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Villaverde S, Merino-Amador P, Mendoza P, Molina-Arana D, Romero MP, Moraleda C, Tagarro A. Reply. J Pediatr 2021; 233:283-284. [PMID: 33631168 PMCID: PMC9186441 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.02.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2021] [Revised: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 02/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitario Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
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- Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitario de Móstoles, Móstoles, Spain
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- Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Getafe, Spain
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- Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
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- Pediatric Research and Clinical Trials Unit (UPIC), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital 12 de Octubre (IMAS12), Fundación para la Investigación Biomédica Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain; Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Pediatric Research and Clinical Trials Unit (UPIC), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital 12 de Octubre (IMAS12), Fundación para la Investigación Biomédica Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain; Pediatrics Department, Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía, Madrid, Spain
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Martínez-López N, Muñoz-Almagro C, Launes C, Navascués A, Imaz-Pérez M, Reina J, Romero MP, Calvo C, Ruiz-García M, Megias G, Valencia-Ramos J, Otero A, Cabrerizo M. Surveillance for Enteroviruses Associated with Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease, and Other Mucocutaneous Symptoms in Spain, 2006-2020. Viruses 2021; 13:v13050781. [PMID: 33924875 PMCID: PMC8146579 DOI: 10.3390/v13050781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2021] [Revised: 04/20/2021] [Accepted: 04/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a mild illness caused by enteroviruses (EV), although in some Asian countries, large outbreaks have been reported in the last 25 years, with a considerable incidence of neurological complications. This study describes epidemiological and clinical characteristics of EV infections involved in HFMD and other mucocutaneous symptoms from 2006 to 2020 in Spain. EV-positive samples from 368 patients were included. EV species A were identified in 85.1% of those typed EV. Coxsackievirus (CV) A6 was the prevalent serotype (60.9%), followed by EV-A71 (9.9%) and CVA16 (7.7%). Infections affected children (1-6 years old) mainly, and show seasonality with peaks in spring-summer and autumn. Clinical data indicated few cases of atypical HFMD as well as those with neurological complications (associated with the 2016 EV-A71 outbreak). Phylogenetic analysis of CVA6 VP1 sequences showed different sub-clusters circulating from 2010 to present. In conclusion, HFMD or exanthemas case reporting has increased in Spain in recent years, probably associated with an increase in circulation of CVA6, although they did not seem to show greater severity. However, EV surveillance in mucocutaneous manifestations should be improved to identify the emergence of new types or variants causing outbreaks and more severe pathologies.
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- Nieves Martínez-López
- Enterovirus Unit, National Centre for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28220 Madrid, Spain; (N.M.-L.); (A.O.)
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- Microbiological and Paediatric Departments, Hospital San Joan de Déu, 08950 Barcelona, Spain; (C.M.-A.); (C.L.)
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- Microbiological and Paediatric Departments, Hospital San Joan de Déu, 08950 Barcelona, Spain; (C.M.-A.); (C.L.)
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- Microbiological Department, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, 31008 Navarra, Spain;
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- Microbiological Department, Hospital de Basurto, 48013 Bilbao, Spain;
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- Microbiological Department, Hospital Son Espases, 07020 Palma de Mallorca, Spain;
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- Microbiological and Paediatric Departments, Hospital La Paz, 28220 Madrid, Spain; (M.P.R.); (C.C.)
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- Microbiological and Paediatric Departments, Hospital La Paz, 28220 Madrid, Spain; (M.P.R.); (C.C.)
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- Microbiological and Paediatrics Department, Complejo Hospitalario de Burgos, 09006 Burgos, Spain; (G.M.); (J.V.-R.)
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- Microbiological and Paediatrics Department, Complejo Hospitalario de Burgos, 09006 Burgos, Spain; (G.M.); (J.V.-R.)
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- Enterovirus Unit, National Centre for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28220 Madrid, Spain; (N.M.-L.); (A.O.)
