Research lines:

• Integrated monitoring and control of Toxoplasma gondii and Hepatitis E virus in food supply chains (NED)
• Diagnosis of leishmaniasis in the animal reservoir (NED)
• Diagnosis of Q fever in livestock and wildlife using direct and indirect tests. (NED)
• Diagnosis of swine brucellosis (NED)
• New strategies for diagnosis and control of bovine, ovine and caprine brucellosis (NED)
• Epidemiological surveillance of zoonotic tick-borne pathogens (NED)
• Design of methods for detection of biological threat agents (NED)

Last scientific publications:

• Rebollada A., Perez-Sancho M., Rodriguez-Bertos A., Garcia N., Martinez I., Navarro A., Dominguez L. and Garcia-Seco T.. Environment and Offspring Surveillance in Porcine Brucellosis. Frontiers in veterinary science, 9:915692. 2022. (A)
• Navarro A., Barcena C., Pozo P., Diez-Guerrier A., Martinez I., Polo C., Duque C., Rodriguez-Lazaro D., Goyache J. and Garcia N.. Liver Transudate, a Potential Alternative to Detect Anti-Hepatitis E Virus Antibodies in Pigs and Wild Boars (Sus scrofa). Microorganisms, 8(3):450. 2020. (A)
• Garcia N., Hernandez M., Gutierrez-Boada M., Valero A., Navarro A., Munoz-Chimeno M., Fernandez-Manzano A., Escobar FM., Martinez I., Barcena C., Gonzalez S., Avellon A., Eiros JM., Fongaro G., Dominguez L., Goyache J. and Rodriguez-Lazaro D.. Occurrence of Hepatitis E Virus in Pigs and Pork Cuts and Organs at the Time of Slaughter, Spain, 2017. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10:2990. 2020. (A)
• Ortega-García MV., Moreno I., Dominguez M., de la Cruz ML., Martin AB., Rodriguez-Bertos A., Lopez R., Navarro A., Gonzalez S., Mazariegos M., Goyache J., Dominguez L. and Garcia N.. Application of a specific quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) to identify Leishmania infantum DNA in spleen, skin and hair samples of wild Leporidae. Veterinary Parasitology, 243:92-99. 2017. (A)
• Garcia-Seco T., Perez-Sancho M., Salinas J., Navarro A., Diez-Guerrier A., Garcia N., Pozo P., Goyache J., Dominguez L. and Alvarez J.. Effect of preventive Chlamydia abortus vaccination in offspring development in sheep challenged experimentally. Frontiers in veterinary science, 67(3):1-11. 2016. (A)

Last outreach publications:

• Garcia N., Navarro A. and Goyache J.. HEPATITITS E: un riesgo emergente a estudio. Revista Alimentaria, 499, Ediciones y Publicaciones Alimentarias. 2019.
• Garcia N., Gonzalez S., Navarro A., Duque C., Polo C., Fernandez-Manzano A., Martinez I. and Goyache J.. El virus de la Hepatitis E: un patógeno zoonósico emergente en Europa. Badajoz Veterinaria, 13:6-15, Colegio Oficial de Veterinarios de Badajoz. 2018.
• Garcia N., Navarro A. and Goyache J.. Hepatitis E: un riesgo emergente a estudio. Revista Alimentaria, 499(2018):32-34, Ediciones y Publicaciones Alimentarias. 2018.
• Garcia-Seco T., Perez-Sancho M., Salinas J., Navarro A., Diez-Guerrier A., Garcia N., Pozo P., Goyache J., Dominguez L. and Alvarez J.. Efecto de la vacunación frente a Chlamydia abortus en el desarrollo de corderos nacidos a partir de ovejas infectadas experimentalmente. Tierras Ovino, 16(2016):23-27, Gestora de Comunicaciones de Castilla y Leon. 2016.
• Goyache J., Garcia N., Gonzalez S., Garcia-Seco T., Perez-Sancho M., Navarro A., Martinez I. and Dominguez L.. Fiebre hemorrágica de Crimea-Congo. Profesión Veterinaria, 87:6-18, Ilustre Colegio Oficial de Veterinarios de Madrid. 2016.

Last communications:

• Navarro A., de la Cruz ML., Barcena C., Hernandez M., Martinez I., Gonzalez S., Goyache J., Rodriguez-Lazaro D. and Garcia N.. Use of liver transudation as an alternative matrix for the diagnosis of Hepatitis E using a commercial ELISA kit. HEV2018 Hepatitis E: Paradigm of a food-borne zoonotic emerging disease in Europe. 2018. (Poster communication)
• Garcia N., Hernandez M., Navarro A., Fernandez-Manzano A., Goyache J. and Rodriguez-Lazaro D.. Hepatitis E in the whole Spanish pork food chain: From farm to supermarket. 8th One Health Sweden Scientific Meeting. 2018. (Poster communication)
• Navarro A.. Hepatitis E en España: zoonosis emergente y situación en el ganado porcino. Seminarios de Investigación Doctorado en Veterinaria. 2018. (Oral communication)
• Hernandez M., Rodriguez-Lazaro D., Navarro A., Dominguez L., Goyache J. and Garcia N.. Cross sectional study of hepatitis e virus in spanish pig slaughterhouses. 7th Congress of European Microbiologist. 26th Congress of the Spanish Society for Microbiology. 2017. (Poster communication)
• Navarro A., de la Cruz ML., Barcena C., Hernandez M., Fernandez-Manzano A., Goyache J., Rodriguez-Lazaro D. and Garcia N.. Estudio preliminar para la validación del trasudado de hígado como matriz alternativa para el diagnóstico de la Hepatitis E mediante un kit ELISA comercial. XXII Simposio AVEDILA 2017. 2017. (Poster communication)