1 CJD Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital Clı́nic, 08036 Barcelona, Spain 2 Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Cognitive Disorders Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital Clı́nic, 08036 Barcelona, Spain 3 Immunology Department, Hospital Clı́nic, 08036 Barcelona, Spain 4 Memory and Dementia Unit, Hospital Santa Caterina, Institut d’Assistència Sanitària, 17190 Girona, Spain 5 CJD Surveillance Unit, ...

Unidad de Investigación en Músculo y Aparato Respiratorio (URMAR), Barcelona, Spain Instituto Municipal de Investigación Médica (IMIM)-Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain Centro de Investigación en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Barcelona, Spain Departamento de Ciencias Experimentales y de la Salud (CEXS), Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Parque de Investigación Biomédica de Barcelona (PR...

Unidad de Dietética y Nutrición Clínica. Hospital. Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge. Hospitalet de Llobregat. Barcelona. España. Departamento de Salud Pública. Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de Barcelona (UB). Barcelona. España. Unidad de Geriatría. Servicio de Medicina Interna. Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge. Hospitalet de Llobregat. Barcelona. España. Institut de Recerca Biomédica ...

Clara Granell1, 2, 3 and Peter J. Mucha3 Departament de Fı́sica de la Matèria Condensada, Universitat de Barcelona, Martı́ i Franquès 1, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain Universitat de Barcelona Institute of Complex Systems (UBICS), Universitat de Barcelona, E-08007 Barcelona, Spain Carolina Center for Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, University of North Carolina, Chapel ...

1 Lluita contra la SIDA Foundation Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital. Badalona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain 2 Autònoma de Barcelona University. Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain 3 Politècnica de Catalunya University. Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain 4 Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa Hospital. Terrassa, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain 5 IrsiCaixa Foundation. Badalona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Address ...

a Drug Discovery Platform (PDD), Parc Cientific de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain b Computer-Assisted Drug Design Laboratory, Research Group on Biomedical Informatics (GRIB) IMIM-Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain c Laboratory of Biochemistry, Institut Químic de Sarrià, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain d Unit of Glycoconjugate Chemistry, Institut de Química Avançada de Catalunya, ...

1 Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ICTJA-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain, 2 Department of Prehistory, Ancient History and Archaeology, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 3 Ecological Research Center and Forestry Applications (CREAF-CSIC), Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain, 4 Department of Stratigraphy, Paleontology and Marine Geosciences, Uni...

Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Genetics Center, University of Girona— IdIBGi, Girona, Spain Department of Cardiology, Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain Institute of Legal Medicine, Catholic University, School of Medicine, Roma, Italy Arrhythmia Unit, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Arrhythmia Unit, Cardiology Section, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu...

AFFILIATIONS Pneumology Service, Thorax Clinic Institute, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS (Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques Agustí Pi Sunyer), CIBERES (CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, 06/06/0028), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Cardiology Service, Thorax Clinic Institute, Hospital Clinic, Red REDINSCOR RD06/0003/1002, Barcelona, Spain; Pharmacy Service, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona...

Tuberculosis (TB) continues to cause millions of new cases and deaths worldwide every year. The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently estimated that in 2007 9,273,000 cases (incidence 139/100,000 inhabitants) and 1,772,000 deaths were attributed to TB and, in the previous year, the absolute figure was slightly lower (9,240,000 cases) and the incidence somewhat higher (140/100,000), makin...