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- Enterovirus Unit, National Centre for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28220 Madrid, Spain; (N.M.-L.); (A.O.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +34-918-223-663
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González-Sanz R, Casas-Alba D, Launes C, Muñoz-Almagro C, Ruiz-García MM, Alonso M, González-Abad MJ, Megías G, Rabella N, Del Cuerpo M, Gozalo-Margüello M, González-Praetorius A, Martínez-Sapiña A, Goyanes-Galán MJ, Romero MP, Calvo C, Antón A, Imaz M, Aranzamendi M, Hernández-Rodríguez Á, Moreno-Docón A, Rey-Cao S, Navascués A, Otero A, Cabrerizo M. Molecular epidemiology of an enterovirus A71 outbreak associated with severe neurological disease, Spain, 2016. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020; 24. [PMID: 30782267 PMCID: PMC6381658 DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2019.24.7.1800089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Abstract
Introduction Enterovirus A71 (EV-A71) is an emerging pathogen that causes a wide range of disorders including severe neurological manifestations. In the past 20 years, this virus has been associated with large outbreaks of hand, foot and mouth disease with neurological complications in the Asia-Pacific region, while in Europe mainly sporadic cases have been reported. In spring 2016, however, an EV-A71 outbreak associated with severe neurological cases was reported in Catalonia and spread further to other Spanish regions. Aim Our objective was to investigate the epidemiology and clinical characteristics of the outbreak. Methods We carried out a retrospective study which included 233 EV-A71-positive samples collected during 2016 from hospitalised patients. We analysed the clinical manifestations associated with EV-A71 infections and performed phylogenetic analyses of the 3’-VP1 and 3Dpol regions from all Spanish strains and a set of EV-A71 from other countries. Results Most EV-A71 infections were reported in children (mean age: 2.6 years) and the highest incidence was between May and July 2016 (83%). Most isolates (218/233) were classified as subgenogroup C1 and 217 of them were grouped in one cluster phylogenetically related to a new recombinant variant strain associated with severe neurological diseases in Germany and France in 2015 and 2016. Moreover, we found a clear association of EV-A71-C1 infection with severe neurological disorders, brainstem encephalitis being the most commonly reported. Conclusion An emerging recombinant variant of EV-A71-C1 was responsible for the large outbreak in 2016 in Spain that was associated with many severe neurological cases.
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- Rubén González-Sanz
- Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- CIBER de epidemiología y Salud Pública, CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain.,Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain
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- CIBER de epidemiología y Salud Pública, CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain.,Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.,Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Research Network in Paediatric Infectious Diseases (RITIP), IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain.,Hospital Universitario La Paz, Fundación IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain
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- Translational Research Network in Paediatric Infectious Diseases (RITIP), IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain.,Hospital Universitario La Paz, Fundación IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Universitari Vall d´Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- Microbiology Service, University Hospital "Germans Trias i Pujol", Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Badalona, Spain
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- Translational Research Network in Paediatric Infectious Diseases (RITIP), IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain.,Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Translational Research Network in Paediatric Infectious Diseases (RITIP), IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain.,CIBER de epidemiología y Salud Pública, CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain.,Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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González-Sanz R, Taravillo I, Reina J, Navascués A, Moreno-Docón A, Aranzamendi M, Romero MP, Del Cuerpo M, Pérez-González C, Pérez-Castro S, Otero A, Cabrerizo M. Enterovirus D68-associated respiratory and neurological illness in Spain, 2014-2018. Emerg Microbes Infect 2020; 8:1438-1444. [PMID: 31571527 PMCID: PMC6781473 DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2019.1668243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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During 2014, enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) outbreaks were described globally, causing severe respiratory diseases in children and, in some cases, subsequent paralysis. In this study, the type characterization of enterovirus (EV) detected in respiratory illnesses and the epidemiology and clinical association of EV-D68 infections in Spain over a five-year period were described. A total of 546 EV-positive samples from hospitalized patients with respiratory infections were included. EV-D68 was the most frequently detected type (46.6%, 191/410 typed EV). Other EV from species A (25.1%), B (27.8%) and C (0.5%) were also identified. EV-D68 infections were more associated with bronchitis while EV-A/B types were more frequent in upper respiratory illness (p < 0.01). EV-D68 was also detected in patients with neurological symptoms (nine meningitis/meningoencephalitis and eight acute flaccid paralysis cases). Phylogenetic analysis of 3′-VP1 region showed most Spanish EV-D68 sequences from 2014 to 2016 belonged to subclades B2/B3, as other American and European strains circulating during the same period. However, those detected in 2017 and 2018 clustered to the emerged subclade D1. In summary, different EV can cause respiratory infections but EV-D68 was the most prevalent, with several strains circulating in Spain at least since 2014. Association between EV-D68 infection and neurological disease was also described.
