José Ángel Barasona: If the ASF has escaped from a laboratory, it is more likely to have been intentional than accidental
Interview in ara sociedad of Diari ARA
December 13rd, 2025
José Ángel Barasona is a Ramón y Cajal researcher at the Veterinary Health Surveillance Center (VISAVET) of the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). He has been researching African swine fever (ASF) in wild boar for 10 years and is now working with wild boar infected with ASF
![]() | Servicio de Inmunología Viral y Medicina Preventiva (SUAT). Centro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria (VISAVET). Universidad Complutense (UCM). |
![]() | Departamento de Sanidad Animal. Facultad de Veterinaria. Universidad Complutense (UCM). |


