M DOLORES BARGUES CASTELLO
PDI-Catedratic/a d'Universitat
PDI-Catedratic/a d'Universitat
Knowledge area: PARASITOLOGY
Department: Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology and Parasitology
Department: Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology and Parasitology
(9635) 44906
Subjects taught and teaching methods
Tutorials
| 15/09/2025 - 19/05/2026 |
| LUNES de 11:00 a 12:00 DESPATX DESPATX FAC. DE FARMÀCIA |
| 15/09/2025 - 19/05/2026 |
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| 15/09/2025 - 19/05/2026 |
| MIÉRCOLES de 11:00 a 12:00 DESPATX DESPATX FAC. DE FARMÀCIA |
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Journal Publications
- Gonzalez-Miguel J, Valero MA, Reguera-Gomez M, Mas-Bargues C, Bargues MD, Simón F, Mas-Coma S (2019) Numerous Fasciola plasminogen-binding proteins may underlie blood-brain barrier leakage and explain neurological disorder complexity and heterogeneity in the acute and chronic phases of human fascioliasis. Parasitology, 146(3), pp. 284 - 298 . ISSN: 0031-1820
- Zueva T, Morchón R, Carretón E, Montoya-Alonso JA, Santana A, Bargues MD, Mas-Coma S, Rodríguez-Barbero A, Simón F (2019) Angiogenic response in an in vitro model of dog microvascular endothelial cells stimulated with antigenic extracts from Dirofilaria immitis adult worms. Parasites & Vectors, 12(315) . ISSN: 1756-3305
- Valero MA, Bargues MD Calderón L, Artigas PA, Mas-Coma S (2018) First phenotypic and genotypic description of Fasciola hepatica infecting highland cattle in the State of Mexico, Mexico. Infection Genetics And Evolution(64), pp. 231 - 240 . ISSN: 1567-1348
- Villavicencio AF, Bargues MD, Artigas P, Guamán R, Ulloa SM, Romero J, Osca D, Mas-Coma S. (2019) Lymnaeid Snail Vectors of Fascioliasis, Including the First Finding of Lymnaea neotropica in Ecuador, Assessed by Ribosomal DNA Sequencing in the Southern Zone Close to the Peru Border. Acta Parasitologica, 64(4), pp. 839 - 849 . ISSN: 1230-2821
- Mas-Coma S, Bargues MD, Valero MA (2018) Human fascioliasis infection sources, their diversity, incidence factors, analytical methods and prevention measures. Parasitology(13, special), pp. 1665 - 1699 . ISSN: 0031-1820
- Oliveira J, Marcet PL, Takiya DM, Mendonça VJ, Belintani T, Bargues MD, Mateo L, Chagas V, Folly-Ramos E, Cordeiro-Estrela P, Gurgel-Gonçalves R, Costa J, da Rosa JA, Almeida CE (2017) Combined phylogenetic and morphometric information to delimit and unify the Triatoma brasiliensis species complex and the Brasiliensis subcomplex. Acta Tropica, 170, pp. 140 - 148 . ISSN: 0001-706X
- Bargues M.D., Gayo V., Sanchis J., Artigas P., Khoubbane M., Birriel S., Mas-Coma S. (2017) DNA multigene characterization of Fasciola hepatica and Lymnaea neotropica and its fascioliasis transmission capacity in Uruguay, with historical correlation, human report review and infection risk analysis. Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11((2)), p. e0005352 . ISSN: 1935-2735
- Bargues MD, Malandrini JB, Artigas P, Soria CC, Velásquez JN, Carnevale S,, Mateo L, Khoubbane M, Mas-Coma S, (2016) Human fascioliasis endemic areas in Argentina: Multigene characterisation of the lymnaeid vectors and climatic-environmental assessment of the transmission pattern. Parasites & Vectors, 9, pp. e306 - (20 pp. + 1Sup) . ISSN: 1756-3305
- VALERO (M.A.), BARGUES (M.D.), KHOUBBANE (M.), ARTIGAS (P.), QUESADA (C.), BERINDE (L.), UBEIRA (F.M.), MEZO (M.), HERNANDEZ (J.L.), AGRAMUNT (V.H.) & MAS-COMA (S.) (2016) Higher physiopathogenicity by Fasciola gigantica than by the genetically close F. hepatica: experimental long-term follow-up of biochemical markers. In: Food-borne trematodes. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 110(1), pp. 55 - 66 . ISSN: 0035-9203
- Costa J, Bargues MD, Neiva VL, Lawrence GG, Gumiel M, Oliveira G, Cabello P, Lima MM, Dotson E, Provance DW Jr, Almeida CE, Mateo L, Mas-Coma S, Dujardin JP (2016) Phenotypic variability confirmed by nuclear ribosomal DNA suggests a possible natural hybrid zone of Triatoma brasiliensis species complex. Infection Genetics And Evolution, 37, pp. 77 - 87 . ISSN: 1567-1348
- Mas-Coma S, Valero MA, Bargues MD (2019) Fascioliasis. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1154, pp. 71 - 103 . ISSN: 0065-2598
- Martinez-Orti, A.; Vilavella, D.; Bargues, M.D.; Mas-Coma, S. (2019) Risk map of transmission of urogenital schistosomiasis by Bulinus truncatus (Audouin, 1827) (Mollusca Gastropoda, Bulinidae) in Spain and Portugal. Animal Biodiversity And Conservation, 42(2), pp. 257 - 266 . ISSN: 1578-665X
