• 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • Molecular detection of Rickettsia spp. in wild ungulates and their ticks in Mediterranean areas of southwestern Spain 

      Remesar, Susana; Cano Terriza, David; Morrondo, Patrocinio; Jiménez-Ruiz, Saúl; López, Ceferino M.; Jiménez-Martín, Débora; Díaz, Pablo; Paniagua, Jorge; García-Bocanegra, Ignacio (Wiley, 2023)
      Wildlife is an important reservoir of zoonotic pathogens. The objective of the present study was to assess the importance of wild ungulates in the epidemiology of Rickettsia spp. Ticks and spleen samples were collected ...
    • Monitoring of Schmallenberg virus in Spanish wild artiodactyls, 2006-2015 

      García-Bocanegra, Ignacio; Cano Terriza, David; Vidal, Gema; Rosell, Rosa; Paniagua, Jorge; Jiménez-Ruiz, Saúl; Expósito, Carlos; Rivero-Juárez, Antonio; Arenas-Casas, Antonio; Pujols, Joan (Public Library of Science, 2017)
    • Occurrence of Coxiella burnetii in wild lagomorphs and their ticks in Spanish Mediterranean ecosystems 

      Castro-Scholten, Sabrina; Caballero-Gómez, Javier; Martínez, Remigio; Nadales-Martín, Borja J.; Cano Terriza, David; Jiménez-Martín, Débora; Remesar, Susana; Jiménez-Ruiz, Saúl; Gómez-Guillamón, Félix; García-Bocanegra, Ignacio (Wiley, 2024)
      Background: Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent of Q fever, is a zoonotic multi-host vector-borne pathogen of major public health importance. Although the European Food Safety Authority has recently made the monitoring ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • Serosurveillance of Trichinella sp. in wild boar and Iberian domestic suids in Mediterranean ecosystems of southwestern Spain 

      Buffoni Perazzo, Leandro; Cano Terriza, David; Jiménez-Martín, Débora; Jiménez-Ruiz, Saúl; Martínez Moreno, Álvaro; Martínez-Moreno, Francisco Javier; Zafra Leva, Rafael; Pérez Caballero, Raúl; Risalde, M.A.; Gómez-Guillamón, Félix; García-Bocanegra, Ignacio (Wiley, 2023)
      Aims: A cross-sectional study was carried out to assess the seroprevalence and risk factors associated with Trichinella spp. exposure in wild boar and Iberian domestic pigs from Mediterranean ecosystems of southwestern ...