed since full vaccination on SARS-CoV-2 RNA load in Delta-variant breakthrough COVID-19. De Michelena P, Torres I, Albert E, Bracho A, Gonzalez-Candelas F, Navarro D. Journal of Infection. 2022 Apr;84(4):579-613. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.01.006. PMID: 35016898

Monitoring of Torque Teno virus DNAemia in critically ill COVID-19 patients: may it help to predict clinical outcomes?. Forque L, Albert E, Gimenez E, Torres I, Carbonell N, Ferreres J, Blasco M, Navarro D. Journal of Clinical Virology. 2022 Jan 23;148:105082. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2022.105082. PMID: 35091226

Neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern elicited by the comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine in nursing home residents. Sánchez-Sendra B, Albert E, Zulaica J, Torres I, Giménez E, Botija P, Beltrán MJ, Rodado C, Geller R, Navarro D. Scientific Reports. 2022 Mar 8;12(1):3788. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-07849-2. PMID: 35260713

Performance comparison of a flow cytometry immunoassay for intracellular cytokine staining and the QuantiFERON SARS-CoV-2 test for detection and quantification of SARS-CoV-2-Spike-reactive-IFN-gamma-producing T cells after COVID-19 vaccination. Tormo N, Gimenez E, Martinez-Navarro M, Albert E, Navalpotro D, Torres I, Gimeno C, Navarro D. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 2022 Apr;41(4):657-662. doi: 10.1007/s10096-022-04422-7. PMID: 35165804

Performance of a flow cytometry-based immunoassay for detection of antibodies binding to SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. Valdivia A, Tarin F, Alcaraz M, Pinero P, Torres I, Marco F, Albert E, Navarro D. Scientific Reports. 2022 Jan 12;12(1):586. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-04565-1. PMID: 35022478

Real-life performance of a COVID-19 rapid antigen detection test targeting the SARS-CoV-2 nucleoprotein for diagnosis of COVID-19 due to the Omicron variant. de Michelena P, Torres I, Ramos Garcia A, Gozalbes V, Ruiz N, Sanmartin A, Botija P, Poujois S, Huntley D, Albert E, Navarro D. Journal of Infection. 2022 May;84(5):e64-e66. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.02.022. PMID: 35217106

RNA viral loads of SARS-CoV-2 Alpha and Delta variants in nasopharyngeal specimens at diagnosis stratified by age, clinical presentation and vaccination status. Costa R, Olea B, Bracho M, Albert E, de Michelena P, Martinez-Costa C, Gonzalez-Candelas F, Navarro D. Journal of Infection. 2022 Apr;84(4):579-613. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.12.018. PMID: 34953901

SARS-CoV-2 adaptive immunity in nursing home residents following a third dose of the Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine. Gimenez E, Albert E, Zulaica J, Torres I, Rusu L, Rodriguez Moreno A, Burgos JS, Peiro S, Salas D, Vanaclocha H, Limon R, Alcaraz MJ, Sanchez-Paya J, Diez-Domingo J, Comas I, Gonzales Candelas F, Geller R, Navarro D. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2022 Aug 24;75(1):e865-e868. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac223. PMID: 35314856

SARS-CoV-2 adaptive immunity in nursing home residents up to eight months after two doses of the Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine. Gimenez E, Albert E, Burgos JS, Peiro S, Salas D, Vanaclocha H, Limon R, Alcaraz MJ, Sanchez Paya J, Diez Domingo J, Comas I, Gonzales Candelas F. Journal of infection. 2022 Jun;84(6):834-872. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.02.035. PMID: 35245583

SARS-CoV-2 Delta-variant breakthrough infections in nursing home residents at midterm after Comirnaty (R) COVID-19 vaccination. Torres I, Bellido-Blasco JB, Gimeno C, Burgos JS, Albert E, Moya-Malo R, Gasco-Laborda JC, Tornero A, Soriano J, Meseguer-Ferrer N, Martinez-Serrano M, Ortiz-Rambla J, Buj H, Hernandez N, Peiro S, Salas D, Limon R, Vanaclocha H, Sanchez-Paya J, Diez-Domingo J, Comas I, Gonzalez-Candelas F, Navarro D. Journal of Medical Virology. 2022 Aug;94(8):3776-3782. doi: 10.1002/jmv.27799. PMID: 35445415