- Bargues MD, Mas-Coma S. (2019) Lymnaeid snail vector control within one-health or eco-health initiatives against human fascioliasis. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 113(1), p. 39 . ISSN: 0035-9203
- Bargues MD (2019) Editorial: Las enfermedades de transmisión vectorial en el sureste europeo y su impacto en salud. Revista SANUM, 3(Supl), pp. 2 - 5 . ISSN: 2530-5468
- Bargues MD, Artigas P, Angles R, Osca D, Duran P, Buchon P, Gonzales Palomar RK, Pinto Mendieta J, Mas-Coma S. (2020) Genetic uniformity, geographical spread and anthropogenic habitat modifications of lymnaeid vectors found in a One Health initiative in the highest human fascioliasis hyperendemic of the Bolivian Altiplano. Parasites & Vectors, 13(1), p. 171 . ISSN: 1756-3305
- Chougar L, Mas-Coma S, Artigas P, Harhoura K, Aissi M, Agramunt VH, Bargues MD (2020) Genetically 'pure' Fasciola gigantica discovered in Algeria: DNA multimarker characterization, trans-Saharan introduction from a Sahel origin and spreading risk into Maghreb countries. Transboundary And Emerging Diseases, 67(5), pp. 2190 - 2205 . ISSN: 1865-1674
- VALERO (M.A.), GIRONÈS (N.), REGUERA-GOMEZ (M.), PÉREZ-CRESPO (I.), LÓPEZ-GARCÍA (M.P.), QUESADA (C.), BARGUES (M.D.) FRESNO (M.), MAS-COMA (S.) (2020) Impact of fascioliasis reinfection on Fasciola hepatica egg shedding: relationship with the immune-regulatory response. Acta Tropica, 209(105518), pp. 1 - 11 . ISSN: 0001-706X
- Mas-Coma S, Buchon P, Funatsu IR, Angles R, Artigas P, Valero MA, Bargues MD. (2020) Sheep and Cattle Reservoirs in the Highest Human Fascioliasis Hyperendemic Area: Experimental Transmission Capacity, Field Epidemiology, and Control Within a One Health Initiative in Bolivia. Frontiers In Veterinary Science, 7, pp. 583204-1 - 14 . ISSN: 2297-1769
- Mas-Coma S, Buchon P, Funatsu IR, Angles R, Mas-Bargues C, Artigas P, Valero MA, Bargues MD. (2020) Donkey Fascioliasis Within a One Health Control Action: Transmission Capacity, Field Epidemiology, and Reservoir Role in a Human Hyperendemic Area. Frontiers In Veterinary Science, 7, p. 591384 . ISSN: 2297-1769
- Reguera-Gomez, M., Valero, M.A., Oliver-Chiva M.C., de Elias-Escribano A., Artigas P., Cabeza-Barrera M.I., Salas-Coronas, J., Boissier, J., Mas-Coma, S., Bargues M.D. (2021) First morphogenetic analysis of parasite eggs from Schistosomiasis haematobium infected sub-Saharan migrants in Spain and proposal for a new standardised study methodology. Acta Tropica, 223, p. 106075 . ISSN: 0001-706X
- Mera Y Sierra R, Neira G, Bargues MD, Cuervo PF, Artigas P, Logarzo L, Cortiñas G, Ibaceta DEJ, Lopez Garrido A, Bisutti E, Mas-Coma S (2020) Equines as reservoirs of human fascioliasis: transmission capacity, epidemiology and pathogenicity in Fasciola hepatica-infected mules. Journal of Helminthology, 94, p. e189 . ISSN: 0022-149X
- Abad-Franch F, et al., Bargues MD, et al., Mas-Coma S, Miles MA (2021) Under pressure: phenotypic divergence and convergence associated with microhabitat adaptations in Triatominae. Parasites & Vectors, 14(1), p. 195 . ISSN: 1756-3305
- Mas-Coma S, Funatsu IR, Angles R., Buchon P, Mas-Bargues C, Artigas P, Valero MA, Bargues MD. (2021) Domestic pig prioritized in One Health action against fascioliasis in human endemic areas: experimental assessment of transmission capacity and epidemiological evaluation of reservoir role. One Health, 13, p. 100249 . ISSN: 2352-7714
- Artigas P., Reguera-Gomez M., Valero M.A., Osca D., Pacheco R.S., Rosa-Freitas M.G., Silva-do-Nascimento T.F., Paredes-Esquivel C., Lucientes J., Mas-Coma S., Bargues M.D (2021) Aedes albopictus diversity and relationships in south-western Europe and Brazil by rDNA/mtDNA and phenotypic analyses: ITS-2, a useful marker for spread studies. Parasites & Vectors, 14(333) . ISSN: 1756-3305
- Bardales-Valdivia J.N., Bargues M.D. Hoban-Vergara C., Bardales-Bardales C., Goicochea-Portal C. Bazán-Zurita H., del Valle-Mendoza J., Ortiz P., Mas-Coma S., (2021) Spread of the human fascioliasis hyperendemic area assessed by seasonal follow-up of rDNA ITS-2 sequenced lymnaeid populations in Cajamarca, Peru. One Health, 13, p. 100265 . ISSN: 2352-7714
- Sunita K, Mas-Coma S, Bargues M.D. Sadaf, Aasif Khan M, Habib M, Mustafa S, Husain SA. (2021) Buffalo Infection by Fasciola gigantica Transmitted by Radix acuminata in Uttar Pradesh, India: A Molecular Tool to Improve Snail Vector Epidemiology Assessments and Control Surveillance. Acta Parasitologica, 66(4), pp. 1396 - 1405 . ISSN: 1230-2821
- Bargues MD, Angles R, Coello JR, Artigas P, Funatsu IR, Cuervo P, Buchon P, Mas-Coma S. (2021) One Health initiative in the Bolivian Altiplano human fascioliasis hyperendemic area: Lymnaeid biology, population dynamics, microecology and climatic factor influences. Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinaria, 30(2), p. e025620 . ISSN: 1984-2961
