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Institution
The Universidad Complutense of Madrid (UCM) www.ucm.es
is one of the largest universities world-wide with more that 200000
students. The Veterinary School of the UCM (http://www.ucm.es/info/webvet)
is the main and oldest veterinary school in Spain and owns one of
the most important diagnostic units for the serological, virological
and molecular diagnosis of infectious diseases, as well as one of
the main veterinary hospital for small and large animals. The Department
of Animal Health of the Veterinary School is currently in charge
of education and research on infectious and parasitic diseases of
animals, as well as in epidemiology and general and clinical microbiology.
Participants
Prof. J.M. Sánchez-Vizcaíno is a
worldwide known virologist and immunologist, working in the field
of animal health for more than 20 years. His main activities have
been related with the development of new diagnostic technologies
and vaccines for control and eradication of a few List A diseases.
"Expert-consulter" for FAO and OIE for CSF ASFV and FMDV
control and eradication programmes. In the last years he was involved
in different Spanish and EU projects related with List A diseases
such a: ASF, CSF, BT, AHS and vesicular diseases, as well as on
prionic infections. He is the author of more than one hundred fifty
publications in international scientific magazines, as well as several
chapters in books of international prestige.
Roles in the project
Publications
5 recent publications:
1. Torres, JM.; Ramírez, MA.; Morales, M.; Barcena, J.; Vazquez,
B.; Espuña, E.; Pages, A.; Sánchez-Vizcaíno,
JM.
(2001). Safety evaluation of a recombinant myxoma-RHDV virus inducing
horizontal transmissible protection against myxomatosis and rabbit
hemorrhagic disease. Vaccine 19, 174-182
2. Torres, JM.; Ramírez, MA.; Morales, M.;
Bárcena, J.; Espuña, E.; Pagès-Monté,
A.; Sánchez-Vizcaíno, JM.
(2001). First field trial of a transmissible recombinant vaccine
against myxomatosis and rabbit hemorrhagic disease. Vaccine 19,
4536-4543.
3. Agüero, M.; Arias, M.; Romero, L.; Zamora,
MJ.; Sánchez-Vizcaíno, JM. (2002). Molecular differentiation
between NS1 gene of a field strain bluetongue virus serotype 2 (BTV-2)
and NS1 gene of an attenuated BTV-2 vaccine. Veterinary Microbiology
2313, 1-5.
4. Saiz, M.; Morena, D.; Blanco, E.; Núñez,
J.; Fernández, R.; Sánchez-Vizcaíno, JM. (2002).
Detection of foot and mouth disease virus from culture and clinical
samples by reverse transcription-PCR and restriction enzyme analysis.
Veterinary Research 34, 105-117.
5. Castilla, J.; Gutiérrez Adán,
A.; Brun, A.; Pintado, B.; Ramírez, M.A.; Parra, B.; Doyle,
D.; Rogers, M.; Salguero, F.J.; Sánchez, C.; Sánchez-Vizcaíno,
JM.; Torres, J.M. (2003). Early detection of PrPres in BSEinfected
PrP transgenic mice. Archives Virology 148, 677-691.
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