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Foodborne Zoonoses and Antimicrobial Resistance Unit
VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre
Universidad Complutense
Av. Puerta de Hierro s/n. 28040 Madrid. Spain
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Head office phone: (+34) 913 944 097
Fax: (+34) 913 943 795
Foodborne Zoonoses and Antimicrobial Resistance Unit became operational in 1996 based on the Veterinary Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (VAV). Nowadays, it includes the study of different food-borne zoonoses (Salmonella, Campylobacter, E. coli, Yersinia, Staphylococcus aureus ...). It is also responsible for analyzing antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic organisms, commensal bacteria of the intestinal tract or clinical isolates. The group has several lines of research on the characterization of important foodborne pathogens for Public Health and the mechanisms involved in the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance by using molecular tecniques as well as sequencing. It is outstanding the leadership of this group in international research projects and its collaboration with Public Administrations and companies. ZTA gives support to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and Environment (MAPAMA) and the Community of Madrid developing surveillance programs for zoonotic agents.
Research
Research lines:
- Modification of intestinal microbiota, Healthy Gut (ZTA)
- Genetic characterization of Campylobacter (ZTA)
- Molecular characterization of human reservoirs potentially pathogenic Escherichia coli, animal and environmental (ZTA)
- Genetic characterization of antimicrobial resistance (ZTA)
- Genetic characterization of microorganisms populations (ZTA)
- Foodborne zoonoses in animals and meat, eggs and other products from animal origin intended for human consumption, mainly Salmonella spp. Campylobacter spp., Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli and Yersinia enterocolitica (ZTA)
- Antimicrobial resistances in pathogens, food-borne zoonotic agents and indicators (ZTA)
Last scientific publications:
- Palencia-Gandara C., Getino M., Moyano G., Redondo S., Fernandez-Lopez R., Gonzalez-Zorn B. and de la Cruz F.. Conjugation Inhibitors Effectively Prevent Plasmid Transmission in Natural Environments. MBio, 12(4):e0127721. 2021. (A)
- Joosten P., Sarrazin S., Chauvin C., Moyano G., Wadepohl K., Van Gompel L., Wagenaar J., Dewulf J. and EFFORT Group.. Assigning Defined Daily/Course Doses for Antimicrobials in Turkeys to Enable a Cross-Country Quantification and Comparison of Antimicrobial Use. Antibiotics, 10(8):971. 2021. (A)
- Leekitcharoenphon P., Hans Kristofer Johansson M., Munk P., Malorny B., Skarzynska M., Wadepohl K., Moyano G., Hesp A., Veldman KT., Bossers A., EFFORT Consortium., Zajac M., Wasyl D., Sanders P., Gonzalez-Zorn B., Brouwer A., Wagenaar J., Heederik D., Mevius D. and Aarestrup FM.. Genomic evolution of antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli. Scientific reports, 11(1):15108. 2021. (A)
- Collineau L., Carson CA. and Moreno MA.. Antimicrobial Usage in Companion and Food Animals: Methods, Surveys and Relationships With Antimicrobial Resistance in Animals and Humans, Volume II. Frontiers in veterinary science, 8:728267. 2021. (E)
- Horie M., Yang D., Joosten P., Munk P., Wadepohl K., Chauvin C., Moyano G., Skarzynska M., Dewulf J., Aarestrup F., Blaha T., Sanders P., Gonzalez-Zorn B., Wasyl D., Wagenaar J., Heederik D., Mevius D., Schmitt H., Smit LAM., Van Gompel L. and EFFORT Group.. Risk Factors for Antimicrobial Resistance in Turkey Farms: A Cross-Sectional Study in Three European Countries. Antibiotics, 10(7):820. 2021. (A)
Last PhD thesis:
- José Francisco Delgado Blas. Emergencia y diseminación de mecanismos de resistencia a antibióticos de último recurso en bacterias humanas, animales y ambientales. 2021.
- Gabriel Moyano Ortega. Modelos animales para el estudio de la ecología de las resistencia a antibióticos: Klebsiella pneumoniae resistente a carbapenemas en ambientes nosocomiales. 2019.
- Diego Flórez Cuadrado. Genomic characterization and antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter. 2017. (Mención Europea)
- Cristina Martínez Ovejero. Mecanismos emergentes de resistencia a antibióticos en enterobacterias de origen humano, animal y ambiental. 2017. (Internacional)
- Andreas Hoefer. Regulation of the 16S rRNA resistance methyltransferases: A functional and mutational analysis of the armA 5´ UTR. 2017.
Outreach
Last outreach publications:
- Ugarte-Ruiz M., Alvarez J., Escudero JA., Gonzalez-Zorn B., Miguela-Villoldo P., Moreno MA., Rebollada A., Rodriguez-Bertos A. and Dominguez L.. Resistencias antimicrobianas y One Health. REDRISA, Vetdivulga. 2020.
- Juez-García M., Alvarez J., Sotodosos-Carpintero M. and Ugarte-Ruiz M.. Asociación entre resistencia a antibióticos y serotipos en Salmonella de transmisión alimentaria. Revista Madrileña de Salud Pública, 4(5):1-8, Dirección General de Salud Pública de la Consejería de Sanidad de la Comunidad de Madrid. 2020.
- Gonzalez-Zorn B.. Listeriosis: así es la alarma sanitaria del verano 2019. ucm.es/otri, Universidad Complutense. 2019.
- Florez-Cuadrado D., Moreno MA., Ugarte-Ruiz M. and Dominguez L.. Antimicrobial Resistance in the Food Chain in the European Union. Biological Emerging Risks in Foods. Ed. 1. 86(5):115-136, Academic Press. 2018.
- Rodriguez Beltran J., Hernandez Beltran JCR., de la Fuente J., Escudero JA., Fuentres Hernandez A., Craig MacLean R., Pena Miller R. and San Millan A.. Multicopy plasmids allow bacteria to escape from fitness trade-offs during evolutionary innovation. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2(5):873-881, Macmillan Publishers Limited. 2018.
Last communications:
- Gonzalez-Zorn B.. One Health. Resistencia a antimicrobianos: La otra pandemia. Cursos de verano de la Universidad Complutense. 2021. (Oral communication)
- Canton R., Gonzalez-Zorn B. y Rodriguez-Bano J.. El papel de la Microbiología en la lucha contra la Pandemia Silenciosa. Resistencia a antimicrobianos: La otra pandemia. Cursos de verano de la Universidad Complutense. 2021. (Oral communication)
- Gonzalez-Zorn B., Lamas MJ., Ramon-Pardo P. y Marin L.. Ciencia, Sanidad y Política. Resistencia a antimicrobianos: La otra pandemia. Cursos de verano de la Universidad Complutense. 2021. (Oral communication)
- Bernabé Diéguez B., Samper-Cativiela C., Ugarte-Ruiz M., de Frutos C., Duran M., Aguero M., Moreno MA. y Alvarez J.. Assesing variability of incx1 plasmids from S. Enteritidis isolates in Spain. One Health EJP Annual Scientific Meeting. 2021. (Oral communication)
- Miguela-Villoldo P., Moreno MA., Aguero M., Saez JL., Dominguez L. y Ugarte-Ruiz M.. Evaluation of the effect of colistin reduction in pigs on Mcr-1 detection. One Health EJP Annual Scientific Meeting. 2021. (Oral communication)