SARS-CoV-2 N-antigenemia in critically ill adult COVID-19 patients: frequency and association with inflammatory and tissue-damage biomarkers. Olea B, Albert E, Torres I, Gozalbo-Rovira R, Carbonell N, Ferreres J, Poujois S, Costa R, Colomina J, Rodriguez J, Blasco M, Navarro D. Journal of Medical Virology. 2022 Jan;94(1):222-228. doi: 10.1002/jmv.27300. PMID: 34449894

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 variant breakthrough infections in nursing home residents after an homologous third dose of the Comirnaty (R) COVID-19 vaccine: looking for correlates of protection. Torres I, Gimenez E, Albert E, Zulaica J, Alvarez-Rodriguez B, Burgos J, Peiro S, Limon R, Vanaclocha H, Rodado C, Botija P, Sifre A, Tur B, Lozano R, Orosa I, Vicente-Ruiz M, Carrion R, Clari M, Sanchez-Paya J, Diez-Domingo J, Comas I, Gonzalez-Candelas F, Geller R, Navarro D. Journal of Medical Virology. 2022 Sep;94(9):4216-4223. doi: 10.1002/jmv.27867. PMID: 35585782

SARS-CoV-2-reactive IFN-gamma-producing CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in blood do not correlate with clinical severity in unvaccinated critically ill COVID-19 patients. Olea B, Albert E, Gimenez E, Torres I, Amat P, Remigia M, Alberola J, Carbonell N, Ferreres J, Blasco M, Navarro D. Scientific Reports. 2022 Aug 22;12(1):14271. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-18659-x. PMID: 35995830

SARS-CoV-2-spike antibody and T-Cell responses elicited by a homologous third mRNA COVID-19 dose in hemodialysis and kidney transplant recipients. Panizo N, Gimenez E, Albert E, Zulaica J, Rodriguez-Moreno A, Rusu L, Gimenez-Civera E, Puchades M, D’Marco L, Gandia-Salmeron L, Torres I, Sancho A, Gavela E, Gonzalez-Rico M, Montomoli M, Perez-Baylach C, Bonilla B, Solano C, Alvarado M, Torregrosa I, Gonzales-Candia B, Alcaraz M, Geller R, Gorriz J, Navarro D. Microorganisms. 2022 Nov 16;10(11):2275. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms10112275. PMID: 36422345

Clinical outcomes of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients developing Cytomegalovirus DNAemia prior to engraftment. Solano C, Vazquez L, Gimenez E, de la Camara R, Albert E, Rovira M, Espigado I, Calvo C, Lopez-Jimenez J, Suarez-Lledo M, Chinea A, Esquirol A, Perez A, Bermudez A, Saldana R, Heras I, Gonzalez-Huerta A, Torrado T, Batlle M, Jimenez S, Vallejo C, Barba P, Cuesta M, Pinana J, Navarro D, Spanish Group of Hematopoietic Transplantation and Cell Therapy (GETH). Bone Marrow Transplantation. 2021 Jun;56(6):1281-1290. doi: 10.1038/s41409-020-01157-x. PMID: 33319853

Cytomegalovirus DNAemia and risk of mortality in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: Analysis from the Spanish Hematopoietic Transplantation and Cell Therapy Group. Solano Vercet C, Vazquez L, Gimenez Quiles E, De La Camara R, Albert Vicent E, Rovira M, Espigado I, Calvo C, Lopez-Jimenez J, Suarez-Lledo M, Chinea A, Esquirol A, Perez Martinez A, Bermudez A, Saldana R, Heras I, Gonzalez-Huerta A, Torrado T, Bautista G, Batlle M, Jimenez S, Vallejo C, Barba P, Cuesta M, Pinana J, Navarro Ortega D. American Journal of Transplantation. 2021 Jan;21(1):258-271. doi: 10.1111/ajt.16147. PMID: 32812351

Cytomegalovirus-specific T-cell immunity and DNAemia in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia undergoing treatment with ibrutinib. De la Asuncion C, Terol M, Saus A, Olea B, Gimenez E, Albert E, Lopez-Jimenez J, Andreu R, Garcia D, Fox L, Remigia M, Amat P, Solano C, Navarro D. British Journal of Haematology. 2021 Nov;195(4):637-641. doi: 10.1111/bjh.17732. PMID: 34402042