- Salas-Coronas, J.; Bargues, M.D.; Lozano-Serrano, A.B.; Artigas, P.; Martínez-Ortí, A.; Mas-Coma, S.; Merino-Salas, S.; Abad Vivas-Pérez, J.I. (2021) Evidence of autochthonous transmission of urinary schistosomiasis in Almeria (southeast Spain): An outbreak analysis. Travel Medicine And Infectious Disease, 44(102165) . ISSN: 1477-8939
- Bargues MD, Valero MA, Trueba GA, Fornasini M, Villavicencio AF, Guamán R, De Elías-Escribano A, Pérez-Crespo I, Artigas P, Mas-Coma S. (2021) DNA Multi-Marker Genotyping and CIAS Morphometric Phenotyping of Fasciola gigantica-Sized Flukes from Ecuador, with an Analysis of the Radix Absence in the New World and the Evolutionary Lymnaeid Snail Vector Filter. Animals, 11(9), pp. 2495-1 - 27 . ISSN: 2076-2615
- Mas-Coma S, Cafrune MM, Funatsu IR, Mangold AJ, Angles R, Buchon P, Fantozzi MC, Artigas P, Valero MA, Bargues MD (2021) Fascioliasis in Llama, Lama glama, in Andean Endemic Areas: Experimental Transmission Capacity by the High Altitude Snail Vector Galba truncatula and Epidemiological Analysis of Its Reservoir Role. Animals, 11(9), p. 2693 . ISSN: 2076-2615
- Periago MV, Valero MA, Artigas P, Agramunt VH, Bargues MD, Curtale F, Mas-Coma S., (2021) Very High Fascioliasis Intensities in Schoolchildren from Nile Delta Governorates, Egypt: The Old World Highest Burdens Found in Lowlands. Pathogens, 10(9), p. 1210 . ISSN: 2076-0817
- Cuervo PF., Artigas P., Mas-Coma S., Bargues MD (2022) West Nile virus in Spain: Forecasting the geographical distribution of risky areas with an ecological niche modelling approach. Transboundary And Emerging Diseases, 69(4), pp. e1113 - e1129 . ISSN: 1865-1674
- Angles R., Buchon P., Valero MA, Bargues MD, Mas Coma S. (2022) One Health Action against Human Fascioliasis in the Bolivian Altiplano: Food, Water, Housing, Behavioural Traditions, Social Aspects, and Livestock Management Linked to Disease Transmission and Infection Sources. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health, 19, p. 1120 . ISSN: 1661-7827
- Sanchez-Marqués R.; Mas-Coma S.; Salas-Coronas J.; Boissier J.; Bargues M.D. (2022) Research on schistosomiasis in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic: A bibliometric analysis. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health, 19, p. 8051 . ISSN: 1661-7827
- Martinez-Orti; A.; Adam S.; Garippa G.; Boissier; J.; Bargues M.D.; Mas-Coma S. (2022) Morpho-anatomical characterization of the urogenital schistosomiasis vector Bulinus truncatus (Audoin, 1827) (Heterobranchia: Bulinidae) from Southwestern Europe. Journal of Conchology, 44(4), pp. 355 - 372 . ISSN: 0022-0019
- Mas-Coma S.; Valero M.A.; Bargues M.D. (2022) Human and Animal Fascioliasis: Origins and Worldwide Evolving Scenario. Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 35(4), pp. e0008819-1 - 96 . ISSN: 0893-8512
- Onyekwere AM; De Elias-Escribano A; Kincaid-Smith J; Dametto S; Allienne JF; Rognon A; Bargues MD; Boissier J (2022) Mating Interactions between Schistosoma bovis and S. mansoni and Compatibility of Their F1 Progeny with Biomphalaria glabrata and Bulinus truncatus. Microorganisms, 10(6), p. 1251 . ISSN: 2076-2607
- Fantozzi MC, Reguera-Gomez M, Beldomenico PM, Mas-Coma S, Bargues MD, Valero MA. (2022) Variability of Calodium hepaticum eggs from sigmodontine host species through geometric morphometric analysis. Journal of Helminthology, 96, p. e75 . ISSN: 0022-149X
- Bargues MD, Halajian A, Artigas P, Luus-Powell WJ, Valero MA, Mas-Coma S (2022) Paleobiogeographical origins of Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica in light of new DNA sequence characteristics of F. nyanzae from hippopotamus. Frontiers In Veterinary Science, 9, pp. 990872-1 - 28 . ISSN: 2297-1769
- Jaume-Ramis S,; Martínez-Ortí A.; Delgado-Serra S.; Bargues MD.; Mas-Coma S.; Foronda P.; Paredes-Esquivel C. (2023) Potential intermediate hosts of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in the European Mediterranean region (Mallorca, Spain). One Health, 17, p. 100610 . ISSN: 2352-7714
- Mas-Coma S, Valero MA, Bargues MD (2023) One Health for fascioliasis control in human endemic areas. Trends in Parasitology, 39(8), pp. 650 - 667 . ISSN: 1471-4922
- Serrat J, Becerro-Recio D, Torres-Valle M, Simón F, Valero MA, Bargues MD, Mas-Coma S, Siles-Lucas M, González-Miguel J (2023) Fasciola hepatica juveniles interact with the host fibrinolytic system as a potential early-stage invasion mechanism. Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 17(4), p. e0010936. . ISSN: 1935-2735