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- Rubén González-Sanz
- Enterovirus Unit, National Centre for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III , Madrid , Spain
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- Enterovirus Unit, National Centre for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III , Madrid , Spain
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- Hospital Son Espases , Palma de Mallorca , Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Cruces, Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute , Bilbao , Spain
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- Servicio de Microbiología, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo (CHUVI) , Sergas, Vigo , Spain
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- Enterovirus Unit, National Centre for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III , Madrid , Spain
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- Enterovirus Unit, National Centre for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III , Madrid , Spain
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Calvo C, Millan C, Romero MP, Méndez-Echevarría A. Could human bocavirus be a causative agent of parotitis in children? Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica (English ed ) 2019; 37. [PMCID: PMC7148946 DOI: 10.1016/j.eimce.2018.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- Cristina Calvo
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain,Fundación IdiPaz, Madrid, Translational Research Network in Pediatric Infectious Diseases (RITIP), Madrid, Spain,TEDDY Network (European Network of Excellence for Pediatric Clinical Research), Italy,Corresponding author.
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- Pediatric Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
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- Pediatric Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain,Fundación IdiPaz, Madrid, Translational Research Network in Pediatric Infectious Diseases (RITIP), Madrid, Spain
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Calvo C, Millan C, Romero MP, Méndez-Echevarría A. Could human bocavirus be a causative agent of parotitis in children? Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 2018; 37:207-208. [PMID: 29751940 PMCID: PMC7130256 DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2018.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2018] [Accepted: 04/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- Cristina Calvo
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain; Fundación IdiPaz, Madrid, Translational Research Network in Pediatric Infectious Diseases (RITIP), Madrid, Spain; TEDDY Network (European Network of Excellence for Pediatric Clinical Research), Italy.
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- Pediatric Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
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- Pediatric Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain; Fundación IdiPaz, Madrid, Translational Research Network in Pediatric Infectious Diseases (RITIP), Madrid, Spain
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Méndez-Echevarría A, Ferreira E, Del Rosal T, Romero MP, Baquero-Artigao F. Difficulties in establishing the source of infection in recurrent neonatal group B streptococcal disease. Infection 2017; 46:141-142. [PMID: 28905249 DOI: 10.1007/s15010-017-1071-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2017] [Accepted: 09/07/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- A Méndez-Echevarría
- General Paediatrics and Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Hospital La Paz, Paseo de la Castellana 261, 28046, Madrid, Spain.
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- General Paediatrics and Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Hospital La Paz, Paseo de la Castellana 261, 28046, Madrid, Spain
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- General Paediatrics and Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Hospital La Paz, Paseo de la Castellana 261, 28046, Madrid, Spain
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- Microbiology Department, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain
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- General Paediatrics and Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Hospital La Paz, Paseo de la Castellana 261, 28046, Madrid, Spain
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San-Juan R, Pérez-Montarelo D, Viedma E, Lalueza A, Fortún J, Loza E, Pujol M, Ardanuy C, Morales I, de Cueto M, Resino-Foz E, Morales-Cartagena MA, Fernández-Ruiz M, Rico A, Romero MP, Fernández de Mera M, López-Medrano F, Orellana MÁ, Aguado JM, Chaves F. Pathogen-related factors affecting outcome of catheter-related bacteremia due to methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in a Spanish multicenter study. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2017; 36:1757-1765. [PMID: 28477236 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-017-2989-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2017] [Accepted: 04/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
Even with appropriate clinical management, complicated methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) catheter-related bacteremia (CRB) is frequent. We investigated the influence of molecular characteristics of MSSA strains on the risk of complicated bacteremia (CB) in MSSA-CRB. A multicenter prospective study was conducted in Spain between 2011 and 2014 on MSSA-CRB. Optimized protocol-guided clinical management was required. CB included endocarditis, septic thrombophlebitis, persistent bacteremia and/or end-organ hematogenous spread. Molecular typing, agr functionality and DNA microarray analysis of virulence factors were performed in all MSSA isolates. Out of 83 MSSA-CRB episodes included, 26 (31.3%) developed CB. MSSA isolates belonged to 16 clonal complexes (CCs), with CC30 (32.5%), CC5 (15.7%) and CC45 (13.3) being the most common. Comparison between MSSA isolates in episodes with or without CB revealed no differences regarding agr type and functionality. However, our results showed that CC15 and the presence of genes like cna, chp and cap8 were associated with the development of CB. The multivariate analysis highlighted that the presence of cna (Hazard ratio 2.9; 95% CI 1.14-7.6) was associated with the development of CB. Our results suggest that particular CCs and specific genes may influence the outcome of MSSA-CRB.
