VISAVET | Foodborne Zoonoses and Antimicrobial Resistance Unit

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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

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Last scientific publications:

Gallardo A., Iglesias M., Ugarte-Ruiz M., Hernandez M., Miguela-Villoldo P., Gutierrez G., Rodriguez-Lazaro D., Dominguez L. and Quesada A.. The plasmid-mediated Kluyvera-like arnBCADTEF operon confers colistin (hetero) resistance to Escherichia coli. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 65(5):e00091-21. 2021. (A)
Delgado-Blas JF., Ovejero CM., David S., Montero N., Calero-Caceres W., Garcillan-Barcia MP., de la Cruz F., Muniesa M., Aanensen DM. and Gonzalez-Zorn B.. Population genomics and antimicrobial resistance dynamics of Escherichia coli in wastewater and river environments. Communications Biology, 4(1):457. 2021. (A)
Gonzalez-Zorn B.. Antibiotic use in the COVID-19 crisis in Spain. Clinical Microbiology and Infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 27(4):646-647. 2021. (A)
Espinosa-Gongora C., Rem Jessen L., James-Dyar O., Bousquet-Melou A., Gonzalez-Zorn B., Pulcini C., Re G., Schwarz S., Timofte D., Toutain PL., Guardabassi L. and PREPARE-VET Working Group.. Towards a Better and Harmonized Education in Antimicrobial Stewardship in European Veterinary Curricula. Antibiotics, 10(4):364. 2021. (A)
Escudero JA., Nivina A., Kemble HE., Loot C., Tenaillon O. and Mazel D.. Primary and promiscuous functions coexist during evolutionary innovation through whole protein domain acquisitions. eLife, 9:e58061. 2020. (A)

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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.

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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.