VISAVET | Viral Immunology and Preventive Medicine Unit

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Viral Immunology and Preventive Medicine Unit
VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre
Universidad Complutense
Av. Puerta de Hierro s/n. 28040 Madrid. Spain

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Head office phone: (+34) 913 944 082

Laboratory phone: (+34) 913 943 702

Fax: (+34) 913 943 795

SUAT Research Service has been developed several lines of research related to the diagnosis of animal viruses (African swine fever, classical swine fever, African horse sickness, bluetongue…) And risk analysis of possible entry and spread of infectious diseases in our country (in addition to those mentioned above, also foot & mouth disease, West Nile, avian flu) The group also develops the tasks of the reference laboratory for the OIE to African swine fever and African horse sickness, and has extensive experience in the management of these and other diseases such as classical swine fever. He also actively collaborates with OIE, FAO, OIRSA, DG SANCO and EFSA.

The scientific interest of the service focuses on the study of infectious diseases in animals and in particular the development of new diagnostic techniques, new generation vaccines and new strategies for their control through risk analysis and modeling, as well as establishment of networks for health monitoring.

Research

Research lines:

Next scientific publications:

Triguero R., Laguna E., Jiménez-Ruiz S., Fernandez-Lopez J., Garcia-Bocanegra I., Barasona JA., Risalde MA., Montoro V., Vicente J. and Acevedo P.. The wildlife-livestock interface on extensive free-ranging pig farms in central Spain during the "montanera" period. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. In Press (A)

Last scientific publications:

Aguilar-Vega C., Bosch J., Fernandez-Carrion E., Lucientes J. and Sanchez-Vizcaino JM.. Identifying Spanish Areas at More Risk of Monthly BTV Transmission with a Basic Reproduction Number Approach. Viruses-Basel, 12(10):E1158. 2020. (A)
Santos N., Nakamura M., Rio-Maior H., Alvares F., Barasona JA., Rosalino LM., Santos MJ., Santos-Reis M., Ferreras P., Díaz-Ruiz F. and Monterroso P.. Protein metabolism and physical fitness are physiological determinants of body condition in Southern European carnivores. Scientific reports, 0(1):15755. 2020. (A)
Rodriguez-Bertos A., Cadenas-Fernández E., Rebollada A., Porras-Gonzalez N., Mayoral-Alegre F., Barreno San Antolín L., Kosowska A., Tome-Sanchez I., Barasona JA. and Sanchez-Vizcaino JM.. Clinical Course and Gross Pathological Findings in Wild Boar Infected with a Highly Virulent Strain of African Swine Fever Virus Genotype II. Pathogens, 9(9):E688. 2020. (A)
Vargas-Castro I., Crespo JL., Rivera B., Sanchez R., Marco-Cabedo V., Jimenez MA., Fayos M., Serdio A., Garcia-Parraga D. and Sanchez-Vizcaino JM.. Alpha- and gammaherpesviruses in stranded striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) from Spain: first molecular detection of gammaherpesvirus infection in central nervous system of odontocetes. BMC Veterinary Research, 16(1):288. 2020. (A)
Barroso P., Barasona JA., Acevedo O., Palencia P., Carro F., Negro JJ., Torres MJ., Gortazar C., Soriguer RC. and Vicente J.. Long-Term Determinants of Tuberculosis in the Ungulate Host Community of Doñana National Park. Pathogens, 9(6):445. 2020. (A)

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Last PhD thesis:

Sandra Barroso Arévalo. Epidemiological and molecular analysis of the main pathogens of Apis mellifera and their importance in triggering colony losses. 2019. (Mención Internacional)
Cristina Jurado Díaz. New strategies for the control and eradication of African swine fever. 2019. (Mención Internacional)
Mar Melero Asensio. New advances in the diagnosis of diseases in marine mammals. 2017.
Marina Vicente Rubiano. Virological and Epidemiological analysis of Colony Collapse Disorder in Spain. Study of causes and consequences. 2016. (Mención Europea)
Consuelo Rubio Guerri. Detección, prevalencia y epidemiología molecular de virus en cetáceos del Mediterráneo. 2015. (Europea)

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Outreach

Last outreach publications:

Martin-Otero LE.. Covid 19: amenaza biológica silenciosa. Global Strategy, Universidad de Granada. 2020.
Barasona JA. and Gortazar C.. La tuberculosis y la fauna silvestre. modelo de infección compartida. Ruminews, Asís. 2020.
Gonzalez S. and Goyache J.. Applied swine immunology: from vaccines to diagnosis. Suis, 163:12-18, Grupo Asis. 2019.
Sanchez-Vizcaino JM., Jurado C. and Cadenas-Fernández E.. Vet Topics. How to Handle an African Swine Fever Crisis. Servet. 2019.
Sanchez-Vizcaino JM., Cadenas-Fernández E. and Jurado C.. Enfermedades de impacto económico. Peste porcina africana. One Health. Cambio climático, contaminación ambiental y el impacto sobre la salud humana y animal. Ed. 1. Amazing Books. 2019.