Anna Fernández Arévalo

Investigadora postdoc. Margarita Salas

ORCID: 0000-0003-4925-7184
Scopus Author ID: 57192309295
Researcher ID: GQP-0951-2022

Contact Information
Department of Biology, Healthcare and the Environment
Facultat de Farmacia i Ciències de l'Alimentació. Edifici A, planta 5

afernandezare(a)ub.edu

Academic training

Llicenciatura de Biologia
Màster en Recerca Clínica (Microbiología Clínica)
Curs superior universitari de diagnostic de laboratori de les malalties parasitàries
Postgrau en Microbiota

Research interests

Leishmaniosis
Tècniques de caracterització
Tècniques de diagnòstic
Parasitologia
Microbiota
Malaltia de Chagas

Relevant publications

Lachaud, L.; Fernández-Arévalo, A.; Normand, A.C.; Lami, P.; Nabet, C.; Donnadieu, J.L.; Piarroux, M.; Djenad, F.; Cassagne, C.; Ravel, C.; Tebar, S.; Llovet, T.; Blanchet, D.; Demar, M.; Harrat, Z.; Aoun, K.; Bastien, P.; Muñoz, C.; Gállego, M.; Piarroux R. Identification of Leishmania by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight (MALDI-TOF) Mass Spectrometry Using a Free Web-Based Application and a Dedicated Mass-Spectral Library. In Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Volume 55. Number 10. 2017 . https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00845-17
Velez, R.; Ballart, C.; Domènech, E.; Abras, A.; Fernández-Arévalo, A.; Gómez, S.A.; Tebar, S.; Muñoz, C.; Cairó, J.; Gállego M. Seroprevalence of canine Leishmania infantum infection in the Mediterranean region and identification of risk factors: The example of North-Eastern and Pyrenean areas of Spain. In Preventive Veterinary Medicine. Volume 162. 2019 . Institutional Repository
Laynez-Roldán, P.; Fuertes, I.; Almuedo, A.; Losada, I.; Giavedoni, P.; Camprubí, D.; Muñoz, J.; Gállego, M.; Fernández-Arévalo, A.; Rodríguez-Valero N. Sporotrichoid dissemination of cutaneous leishmaniasis possibly triggered by a diagnostic puncture. In Journal of Travel Medicine. Volume 11. Number 1. 2019 . Institutional Repository
Velez, R.; Domenech, E.; Rodríguez-Cortés, A.; Barrios, D.; Tebar, S.; Fernández-Arévalo, A.; Aguilar, R.; Dobaño, C.; Alberola, J.; Cairó, J.; Gállego, M. Evaluation of canine leishmaniosis vaccine CaniLeish® under field conditions in native dog populations from an endemic Mediterranean area - a randomized controlled trial. In Acta Tropica. Volume 205. 2020 . Institutional Repository
Abras, A.; Ballart, C.; Fernández-Arévalo, A.; Llovet, T.; Gállego, M.; Muñoz C. ARCHITECT Chagas® as a single test candidate for Chagas disease diagnosis: evaluation of two algorithms implemented in a non-endemic setting (Barcelona, Spain). In Clinical Microbiology and Infection. Volume 27. 2020 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2020.07.002
Fernández‐Arévalo, A.; Ballart, C.; Muñoz‐Basagoiti, J.; Basarte, L.; Lobato, G.; Arnau, A.; Abras, A.; Tebar, S.; Llovet, T.; Lami, P.; Pratlong, F.; Alsina, M.; Roe, E.; Puig, L.; Muñoz, C.; Gállego. Autochthonous and imported tegumentary leishmaniasis in Catalonia (Spain): aetiological evolution in the last four decades and usefulness of different typing approaches based on biochemical, molecular and proteomic markers. In Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 2021 . Institutional Repository
Torrico, M.C.; Fernández-Arévalo, A.; Ballart, C.; Solano, M.; Rojas, E.; Ariza, E.; Tebar, S.; Lozano, D.; Abras, A.; Gascón, J.; Picado, A.; Muñoz, C.; Torrico, F.; Gállego, M. Tegumentary leishmaniasis by Leishmania braziliensis complex in Cochabamba, Bolivia including the presence of L. braziliensis outlier. In Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 2021 . https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.14228
Abras A; Ballart C; Fernández-Arévalo A; Pinazo MJ; Gascón J; Muñoz C; Gállego M. Worldwide Control and Management of Chagas Disease in a New Era of Globalization: a Close Look at Congenital Trypanosoma cruzi Infection. In Clinical Microbiology Reviews. Volume 35. 2022 . https://doi.org/10.1128/cmr.00152-21
Mary Cruz Torrico; Anna Fernández-Arévalo; Cristina Ballart; Marco Solano; Ernesto Rojas; Alba Abras; Fabiola Gonzales; Albert Arnau; Silvia Tebar; Teresa Llovet; Daniel Lozano; Eva Ariza-Vioque; Joaquim Gascón; Albert Picado; Faustino Torrico; Carmen Muñoz; Montserrat Gállego. Usefulness of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry in the Characterization of Leishmania Strains Causing Tegumentary Leishmaniasis in Bolivia versus hsp70 Gene Sequencing. In Microbiology Spectrum. 2023 . https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.03477-22