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- R San-Juan
- Unit of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Instituto de Investigación Hospital "12 de Octubre" (i+12), Universidad Complutense, Avenida de Córsoba, s/n, 28041, Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Microbiology, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Instituto de Investigación Hospital "12 de Octubre" (i+12), Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Instituto de Investigación Hospital "12 de Octubre" (i+12), Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Unit of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Instituto de Investigación Hospital "12 de Octubre" (i+12), Universidad Complutense, Avenida de Córsoba, s/n, 28041, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, University Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Bellvitge, Universidad de Barcelona-IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, University Hospital Bellvitge, Universidad de Barcelona-IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Virgen de la Macarena, Seville, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, University Hospital Virgen de la Macarena, Seville, Spain
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- Unit of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Instituto de Investigación Hospital "12 de Octubre" (i+12), Universidad Complutense, Avenida de Córsoba, s/n, 28041, Madrid, Spain
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- Unit of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Instituto de Investigación Hospital "12 de Octubre" (i+12), Universidad Complutense, Avenida de Córsoba, s/n, 28041, Madrid, Spain
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- Unit of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Instituto de Investigación Hospital "12 de Octubre" (i+12), Universidad Complutense, Avenida de Córsoba, s/n, 28041, Madrid, Spain
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- Unit of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Instituto de Investigación Hospital "12 de Octubre" (i+12), Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Unit of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Instituto de Investigación Hospital "12 de Octubre" (i+12), Universidad Complutense, Avenida de Córsoba, s/n, 28041, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Instituto de Investigación Hospital "12 de Octubre" (i+12), Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Unit of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Instituto de Investigación Hospital "12 de Octubre" (i+12), Universidad Complutense, Avenida de Córsoba, s/n, 28041, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Instituto de Investigación Hospital "12 de Octubre" (i+12), Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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Cabrerizo M, Díaz-Cerio M, Muñoz-Almagro C, Rabella N, Tarragó D, Romero MP, Pena MJ, Calvo C, Rey-Cao S, Moreno-Docón A, Martínez-Rienda I, Otero A, Trallero G. Molecular epidemiology of enterovirus and parechovirus infections according to patient age over a 4-year period in Spain. J Med Virol 2016; 89:435-442. [PMID: 27505281 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.24658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Abstract
The epidemiology and clinical association of enterovirus (EV) and parechovirus (HPeV) infections, as well as the type-distribution-according-to-age, were determined during a 4-year study period in Spain. During 2010-2013, a total of 21,832 clinical samples were screened for EV and the detection frequency was 6.5% (1,430). Of the total EV-negative samples, only 1,873 samples from 2011 to 2013 were available for HPeV testing. HPeV was detected in 42 (2%) of them. Positive samples were genotyped using PCR and sequencing. EV infections occurred in all age groups of patients: neonates (17%), children 28 days to 2 years (29%), children 2-14 years (40%), and adults (14%). Thirty-four different EV types were identified. HPeV infections were detected exclusively in infants <8 m (70% neonates, P < 0.05). All but one HPeV were HPeV-3. Differences in type frequency detection were found according to age and clinical manifestation. Coxsackievirus (CV)-B4 (61%), CV-B5 (83%), and HPeV-3 (64%) were more frequent in neonates than in older patients (P < 0.05). Echovirus (E)-3 (60%), E-18 (47%), E-25 (62%), CV-A6 (61%), CV-A16 (72%), and EV-71 (75%) were mainly detected in children 28 days to 2 years (P < 0.05), whereas, E-6 (79%), E-20 (88%), and E-30 (85%) were predominant in children >2 years and adults (P < 0.05). Clinically, meningitis was associated with EV (P < 0.01) whereas, encephalitis was more frequent in HPeV-infected patients. CV-B types were associated with myocarditis (90%; P < 0.05) and EV species A with hand-foot-mouth-disease/atypical exanthema (88%; P < 0.05). J. Med. Virol. 89:435-442, 2017. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- María Cabrerizo
- National Centre for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- National Centre for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- National Centre for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Gran Canaria Dr Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- National Centre for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- National Centre for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Romero MP, Wise KA. Development of Molecular Assays for Detection of Stenocarpella maydis and Stenocarpella macrospora in Corn. Plant Dis 2015; 99:761-769. [PMID: 30699541 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-09-14-0917-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The causal agents of Diplodia ear rot are two species of the Stenocarpella genus, S. macrospora and S. maydis. In addition to ears, both pathogens can infect leaves and stalks, and both are present in most corn-production regions around the world. It is difficult to visually distinguish between the two pathogens based on plant symptoms and fungal signs. To facilitate accurate and rapid pathogen identification, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays were developed for identification of each species. Species-specific primers of 18 to 20 nucleotides in length were designed, targeting a portion of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of the fungal genome for conventional and real-time PCR assays. The conventional PCR method successfully amplified a single 1.7-kb and 800-bp fragment for each S. maydis and S. macrospora isolate, respectively. The real-time method was performed using SYBR green dye, and detection of each specific target pathogen was successfully obtained. In total, 82 S. maydis and 15 S. macrospora isolates were tested to evaluate the reproducibility of these primers. Both methods provide a rapid and specific tool for the detection of Stenocarpella spp.
