Browsing by Author "41e060ef-56b6-4be7-9450-12d0a410fc1b"

Now showing items 1-20 of 23

    • Agreement and differential use of laboratory methods for the detection and quantification of SARS-CoV-2 in experimentally infected animals 

      Usai, Carla; Pailler García, Lola; Lorca-Oró, Cristina; Fernández-Bastit, Leira; Roca, Núria; Brustolin, Marco; Rodon Aldrufeu, Jordi; Pérez, Mónica; Cantero Portillo, Guillermo; Carrillo, Jorge; Izquierdo-Useros, Nuria; Blanco, Julià; Clotet, Bonaventura; Napp, Sebastian; Segalés, Joaquim; Vergara-Alert, Júlia (Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022-11-15) Sanitat Animal
      Rodents are widely used for the development of COVID-19-like animal models, the virological outcome being determined through several laboratory methods reported in the literature. Our objective was to ...

    • Cross-validation of generic risk assessment tools for animal disease incursion based on a case study for African swine fever 

      de Vos, Clazien J.; Taylor, Rachel A.; Simons, Robin R. L.; Roberts, Helen; Hultén, Cecilia; de Koeijer, Aline A.; Lyytikäinen, Tapani; Napp, Sebastian; Boklund, Anette; Petie, Ronald; Sörén, Kaisa; Swanenburg, Manon; Comin, Arianna; Seppä-Lassila, Leena; Cabral, Maria; Snary, Emma L. (Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020-02-18) Sanitat Animal
      In recent years, several generic risk assessment (RA) tools have been developed that can be applied to assess the incursion risk of multiple infectious animal diseases allowing for a rapid response to ...

    • Detection of West Nile virus lineage 2 in North‐Eastern Spain (Catalonia) 

      Busquets, Núria; Laranjo‐González, Minerva; Soler, Mercè; Nicolás, Olga; Rivas, Raquel; Talavera, Sandra; Villalba, Rubén; San Miguel, Elena; Torner, Núria; Aranda, Carles; Napp, Sebastian (Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2018-12-01) Sanitat Animal
      In September 2017, West Nile virus (WNV) lineage 2 was detected in Catalonia (Northern Spain) in northern goshawks by passive surveillance. The phylogenetic analyses showed that it was related to the ...

    • Dinàmica del virus de la febre hemorràgica de Crimea-Congo en dos ungulats silvestres del nordest d’Espanya 

      Napp, Sebastian; Cabezon, Oscar (CReSA & the City, 2023, octubre, ,, 2023-10-04) Sanitat Animal

    • Dynamics of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in two wild ungulate hosts during a disease-induced population collapse 

      Carrera-Faja, Laura; Espunyes, Johan; Cardells, Jesús; Fernández Aguilar, Xavier; Pailler-García, Lola; Napp, Sebastian; Cabezón, Oscar (One Health, 2023-08-23) Sanitat Animal
      Identifying the role that host species play in pathogen transmission and maintenance is crucial for disease control, but it is a difficult task, in particular for vector-borne and multi-host pathogens, ...

    • Evaluation of the effectiveness of the surveillance system for tuberculosis in cattle in Spain 

      Napp, Sebastian; Ciaravino, Giovanna; Pérez de Val, Bernat; Casal, Jordi; Saéz, José Luis; Alba, Ana (Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 2019-10-20) Sanitat Animal
      In Spain, the eradication of tuberculosis (TB) in cattle has had some setbacks and therefore we need to re-evaluate the current surveillance strategies. The Spanish cattle TB surveillance system consists ...

    • Evidence of Prolonged Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Endemicity by Retrospective Serosurvey, Eastern Spain 

      Carrera-Faja, Laura; Cardells, Jesús; Pailler García, Lola; Lizana, Víctor; Alfaro-Deval, Gemma; Espunyes, Johan; Napp, Sebastian; Cabezon, Oscar (Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022-04-07) Sanitat Animal
      We conducted a retrospective serosurvey for antibodies against Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in wild ungulates along the eastern Mediterranean Coast of Spain. The virus has been endemic in this ...

    • Feed additives for the control of post-weaning Streptococcus suis disease and the effect on the faecal and nasal microbiota 

      Correa-Fiz, Florencia; Neila-Ibáñez, Carlos; López-Soria, Sergio; Napp, Sebastian; Martinez, Blanca; Sobrevia, Laia; Tibble, Simon; Aragon, Virginia; Migura-Garcia, Lourdes (Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2020-11-23) Sanitat Animal
      Medicated feed is a common strategy to control the occurrence of Streptococcus suis disease in swine production, but feed additives may constitute an alternative to metaphylaxis. In a farm with post-weaning ...

    • Field-captured Aedes vexans (Meigen, 1830) is a competent vector for Rift Valley fever phlebovirus in Europe 

      Birnberg, Lotty; Talavera, Sandra; Aranda, Carles; Núñez, Ana I.; Napp, Sebastian; Busquet, Núria (Parasites and Vectors, 2019-10-16) Sanitat Animal
      BACKGROUND: Aedes vexans (Meigen) is considered a nuisance species in central Europe and the Mediterranean region. It is an anthropophilic and mammalophilic floodwater mosquito involved in the transmission ...

    • Hotspot of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Seropositivity in Wildlife, Northeastern Spain 

      Espunyes, Johan; Cabezón, Oscar; Pailler-García, Lola; Dias-Alves, Andrea; Lobato-Bailón, Lourdes; Marco, Ignasi; Ribas, Maria P.; Encinosa-Guzmán, Pedro E.; Valldeperes, Marta; Napp, Sebastian (Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021-08-09) Sanitat Animal
      We conducted a serosurvey for Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus antibodies in various wildlife species in Catalonia, northeastern Spain. We detected high seroprevalence in southern Catalonia, close ...

