Research lines:

• Tuberculosis control (MYC)
• Molecular characterizacion studies of the Mycobacterium avium complex (MYC)
• Tuberculosis diagnosis (MYC)
• Molecular epidemiology of tubeculosis (MYC)
• Diagnosis of other mycobacteriosis (MYC)

Last scientific publications:

• Gómez-Buendía A., Romero B., Bezos J., Lozano F., de Juan L. and Alvarez J.. Spoligotype-specific risk of finding lesions in tissues from cattle infected by Mycobacterium bovis. BMC Veterinary Research, 17(1):148. 2021. (A)
• Rodriguez-Campos S., Bezos J., Romero B., de Juan L., Alvarez J., Castellanos E., Moya N., Lozano F., Tariq-Javed M., Liebana E., Mateos A., Dominguez L., Aranaz A. and Spanish Network on Surveillance and Monitoring of Animal Tuberculosis.. Mycobacterium caprae Infection in Livestock and Wildlife, Spain. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 17(3):532-535. 2011. (A)
• Rodriguez-Campos S., Romero B., Bezos J., de Juan L., Alvarez J., Castellanos E., Moya N., Lozano F., Gonzalez S., Saez-Llorente JL., Mateos A., Dominguez L. and Aranaz A.. High spoligotype diversity within a Mycobacterium bovis population: Clues to understanding the demography of the pathogen in Europe. Veterinary Microbiology, 141(1-2):89-95. 2010. (A)
• Aranaz A., de Juan L., Bezos J., Alvarez J., Romero B., Lozano F., Paramio JL., Lopez-Sanchez J., Mateos A. and Dominguez L.. Assessment of diagnostic tools for eradication of bovine tuberculosis in cattle co-infected with Mycobacterium bovis and M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis. Veterinary Research, 37(4):593-606. 2006. (A)

Last outreach publications:

• Gonzalez S., Lozano F., Alvarez J., Romero B., Bezos J. and de Juan L.. Tuberculosis in the new Animal Health Law. VISAVET Outreach Journal, VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre (U.C.M.). 2021.
• Camino E., Carvajal KA., Lozano F., Vinolo C., Dominguez L. and Cruz F.. Equine piroplasmosis seroprevalence in spanish horses prior to exportation. VISAVET Outreach Journal, VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre (U.C.M.). 2020.
• Romero B., Bezos J., Alvarez J., Aranaz A., de Juan L., Lozano F., Mateos A., Dominguez L. and Travnicek M.. Bovinná tuberkulóza v EÚ - prítomnost a budúcnos.. Slovenský veterinársky casopis, XXXI:3,165-168, Institute of Experimental Veterinary Medicine. 2006.

Last communications:

• Lorente-Leal V., Moya N., Lozano F., Munoz M., Bezos J., Romero B. and de Juan L.. Moving targets: the importance of genetic marker selection in the validation and strategic use of PCR diagnostic methods. 6th Congress of the Europena Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (EAVLD). 2021. (Poster communication)
• Gómez-Buendía A., Romero B., Bezos J., Lozano F., Vinolo C., de Juan L. and Alvarez J.. Evaluación del uso de la prueba de interferón-gamma (IFN-γ) con el fin de conceder y mantener el estatus de rebaño oficialmente libre de tuberculosis. VII VETINDOC - V PhDay Complutense. 2021. (Oral communication)
• Romero B., Lozano F., Alende T., Gonzalez S., Ancochea C., Hernandez-Carrillo J. and de Juan L.. DVR-spoligotyping: Direct Variable Repeat spacer oligonucleotide typing. Bovine Tuberculosis Learning Material Database. 2020. (TV communication)
• Romero B., Lozano F., Sanchez-Martin L., Gonzalez S., Hernandez-Carrillo J. and de Juan L.. Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Infection using the In Vitro Gamma-Interferon detection Assay. Bovine Tuberculosis Learning Material Database. 2020. (TV communication)
• Vinolo C., Romero B. and Lozano F.. Interferon gamma detection. EURL Training Mobility. 2019. (Oral communication)