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, ...
Pons Casellas, Maria Jesús (Date of defense: 2014-03-07)
La diarrea és la segona causa de mortalitat infantil a nivell mundial, essent també una de les afectacions més freqüent en viatgers després d’un viatge a zones tropicals. Els patògens implicats de ...
Loras Alastruey, Carme (Date of defense: 2010-12-14)
INTRODUCCIÓ: Hi ha molt poca informació a la literatura mèdica que suggereix que existeix una alta prevalença de la infecció pel virus hepatitis B (VHB) i C (VHC) en malalts amb malaltia inflamatòria ...