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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:
- Aldea-Ramos I., Gibello A., Hernandez M., Leekitcharoenphon P., Bortolaia V. and Moreno MA.. Clonal and plasmid-mediated flow of ESBL/AmpC genes in Escherichia coli in a commercial laying hen farm. Veterinary Microbiology, 270:109453. 2022. (A)
- Miguela-Villoldo P., Moreno MA., Rodriguez-Lazaro D., Gallardo A., Hernandez M., Serrano T., Saez-Llorente JL., De Frutos C., Aguero M., Quesada A., Dominguez L. and Ugarte-Ruiz M.. Longitudinal study of the mcr-1 gene prevalence in Spanish food-producing pigs from 1998 to 2021 and its relationship with the use of polymyxins. Porcine Health Management, 8(1):12. 2022. (A)
- Samper-Cativiela C., Bernabé Diéguez B., Trigo de Roza F., Ugarte-Ruiz M., Elnekave E., Lim S., Hernandez M., Abad D., Collado S., Saez-Llorente JL., De Frutos C., Aguero M., Moreno MA., Escudero JA. and Alvarez J.. Genomic characterization of multidrug-resistant Salmonella serovar Kentucky ST198 isolated in poultry flocks in Spain (2011-2017). Microbial Genomics, 8(3). 2022. (A)
- Delgado-Blas JF., Valenzuela-Agüi C., Marin-Rodriguez E., Serna-Bernaldo C., Montero N., Setsoafia-Saba CK. and Gonzalez-Zorn B.. Dissemination Routes of Carbapenem and Pan-Aminoglycoside Resistance Mechanisms in Hospital and Urban Wastewater Canalizations of Ghana. mSystems, e0101921. 2022. (A)
- Ares M., Rocha EPC. and Gonzalez-Zorn B.. Evolution of ColE1-like plasmids across γ-Proteobacteria: From bacteriocin production to antimicrobial resistance. PLoS Genetics, 17(11):e1009919. 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. (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)
- 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:
- Teng KT., Aerts M., Jaspers S., Ugarte-Ruiz M., Moreno MA., Saez JL., Collado S., de Frutos C., Dominguez L. y Alvarez J.. Patterns of antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella isolates from fattening pigs in Spain (2001-2017). 16th International Symposium of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE 16). 2022. (Oral communication)
- Lopez-Chavarrias V., Bernabé Diéguez B., Torre-Fuentes L., Ugarte-Ruiz M., Saez JL., Moreno MA., Dominguez L. y Alvarez J.. Mapping antimicrobial resistance markers for aminoglycosides and macrolides in Campylobacter in Spanish livestock. 16th International Symposium of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE 16). 2022. (Oral communication)
- Gonzalez-Zorn B.. Ram desde la perspectiva One Health. Respuesta One Health y resistencia a los antibióticos: nuevos abordajes, nuevo PRAN en España. Cursos de verano de la Universidad Complutense. 2022. (Oral communication)
- Gonzalez-Zorn B. y Canton R.. Retos y Soluciones. Respuesta One Health y resistencia a los antibióticos: nuevos abordajes, nuevo PRAN en España. Cursos de verano de la Universidad Complutense. 2022. (Oral communication)
- Gonzalez-Zorn B.. One Health y la pandemia silenciosa. V Máster en Dirección y gestión de empresas de la industria de la Sanidad Animal. 2022. (Oral communication)
