Licenciado en Biología, UCB, 1982. Especialidad Zoología.
Diplomatura de Estudios Superiores Especializados en Medicina Veterinària, UAB, 2001.
Diploma de Estudios Avanzados en Sanidad Animal, UAB, 2002.
Màster en Investigación en Medicina Veterinaria, UAB, 2002.
Stages en Camerún y Mozambique sobre Entomología Médica

Líneas de investigación:  Arbovirus circulantes en culícidos
Distribución ibérica de culícidos

Grupo taxonómico:  Culicidae (Insecta, Diptera).

Vigilancia de arbovirus en España

Vigilancia de West Nile y Chikungunya en Cataluña

Circulación de Phlebovirus en Cataluña

ARANDA, C. ERITJA, R. 1992 "Laboratory and field efficacy of Bacillus sphaericus 2362 against Culex pipiens in the river llobregat delta (Barcelona, Spain)". Bull. Soc. Vector Ecol. 17(1): 41-44.

ARANDA, C., PANYELLA, O., ERITJA, R., CASTELLÀ, J. 1998 "Canine filariasis, importance and transmission in the Baix Llobregat area, Barcelona (Spain)" Veterinary Parasitology 77(4): 267-275.

ARANDA, C. & ERITJA, R. 1998 “Phlebotominae (Diptera:Psychodidae) of the Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain” Acta Parasitológica Portuguesa 5(1): 28.

ARANDA, C., ERITJA, R., SCHAFFNER, F. and ESCOSA, R. 2000 “ Culex (Culex) torrentium Martini (Diptera: Culicidae) a new species from Spain. European Mosquito Bulletin. 8: 7-9.

ARANDA, C; ESCOSA, R. 2004. El control dels mosquits en àrees urbanes. Barcelona verda. 94: 32-33.

ARANDA, C, J.J. APONTE, F. SAUTE, S. CASIMIRO, J. PINTO, C. SOUSA, V. DO ROSARIO, V. PETRARCA, M. DGEDGE, P. ALONSO. 2005. Entomological Characteristics of Malaria Transmission in Manhiça, a rural area in Southern Mozambique. Journal of Medical Entomology. 42(2): 180-186.

ERITJA, R., ARANDA, C., PADRÓS, J., GOULA, M., LUCIENTES, J., ESCOSA, R., MARQUÈS, E. and CÁCERES, F. 2000 “ An annotated checklist and bibliography of the mosquitoes of Spain (Diptera: Culicidae). European Mosquito Bulletin. 8: 10-18.

SÁNCHEZ SECO, M; ARANDA, C; ESCOSA, R; MARQUÉS, E; HERNÁNDEZ, L; DE MIGUEL, T; ESTÉVEZ, D; TENORIO, A. 2002. "Detection of flaviviruses in mosquitoes of Spanish Wetlands" Acta Tropica. September: 179-180. Lisboa.

V. SARTO I MONTEYS, C. ARANDA, R. ESCOSA, N. PAGÈS & D. VENTURA. 2004. Results of current surveillance on likely Bluetongue virus vectors of the genus Culicoides in Catalonia, Spain. Veterinaria Italiana. 40(3): 130-132.

V. SARTO I MONTEYS, D. VENTURA, N. PAGÈS & C. ARANDA, R. ESCOSA. 2005. Expansion of Culicoides imicola, the main bluetongue virus vector in Europe, into Catalonia, Spain. Veterinary Record. 156: 415-417.

ARANDA, C; ERITJA, R. and ROIZ, D. 2006. First record and establishment of the mosquito Aedes albopictus in Spain. Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 20: 150-152.

BARGUES, M.D; LATORRE, J.M; MORCHON, R; SIMON, F; ESCOSA, R; ARANDA, C; SAINZ, S; FUENTES, MV; MAS-COMA, S. 2006.
rDNA Sequences of Anopheles Species from the Iberian Peninsula and an Evaluation of the 18S rRNA Gene as Phylogenetic Marker in Anophelinae. Journal of Medical Entomology. 43(3): 508-517.

ARANDA, C; M. P. SÁNCHEZ-SECO, F. CÁCERES, R. ESCOSA, J. C. GÁLVEZ, M. MASIÀ, E. MARQUÉS, S. RUÍZ, A. ALBA, N. BUSQUETS, A. VÁZQUEZ, J. CASTELLÀ, A. TENORIO. 2009. Detection and Monitoring of Mosquito Flaviviruses in Spain between 2001 and 2005. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. Vol 9(2): 171-178.

BUSQUETS, N; ALBA, A; ALLEPUZ, A; ARANDA, A; NÚÑEZ JI. 2008.
Usutu Virus Sequences in Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae), Spain. Emerging Infectious Diseases. Vol 14(5) : 861-863.

SÁNCHEZ-SECO, MP, VÁZQUEZ, A, COLLAO, X, HERNÁNDEZ, L, ARANDA, C, RUIZ, S,
ESCOSA, R, GUTIÉRREZ, R, BUSTILLO, MA, MOLERO, F, AND TENORIO, A. 2009.
Surveillance of arbovirus in Spanish Wetlands: detection of new flavi- and phleboviruses. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. Accepted 13/03/2009. Ahead of print. doi:10.1089/vbz.2008.0188.