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:

Barasona JA., Carpio A., Boadella M., Gortazar C., Pineiro X., Zumalacarregui C., Vicente J. and Vinuela J.. Expansion of native wild boar populations is a new threat for semi-arid wetland areas. Ecological Indicators, 125:107563. 2021. (A)
Laguna E., Carpio AJ., Vicente J., Barasona JA., Triguero-Ocana R., Jiménez-Ruiz S., Gomez-Manzaneque A. and Acevedo P.. The spatial ecology of red deer under different land use and management scenarios: Protected areas, mixed farms and fenced hunting estates. Science of the total environment. In Press (A)

Last scientific publications:

Cadenas-Fernández E., Sanchez-Vizcaino JM., van den Born E., Kosowska A., van Kilsdonk E., Fernandez-Pacheco P., Gallardo C., Arias M. and Barasona JA.. High Doses of Inactivated African Swine Fever Virus Are Safe, but Do Not Confer Protection against a Virulent Challenge. Vaccines, 9:242. 2021. (A)
Carpio-Camargo AJ., Barasona JA., Acevedo O., Fierro Y., Gortazar C., Vigal C., Moreno A. and Vicente J.. Assessing red deer hunting management in the Iberian Peninsula: the importance of longitudinal studies. PeerJ, 00. 2021. (A)
Sanchez-Vizcaino JM., Laddomada A. and Martinez-Aviles M.. African Swine Fever. Frontiers in veterinary science, 7:632292. 2021. (E)
Kosowska A., Cadenas-Fernández E., Barroso-Arevalo S., Sanchez-Vizcaino JM. and Barasona JA.. Distinct African Swine Fever Virus Shedding in Wild Boar Infected with Virulent and Attenuated Isolates. Vaccines, 8:767. 2020. (A)
Alkhamis M., Aguilar-Vega C., Fountain-Jones NM., Lin K., Perez AM. and Sanchez-Vizcaino JM.. Global emergence and evolutionary dynamics of bluetongue virus. Scientific reports, 10(1):21677. 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:

Barasona JA., Carpio A., Vargas-Castro I., Benitez-Medina JL. and Gonzalez D.. Avances en investigación. Los hospedadores. Los cérvidos. Tuberculosis animal: una aproximación desde la perspectiva de la Ciencia y la Administración. Ed. 1. 4.3.5:208-219, Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación. 2020.
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.