• 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • Seroepidemiological study of Toxoplasma gondii in equids in different European countries 

      Cano-Teriza, David; José-Cunilleras, Eduard; Buono, Francesco; Almería, Sonia; Veneziano, Vincenzo; Alguacil, Eduardo; García, J.; Villena, Isabelle; Dubey, Jitender P.; Jiménez-Martín, Débora; García-Bocanegra, Ignacio (Wiley, 2023)
      Toxoplasmosis, caused by the obligate intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, is a worldwide parasitic zoonosis. A cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the exposure to T. gondii in equids in Europe. Serum ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • Surveillance of Sarcoptic Mange in Iberian Ibexes (Capra pyrenaica) and Domestic Goats (Capra hircus) in Southern Spain 

      Gómez-Guillamón, Félix; Jiménez-Martín, Débora; Dellamaria, Debora; Arenas, Antonio Pablo; Rossi, Luca; Citterio, Carlo V.; Camacho Sillero, Leonor Natividad; Moroni, Barbara; Cano Terriza, David; García-Bocanegra, Ignacio (MDPI, 2024)
      Sarcoptic mange is a highly contagious skin disease caused by Sarcoptes scabiei. Sera were collected from 411 Iberian ibexes, comprising 157 individuals with sarcoptic mange skin lesions and 254 clinically healthy animals, ...