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Rosina Girones is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain and has contributed extensively to research in medicine and physics and astronomy. Their work spans several subfields, focusing primarily on infectious diseases, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and radiation. Additional interests include animal science and zoology, as well as ecology.

The scientist has published frequently in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), The Science of The Total Environment, Water Research, Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health, and Viruses.

Their research topics include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • COVID-19 diagnosis using AI
  • Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions

Recent notable publications involve studies on wastewater surveillance for viral pathogens and pandemic-related epidemiology. Selected papers include:

  • Wastewater-Based Epidemiology: Global Collaborative to Maximize Contributions in the Fight Against COVID-19, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Making waves: Wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 for population-based health management, 2020, Water Research
  • Concentration methods for the quantification of coronavirus and other potentially pandemic enveloped virus from wastewater, 2020, Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health
  • Characterisation of the sewage virome: comparison of NGS tools and occurrence of significant pathogens, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • COVID-19: urgent actions, critical reflections and future relevance of 'WaSH': lessons for the current and future pandemics, 2020, Journal of Water and Health

Rosina Girones collaborates frequently with colleagues such as Sandra Martínez-Puchol, Marta Rusiñol, Sílvia Bofill-Mas, Marta Itarte, and Ayalkibet Hundesa. These collaborations have contributed to a substantial body of work within their shared fields of study, advancing research related to virology, epidemiology, and environmental health.

Best Publications

  • Viral Pollution in the Environment and in Shellfish: Human Adenovirus Detection by PCR as an Index of Human Viruses

    Sonia Pina;Montserrat Puig;Francisco Lucena;Joan Jofre

  • Molecular detection of pathogens in water – The pros and cons of molecular techniques

    Rosina Girones;Maria Antonia Ferrús;José Luis Alonso;Jesus Rodriguez-Manzano

  • The woodchuck hepatitis virus X gene is important for establishment of virus infection in woodchucks

    Hong-Shu Chen;S. Kaneko;R. Girones;R. W. Anderson

  • Wastewater-Based Epidemiology: Global Collaborative to Maximize Contributions in the Fight Against COVID-19.

    Aaron Bivins;Devin North;Arslan Ahmad;Warish Ahmed

  • Detection of adenoviruses and enteroviruses in polluted waters by nested PCR amplification.

    M Puig;J Jofre;F Lucena;A Allard

  • Listeria monocytogenes contamination of ready-to-eat foods and the risk for human health in the EU.

    Antonia Ricci;Ana Allende;Declan Bolton;Marianne Chemaly

  • Environmental Factors Influencing Human Viral Pathogens and Their Potential Indicator Organisms in the Blue Mussel, Mytilus edulis: the First Scandinavian Report

    Bodil E. Hernroth;Ann-Christine Conden-Hansson;Ann-Sofi Rehnstam-Holm;Rosina Girones

  • Hepatitis E virus epidemiology in industrialized countries.

    Pilar Clemente-Casares;Sonia Pina;Maria Buti;Rosend Jardi

  • Update of the list of QPS-recommended biological agents intentionally added to food or feed as notified to EFSA 13: suitability of taxonomic units notified to EFSA until September 2020.

    Kostas Koutsoumanis;Ana Allende;Avelino Alvarez-Ordóñez

  • Quantification and stability of human adenoviruses and polyomavirus JCPyV in wastewater matrices.

    Silvia Bofill-Mas;Nestor Albinana-Gimenez;Pilar Clemente-Casares;Ayalkibet Hundesa

  • Polymerase chain reaction for detection of adenoviruses in stool samples.

    A Allard;R Girones;P Juto;G Wadell

  • Scientific Opinion on the update of the list of QPS-recommended biological agents intentionally added to food or feed as notified to EFSA

    Antonia Ricci;Ana Allende;Declan Bolton

  • Virus hazards from food, water and other contaminated environments.

    David Rodríguez-Lázaro;Nigel Cook;Franco M. Ruggeri;Jane Sellwood

  • EMA and EFSA Joint Scientific Opinion on measures to reduce the need to use antimicrobial agents in animal husbandry in the European Union, and the resulting impacts on food safety (RONAFA)

    David Murphy;Antonia Ricci

  • Documenting the epidemiologic patterns of polyomaviruses in human populations by studying their presence in urban sewage.

    Sílvia Bofill-Mas;Sonia Pina;Rosina Girones

  • HEV identified in serum from humans with acute hepatitis and in sewage of animal origin in Spain

    Sonia Pina;Maria Buti;Montserrat Cotrina;Joan Piella

  • Surveillance of adenoviruses and noroviruses in European recreational waters

    A. Peter Wyn-Jones;Annalaura Carducci;Nigel Cook;Martin D’Agostino

  • Raw Sewage Harbors Diverse Viral Populations

    Paul G. Cantalupo;Byron Calgua;Guoyan Zhao;Ayalkibet Hundesa

  • Potential Transmission of Human Polyomaviruses through the Gastrointestinal Tract after Exposure to Virions or Viral DNA

    Sı́lvia Bofill-Mas;Meritxell Formiga-Cruz;Pilar Clemente-Casares;Francesc Calafell

  • Identification of Human and Animal Adenoviruses and Polyomaviruses for Determination of Sources of Fecal Contamination in the Environment

    Ayalkibet Hundesa;Carlos Maluquer de Motes;Silvia Bofill-Mas;Nestor Albinana-Gimenez

  • Risks for public health related to the presence of Bacillus cereus and other Bacillus spp. including Bacillus thuringiensis in foodstuffs

    Ana Allende;Declan Bolton;Marianne Chemaly

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert H. Davies
Robert H. Davies Animal and Plant Health Agency
Lucy J. Robertson
Lucy J. Robertson Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Panagiotis N. Skandamis
Panagiotis N. Skandamis Agricultural University of Athens
Ana Allende
Ana Allende Spanish National Research Council
Francisco Lucena
Francisco Lucena University of Barcelona
Maria Buti
Maria Buti Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Albert Bosch
Albert Bosch University of Barcelona
Lieve Herman
Lieve Herman Flemish Community
Marize Pereira Miagostovich
Marize Pereira Miagostovich Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Maria José Figueras
Maria José Figueras Rovira i Virgili University

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