• Epidemiological survey and risk factors associated with hepatitis E virus in small ruminants in southern Spain 

      Caballero-Gómez, Javier; García-Bocanegra, Ignacio; Jiménez-Martín, Débora; Cano Terriza, David; Risalde, M.A.; López-López, Pedro; Jiménez-Ruiz, Saúl; Rivero-Juárez, Antonio; Rivero, Antonio (Wiley, 2022)
      Autochthonous cases of hepatitis E (HE) associated with zoonotic genotypes HEV-3 and HEV-4 have significantly increased in industrialized countries over the last decade. Suidae are generally recognized as the main reservoirs ...
    • Epidemiology of Hepatitis E in Spain: Zoonotic implication of domestic and wild reservoirs 

      Caballero-Gómez, Javier (Universidad de Córdoba, UCOPress, 2022)
      Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an emerging and zoonotic pathogen of worldwide distribution, which affects at least 20 million of humans annually, being recognized as the main cause of acute human viral hepatitis. In industrialized ...
    • Exposure to Coxiella burnetii in wild lagomorphs in Spanish Mediterranean ecosystems 

      Castro-Scholten, Sabrina; Caballero-Gómez, Javier; Cano Terriza, David; Jiménez-Martín, Débora; Rouco Zufiaurre, Carlos; Beato-Benítez, Adrián; Camacho Sillero, Leonor Natividad; García-Bocanegra, Ignacio (MDPI, 2024)
      Coxiella burnetii is an important zoonotic pathogen of worldwide distribution that can infect a wide range of wild and domestic species. The European wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) can play a role as a reservoir for ...
    • Global molecular diversity of Hepatitis E virus in wild boar and domestic pig 

      Casares-Jiménez, María; López-López, Pedro; Caballero-Gómez, Javier; Frías Casas, Mario; Pérez-Hernando, Belén; Oluremi, Adeolu Sunday; Risalde, M.A.; Ruiz-Cáceres, Inmaculada; Opaleye, Oluyinka Oladele; García-Bocanegra, Ignacio; Rivero Juárez, Antonio; Rivero Román, Antonio (Elsevier, 2021)
      Our study aim was to describe and characterize the global Hepatitis E virus (HEV) molecular and genotype geographical distribution in domestic pig and wild boar, which could facilitate the traceability of human cases. We ...
    • Hepatitis E virus in the endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) 

      Caballero-Gómez, Javier; Rivero-Juárez, Antonio; Zorrilla, Irene; López, Guillermo; Nájera, Fernando; Ulrich, Rainer G.; Ruiz-Rubio, Carmen; Salcedo, Javier; Rivero, Antonio; Paniagua, Jorge; García-Bocanegra, Ignacio (Wiley, 2022)
      Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an emerging zoonotic pathogen in Europe. In the Iberian Peninsula, wild boar (Sus scrofa) is considered the main wildlife reservoir of HEV. This wild ungulate shares habitat and resources with ...
    • Monitoring of Hepatitis E Virus in Wild Lagomorphs in Spanish Mediterranean Ecosystems 

      Castro-Scholten, Sabrina; Caballero-Gómez, Javier; Rivero-Juárez, Antonio; Cano Terriza, David; Gómez-Guillamón, Félix; Jiménez-Martín, Débora; Rivero, Antonio; García-Bocanegra, Ignacio (Wiley, 2023)
      Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an emerging zoonotic pathogen in Europe. Even though swine species are considered the main host of the zoonotic HEV-3 genotype, rabbits are recognized as the main reservoir of the divergent HEV-3ra ...
    • Monitoring of hepatitis E virus in zoo animals from Spain, 2007–2021 

      Caballero-Gómez, Javier; García-Bocanegra, Ignacio; Cano Terriza, David; Beato-Benítez, Adrián; Ulrich, Rainer G.; Martínez, J.; Guerra, R.; Martínez-Valverde, Rosa; Martínez-Nevado, Eva; Quevedo-Muñoz, Miguel Ángel; Sierra-Arqueros, Cecilia; Planas, Javier; Castro-García, Noelia de; Rivero-Juárez, Antonio; Rivero, Antonio (Wiley, 2022)
      Hepatitis E virus (HEV, family Hepeviridae) is an important emerging and zoonotic pathogen. In recent decades, the number of human cases of zoonotic hepatitis E has increased considerably in industrialized countries and ...
    • Presence of hepatitis E virus in testis of naturally infected wild boars 

      Risalde, M.A.; Frías Casas, Mario; Caballero-Gómez, Javier; López-López, Pedro; Fast, Christine; Jiménez-Ruiz, Saúl; Agulló-Ros, Irene; Eiden, Martin; Jiménez-Martín, Débora; García-Bocanegra, Ignacio; Rivero-Juárez, Antonio; Gómez-Villamandos, J.C.; Rivero, Antonio (Wiley, 2022)
      The hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the main cause of viral acute hepatitis in the world, affecting more than 20 million people annually. During the acute phase of infection, HEV can be detected in various body fluids, which ...
    • Serological and molecular survey of hepatitis E virus in cats and dogs in Spain 

      Caballero-Gómez, Javier; Rivero-Juárez, Antonio; Jurado-Tarifa, Estefanía; Jiménez-Martín, Débora; Jiménez-Ruiz, Elena; Castro-Scholten, Sabrina; Ulrich, Rainer G. (Wiley, 2021)
      Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an emerging zoonotic pathogen that is currently recognized as one of themajor causes of acute human hepatitis worldwide. In Europe, the increasing number of hepatitis E cases is mainly associated ...
    • Seroreversion of IgG anti-HEV in HIV cirrhotic patients: A long-term multi-sampling longitudinal study 

      López-López, Pedro; Frias, Mario; Camacho, Ángela; Machuca Sánchez, Isabel; Caballero-Gómez, Javier; Risalde, M.A.; García-Bocanegra, Ignacio; Pérez-Valero, Ignacio; Gómez, J.C.; Rivero-Juárez, Antonio; Rivero, Antonio (Wiley, 2022)
      The aim of our study was to evaluate HEV antibody kinetics in HIV/HCV-coinfected patients with cirrhosis. A longitudinal retrospective study was designed. Patients were followed up every 6 months; anti-HEV IgG and IgM ...