• 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 ...
    • 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, ...
    • 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 ...
    • Extended Viral Shedding of MERS-CoV Clade B Virus in Llamas Compared with African Clade C Strain 

      Rodon, Jordi; Mykytyn, Anna Z.; Te, Nigeer; Okba, Nisreen M.A.; Lamers, Mart M.; Pailler-García, Lola; Cantero, Guillermo; Albulescu, Irina; Bosch, Berend-Jan; Peiris, Malik; Bensaid, Albert; Vergara-Alert, Júlia; Haagmans, Bart L.; Segalés, Joaquim (Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023-02-07) Sanitat Animal
      Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) clade B viruses are found in camelids and humans in the Middle East, but clade C viruses are not. We provide experimental evidence for extended ...
    • 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 ...
    • Persistence of low pathogenic avian influenza virus in artificial streams mimicking natural conditions of waterfowl habitats in the Mediterranean climate 

      Perlas Puente, Albert ; Bertran, Kateri; Abad Morejón de Girón, Xavier; Borrego, Carles M.; Nofrarias Espadamala, Miquel; Valle, Rosa; Pailler García, Lola; Ramis, Antonio; Cortey, Martí; Acuña, Vicenç; Majo, Natalia (Science of the Total Environment, 2022-12-13) Sanitat Animal
      Avian influenza viruses (AIVs) can affect wildlife, poultry, and humans, so a One Health perspective is needed to optimize mitigation strategies. Migratory waterfowl globally spread AIVs over long ...
    • 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 ...
    • Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and humoral responses against different variants of concern in domestic pet animals and stray cats from North-Eastern Spain 

      Fernández-Bastit, Leira; Marfil, Silvia; Pradenas, Edwards; Valle, Rosa; Roca, Núria; Rodon Aldrufeu, Jordi; Pailler García, Lola; Trinité, Benjamin; Parera, Mariona; Noguera-Julian, Marc; Martorell, Jaume; Izquierdo-Useros, Nuria; Carrillo, Jorge; Clotet, Bonaventura; Blanco, Julià; Vergara-Alert, Júlia; Segalés, Joaquim (Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2022-09-27) Sanitat Animal
      Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in humans, is able to infect several domestic, captive and wildlife ...
    • Stochastic Assessment of the Economic Impact of Streptococcus suis-Associated Disease in German, Dutch and Spanish Swine Farms 

      Neila-Ibáñez, Carlos; Casal, Jordi; Hennig-Pauka, Isabel; Stockhofe-Zurwieden, Norbert; Gottschalk, Marcelo; Migura-García, Lourdes; Pailler García, Lola; Napp, Sebastián (Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021-08-19) Sanitat Animal
      The economic assessment of animal diseases is essential for decision-making, including the allocation of resources for disease control. However, that assessment is usually hampered by the lack of reliable ...
    • Type I and III IFNs produced by the nasal epithelia and dimmed inflammation are features of alpacas resolving MERS-CoV infection 

      Te, Nigeer; Rodon, Jordi; Ballester, Maria; Pérez, Mónica; Pailler García, Lola; Segalés, Joaquim; Vergara-Alert, Júlia; Bensaid, Albert (PLoS Pathogens, 2021-05-24) Sanitat Animal; Genètica animal
      While MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome Coronavirus) provokes a lethal disease in humans, camelids, the main virus reservoir, are asymptomatic carriers, suggesting a crucial role for innate ...
    • Widespread Circulation of Flaviviruses in Horses and Birds in Northeastern Spain (Catalonia) between 2010 and 2019 

      Napp, Sebastian; Llorente, Francisco; Beck, Cécile; Jose-Cunilleras, Eduard; Soler, Mercè; Pailler García, Lola; Amaral, Rayane; Aguilera-Sepúlveda, Pilar; Pifarré, Maria; Molina-López, Rafael; Obón, Elena; Nicolás, Olga; Lecollinet, Sylvie; Jiménez-Clavero, Miguel Ángel; Busquets, Núria (Viruses, 2021-11-30) Sanitat Animal
      The surveillance for West Nile virus (WNV) in Catalonia (northeastern Spain) has consistently detected flaviviruses not identified as WNV. With the aim of characterizing the flaviviruses circulating ...