The epidemiological situation of SARS-CoV-2 in humans and animals is continually evolving. To date, animal species known to transmit SARS-CoV-2 are American mink, raccoon dog, cat, ferret, hamster, house mouse, Egyptian fruit bat, deer mouse and white-tailed deer. Among farmed animals, American...
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Nielsen, S. S.; Alvarez, J.; Bicout, D. J.; Calistri, P.; Canali, E.; Drewe, J. A.; Garin-Bastuji, B.; Gonzales Rojas, J. L.; Gortázar, C.; Herskin, M.; Michel, V.; Miranda Chueca, M. Á.; Padalino, B.; Pasquali, P.; Roberts, H. C.; Spoolder, H.; Velarde, A.; Viltrop, A.; Winckler, C.; Adlhoch, C.; Aznar, I.; Baldinelli, F.; Boklund, A.; Broglia, A.; Gerhards, N.; Mur, L.; Nannapaneni, P.; Ståhl, K.
Publisher
Wiley, Oxford, UK
Citation
EFSA Journal, 2023, 21, 2,
This report provides a descriptive analysis of the African swine fever (ASF) Genotype II epidemic in the affected Member States in the EU and two neighbouring countries for the period from 1 September 2020 to 31 August 2021. ASF continued to spread in wild boar in the EU, it entered Germany in...
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Baños, J. V.; Boklund, A.; Gogin, A.; Gortázar, C.; Guberti, V.; Helyes, G.; Kantere, M.; Korytarova, D.; Linden, A.; Masiulis, M.; Miteva, A.; Neghirla, I.; Oļševskis, E.; Ostojic, S.; Petr, S.; Staubach, C.; Thulke, H. H.; Viltrop, A.; Wozniakowski, G.; Broglia, A.; Cortiñas, J. A.; Dhollander, S.; Mur, L.; Papanikolaou, A.; Stede, Y. van der; Zancanaro, G.; Ståhl, K.
Publisher
Wiley, Oxford, UK
Citation
EFSA Journal, 2022, 20, 5,
Wild boar and pigs are suitable hosts for members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC), mainly M. bovis and M. caprae. This book chapter discusses the epidemiology; immunology; current methods of diagnosis and intervention against MTC infection in wild boar and pigs.
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Gortázar, C.; Vicente, J.; Fuente, J. de la; Nugent, G.; Nol, P.
ISBN
2015 CABI (H ISBN 9781780643960)
South Korea is the only Asian country where African swine fever (ASF) is spreading in wild boar (Sus scrofa) populations. This rapid communication describes the situation of ASF in South Korea since its first detection on 17 September 2019 with special attention to ASF dynamics and management in...
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Jo YeongSeok; Gortázar, C.
Publisher
Wiley, Berlin, Germany
Citation
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2020, 67, 5, pp 1776-1780
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, previously 2019-nCoV) is suspected of having originated in 2019 in China from a coronavirus infected bat of the genus Rhinolophus. Following the initial emergence, possibly facilitated by a mammalian bridge host, SARS-CoV-2 is currently...
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Khan Sharun; Kuldeep Dhama; Pawde, A. M.; Gortázar, C.; Ruchi Tiwari; Bonilla-Aldana, D. K.; Rodriguez-Morales, A. J.; Fuente, J. de la; Michalak, I.; Attia, Y. A.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, UK
Citation
Veterinary Quarterly, 2021, 41, 181-201, pp 181-201
Background: Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) that causes the chronic infectious disease- tuberculosis (TB), often presents with a complicated epidemiological pattern where the transmission chain may include humans, domestic animals and wildlife, including elephants. TB has been reported...
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Rajbhandari, R. M.; Fuente, J. de la; Karmacharya, D.; Mathema, S.; Maharjan, B.; Dixit, S. M.; Shrestha, N.; Queirós, J.; Gortázar, C.; Alves, P. C.
Publisher
BioMed Central Ltd, London, UK
Citation
BMC Veterinary Research, 2022, 18, 262, pp (06 July 2022)
In the One Health context, Integrated Wildlife Monitoring (IWM) merges wildlife health monitoring (WHM) and host community monitoring to early detect emerging infections, record changes in disease dynamics, and assess the impact of interventions in complex multi-host and multi-pathogen networks....
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Barroso, P.; Relimpio, D.; Zearra, J. A.; Cerón, J. J.; Palencia, P.; Cardoso, B.; Ferreras, E.; Escobar, M.; Cáceres, G.; López-Olvera, J. R.; Gortázar, C.
Publisher
Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
One Health, 2023, 16,
Bagaza virus emerged in Spain in 2010 and was not reported in other countries in Europe until 2021, when the virus was detected by molecular methods in a corn bunting and several red-legged partridges in Portugal. Sequencing revealed high similarity between the 2021 strains from Portugal and the...
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Queirós, J.; Barros, S. C.; Sánchez-Cano, A.; Henriques, A. M.; Fagulha, T.; Santos, F. A. dos; Duarte, M. D.; Fontoura-Gonçalves, C.; Gonçalves, D.; Rodrigues, M.; Cabrera, T. C.; Mera, I. G. F. de; Gortazar, C.; Höfle, U.; Alves, P. C.
Publisher
National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
Citation
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022, 28, 7, pp 1504-1506
Enterococcus faecalis (E. faecalis) was identified among the most relevant antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacteria in the EU for poultry in a previous scientific opinion. Thus, it has been assessed according to the criteria of the Animal Health Law (AHL), in particular criteria of Article 7 on...
Author(s)
Nielsen, S. S.; Bicout, D. J.; Calistri, P.; Canali, E.; Drewe, J. A.; Garin-Bastuji, B.; Gonzales Rojas, J. L.; Gortázar, C.; Herskin, M.; Michel, V.; Miranda Chueca, M. Á.; Padalino, B.; Pasquali, P.; Roberts, H. C.; Spoolder, H.; Ståhl, K.; Velarde, A.; Viltrop, A.; Winckler, C.; Baldinelli, F.; Broglia, A.; Kohnle, L.
Publisher
Wiley, Oxford, UK
Citation
EFSA Journal, 2022, 20, 2,
The contribution of wildlife species to pathogen maintenance in multi-host communities has seldom been quantified. To assess the relative contribution of the main wildlife hosts of animal tuberculosis (TB) to its maintenance, we estimated the basic reproduction number (R0) of Mycobacterium...
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Santos, N.; Colino, E. F.; Arnal, M. C.; Luco, D. F. de; Sevilla, I.; Garrido, J. M.; Fonseca, E.; Valente, A. M.; Balseiro, A.; Queirós, J.; Almeida, V.; Vicente, J.; Gortázar, C.; Alves, P. C.
Publisher
Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Epidemics, 2022, 41,