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Rosa M. Pintó
Researcher at University of Barcelona
Publications - 153
Citations - 6953
Rosa M. Pintó is an academic researcher from University of Barcelona. The author has contributed to research in topics: Virus & Astrovirus. The author has an hindex of 45, co-authored 144 publications receiving 6155 citations. Previous affiliations of Rosa M. Pintó include University of Oxford.
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Development, Evaluation, and Standardization of a Real-Time TaqMan Reverse Transcription-PCR Assay for Quantification of Hepatitis A Virus in Clinical and Shellfish Samples
TL;DR: A standardized real-time reverse transcription-PCR assay has been developed for an accurate estimation of the number of genome copies of hepatitis A virus (HAV) in clinical and shellfish samples and proved to be highly specific after a broad panel of enteric viruses was tested.
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Survival of enteric viruses on environmental fomites
TL;DR: Overall, hepatitis A virus and human rotavirus were more resistant to inactivation than enteric adenovirus (ADV) and poliovirus (PV), and the resistance to the desiccation step appears to be of major significance in determining the survival of a virus dried on fomites.
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Risk assessment in shellfish-borne outbreaks of hepatitis A.
TL;DR: This work provides the first evidence of accurate HAV levels in shellfish involved in outbreaks that could be of use for risk assessment purposes and shows that prospective monitoring of bivalve samples may fail to prevent outbreaks.
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New tools for the study and direct surveillance of viral pathogens in water
TL;DR: New tools are nowadays available for the study and direct surveillance of viral pathogens in water that may contribute to fulfil the inclusion of virus analysis in regulatory standards for viruses in water samples.
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Molecular Epidemiology of Astrovirus Infection in Barcelona, Spain
Susana Guix,Santiago Caballero,C. Villena,Rosa Bartolomé,Cristina Latorre,Nuria Rabella,Maria Simó,Albert Bosch,Rosa M. Pintó +8 more
TL;DR: The prevalence, time distribution, and medical significance of human astrovirus infection in Barcelona, Spain was determined to be 4.9%, and it was observed that HAstV-1 was the most prevalent type and affected mostly children younger than 3 years of age, while HAstv-4 and HAst V-8 had a greater impact in older children.