Infectious disease epidemiology and public health, specially AIDS, tuberculosis, legionella, meningitis, hepatitis and outbreaks.

Infectious diseases in immgrants, prisonners, intravenous drug users.

aids, tuberculosis, legionella, outbreaks, epidemiology, public health, prisons, immigrants, drug users

Coordinator of the Tuberculosis Investigation Unit of Barcelona.

Honor member of the Spanish Society of Penitentiary Institutions.

Director of the Investigation Program on Tuberculosis of the Spanish Society of Pneumology .

(SEPAR)

Member of several comissions related to infectious disease control and to research

Tost JR, Vidal J, Caylà JA, Díaz Cabanela D, Jimenez A, et al. Severe hepatotoxicity due to anti-tuberculosis drugs un Spain. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2005. In press..

Tobías A, Linares C, García de Olalla P, Caylà JA, Díaz J. Short term effects of the summer 2003 heatwave on mortality in Barcelona city. J Epidemiol Community Health 2005. In press.

Benito J, De March P, Balfagón P, Caylà JA. La tuberculosis bovina en España. 2005. Med Clin (Barc) 2005. In press..

Balague M, Sanchez F, Fernandez S, Cayla JA. [Difficulties to enroll patients in non-remunerated clinical trials. Apropos of a clinical trial comparing two treatment options for latent tuberculosis infection]. Med Clin (Barc). 2004;122:115.

Cayla JA, Caminero JA, Rey R, Lara N, Valles X, Galdos-Tangüis H. Current status of treatment completion and fatality among tuberculosis patients in Spain. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2004;8:458-64.

Cayla JA, Sanchez F, Cayla R, Cortes M. El síndrome respiratorio agudo grave (SARS)y sus diversas consecuencias. Informe Quiral 2003. Barcelona, Fundació Privada Vila Casas. junio 2004.

Cayla JA. How much tuberculosis do you want?. ÀBÁ Médicos sin Fronteras. 2004;30.

Corominas M, Cardona V, Gonzalez JA, Cayla JA, Rufi G, Mestre M et al. B-lymphocytes and co-stimulatory molecules in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2004;8:98-105.

Ruiz J, Cardona P, Cayla JA, Ausina.V. Tuberculosis. Tratado de Medicina Interna. A. Farreras Sección 20 capítulo 2. ed. 2004

Villalbi J, Brugal MT, Garcia de Olalla P, Caylà J. Barcelona: Changing Approaches to Addiction and Public Health. Breaking Dow Barriers - Open Society Institute. july 2004.

Caminero JA, Cayla JA, Lara N. Evaluation of tuberculosis trends in Spain, 1991-1999. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2003;7:236-42.

Casabona J, Romaguera A, Almeda J, Blanch C, Cayla JA, Miró JM et al. [Reporting new HIV cases in Catalonia, Spain: Is technical consensus feasible?]. Gac Sanit. 2003;17:75-82.

Cascade Collaboration, Cayla JA, Garcia de Olalla P. Determinants of survival following HIV-1 seroconversion after the introduction of HAART. Lancet. 2003;362:1267-74.

Cayla JA, Orcau A. [Study of contacts in the XXIst Century: Innovations are needed]. Med Clin (Barc). 2003;121:494-95.

Garcia de Olalla P, Cayla JA, Mila C, Jansa JM, Badosa I, Ferrer A et al. Tuberculosis screening among immigrants holding a hunger strike in churches. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2003;7:S412-S416.

Grupo de Trabajo de los Talleres 2001 y 2002 de la Unidad de Investigación en Tuberculosis de Barcelona. Documento de consenso sobre la prevencion y el control de las tuberculosis importadas. Med Clin (Barc). 2003;121:549-57.

Jansa JM, Cayla JA. La tuberculosis, enfermedad clásica y emergente. JANO. 2003;1463:53.

Plasencia A, Cayla JA. Towards legionnaires' disease control: epidemiological or environmental surveillance? J Epidemiol Community Health. 2003;57:396-97.

Rodrigo T, Cayla JA. [Effectiveness of Spanish tuberculosis control programmes]. Med Clin (Barc). 2003;121:375-77.

Valles X, Sanchez F, Panella H, Garcia de Olalla, Jansa JM, Cayla JA. [Imported tuberculosis: an emerging disease in industrialised countries]. Med Clin (Barc). 2002;118:376-78..