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:

Last scientific publications:

Ito S., Jurado C., Bosch J., Ito M., Sanchez-Vizcaino JM., Isoda N. and Sakoda AY.. Role of Wild Boar in the Spread of Classical Swine Fever in Japan. Pathogens, 8(4). 2019. (A)
Jurado C., Mur L., Perez-Aguirreburualde MS., Cadenas-Fernández E., Martinez-Lopez B., Sanchez-Vizcaino JM. and Perez A.. Risk of African swine fever virus introduction into the United States through smuggling of pork in air passenger luggage. Scientific reports, 9(1):14423. 2019. (A)
Caballero-Gomez J., Jiménez-Ruiz S., Lopez-Lopez P., Vicente J., Risalde MA., Cano-Terriza D., Frias M., Barasona JA., Rivero A., Garcia-Bocanegra I. and Rivero-Juarez A.. Emergent subtype of hepatitis E virus genotype 3 in wild boar in Spain. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 66(5):1803-1808. 2019. (A)
Masso-Sagues E., Fernandez-Carrion E. and Sanchez-Vizcaino JM.. Risk of Introduction of Infectious Animal Diseases for Europe Based on the Health Situation of North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Frontiers in veterinary science, 293(6):1-13. 2019. (A)
Barroso-Arevalo S., Vicente-Rubiano M., Molero F., Puerta F. and Sanchez-Vizcaino JM.. Nucleotide sequence variations may be associated with virulence of deformed wing virus. Apidologie, 1-15. 2019. (A)

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Next 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)

Last PhD thesis:

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)
Almudena Sánchez Matamoros. Epidemiological evolution and control of African Horse Sickness. 2015. (Mención Europea)

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Outreach

Last outreach publications:

Barasona JA., Gallardo C., Cadenas-Fernández E., Jurado C., Rivera B., Rodriguez-Bertos A., Arias M. and Sanchez-Vizcaino JM.. Vacunación oral en jabalí. Una nueva esperanza frente a la peste porcina africana. Porcinews, 19:36-45, Grupo comunicación Agrinews, S.L. 2019.
Sanchez-Vizcaino JM. and Jurado C.. Gestión de crisis sanitarias en el ganado porcino. 1ª parte: Las enfermedades más temibles del porcino. Suis, 150:30-37, Grupo Asis. 2018.
Martin-Otero LE.. Grupos terroristas tratan de inocular enfermedades infecciosas a la población civil. Naves en LLamas, Naves en Llamas Ediciones. 2018.
Martinez-Aviles M., Iglesias I., Bosch J., Jurado C., Vicente J., Sanchez-Vizcaino JM. and de la Torre A.. Proteger al sector porcino extensivo en España. Euroganadería, Agrifood Sector Communication. 2018.
Carpio AJ., Guerrero-Casado J., Barasona JA. and Tortosa FS.. Ecological Impacts of Wild Ungulate Overabundance on Mediterranean Basin Ecosystems. Ungulates. Evolution, Diversity and Ecology. Ed. 1. 4:111-157, Nova Science Pub Inc. 2017.