• Long-Term Determinants of the Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in a Wild Ungulate Community 

      Barroso, Patricia; García-Bocanegra, Ignacio; Acevedo, Pelayo; Palencia, Pablo; Carro, Francisco; Jiménez-Ruiz, Saúl; Almería, Sonia; Dubey, Jitender P.; Cano Terriza, David; Vicente, Joaquín (MDPI, 2020)
      Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular protozoan which infects warm-blooded vertebrates, including humans, worldwide. In the present study, the epidemiology of T. gondii was studied in the wild ungulate host community ...
    • Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii in extensively raised Iberian pigs in Spain 

      Castillo-Cuenca, Julio César; Díaz-Cao, José M.; Martínez Moreno, Álvaro; Cano Terriza, David; Jiménez-Ruiz, Saúl; Almería, Sonia; García-Bocanegra, Ignacio (Elsevier, 2020)
      Pigs reared under extensive farming conditions are currently in high commercial demand because they are associated with high-quality products. Nevertheless, the risk of contact with different pathogens of animal and public ...
    • Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii in wild ruminants in Spain 

      Castro-Scholten, Sabrina; Cano Terriza, David; Jiménez-Ruiz, Saúl; Almería, Sonia; Risalde, M.A.; Vicente, Joaquín; Acevedo, Pelayo; Arnal, María C.; Balseiro, Ana; Gómez-Guillamón, Félix; Escribano, Fernando; Puig-Ribas, María; Dubey, Jitender P.; García-Bocanegra, Ignacio (Wiley, 2021)
      Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic zoonosis caused by Toxoplasma gondii which infects warm-blooded species worldwide. Humans can be infected through ingestion of tissue cysts from raw or undercooked meat, including game meat. A ...
    • Seropositivity and Risk Factors Associated with Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Wild Birds from Spain 

      Cabezón, Oscar; Molina-López, Rafael; Marco, Ignasi; Blanco, Juan M.; Höfle, Ursula; Margalida, Antoni; Bach-Raich, Esther; Darwich, Laila; Echeverría, Israel; Obón, Elena; Hernández, Mauro; Lavín, Santiago; Dubey, Jitender P.; Almería, Sonia; García-Bocanegra, Ignacio (Public Libray of Science (PLOS), 2011)
      Toxoplasma gondii is a zoonotic intracellular protozoan parasite of worldwide distribution that infects many species of warm-blooded animals, including birds. To date, there is scant information about the seropositivity ...
    • Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and associated risk factors in domestic pigs raised from Cuba 

      Castillo-Cuenca, Julio César; Martínez-Moreno, Álvaro; Díaz‑Cao, José Manuel; Entrena‑García, Ángel; Fraga, Jorge; Casanova Arias, Pedro; Almería, Sonia; García-Bocanegra, Ignacio (Springer, 2021)
      A cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and associated risk factors in pigs in the largest pork-producing region in Cuba. Serum samples from 420 pigs, including 210 sows ...