M. Magdalena Alcover Amengual

M. Magdalena Alcover Amengual

Lecturer Professor

ORCID: 0000-0001-9070-5992
Scopus Author ID: 54408108100
Researcher ID: J-7538-2017
Knowledge area: Parasitologia

Research group: Parasitologia Humana i Animal, aspectes Bàsics i Aplicats

Teaching Innovation Groups: ULD - Unitat de laboratoris docents de la Facultat de Farmàcia

Contact Information
Department of Biology, Healthcare and the Environment
Avda JOAN XXIII 27-31
934024502
mmagdalenaalcoveramengual(a)ub.edu

Academic training

Farmacia
Postgrau
Máster
Programa de Doctorat Recerca desenvolupament i control de medicaments
Master de formació de professorat Novell

Research interests

Etiología y epidemiología de las leishmaniosis en España
Influencia del cambio global en la distribución de la leishmaniosis
Investigation of new diagnostic, immunological and molecular biology tools for the diagnosis of autochthonous symptomatic and asymptomatic leishmaniasis and Chagas disease. Genotyping of Leishmania at the inter-/intraspecific level and of Trypanosoma cruzi
Genotyping of Leishmania at the inter-/intraspecific level and of Trypanosoma cruzi
The study of known reservoirs and new domestic and wild reservoirs involved in the transmission of autochthonous leishmaniasis
Nano-encapsulation of drugs to optimize new pharmaceutical formulas in the treatment of leishmaniasis. In vitro trials of anti-Leishmania drugs

Projects

Agonistas de receptores toll-like (TLRs) como inmunoterapia en la infeccion por leishmania infantum en el perro . 2016 - 2020 . Ref.AGL2015-68477-P . Dirección General de Investigación Científica y Técnica Subdirección General de Proyectos de Investigación . PI: LAIA SOLANO GALLEGO / RAFAEL RUIZ DE COPEGUI FERNANDEZ
Coated liposome nanocomplexes as drug delivery systems for treatment of leishmaniasis (MARATO TV3 201811-32) . 2019 - 2022 . Ref.201811-32 . Fundació La Marató de TV3 . PI: M.Cristina Riera Lizandra
ULD-FARMÀCIA. Unitat de Laboratoris Docents de la Facultat de Farmàcia . 2016 - 2025 . Ref.GINDOC-UB/116 . Universitat de Barcelona . PI: Josefa Prat Aixela
RIMDA Docència Mixta. Exposició Oral . 2020 - 2021 . Ref.2020PID-UB/M054 . Universitat de Barcelona . PI: M. Magdalena Alcover Amengual
Estudio epidemiológico sobre leishmaniosis en hurones domésticos (Mustela putorius furo) . 2021 - 2022 . Ref.GMCAE - AVEPA 2021 - 2022 . Asociación española de veterinarios especialistas en pequeños animales . PI: Laura Vilalta Solé
Advancing vaccine development and immunotherapy in canine L. infantum infection (STOPLEISH) . 2021 - 2025 . Ref.PID2020-113267RB-I00 . Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN) . PI: Laia Solano Gallego; M. Magdalena Alcover Amengual
Parasitologia Humana i Animal, aspectes Bàsics i Aplicats . 2022 - 2024 . Ref.2021SGR00359 . Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) . PI: Roser Fisa Saladrigas

Relevant publications

Alcover, M.M.; Ribas, A.; Guillén, M.C.; Berenguer, D.; Tomás-Pérez, M.; Riera, C.; Fisa, R. Wild mammals as potential silent reservoirs of Leishmania infantum in a Mediterranean area. In Preventive Veterinary Medicine. Volume 175. 2020 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2019.104874
Diana Berenguer; Mª Magdalena Alcover; Marcella Sessa; Lyda Halbaut; Carme Guillén; Antoni Boix-Montañés; Roser Fisa; Ana Cristina Calpena-Campmany; Cristina Riera; Lilian Sosa. Topical Amphotericin B Semisolid Dosage Form for Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Physicochemical Characterization, Ex Vivo Skin Permeation and Biological Activity. In Pharmaceutics. Volume 12. Number 2. 2020 . Institutional Repository
Burnham, A. C.; Ordeix, L.; Alcover, M.M.; Martínez-Orellana, P.; Montserrat-Sangrà, S.; Willen, L.; Spitzova, T.; Volf, P.; Solano-Gallego, L. Exploring the Relationship Between Susceptibility to Canine Leishmaniosis and anti-Phlebotomus Perniciosus Saliva Antibodies in Ibizan Hounds and Dogs of Other Breeds in Mallorca, Spain. In Parasites & Vectors. Volume 13(1). Number 129. 2020 . Institutional Repository
Ben Othman S; Ghawar W; Chaouch M; Ayari C; Chemkhi J; Cancino-Faure B; Tomás-Pérez M; Alcover MM; Riera C; Ben Salah A; Fisa R; Ben Ismail R; Ben Abderrazak S. First detection of Leishmania DNA in Psammomys obesus and Psammomys vexillaris: Their potential involvement in the epidemiology of leishmaniasis in Tunisia. In Infection Genetics And Evolution. Volume 59. 2018 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2018.01.013
Mª Magdalena Alcover; Vicenç Rocamora; Mª Carmen Guillén; Diana Berenguer; Marta Cuadrado; Cristina Riera; Roser Fisa. Case report: Diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis by Leishmania infantum in a patient undergoing immunosuppressive therapy: risk status in an endemic Mediterranean area. In American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2018 . Institutional Repository
Alcover, M.M.; Riera, M.C.; Fisa, R. Leishmaniosis in Rodents Caused by Leishmania infantum: A Review of Studies in the Mediterranean Area. In Frontiers In Veterinary Science. 2021 . Institutional Repository
María Magdalena Alcover; Jacobo Giner; Judit Rabasedas; Xavier Roca-Geronès; Maite Verde; Antonio Fernández; Cristina Riera; Roser Fisa; Sergio Villanueva-Saz. First epidemiological survey of Leishmania infantum in the domestic ferret (Mustela putorius furo) in a canine leishmaniosis endemic area using serology and PCR. In Parasites & Vectors. 2022 . Institutional Repository
Maria Magdalena Alcover; Vicenç Rocamora; Alexis Ribas; Roser Fisa; Cristina Riera. Underestimation of Human Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania infantum in an Endemic Area of the Mediterranean Basin (Balearic Islands). In Microorganisms. 2023 . Institutional Repository
Vicenç Rocamora Durán; Mª Magdalena Alcover Amengual. Leishmaniosis cutánea. Actualizaciones. 2019 . Publicació on line: FarmacoSalud (http://farmacosalud.com/leishmaniosis-cutanea-actualizaciones/)
Mª Magdalena Alcover Amengual; Laia Solano Gallego. Leishmaniosis humana y animal: Una sola salud. SERVET. 2023