- Cuervo PF, Artigas P, Lorenzo-Morales J, Bargues MD, Mas-Coma S (2023) Ecological Niche Modelling Approaches: Challenges and Applications in Vector-Borne Diseases. Tropical Medicine And Infectious Disease, 8(4):, p. 187 . ISSN: 2414-6366
- Mas-Coma S, Valero MA, Bargues MD (2022) Human and Animal Fascioliasis: Origins and Worldwide Evolving Scenario. Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 35(4), p. e0008819. . ISSN: 0893-8512
- Zapata S, Galati EAB, Chaves JA, Artigas P, Gantier JC, Bargues MD, Mas-Coma S, Depaquit J. (2023) Molecular phylogeny of Psychodopygina (Diptera, Psychodidae) supporting morphological systematics of this group of vectors of New World tegumentary leishmaniasis. Parasite, 30, p. 18 . ISSN: 1252-607X
- Fantozzi MC, Reguera-Gomez M, Beldomenico PM, Mas-Coma S, Bargues MD, Valero MA (2022) Variability of Calodium hepaticum eggs from sigmodontine host species through geometric morphometric analysis. Journal of Helminthology, 96: , p. e75. . ISSN: 0022-149X
- Ahasan SA, De Elías-Escribano A, Artigas P, Alam MZ, Mondal MMH, Blair D, Chowdhury EH, Bargues MD, Mas-Coma S. (2023) Wide variation of heterozygotic genotypes of recent fasciolid hybrids from livestock in Bangladesh assessed by rDNA internal transcribed spacer region sequencing and cloning. One Health, 17, p. 100614 . ISSN: 2352-7714
- Bargues MD, Halajian A, Artigas P, Luus-Powell WJ, Valero MA, Mas-Coma S (2022) Paleobiogeographical origins of Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica in light of new DNA sequence characteristics of F. nyanzae from hippopotamus. Frontiers In Veterinary Science, 9, p. 990872 . ISSN: 2297-1769
- Mowlavi G, Bargues MD, Najafi F, Naddaf SR, Salehabadi A, Vejdan AK, Salimi M, Fadavi A, Arab-Mazar Z, Mas-Coma S. (2023) Fasciola Infection Unexpectedly Found During Cholecystectomy: Review on How to Avoid Increasing Surgery Interventions in Non-human Endemic Areas. Acta Parasitol. Acta Parasitologica, 68(4), pp. 891 - 902 . ISSN: 1230-2821
- Sánchez-Marqués R, Salvador F, Bocanegra C, Nindia A, Pintar Z, Martínez J, Aixut S, Pessela A, Ramírez-Arroyo S, Farrés A, Chopo M, Izquierdo S, Mas-Coma S, Bargues MD, Molina I. (2023) Schistosoma haematobium infection and morbidity risk factors for pre-school age children in western Angola: A knowledge, attitudes and practices survey. Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 17(10), p. e0011650 . ISSN: 1935-2735
- Reguera-Gómez M, Valero MA, Artigas P, De Elías-Escribano A, Fantozzi MC, Luzón-García MP, Salas-Coronas J, Boissier J, Mas-Coma S, Bargues MD. (2023) Geographical Influence on Morphometric Variability of Genetically 'Pure' Schistosoma haematobium Eggs from Sub-Saharan Migrants in Spain. Tropical Medicine And Infectious Disease, 8(3), p. 144 . ISSN: 2414-6366
- Sánchez-Marqués R, Bocanegra C, Salvador F, Nindia A, Pintar Z, Martínez-Campreciós J, Aixut S, Mossalilo P, Sulleiro E, Espiau M, Mas-Coma S, Bargues MD, Molina I. (2023) Prevalence and morbidity of urogenital schistosomiasis among pre-school age children in Cubal, Angola. Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 17(11), p. e0011751 . ISSN: 1935-2735
- Salas-Coronas J, Luzón-García MP, Crego-Vicente B, Soriano-Pérez MJ, Febrer-Sendra B, Vázquez-Villegas J, Diego JG, Cabeza-Barrera IM, Castillo-Fernández N, Muro A, Bargues MD, Fernández-Soto P (2023) Evaluation of Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) in urine samples for the diagnosis of imported schistosomiasis. Tropical Medicine And Infectious Disease, 8((12)), p. 518 . ISSN: 2414-6366
- De N.V., Minh P.N., Le T.H., Dung D.T., Duon T.T., Tuan B.V., Dong L.T., Chau N.V.V., Cuervo P.F., Bargues M.D., Valero M.A., Gabrielli A.F., Montresor A. and Mas-Coma S (2024) A multidisciplinary analysis of over 53,000 fascioliasis patients along the 1995¿2019 countrywide spread in Vietnam defines a new epidemiological baseline for One Health approaches. One Health, 19, pp. 100869-1 - 31 . ISSN: 2352-7714
- Mas-Coma S., Valero M.A. and Bargues M.D (2024) Fascioliasis. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1454, pp. 157 - 201 . ISSN: 0065-2598
- Bargues M.D., Artigas P., Varghese G.M., John T.J., Ajjampur S.S.R., Ahasan S.A., Chowdhury E.H., Gabrielli A.F. and Mas-Coma S. (2024) Human fascioliasis emergence in southern Asia: Complete nuclear rDNA spacer and mtDNA gene sequences prove Indian patient infection related to fluke hybridization in northeastern India and Bangladesh. One Health, 18, p. 100675 . ISSN: 2352-7714
