Rovira Vallbona, Eduard (Date of defense: 2011-09-08)
El risc d’infecció per Plasmodium falciparum, el paràsit causant de la malària, augmenta durant l’embaràs. La disminució del risc d’infecció en embarassos successius s’atribueix a l’adquisició d’anticossos ...
Pastor Palomo, Lucía (Date of defense: 2017-10-11)
BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE Acute HIV infection (AHI) is the period between the acquisition of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the development of HIV-specific antibodies that define seroconversion. ...
Casas Alba, Dídac (Date of defense: 2019-04-08)
INTRODUCCIÓ: Aquesta Tesi doctoral s’inscriu en el marc de dos projectes FIS consecutius que han dut a terme una activitat de vigilància epidemiològica de les infeccions per Enterovirus (EV) i Parechovirus ...
Mitjà Villar, Oriol (Date of defense: 2012-06-01)
Every year, through mass drug administration (MDA), hundreds of millions of the world’s poorest people receive a single annual dose of one or more drugs to eliminate certain parasitic worm or bacterial ...
Madrid Castillo, María Dolores (Date of defense: 2018-03-02)
Infant and child mortality have played a crucial role in health transition patterns and both have been considered as good indicators of development and demographic modernization. The establishment of ...
Ribera Puig, Alba (Date of defense: 2017-06-16)
Orthopaedic device-related infections represent a health care problem of first magnitude due to the increasing incidence, complexity of management, and elevated cost. These device related infections ...
Mira Martínez, Sofía (Date of defense: 2018-02-23)
Malaria is responsible of almost half a million deaths every year. Currently, campaigns for the control and elimination of malaria are implemented in malaria endemic areas. However, drug resistance is ...
Pelegrín Senent, Iván (Date of defense: 2017-06-30)
INTRODUCTION: Community-acquired bacterial meningitis is a relevant entity related to a high morbidity and mortality, despite of the adjuvant and antibiotic treatments available. Morbidity and mortality ...
Aide, Pedro Carlos Paulino (Date of defense: 2011-09-30)
Malaria, caused by Plasmodium falciparum parasites remains a huge public health problem and a major cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, especially among children and infants. The ...
Silveira Quelhas, Diana Iris (Date of defense: 2011-06-29)
Malaria has a high toll on the lives of infants and children under the age of five in endemic areas. Control, and more recently, elimination agendas consist on implementing several measures simultaneously, ...