Contact
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:
- Genetic characterization of antimicrobial resistance (ZTA)
- Genetic characterization of microorganisms populations (ZTA)
- Foodborne zoonoses in animals and animal derived products intended for human consumption (eggs, meat..), as well as water samples, 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:
- Jacqueline C., Samper-Cativiela C., Monzon S., Ugarte-Ruiz M., Cuesta I., Alvarez J. and Herrera-Leon S.. Phenotypic and genetic characterization of antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella enterica serovar Choleraesuis isolates from humans and animals in Spain from 2006 to 2021. The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 1-11. 2024. (A)
- Blanco P., Hipolito A., Garcia-Pastor L., Trigo de Roza F., Toribio-Celestino L., Ortega AC., Vergara E., San Millan A. and Escudero JA.. Identification of promoter activity in gene-less cassettes from Vibrionaceae superintegrons. Nucleic Acids Research, 1-16. 2024. (A)
- Hipolito A., Garcia-Pastor L., Vergara-Gonzalez E., Jove T. and Escudero JA.. Profile and resistance levels of 136 integron resistance genes. npj Antimircobials and Resistance, 1:13. 2023. (A)
- Fernandez-Garcia M., Ares M., Wedel E., Montero N., Barbas C., Rey-Stolle MF., Gonzalez-Zorn B. and García A.. Multiplatform Metabolomics Characterization Reveals Novel Metabolites and Phospholipid Compositional Rules of Haemophilus influenzae Rd KW20. International Journal of Molecualr Sciences, 24(13):11150. 2023. (A)
- Wedel E., Bernabe-Balas C., Ares M., Montero N., Santos-Lopez A., Mazel D. and Gonzalez-Zorn B.. Insertion Sequences Determine Plasmid Adaptation to New Bacterial Hosts. mBio, 14(3):e0315822. 2023. (A)
Last PhD thesis:
- Pedro Miguela Villoldo. Identification and characterization of colistin resistant bacteria from food-producing animals in Spain. Assessment of its persistance and possible dissemination. 2023. (Doctorado Internacional)
- José Francisco Delgado Blas. Emergencia y diseminación de mecanismos de resistencia a antibióticos de último recurso en bacterias humanas, animales y ambientales. 2021. (Doctorado Europeo)
- 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. (Doctorado Europeo)
- Cristina Martínez Ovejero. Mecanismos emergentes de resistencia a antibióticos en enterobacterias de origen humano, animal y ambiental. 2017. (Doctorado Internacional)
Outreach
Last outreach publications:
- Mazariegos M.. Funciones y actuaciones del Veterinario Designado. Ciencia y Tecnología en Investigación Animal. Ed. 1. Universidad de Alcalá. 2022.
- 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.
Last communications:
- Gonzalez-Zorn B.. La resistencia a los anitibióticos. rtve play. 2024. (TV interview)
- Gonzalez-Zorn B.. La pandemia silenciosa. La resistencia a los antibióticos. Semana del uso prudente de los antibióticos 2023. 2023. (Oral communication)
- Ugarte-Ruiz M.. Zoonosis de transmisión alimentaria y resistencias a antimicrobianos. Centro VISAVET-UCM: cómo se trabaja en un laboratorio de alta seguridad biológica. XXIII Semana de la Ciencia Madri+d. 2023. (Oral communication)
- Sarker J., Saba-Shirvan A., Pineau L., David C., Corvec S., Batard E., Ugarte-Ruiz M., Calvez S. y Navarro-Gonzalez N.. Antimicrobial resistance in aquatic and fecal bacteria from a Recirculating Aquaculture System and comparison with human clinical isolates. International Conference on Diseases of Fish and Shellfish. 2023. (Poster communication)
- Gonzalez-Zorn B.. RAM desde la perspectiva One Health. Respuesta One Health y Resistencia a la antibióticos: nuevos avances y nuevos retos en la lucha contra la resistencia. Cursos de verano de la Universidad Complutense. 2023. (Oral communication)
