Javier Bezos Garrido
Unit Chief
Clinical Trials Unit
Qualifications:
PhD in Veterinary Sciences
Diploma en Estudios Avanzados
Degree in Veterinary Medicine (DVM)
Contact
Clinical Trials Unit
VISAVET, Health Surveillance Centre
Universidad Complutense
Av. Puerta de Hierro s/n. 28040 Madrid. Spain
e-mail:
Telephone: (+34) 91 394 4096
Fax: (+34) 91 394 3795
Biography
Degree in Veterinary Medicine in the Complutense University of Madrid (1996-2001) and Doctor in Veterinary Medicine in the same University with the thesis entitled "Caprine tuberculosis: study of the immune response and contributions to its diagnosis" (2011).
He currently works as a professor in the Department of Animal Health of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the UCM, to which he was previously linked as a Juan de la Cierva researcher. He is also a collaborator of the Mycobacteria Unit and the European Reference Laboratory (EU-RL) for Bovine Tuberculosis of VISAVET -UCM, where he is head of the Clinical Trials Service. His main line of research is related to the evaluation and improvement of diagnostic tests and vaccines against tuberculosis in domestic ruminants.
Author of more than 80 scientific publications in indexed journals and more than 200 presentations in national and international congresses. He has participated in more than 20 national and international projects and in the evaluation of co-funded tuberculosis eradication programs for the European Commission and as an invited expert for the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA). He has been part of the DEFRA Science Oversight Group for the development of experimental tests for vaccination against tuberculosis in cattle and various work groups related to the control and eradication of bovine tuberculosis. He collaborates as a reviewer and is part of the editorial panel of several international journals and has been included among the 20 largest experts in bovine tuberculosis in the world according to the Expertscape web portal. In recent years he has been mainly involved in conducting field and experimental tests for the evaluation, development and improvement of diagnostic techniques and vaccines against tuberculosis.
He currently works as a professor in the Department of Animal Health of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the UCM, to which he was previously linked as a Juan de la Cierva researcher. He is also a collaborator of the Mycobacteria Unit and the European Reference Laboratory (EU-RL) for Bovine Tuberculosis of VISAVET -UCM, where he is head of the Clinical Trials Service. His main line of research is related to the evaluation and improvement of diagnostic tests and vaccines against tuberculosis in domestic ruminants.
Author of more than 80 scientific publications in indexed journals and more than 200 presentations in national and international congresses. He has participated in more than 20 national and international projects and in the evaluation of co-funded tuberculosis eradication programs for the European Commission and as an invited expert for the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA). He has been part of the DEFRA Science Oversight Group for the development of experimental tests for vaccination against tuberculosis in cattle and various work groups related to the control and eradication of bovine tuberculosis. He collaborates as a reviewer and is part of the editorial panel of several international journals and has been included among the 20 largest experts in bovine tuberculosis in the world according to the Expertscape web portal. In recent years he has been mainly involved in conducting field and experimental tests for the evaluation, development and improvement of diagnostic techniques and vaccines against tuberculosis.