- Salas-Coronas J, Bargues MD, Fernández-Soto P, Soriano-Pérez MJ, Artigas P, Vázquez-Villegas J, Villarejo-Ordoñez A, Sánchez-Sánchez JC, Cabeza-Barrera MI, Febrer-Sendra B, De Elías-Escribano A, Crego-Vicente B, Fantozzi MC, Diego JG, Castillo-Fernández N, Borrego-Jiménez J, Muro A, and Luzón-García MP (2024) Impact of species hybridization on the clinical management of schistosomiasis: A prospective study. Travel Medicine And Infectious Disease, 61, pp. 102744-1 - 8 . ISSN: 1477-8939
- De Elias-Escribano A., Artigas P., Salas-Coronas J., Luzon-Garcia M.P., Reguera-Gomez M., Boissier J., Mas-Coma S. & Bargues M.D (2025) Schistosoma mansoni x S. haematobium hybrids frequently infecting sub-Saharan migrants in southeastern Europe: DNA genotyping assessed by RD-PCR, sequencing and cloning. Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 19(5), p. e0013121 . ISSN: 1935-2735
- Sánchez-Marqués R., Cuervo P.F., De Elías-Escribano A., Martínez-Ortí A., Artigas P., Fantozzi M.C., Mas-Coma S. & Bargues M.D (2025) Chloride benzalkonium significantly improves eDNA detection in freshwater samples for trematodiasis surveys and surveillance: experimental validation with schistosomiasis snail vectors. Tropical Medicine And Infectious Disease, 10(8), p. 201 . ISSN: 2414-6366
- De N.V., Minh P.N., Le T.H., Dung D.T., Duon T.T., Tuan B.V., Dong L.T., Chau N.V.V., Cuervo P.F., Bargues M.D., Valero M.A., Gabrielli A.F., Montresor A. & Mas-Coma S. (2025) The Clinical Picture Caused by Fasciola gigantica: Analysis of 3250 Patients Along the 1995¿2019 Countrywide Spread in Vietnam. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 12(3), pp. ofaf116-1 - 13 . ISSN: 2328-8957
- Pérez-Pérez P., Artigas P., Reyes-Batlle M., Córdoba-Lanús E., Rodríguez-Expósito R.L., Cuervo P.F., Domínguez-de-Barros A., García-Pérez O., Valero M.A., De Elías A., Anglés R., Mas-Coma S., Piñero J.E., Bargues M.D. & Lorenzo-Morales J. (2025) Potentially pathogenic free-living amoebae at very high altitude: Detection by multiplex qPCR in the Northern Altiplano fascioliasis hyperendemic area in Bolivia. One Health, 20, pp. 100985-1 - 9 . ISSN: 2352-7714
- De Elias-Escribano A., Artigas P., Salas-Coronas J., Luzon-Garcia M.P., Reguera-Gomez M., Sanchez-Marques R., Salvador F., Boissier J., Mas-Coma S. & Bargues M.D. (2025) Imported schistosomiasis in southwestern Europe: wide variation of pure and hybrid genotypes infecting sub-Saharan migrants. Transboundary And Emerging Diseases, 18(2025), p. 6614509 . ISSN: 1865-1674
- Alejandra De Elías-Escribano, Irene Serafín-Pérez, Patricio Artigas, Carolina Fernández-Serafín, Sara Rodríguez-Camacho, Beatriz Yanes Manrique, Víctor González Alonso, Santiago Mas-Coma, Jacob Lorenzo-Morales, M. Dolores Bargues (2025) Wide variation of Aedes albopictus genotypes first introduced into Canary Islands assessed by rDNA internal transcribed spacer region and mtDNA cox1 sequencing and cloning. Tropical Medicine And Infectious Disease, 10(2), p. 35 . ISSN: 2414-6366
- Cuervo P.F., Bargues M.D., Artigas P., Buchon P., Angles R. & Mas-Coma S. (2025) Heterogeneous zonal impacts of climate change on a wide hyperendemic area of human and animal fascioliasis assessed within a One Health action for prevention and control. Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 19(1), p. e0012820 . ISSN: 1935-2735
- Valero M.A., Morales-Suarez-Varela M.M., Angles R., Espinoza J.R., Ortiz P., Curtale F., Bargues M.D. & Mas-Coma S (2025) Helminth/Protozoan Coinfections in Chronic Fascioliasis Cases in Human Hyperendemic Areas: High Risk of Multiparasitism Linked to Transmission Aspects and Immunological, Environmental and Social Factors. Tropical Medicine And Infectious Disease, 10(8), pp. 224-1 - 45 . ISSN: 2414-6366
- Cuervo PF, Bargues MD, Artigas P, Buchon P, Angles R, Mas-Coma S. (2024) Global warming induced spread of the highest human fascioliasis hyperendemic area. Parasites & Vectors, 17(1), p. 434 . ISSN: 1756-3305
- Álvarez-Fernández B.E., Valero M.V., Nogueda-Torres B., Bargues M.D., Sotelo-Leyva C., Morales- Suárez-Varela M. (2024) Combining Three Microscopy Techniques to Analyze Morphology of the Ecdysial Pattern of Pediculus humanus capitis Exoskeletons. Southwestern Entomologist, 49(1), pp. 39 - 50 . ISSN: 0147-1724
- Cuervo PF, Mera Y Sierra R, Artigas P, Fantozzi MC, Bargues MD, Mas-Coma S. (2025) Impact of climate change on the spread of fascioliasis into the extreme south of South America. Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 19(8), pp. e0013433-1 - 23 . ISSN: 1935-2735