Diagnostic significance of SARS-CoV-2 IgM positive/IgG negative antibody profile in symptomatic patients with suspected COVID-19 testing negative by RT-PCR. Valdivia Piqueres A, Torres Fink I, Huntley Pascual D, Alcaráz Soriana M, Albert Vicent E, González Padrón C, Colomina Rodríguez F, Navarro Ortega D. The Journal of infection. 2021 Jan;82(1):e15-e16. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.08.028. PMID: 32853600

Diversity and dynamic changes of Anelloviruses in plasma following Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Gimenez Quiles E, Monzo Cataluña C, Albert Vicent E, Fuentes Trillo A, Seda García E, Pinana J, Hernandez Boluda J, Solano Vercet C, Chaves Martínez F, Navarro Ortega D. Journal of Medical Virology. 2021 Aug;93(8):5167-5172. doi: 10.1002/jmv.26661. PMID: 33174620

Early detection of SARS-CoV-2 infection cases or outbreaks at nursing homes by targeted wastewater tracking. Davo L, Segui R, Botija P, Beltran M, Albert E, Torres I, Lopez-Fernandez P, Orti R, Maestre J, Sanchez G, Navarro D. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 2021 Jul;27(7):1061-1063. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2021.02.003. PMID: 33601008

Evaluation of a rapid antigen detection test (Panbio (TM) COVID-19 Ag Rapid Test Device) as a point-of-care diagnostic tool for COVID-19 in a pediatric emergency department. Carbonell-Sahuquillo S, Lazaro-Carreno M, Camacho J, Barres-Fernandez A, Albert E, Torres I, Breton-Martinez J, Martinez-Costa C, Navarro D. Journal of Medical Virology. 2021 Dec;93(12):6803-6807. doi: 10.1002/jmv.27220. PMID: 34289136

Evaluation of a rapid antigen test (Panbio COVID-19 Ag rapid test device) for SARS-CoV-2 detection in asymptomatic close contacts of COVID-19 patients. Torres I, Poujois S, Albert E, Colomina J, Navarro D. Clinical microbiology and infection. 2021 Apr;27(4):636.e1-636.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.12.022. PMID: 33421573

Field evaluation of a rapid antigen test (Panbio™ COVID-19 Ag Rapid Test Device) for COVID-19 diagnosis in primary healthcare centers. Albert Vicent E, Torres Fink I, Bueno Ferrando F, Huntley Pascual D, Molla E, Fernandez-Fuentes M, Martínez López M, Poujois Gisbert S, Forqué Rodríguez L, Valdivia Piqueres A, Solano De La Asunción C, Ferrer Dot J, Colomina Rodríguez F, Navarro Ortega D. Clinical microbiology and infection. 2021 Mar;27(3):472.e7-472.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.11.004. PMID: 33189872

Inference of SARS-CoV-2 spike-binding neutralizing antibody titers in sera from hospitalized COVID-19 patients by using commercial enzyme and chemiluminescent immunoassays. Valdivia A, Torres I, Latorre V, Frances-Gomez C, Albert E, Gozalbo-Rovira R, Alcaraz M, Buesa J, Rodriguez-Diaz J, Geller R, Navarro D. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 2021 Mar;40(3):485-494. doi: 10.1007/s10096-020-04128-8. PMID: 33404891

Initial viral load and decay kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in the upper respiratory tract of adults and children. Costa R, Bueno F, Gimenez E, Bracho A, Albert E, Carretero D, de Michelena P, Martinez-Costa C, Gonzalez-Candelas F, Navarro D. Journal of Infection. 2021 Oct;83(4):496-522. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.08.015. PMID: 34390756

Lower respiratory tract and plasma SARS-CoV-2 RNA load in critically ill adult COVID-19 patients: Relationship with biomarkers of disease severity. Olea B, Albert E, Torres I, Gozalbo-Rovira R, Carbonell N, Ferreres J, Poujois S, Costa R, Colomina J, Rodriguez J, Blasco M, Navarro D. Journal of Infection. 2021 Sep;83(3):381-412. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.05.036. PMID: 34087349

