Quantitative Epidemiology Unit

Research lines:

• Characterization of the emergence of foodborne pathogens subjected to surveillance and monitoring programs through quantitative epidemiology (EPIQ)
• Evaluation of the performance of diagnostic tests for diseases of importance in animal health and assessment of their application in the frame of control and surveillance programs (EPIQ)

Last scientific publications:

• Ruiz-Gil AK., Alvarez-Fuentes G., Fonseca-Rodriguez O., Gómez-Buendía A., Pozo P., Hernandez-Arteaga LES., Ballesteros-Rodea G., Perez-Portilla L. and Alvarez J.. Bovine tuberculosis in San Luis Potosi, Mexico: spatial analysis and risk factors. Veterinaria Italiana, 60:4. 2024. (P)
• Samper-Cativiela C., Prieto M., Collado S., De Frutos C., Branscum AJ., Saez-Llorente JL. and Alvarez J.. Risk Factors for Salmonella Detection in Commercial Layer Flocks in Spain. Animals, 13(20):3181. 2023. (A)
• de la Cruz ML., Pozo P., Grau A., Nacar J., Bezos J., Perez AM., Dominguez L., Saez-Llorente JL., Minguez O., de Juan L. and Alvarez J.. Assessment of the sensitivity of the bovine tuberculosis eradication program in a high prevalence region of Spain using scenario tree modeling. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 173:104800. 2019. (A)

Last PhD thesis:

• Vicente López Chavarrías. Epidemiology of resistance to aminoglycosides and macrolides in thermotolerant Campylobacter in livestock in Spain. 2025. (Doctorado Internacional)
• Clara Samper Cativiela. Epidemiology of non-typhoidal Salmonella in livestock production and characterization of emerging serovars of public health interes. 2025. (Doctorado Internacional)

Last communications:

• Alvarez J.. Estudios epidemiológicos en la explotación/zona. Las encuestas epidemiológicas. Curso de formación en los aspectos teóricos, prácticos y de base legal en el diagnóstico de la tuberculosis bovina. 2025. (Oral communication)
• Alvarez J.. Sí, la gripe aviar existe. LaSexta Noticias. 2025. (TV interview)
• Samper-Cativiela C.. Characterization of the emergence of multidrug-resistant Salmonella Kentucky ST198 in poultry flocks in Spain. KSVM Zoom Seminar. 2022. (Online communication)
• Lopez-Chavarrias V.. Sesión de comunicaciones orales II. VI VETINDOC - PhDay. 2020. (Oral communication)