• 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • High exposure of West Nile virus in equid andwild bird populations in Spain following the epidemic outbreak in 2020 

      García-Bocanegra, Ignacio; Franco, Juan J.; León, Clara I.; Barbero-Moyano, Jesús; García- Miña, María V.; Fernández-Molera, Vicente; Gómez, María B.; Cano Terriza, David; Gonzalvez, Moisés (Wiley, 2022)
      A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the circulation and risk factors associated with West Nile virus (WNV) exposure in equine and wild bird populations following the largest epidemic outbreak ever reported in ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...