- Mas-Coma S, Artigas P, Cuervo PF, De Elías-Escribano A, Fantozzi MC, Colangeli G, Córdoba A, Marquez-Guzman DJ, Mas-Bargues C, Borrás C, Pérez-Pérez P, Bethencourt-Estrella CJ, Rodríguez-Expósito RL, Peña-Prunell MD, Chao-Pellicer J, García-Pérez O, Domínguez de Barros AT, García-Ramos A, Sirvent-Blanco C, Gajeta-Arenas M, Córdoba-Lanús AE, Piñero JE, Valero MA, Lorenzo-Morales J, Bargues MD. (2025) Infectious disease risk after the October 2024 flash flood in Valencia, Spain: Disaster evolution, strategic scenario analysis, and extrapolative baseline for a One Health assessment. One Health, 21, p. 21:101093 . ISSN: 2352-7714
- Sánchez-Marqués R, Cuervo PF, De Elías-Escribano A, Martínez-Ortí A, Artigas P, Fantozzi MC, Mas-Coma S, Bargues MD (2025) Benzalkonium Chloride Significantly Improves Environmental DNA Detection from Schistosomiasis Snail Vectors in Freshwater Samples. Tropical Medicine And Infectious Disease, 10(8), pp. 201-1 - 15 . ISSN: 2414-6366
- De Elías-Escribano A, Artigas P, Salas-Coronas J, Luzon-Garcia MP, Soriano-Perez MJ, Castillo-Fernandez N, Fantozzi MC, Martinez-Orti A., Boissier J, Mas-Coma S., Valero MA, Bargues MD (2026) Multidisciplinary challenges by ¿pure¿ and hybrid Schistosoma species introduced into southwestern Europe. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 381(1941), pp. 20250087-1 - 13 . ISSN: 1471-2970
- Ligero-López J, Bargues MD, Artigas P, Colangeli G, Peiró-Codina F, Ducons-Márquez M, López-Alonso B, Goñi P, Beltrán-Rosel A. (2025) Molecular identification of Coranus spp. in a pregnant patient: A case of misidentified Chagas disease vector in Spain. Parasite Epidemiology and Control, 25, p. 29:e00426 . ISSN: 2405-6731
- Mas-Coma S, Cuervo PF, Chetri PB, Tripathi T, Gabrielli AF, Bargues MD. (2025) Emerging Human Fascioliasis in India: Review of Case Reports, Climate Change Impact, and Geo-Historical Correlation Defining Areas and Seasons of High Infection Risk. Tropical Medicine And Infectious Disease, 10(5), pp. 123-1 - 43 . ISSN: 2414-6366
Participations in Conferences
- Osca, D., Maroto, A., Elías-Escribano, A., Da Silva Pacheco, R., Reguera-Gómez, M., Bargues, M.D. (2018). Caracterización molecular de Aedes albopictus de España y Brasil. (Poster). II Jornadas sobre Ciencia y Salud. Cambio Global, Cambio Climático y Parásitos Tropicales (CiS2018). Organizado por Ajuntament d'Alginet, Museu Valencià d'Historia Natural y Master en Enfermedades Parasitarias Tropicales de la Universitat de València (A. Martínez-Ortí & P. Artigas org.), Alginet, Valencia, 5-6 Julio 2018 Abstracs Book (ISBN: 978-84-09-07184-5), pp: 30-31. Poster . Alginet . SPAIN
- Reguera-Gómez M., Elias A., Salas-Coronas J., Valero M.A., Bargues M.D., Mas-Coma S. (2018). Patrones Morfológicos de los Huevos de Schistosoma haematobium en Pacientes con Schistosomiasis Urinaria Importada. (Communication). II Jornadas sobre Ciencia y Salud. Cambio Global, Cambio Climático y Parásitos Tropicales (CiS2018). Organizado por Ajuntament d'Alginet, Museu Valencià d'Historia Natural y Master en Enfermedades Parasitarias Tropicales de la Universitat de València (A. Martínez-Ortí & P. Artigas org.), Alginet, Valencia, 5-6 Julio 2018 Abstracs Book (ISBN: 978-84-09-07184-5), pp: 36-37 . Alginet . SPAIN
- Martínez-Ortí, A.; Bargues, MD.; Mas-Coma, S. (2018). Morpho-anatomical study of the Superfamilia Lymnaeoidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranquia: Hygrophila) vectors of Schistosomiasis in Angola. (Poster). Foro Malacológico de la Sociedad Española de Malacología. Meeting on the conservation of the ferruginous limpet (Patella ferruginea) Martínez-Ortí, A., Bargues, MD. and Mas-Coma, S. 2018. Morpho-anatomical study of the Superfamilia Lymnaeoidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranquia: Hygrophila) vectors of Schistosomiasis in Angola. Abstracts of Foro malacológico de la Sociedad Española de Malacología. Meeting on the conservation of the ferruginous limpet (Patella ferruginea). page 30. Rodalquilar (Almería, Spain) . Rodalquilar (Almería) . SPAIN
- Martínez-Ortí, A.; Vilavella, D.; Bargues, MD.; Mas-Coma, S. (2018). First risk map of urinary Schistosomiasis for Bulinus truncatus (Gastropoda, Bulinidae) in Spain and Portugal. (Poster). Foro Malacológico de la Sociedad Española de Malacología. Meeting on the conservation of the ferruginous limpet (Patella ferruginea) Martínez-Ortí, A., Vilavella, D., Bargues, MD. and Mas-Coma, S. 2018. Abstracts of Foro malacológico de la Sociedad Española de Malacología. Meeting on the conservation of the ferruginous limpet (Patella ferruginea). page 31. Rodalquilar (Almería, Spain) . Rodalquilar (Almería) . SPAIN
- Bargues M.D. (2018). Investigación en vectores de Esqusitosomiasis ¿es posible la transmisión autóctona en España?. (Invited paper). En: I Jornadas de Medicina Tropical y Salud Internacional del Levante. Complejo Socio-Sanitario de Fontilles, La Vall de Laguar, Alicante 5-6 mayo 2018 . SPAIN