    • Lack of Detection of Toxoplasma gondii in Pipistrellus spp. Bats from Densely Cat-Populated Areas of NE Spain 

      Lobato-Bailón, Lourdes; López-Morales, Ane; Quintela, Rita; Puig Ribas, Maria; Molina-López, Rafael; Obon, Elena; Napp, Sebastian; Pailler García, Lola; Espunyes, Johan; Cabezon, Oscar (Pathogens, 2022-12-01) Sanitat Animal
      Toxoplasma gondii infection in healthy animals is often asymptomatic. However, some species with little history of contact with the parasite, such as marsupials and New World primates, present high ...

    • Local versus National News about COVID-19 in Spain:Coverage and Public Engagement 

      Santos-Gonçalves, Tatiana; Napp, Sebastian (Journalism Practice, 2023-03-16) Sanitat Animal
      In this study, we evaluated the differences between national and local newspapers coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain using a dataset of 421,438 Facebook posts. We assessed the trends in the ...

    • Monitorización del riesgo de entrada de peste porcina africana en Cataluña a nivel de explotación 

      Alba-Casals, Ana; Pailler García, Lola; Sánchez, Carlos; Vilalta, Carles; Colomer, Joana; Ciria, Natalia; Napp, Sebastian (Porcat, 2023, , , 1-24, 2023-10-15) Sanitat Animal
      La propagación de la peste porcina africana (PPA) supone una grave amenaza para la industria porcina de Cataluña. Los servicios veterinarios oficiales recogen rutinariamente multitud de datos de las ...

    • Multidrug resistant Salmonella enterica isolated from conventional pig farms using antimicrobial agents in preventative medicine programmes 

      Cameron-Veas, Karla; Lorenzo, Fraile; Napp, Sebastian; Garrido, Victoria; Grilló, María Jesús; Migura-Garcia, Lourdes (Veterinary Journal, 2018-02-07) Sanitat Animal
      A longitudinal study was conducted to investigate the presence of multidrug antimicrobial resistance (multi-AR) in Salmonella enterica in pigs reared under conventional preventative medicine programmes ...

    • Reappraising the use of forearm rings for bat species 

      Lobato-Bailón, Lourdes; López-Baucells, Adrià; Guixé, David; Flaquer, Carles; Camprodon, Jordi; Florensa-Rius, Xavier; Mas, Maria; Torrent, Laura; Ordeix, Laura; Tallo-Parra, Oriol; Ribas, Maria P.; Marco, Ignasi; Carvajal, Annaïs; López-Bejar, Manel; Napp, Sebastian; Pailler-García, Lola; Espunyes, Johan; Cabezón, Oscar (Biological Conservation, 2023-09-10) Sanitat Animal
      Long-term mark-recapture studies are essential for bat conservation. Over the last decades, millions of bats across Europe and America have been marked with forearm rings for this purpose. Although it ...

    • Risk factors associated withStreptococcus suiscases on pigfarms in Spain 

      Neila-Ibáñez, Carlos; Napp, Sebastian; Pailler-García, Lola; Franco-Martínez, Lorena; Cerón, José Joaquín; Aragon, Virginia; Casal, Jordi (Veterinary Record, 2023-06-03) Sanitat Animal
      Background Streptococcus suis can cause meningitis, polyarthritis and acute death in piglets. However, the risk factors associated with S. suis infection remain incompletely understood. Therefore, a ...

    • Seroepidemiology of tuberculosis in sheep in southern Spain 

      Jiménez-Martín, Débora; Cano-Terriza, David; Risalde, María A.; Napp, Sebastian; Álvarez, Julio; Fernández-Morente, Manuel; Fernández-Molera, Vicente; Moreno, Inmaculada; Infantes-Lorenzo, José A.; García-Bocanegra, Ignacio (Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 2023-04-13) Sanitat Animal
      Tuberculosis (TB) is a multi-host infectious disease caused by members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC). In Mediterranean ecosystems, where multiple animal hosts of TB are present, ...

    • The Role of Birds of Prey in West Nile Virus Epidemiology 

      Vidaña, Beatriz; Busquets, Núria; Napp, Sebastian; Pérez-Ramírez, Elisa; Jiménez-Clavero, Miguel Ángel; Johnson, Nicholas (Vaccines, 2020-09-21) Sanitat Animal
      Reported human cases of West Nile virus (WNV) in Europe increased dramatically in 2018. Lineage 1 strains had been circulating in Euro-Mediterranean countries since the early 1990s. The subsequent ...

    • Transmission of Similar Mcr-1 Carrying Plasmids among Different Escherichia coli Lineages Isolated from Livestock and the Farmer 

      Viñes, Joaquim; Cuscó, Anna; Napp, Sebastian; Alvarez, Julio; Saez-Llorente, Jose Luis; Rosàs-Rodoreda, Montserrat; Francino, Olga; Migura-Garcia, Lourdes (Antibiotics, 2021-03-17) Sanitat Animal
      Colistin use has mostly been stopped in human medicine, due to its toxicity. However, nowadays, it still is used as a last-resort antibiotic to treat hospital infections caused by multi-drug resistant ...

    • Trends in the interest in COVID-19 news of the local media and their readers: The case of Spain 

      Santos-Gonçalves, Tatiana; Napp, Sebastian (Journalism, 2022-08-05) Sanitat Animal
      The COVID-19 has caused not just an unprecedented sanitary crisis but a social crisis, which has affected, among many other fields, the local journalism, which had to adapt to meet the public’s information ...