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- M P Romero
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
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Cabrerizo M, Trallero G, Pena MJ, Cilla A, Megias G, Muñoz-Almagro C, Del Amo E, Roda D, Mensalvas AI, Moreno-Docón A, García-Costa J, Rabella N, Omeñaca M, Romero MP, Sanbonmatsu-Gámez S, Pérez-Ruiz M, Santos-Muñoz MJ, Calvo C. Comparison of epidemiology and clinical characteristics of infections by human parechovirus vs. those by enterovirus during the first month of life. Eur J Pediatr 2015; 174:1511-6. [PMID: 25982340 PMCID: PMC4623089 DOI: 10.1007/s00431-015-2566-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2015] [Revised: 05/06/2015] [Accepted: 05/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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UNLABELLED Human parechoviruses (HPeV) have been recently recognized as important viral agents in paediatric infections. The aims of this study were to investigate the HPeV infection prevalence in infants <1 month in Spain and, secondly, to analyse the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the infected patients compared with those infected by enterovirus (EV). Infants <1 month with neurological or systemic symptoms were included in a multicentre prospective study. EV and HPeV detection by RT-PCR and genotyping were performed in cerebrospinal fluids (CSF), sera or throat swabs. Out of the total of 84 infants studied during 2013, 32 were EV positive (38 %) and 9 HPeV positive (11 %). HPeV-3 was identified in eight cases and HPeV-5 in one. Mean age of HPeV-positive patients was 18 days. Diagnoses were fever without source (FWS) (67 %), clinical sepsis (22 %) and encephalitis (11 %). Leukocytes in blood and CSF were normal. Pleocytosis (p = 0.03) and meningitis (p = 0.001) were significantly more frequent in patients with EV infections than with HPeV. CONCLUSIONS Although HPeV-3 infections were detected less frequently than EV, they still account for approximately 10 % of the cases analysed in infants younger than 1 month. HPeV-3 was mainly associated with FWS and without leukocytosis and pleocytosis in CSF. In these cases, HPeV screening is desirable to identify the aetiologic agent and prevent unnecessary treatment and prolonged hospitalization.
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- María Cabrerizo
- Enterovirus Unit, National Centre for Microbiology, Health Institute "Carlos III", Madrid, Spain.
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- Enterovirus Unit, National Centre for Microbiology, Health Institute "Carlos III", Madrid, Spain.
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- Hospital San Joan de Deu, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Pediatrics Department, Hospital Severo Ochoa, Avda. Orellana, s.n., Leganés, 28911, Madrid, Spain.
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- Pediatrics Department, Hospital Severo Ochoa, Avda. Orellana, s.n., Leganés, 28911, Madrid, Spain.
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Carrillo-Vico A, García-Pergañeda A, Naji L, Calvo JR, Romero MP, Guerrero JM. Expression of membrane and nuclear melatonin receptor mRNA and protein in the mouse immune system. Cell Mol Life Sci 2003; 60:2272-8. [PMID: 14618273 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-003-3207-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The neurohormone melatonin plays a fundamental role in neuroimmunomodulation of several mammalian species, including mice. This effect is supported by the existence of specific melatonin-binding sites in murine immunocompetent organs. Moreover, using melatonin receptor analogues, several effects of the neurohormone on mice physiology through its membrane and nuclear receptors have been described. The expression of these receptors has never been studied, despite indirect evidence showing the presence of melatonin receptor in the murine immune system. At present, the MT1 and MT2 membrane receptors, and nuclear receptors belonging to the RZR/ROR family have been related to the immunomodulator effect of melatonin. Here, we show the presence of membrane and nuclear melatonin-binding sites in mouse thymus and spleen, using the specific melatonin membrane (S 20098) and nuclear (CGP 52608) receptor agonist. To confirm the presence of melatonin receptors, we analyzed the presence of membrane and nuclear receptor mRNA and protein by RT-PCR, Southern blot, and Western blot. Thus, we show that MT1 and RORalpha receptor mRNA and protein are expressed in both thymus and spleen, while MT2 receptor mRNA is only detected in the thymus. This expression of melatonin receptors strongly supports the idea of an immunomodulatory role of melatonin through its receptors.