- Bargues M.D. (2018). Emergencia y re-emerggencia de enfermedades parasitarias y su relación con el cambio climático y la globalización. (Invited paper). Campus Africa, Seminario Internacional, Las Sociedades Africanas frente a los Retos de la Globalización. Organizado por Universidad de La Laguna y Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura UNESCO, La Laguna, Tenerife, Canarias, 11-26 Julio 2018, Curso III: Africa y la Salud Global, Enfermedades Emergentes e Investigación Biomédica, Salón de Grados de la Facultad de Farmacia, 24.7.2018: 12.00-13.00 h . SPAIN
- Bargues M.D. (2018). Phylogenetic relationships and phylogeographic patterns in Chagas disease vectors. (Invited paper). IFTM 30th Anniversary Symposium on 'Parasites and Tropical Medicine', organized by International Federation for Tropical Medicine (IFTM), Session 3: Vector-borne diseases and climate and global changes, 14th International Congress of Parasitology (ICOPA 2018), 19-24 August 2018, EXCO, Daegu, Korea, Abstract No. IFTM-4-3 . REPUBLIC OF KOREA
- Bargues M.D. (2018). Snail vectors in the fascioliasis worldwide expansion: Spreading and non-spreading lymnaeids. (Invited paper). 14th International Congress of Parasitology (ICOPA 2018), 19-24 August 2018, EXCO, Daegu, Korea, Session 'Foodborne trematode zoonoses and their snail vectors', Abstract No. 5307-1 . REPUBLIC OF KOREA
- Bargues M.D. (2018). Biología molecular en la Taxonomía de caracoles vectores de enfermedades. (Invited paper). III Congreso Boliviano de Parasitología, Asociación Boliviana de Parasitología (ASBOPA), Domo de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca (USFXCH), Sucre, Bolivia, 10-13 Octubre 2018, 10.10.2018: 10.30-11.30 h . BOLIVIA
- Bargues M.D., (2018). Molecular phylogeography of Chagas disease vectors. (Invited paper). Chagas Symposium-IC18. "How can modellling contribuye to achieving the goals for Chagas disease in the horizon 2020 and beyond". Imperial College London, 14-16 Febrero 2018 . UNITED KINGDOM
Thesis, minor thesis and research reports
- Arias Maroto, S, (2018). CARACTERIZACION GENETICA DE POBLACIONES DE AEDES ALBOPICTUS (SKUSE, 1894) DE ZONAS TEMPLADAS Y TROPICALES. Trabajo Fin de Master. Master Universitario en Enfermedades Parasitarias Tropicales, XXXI Edición. Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia. (Research work of 12 credits). Universitat de València..
- Elías Escribano, A, (2018). ACTUALIZACION DE LA SITUACION DE ESQUISTOSOMIASIS GENITO-URINARIA EN EUROPA Y APLICACIÓN DE TECNICAS DE MORFOMETRIA GEOMETRIA EN EL ESTUDIO DE HUEVOS DE SHISTOSOMA SP. (Research work of 12 credits). Universitat de València..
- Mera y Sierra R.L, (2018). Fascioliasis humana y animal en zonas andinas de la República de Argentina: caracterización epidemiológica y molecualr de los Lymnaedos vectores. (Doctoral Thesis with International Mention). UNIVERSITAT DE VALÈNCIA..
- Chagas Lima, Vivian, (2017). Diversidad genética de los principales vectores de la enfermead de Chagas en Brasil: repercusiones epidemiológicas en el control de la enfermedad.. 286pp. (Doctoral Thesis). UNIVERSITAT DE VALENCIA..
- Sosa Estevez D.A, (2017). Validación de métodos moleculares (PCR) para Plasmodium y su posible utilidad en el diagnóstico de referencia en República Dominicana. (Working Master or third cycle over 12 credits). Valencia..
- ADAM NAVARRO, SONIA, (2017). Caracterización biológica de Lymnaidae y Planorbidae (Molusca Gastropoda) vectores potenciales de Fascioliasis y Schistosomiasis urinaria en España. 242 pp. + anexos. (Doctoral Thesis). UNIVERSITAT DE VALENCIA..
- Vasco Aguas K, (2017). Diversidad genotípica y fenotípica del mosquito tigre asiático Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1894) de España y Brasil. (Working Master or third cycle over 12 credits). Valencia..
- Mateo Arenas, Lucia, (2017). Análisis poblacional y filogeográfico de vectores de la enfermedad de Chagas en Perú basado en análisis multigénicos del ADN ribosomal y mitocondrial. Directores: Tesis Doctoral. Facultad de Farmacia, Universitat de València. 286 pp. + anexos. Calificación: Excelente Cum laude. (Doctoral Thesis). Universitat de València..
- CALDERON ROMERO (LETICIA), (2017). Caracterización fenética y genética de individuos del genero Fasciola Linnaeus, 1758 (Trematoda: Fasciolidae) de Mexico. (Doctoral Thesis with International Mention). UNIVERSITAT DE VALENCIA..
- Frias Lasheras CM, (2017). Picaduras de garrapatas en humanos: características, localizaciones y aspectos sociodemográficos. (Research work of 12 credits). Valencia..