Investigation
Research lines:
Next scientific publications:
- Garcia-Seco T., Montbrau C., Fontseca M., March R., Sitja M., Dominguez L. and Bezos J.. Efficacy of a Salmonella enterica serovar Abortusovis (S. Abortusovis) inactivated vaccine in experimentally infected gestating ewes. Research in Veterinary Science. (A)
Last scientific publications:
- Lorente-Leal V., Liandris E., Pacciarini M., Botelho A., Kenny K., Loyo B., Fernandez R., Bezos J., Dominguez L., de Juan L. and Romero B.. Direct PCR on tissue samples to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex: an alternative to the bacteriological culture. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 01404-20. 2020. (A)
- Infantes-Lorenzo JA., Romero B., Rodriguez-Bertos A., Roy A., Ortega Martín J., de Juan L., Moreno I., Dominguez M., Dominguez L. and Bezos J.. Tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium caprae in a camel (Camelus dromedarius). BMC Veterinary Research, 16:435. 2020. (A)
- Pozo P., Romero B., Bezos J., Grau A., Nacar J., Saez JL., Minguez O. and Alvarez J.. Evaluation of Risk Factors Associated With Herds With an Increased Duration of Bovine Tuberculosis Breakdowns in Castilla y Leon, Spain. Frontiers in veterinary science, 7:545328. 2020. (A)
- Roy A., Infantes-Lorenzo JA., de la Cruz ML., Dominguez L., Alvarez J. and Bezos J.. Accuracy of tuberculosis diagnostic tests in small ruminants: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 182:105102. 2020. (A)
- Arrieta-Villegas CC., Infantes-Lorenzo JA., Bezos J., Grasa M., Vidal E., Mercader I., Singh M., Domingo M., de Juan L. and Perez del Val B.. Evaluation of P22 antigenic complex for the immuno-diagnosis of tuberculosis in BCG vaccinated and unvaccinated goats. Frontiers in veterinary science, 7:374. 2020. (A)
Last PhD thesis supervised:
- Pilar Pozo Piñol. Use of Epidemiological Analytic Tools and Molecular Characterization Techniques to Inform Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Programs. 2020.
- Álvaro Roy Cordero. Evaluation of new vaccines against tuberculosis in goats and advances in their immunological diagnosis. 2020.
- Carmen Casal Comendador. Diagnosis of tuberculosis in ruminants and camelids: optimization of cell-based and humoral tests. 2016.(Laboratorios Ovejero Award, PhD Extraordinary Award, Europea)
Outreach
Last outreach publications:
- Lorente-Leal V., Liandris E., Bezos J., Dominguez L., de Juan L. and Romero B.. Detección de las bacterias productoras de la tuberculosis bovina en tejidos mediante PCR directa. Ruminews, 74-79, Grupo de Comunicación Agrinews S.L.. 2019.
- Garcia-Seco T. and Bezos J.. Aborto ovino causado por Salmonella Abortusovis (aborto paratifoide). Albèitar Portugal, Grupo Asis. 2019.
- Bezos J., Romero B., de Juan L., Gonzalez S. and Saez JL.. Procedural manual for intradermotuberculinization and gamma-interferon tests performing. 2019-2020. Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación (MAPA) y Centro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria (VISAVET). UCM.. 2019.
- Romero B. and Bezos J.. Ofensiva contra la tuberculosis en caprino. Tierras. Caprino, 24:60-65, OVIespaña. 2018.
- Briones V., Bezos J. and Alvarez J.. Medicina Preventiva Veterinaria: concepto y actualización. Profesión Veterinaria, 91(2018/19):20-23, Colegio Oficial de Veterinarios de Madrid. 2018.
Last communications:
- Bezos J.. Nuevos estudios científicos 2017-2020 en materia de diagnóstico y control de tuberculosis. Perspectivas de futuro. Medidas de refuerzo. Curso de actualización de tuberculosis bovina. 2020. (Online communication)
- Bezos J.. Pruebas de diagnóstico de la tuberculosis basadas en la respuesta inmune: intradermotuberculinización, detección de interferón-gamma y serología para la detección de anticuerpos. Curso de formación en los aspectos teóricos, prácticos y de base legal en el diagnóstico de la tuberculosis bovina. 2020. (Online communication)
- Bezos J.. Interferencia diagnóstica en la tuberculosis. Estudios de sensibilidad y especificidad. Curso de formación en los aspectos teóricos, prácticos y de base legal en el diagnóstico de la tuberculosis bovina. 2020. (Oral communication)
- Bezos J.. Introducción y diagnóstico de la tuberculosis bovina. Innovación para el control de la tuberculosis en ganadería y fauna silvestree. 2020. (Online communication)
- Bezos J.. Interferencia diagnóstica en la tuberculosis. Estudios de sensibilidad y especificidad. Curso de formación en los aspectos teóricos, prácticos y de base legal en el diagnóstico de la tuberculosis bovina. 2020. (Online communication)