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- A Carrillo-Vico
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Seville School of Medicine, Avda. Sánchez Pizjuan 4, 41009 Seville, Spain
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OBJECTIVE To determine the association between mortality from violent or firearm related injury and previous handgun purchase. METHODS Case-control study of 213 466 Californians ages 21 and older who died in 1998; cases were the 4728 violent or firearm related injury deaths, with subsets by specific cause and means of death, and controls were the 208 738 non-injury deaths. The exposure of interest was the purchase of a handgun during 1996-98. The main outcome measure was the odds ratio for handgun purchase, adjusted for age, sex, race, education, and marital status. RESULTS Handgun purchase was more common among persons dying from suicide (odds ratio (OR) 6.8; 95% confidence interval (CI) 5.7 to 8.1) or homicide (OR 2.4, 95% CI 1.6 to 3.7), and particularly among those dying from gun suicide (OR 12.5; 95% CI 10.4 to 15.0) or gun homicide (OR 3.3; 95% CI 2.1 to 5.3), than among controls. No such differences were seen for non-gun suicide or homicide. Among women, those dying from gun suicide were much more likely than controls to have purchased a handgun (OR 109.8; 95% CI 61.6 to 195.7). Handgun purchasers accounted for less than 1% of the study population but 2.4% of gun homicides, 14.2% of gun suicides, and 16.7% of unintentional gun deaths. Gun suicide made up 18.9% of deaths among purchasers but only 0.6% of deaths among non-purchasers. CONCLUSION Among adults who died in California in 1998, those dying from violence were more likely than those dying from non-injury causes to have purchased a handgun.
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- K M Grassel
- Violence Prevention Research Program, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.
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Tovar MJ, Motilva MJ, Romero MP. Changes in the phenolic composition of virgin olive oil from young trees (Olea europaea L. cv. Arbequina) grown under linear irrigation strategies. J Agric Food Chem 2001; 49:5502-5508. [PMID: 11714351 DOI: 10.1021/jf0102416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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This study reports the HPLC profiles of phenolic compounds of virgin olive oils obtained from young olive trees (Olea europaea L. cv. Arbequina) and how the application of a linear irrigation strategy affected these. Hydroxytyrosol, tyrosol, vanillic acid, vanillin, 4-(acetoxyethyl)-1,2-dihydroxybenzene, p-coumaric acid, the dialdehydic form of elenolic acid linked to hydroxytyrosol and to tyrosol, lignans, and the oleuropein aglycon were found in all the oils. Hydroxytyrosol, tyrosol, vanillic acid, and p-coumaric acid contents in the oils were unaffected by linear irrigation. The concentration of lignans was lower in the oils from the least irrigated treatment and the concentration of vanillin increased as the amount of irrigation water applied to olive trees increased. However, 4-(acetoxyethyl)-1,2-dihydroxybenzene, the dialdehydic form of elenolic acid linked to hydroxytyrosol and to tyrosol, and the oleuropein aglycon, all of them hydroxyphenyl derivatives, decreased as the level of irrigation water increased. The latter three compounds represented the most considerable part of the phenolic fraction of the oils and they were shown to be correlated to the oxidative stability, the bitter index (K(225)), and the bitter, pungent, and sweet sensory attributes. Linear irrigation strategy changed the profile of the oil phenolic compounds and, therefore, changed both the organoleptic properties and the antioxidant capacity of the product.