Currricul@'s texts
- . Full Professor (2012-act.) at the University of Valencia, Spain - Deputy Director of the 'WHO Collaborating Center on Fascioliasis and Its Snail Vectors', of the World Health Organization (WHO, Geneva, Switzerland) and Responsible Researcher in transmission and vectors. 2011/act. - Deputy Director of the 'FAO Reference Center for Parasitology' awarded by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2013/act. - Expert for the World Health Organization (WHO), Diagnostic Technical Advisory Group (DTAG), for Neglected Tropical Diseases in the One Health subgroup: neglected zoonotic diseases (2024/act.) - President of the Spanish Society of Tropical Medicine and International Health (SEMTSI). 2016-2021 - Director of the Master's Degree in Tropical Parasitic Diseases at the University of Valencia. 2018/2020. - Director of the Molecular Biology of Parasites and Vectors group (BMPV-GIUV2016-294) at the University of Valencia. 1997/act. - Co-Director of the Sanitary Parasitology Unit of the University of Valencia - Researcher responsible for projects in the Collaborative Research Network of Centers for Tropical Diseases (RICET). 2003/act. - Researcher responsible for the group at the University of Valencia incorporated in 2021 into the CIBER Consortium within the area of Infectious Diseases (CB21/13/00056). - Expert member in molecular biology and transmission of Fascioliasis of the International Atomic Energy Agency. 2009/act. Expert and Coordinator of the Working Group on Health Risks, Strategy on Security and Emergencies of the Valencian Community (2025-) Member of the External Scientific Committee of the Canary Islands Health Research Institute (IISC). (2025-) - Member of numerous international and national research networks More than 30 years of experience in research projects on parasitic diseases transmitted by vectors, such as Fascioliasis, Schistosomiasis, Malaria, Leihsmaniasis, American Trypanosomiasis or Chagas Disease. Vast experience in participation in European Commission projects, as well as in other projects with international and national financing. Since 1984/act. has participated in +65 research projects, having been General Coordinator, Principal Investigator or Responsible for +30 Projects, including 3 European (INCO and GOCE from CE), 3 from International Institutions (AVINA, Switzerland and IAEA, Austria) and +25 National and Regional, and 5 contracts/agreements with companies. Author/co-author of more than 170 publications in journals with international and national referees and more than 30 book chapters, especially in Fasciola and its Lymnaeid vectors, Schistosomiasis, Triatomines, Nematodes, Ticks, Culicidae and Malaria and Phlebotomines, since 1982/act. It is worth highlighting the international impact, reaching an h index of of 47 and 7,483 citations, with an average of 51.23 citations/article (WoS) (march, 2024). Great scientific achievements stand out, especially in Fascioliasis and Chagas Disease vectors, with a production of 6-13 articles/year (average 9) in the last 5 years (2019-2023) and with a Scientific Productivity Index (CPI) higher than the area average, with an average value of 1.78. Co-author of the article number one of the 10 most cited articles (Top 10 Cited) among all those published in the 'International Journal of Parasitology' of Elsevier (2005-2011): Fascioliasis and other plant-borne trematode zoonoses. Int. J. Parasitol., 2005, 35: 1255-1278. Co-author of the most cited article (highest number of total citations and annual average) of all articles published in the 55 years of existence of the journal Advances in Parasitology: 'Fasciola, lymnaeids and human fascioliasis, with a global overview on disease transmission, epidemiology, evolutionary genetics, molecular epidemiology and control'. Adv. Parasitol. 2009, 69: 41-146. More than 120 invited talks given in 38 different countries and more than 450 communications presented at World, European, Latin American, Asian, Egyptian, Iberian and National Congresses (1981/act.). President, Coordinator and Organizer of numerous sessions, symposiums and round tables at national and international Congresses. Evaluator of foreign Research Centers and numerous national and international Doctoral Theses. Teaching activity for more 40 years continued since 1983 in the first, second and third cycle and with the recognition of 6 five-year teaching periods and co-organizer of the official WHO master course for 19 years. Among the research awards received, the Best European Project Award of the Valencian Community, 2009, stands out; the 'Crotalus Scolaris' Award (highest mention of recognition) for career in the field of research, Mesoamerican University of Puebla, Mexico, 2008; and the award for personal and professional career awarded by The Order of Wanting to Know of Valencia (2023)..
- . - 6 recognized five-year teaching periods by the Spanish Ministry (1984-1988, 1989-1993, 1994-1998, 1999-2003, 2004-2008; 2009-2013; 2014-2018). - 5 recognized six-year research periods by the Spanish Ministry (1992-1997, 1998-2003, 2004-2009; 2010-2015; 2016-2021). - h index A:) Web of Science: h index= 47; sum of citations=7121; average citations per item=51.23; B) Scopus: 46, 7899; C) ResearchGate: 54, 11250. - Total article reads = 73,073 (ResearchGate). - Research interest score = 5,213 (>99% of researchers in ResearchGate and >99% of researchers in Parasitology - ResearchGate). - Second most cited author within the area of Parasitology at a national level and fourth most cited within the area of Health in the Valencian Community 2016 (http://indiceh. webcindario.com/). - Inlcuded in Q1 of the most relevant female scientists residing in Spain, ordered by their h-index, and with an h-Factor greater than 16% of those included in the ranking (http://indiceh.webcindario.com). - Included within the 2% of the most influential scientists in the world, occupying Rank No. 657 on the list of the 33,142 best scientists in the disciplines of Tropical Medicine (1st) and Parasitology-Mycology (2nd), according to the '2020 updated database of the 100,000 top scientists of the world' (https://dx.doi.org/10.17632/btchxktzyw). Other quality indicators: - Number of Doctoral Theses directed in the last 10 years: 12 (5 international doctorates) - Number of Master's Final Projects (TFM) and/or Research Projects (RT) in the last 10 years: 27 - Number of Final Degree Projects (TFG) in the last 10 years: 14 - Co-author of the article number one of the Top 10 Cited articles among all those published in the 'International Journal of Parasitology' by Elsevier (2005-2011): Fascioliasis and other plant-borne trematode zoonoses. Int. J. Parasitol., 2005, 35: 1255-1278. - Co-author of the most cited article (highest number of total citations and annual average) of all articles published in the 55 years of existence of the journal Advances in Parasitology: 'Fasciola, lymnaeids and human fascioliasis, with a global overview on disease transmission, epidemiology, evolutionary genetics, molecular epidemiology and control'. Adv. Parasitol. 2009, 69: 41-146..
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