Performance of a MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry-based method for rapid detection of third-generation oxymino-cephalosporin-resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. from blood cultures. Torres I, Albert E, Gimenez E, Olea B, Valdivia A, Pascual T, Huntley D, Sanchez D, Costa RM, Pinto C, Oltra R, Colomina J, Navarro D. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 2021 Sep;40(9):1925-1932. doi: 10.1007/s10096-021-04251-0. PMID: 33876385

Qualitative assessment of SARS-CoV-2-specific antibody avidity by lateral flow immunochromatographic IgG/IgM antibody assay. Valdivia A, Torres I, Huntley D, Alcaraz M, Albert E, Colomina J, Ferrer J, Carratala A, Navarro D. Journal of Medical Virology. 2021 Feb;93(2):1141-1144. doi: 10.1002/jmv.26344. PMID: 32706420

Real-life evaluation of a rapid extraction-free SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR assay (COVID-19 PCR Fast-L) for the diagnosis of COVID-19. Torres I, Qualai J, Albert E, Bueno F, Huntley D, Poujois S, Gil MT, Navarro D. Journal of Medical Virology. 2021 Sep;93(9):5233-5235. doi: 10.1002/jmv.27039. PMID: 33913561

SARS-CoV-2-reactive interferon-gamma-producing CD8+ T cells in patients hospitalized with Coronavirus Disease 2019. Gimenez Quiles E, Albert Vicent E, Torres Fink I, Remigia Pellicer M, Alcaráz Soriana M, Galindo Puerto M, Blasco Cortes M, Solano Vercet C, Forner Giner M, Redón Mas J, Signes-Costa Miñana J, Navarro Ortega D. Journal of Medical Virology. 2021 Jan;93(1):375-382. doi: 10.1002/jmv.26213. PMID: 32579268

The first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in Spain was associated with early introductions and fast spread of a dominating genetic variant. Lopez M, Chiner-Oms A, Garcia de Viedma D, Ruiz-Rodriguez P, Bracho M, Cancino-Munoz I, D’Auria G, de Marco G, Garcia-Gonzalez N, Goig G, Gomez-Navarro I, Jimenez-Serrano S, Martinez-Priego L, Ruiz-Hueso P, Ruiz-Roldan L, Torres-Puente M, Alberola J, Albert Vicent E, Aranzamendi Zaldumbide M, Bea-Escudero M, Boga J, Bordoy A, Canut-Blasco A, Carvajal A, Cilla Eguiluz G, Cordon Rodriguez M, Costa-Alcalde J, de Toro M, de Toro Peinado I, Del Pozo J, Duchene S, Fernandez-Pinero J, Fuster Escriva B, Gimeno Cardona C, Gonzalez Galan V, Gonzalo Jimenez N, Hernaez Crespo S, Herranz M, Lepe J, Lopez-Causape C, Lopez-Hontangas J, Martin V, Martro E, Milagro Beamonte A, Montes Ros M, Moreno-Munoz R, Navarro Ortega D, Navarro-Mari J, Not A, Oliver A, Palop-Borras B, Parra Grande M, Pedrosa-Corral I, Perez Gonzalez M, Perez-Lago L, Perez-Ruiz M, Pineiro Vazquez L, Rabella N, Rezusta A, Robles Fonseca L, Rodriguez-Villodres A, Sanbonmatsu-Gamez S, Sicilia J, Soriano A, Tirado Balaguer M, Torres Fink I, Tristancho A, Marimon J, Coscolla M, Gonzalez-Candelas F, Comas I, SeqCOVID-Spain consortium. Nature Genetics. 2021 Oct;53(10):1405-1414. doi: 10.1038/s41588-021-00936-6. PMID: 34594042

Upper respiratory tract SARS-CoV-2 RNA loads in symptomatic and asymptomatic children and adults. Costa R, Bueno F, Albert E, Torres I, Carbonell-Sahuquillo S, Barres-Fernandez A, Sanchez D, Padron C, Colomina J, Lazaro Carreno M, Breton-Martinez J, Martinez-Costa C, Navarro D. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 2021 Dec;27(12):1858.e1-1858.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2021.08.001. PMID: 34384874