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- M J Tovar
- Food Technology Department, Unitat de Tecnologia de Productes Vegetals, Centre de Referència en Tecnologia d'Aliments de la Generalitat de Catalunya, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agraria, Universidad de Lleida, Spain
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Melatonin, the chief secretory product of the pineal gland, is a potent and efficient endogenous radical scavenger. Thus, melatonin was shown to protect different biomolecules, such as DNA, membrane lipids, and cytosolic proteins, from oxidative damage induced by oxygen-derived free radicals. In order to study the protective role of melatonin in hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)-induced DNA damage, U-937 cells were treated with different concentrations of H2O2, either in the presence or absence of melatonin, and DNA damage was assessed using the cytokinesis-block micronucleus technique. Melatonin diminished H2O2-induced micronuclei production both in short and long treatments. Additionally, melatonin concentrations higher than 1 microM were capable of protecting cells from spontaneous micronuclei production. These data suggest that melatonin, an endogenous antioxidant and nontoxic compound, may have an important role in protecting cells from genetic damage due to free radicals, supporting the idea of this hormone as a possible therapeutic agent in preventing aging and age-related diseases.
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- M P Romero
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Seville School of Medicine and Virgen Macarena Hospital, Spain
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Melatonin has been suggested as a physiological antagonist of calmodulin. In this work, we have characterized melatonin binding sites in Xenopus laevis oocyte membranes. Binding of [125I]melatonin by X. laevis oocyte membranes fulfills all criteria for binding to a receptor site. Binding was dependent on time, temperature, and membrane concentration and was stable, reversible, saturable, and specific. The binding site was also pharmacologically characterized. Stoichiometric studies showed a high-affinity binding site with a Kd of 1.18 nM. These data are in close agreement with data obtained from kinetic studies (Kd=0.12 nM). In competition studies, we observed a low-affinity binding site (Kd=63.41 microM). Moreover, the binding site was characterized as calmodulin. Thus, binding was dependent on calcium and blocked by anti-CaM antibodies in a concentration-dependent manner. Calmodulin inhibitor chlorpromazine also inhibited binding of the tracer. From these results, it is suggested that membrane-bound calmodulin acts as a melatonin binding site in Xenopus laevis oocytes, where it might couple cellular activities to rhythmic circulating levels of melatonin. This hypothesis correlates with the previous findings describing melatonin as a physiological antagonist of calmodulin.
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- M P Romero
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Seville School of Medicine and Virgen Macarena Hospital, 41009 Seville,
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OBJECTIVES To describe a gun exchange program and assess potential benefits for participants and host communities. METHODS Mail survey of participants in a Sacramento, California gun exchange program, August 1993; the response rate was 79%. Comparative data were obtained from nationwide polls of gun owners. RESULTS Most (62%) respondents were men; 40% were more than 55 years old; none was less than 25. Concern that children might find and use the gun was the most frequently cited reason for participating (46% of respondents). Of 141 firearms exchanged, 72% were handguns; 23% of respondents indicated that the guns they turned in were not in working order. Of respondents who owned a gun at the time of the program (rather than those who owned no guns and turned in a gun owned by someone else), 41% owned no guns after participating; the prevalence of handgun ownership declined from 79% to 32%. Those who continued to own guns were as likely as gun owners nationwide to keep a gun loaded in the house (odds ratio (OR) 0.9, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.4 to 1.7) or to carry a gun with them (OR 1.5, 95% CI 0.6 to 3.8). CONCLUSIONS Gun exchange programs may reduce risk for firearm violence among some participants, but a number of factors limit their overall benefits to host communities.
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- M P Romero
- Violence Prevention Research Program, University of California, Davis, USA.
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Benito C, Romero MP, Henriques-Gil N, Llorente F, Figueiras AM. Sex influence on recombination frequency in Secale cereale L. Theor Appl Genet 1996; 93:926-931. [PMID: 24162427 DOI: 10.1007/bf00224095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/1995] [Accepted: 04/26/1996] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The variation in recombination frequency (rf) is important to plant breeders since their major objective is to obtain favorable recombinants of linked genes. One source of variation in rf is sex. Sex differences for recombination frequencies were studied in four of the seven chromosomes of Secale cereale L. cv 'Ailés' using isozyme and storage protein loci and were determined on the basis of reciprocal crosses between heterozygous plants of cv. 'Ailés' and homozygous plants of the inbred line 'Riodeva'. The differences were found to be strongly segmentspecific. In some cases the level of crossing-over in male and female meiosis was about the same (between Pgm1 and Ndh1 loci on chromosome arm 4RS). However, for most of the chromosome segments in 1R, 3RL and 6RL the male rf was significantly higher than the female rf. Different hypotheses about the mechanisms of plant sex differences for recombination are discussed.
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- C Benito
- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University Complutense, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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