ISCIII

Health Institute Carlos III

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pollution, covid-19, rare diseases, epidemiology, immunology, microbiology, AIDS / HIV
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José A. Plaza
Head of Communications
ja.plaza@isciii.es
918227196 / 669187384

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Director of the National Centre for Tropical Medicine (CNMT) at the Carlos III Health Institute

PhD in Pharmacy, Professor of Human Physiology at the University of Navarra, member of the CIBER Physiopathology of Obesity, Carlos III Health Institute and IDISNA (Navarra)

Head of the Influenza and other Respiratory Virus Surveillance Group of the National Epidemiology Centre.

Researcher at the Reference and Research Laboratory in Mycology, National Microbiology Centre, Instituto de Salud Carlos III

Senior Scientist at the Health Institute Carlos III

Researcher in social epidemiology, public health and biostatistics 

Researcher with a PhD employed at the National Epidemiology Centre of the Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII)

Senior scientist at the Carlos III Health Institute

Senior Scientist at the Special Pathogens Research and Reference Laboratory of the National Microbiology Centre of the Carlos III Health Institute

Director and Research Scientist at the Institute for Rare Diseases Research (IIER), Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII)

 

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PCR

A new variant of the coronavirus causing COVID-19 has been identified in South Africa, with numerous mutations present in other variants, including Delta. Variant B.1.1.529, as it is now called, appears to be spreading rapidly in South Africa. Attached is the rapid reaction of three Spanish researchers with expertise in genomic surveillance.

Vaccine

A study of more than 700,000 people in Sweden analysed the effectiveness of the heterologous schedule, combining the AstraZeneca vaccine with another dose of a messenger RNA vaccine, with the traditional homologous schedule, consisting of two doses of AstraZeneca. The results showed increased protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection when two different vaccines were combined.