Features of Cytomegalovirus DNAemia Blips in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients: Implications for Optimization of Preemptive Antiviral Therapy Strategies. Huntley Pascual D, Talaya Peñalver A, Gimenez Quiles E, Perez Martinez A, Hernandez Boluda J, Hernani Morales R, Torres Fink I, Alberola J, Albert Vicent E, Piñana Sanchez J, Solano Vercet C, Navarro Ortega D. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 2020 May;26(5):972-977. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2020.01.015. PMID: 32007638

Incidence, features, and outcomes of cytomegalovirus DNAemia in unmanipulated haploidentical allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation with post-transplantation cyclophosphamide. Huntley Pascual D, Gimenez Quiles E, Jesus Pascual M, Hernandez Boluda J, Gago B, Vazquez Lopez L, Luis Pinana J, Garcia M, Perez Martinez A, Serrano D, Hernandez M, Albert Vicent E, Solano Vercet C, Navarro Ortega D. Transplant Infectious Disease. 2020 Feb;22(1):e13206. doi: 10.1111/tid.13206. PMID: 31677215

Peripheral blood regulatory T cells and occurrence of Cytomegalovirus DNAemia after unmanipulated haploidentical allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation with posttransplant cyclophosphamide. Huntley Pascual D, Gimenez Quiles E, Pascual M, Vázquez L, Amat Martínez P, Remigia Pellicer M, Hernández M, Hernandez Boluda J, Gago B, Piñana Sanchez J, García M, Perez Martinez A, Alberola J, Gozalbo-Rovira R, Albert Vicent E, Solano Vercet C, Navarro Ortega D. Bone Marrow Transplantation. 2020 Jul;55(7):1493-1496. doi: 10.1038/s41409-020-0950-1. PMID: 32447351

Pooling of Nasopharyngeal Swab Specimens for SARS-CoV-2 detection by RT-PCR. Torres Fink I, Albert Vicent E, Navarro Ortega D. Journal of Medical Virology. 2020 Nov;92(11):2306-2307. doi: 10.1002/jmv.25971. PMID: 32369202

Reconstitution of cytomegalovirus-specific T-cell immunity following unmanipulated haploidentical allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation with posttransplant cyclophosphamide. Huntley Pascual D, Gimenez Quiles E, Pascual M, Remigia Pellicer M, Amat Martínez P, Vazquez Lopez L, Hernandez M, Hernandez Boluda J, Gago B, Piñana Sanchez J, Garcia M, Perez Martinez A, Mateo Jimenez E, Gozalbo-Rovira R, Albert Vicent E, Solano Vercet C, Navarro Ortega D. Bone Marrow Transplantation. 2020 Jul;55(7):1347-1356. doi: 10.1038/s41409-020-0865-x. PMID: 32205853

SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, serum inflammatory biomarkers and clinical severity of hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Gozalbo-Rovira R, Gimenez Quiles E, Latorre V, Frances-Gomez C, Albert Vicent E, Buesa Gomez J, Marina A, Blasco Cortes M, Signes-Costa Miñana J, Rodriguez Diaz J, Geller R, Navarro Ortega D. Journal of Clinical Virology. 2020 Oct;131:104611. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2020.104611. PMID: 32882666

Torque teno virus viremia in patients with chronic arthritis: Influence of biologic therapies. Martin-Lopez M, Albert Vicent E, Fernandez-Ruiz M, Gonzalez-Alvaro I, Rodriguez E, Aguado J, Navarro Ortega D, Pablos J. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2020 Feb;50(1):166-171. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2019.06.019

Uniform graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis with posttransplant cyclophosphamide, sirolimus, and mycophenolate mofetil following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation from haploidentical, matched sibling and unrelated donors. Montoro J, Pinana J, Hernandez Boluda J, Hernani Morales R, Lorenzo I, Perez Martinez A, Guerreiro M, Balaguer-Rosello A, Sanz G, Carretero C, Albert Vicent E, Navarro Ortega D, Sanz M, Solano Vercet C, Sanz J. Bone Marrow Transplantation. 2020 Nov;55(11):2147-2159. doi: 10.1038/s41409-020-0921-6. PMID: 32371901