• Comparison of DRB3.2 alleles among false-negative and positive tuberculin skin test cattle with bovine tuberculosis 

      Encinas, Micaela; Ferrara Muñiz, Ximena; Sammarruco, Romina Ayelén; Ruiz Menna, Victoria Aymara; Garro, Carlos Javier; Delgado, Fernando Oscar; Zumarraga, Martin Jose; Garbaccio, Sergio Gabriel; Carignano, Hugo Adrian; Eirin, Maria Emilia (European Society of Mycobacteriology, 2024-06)
      Introduction: M. bovis is worldwide distributed mainly affecting livestock. Caudal Fold-Tuberculin Skin Test (CF-TST) is the primary screening tool that detects the infection in herds. Some tuberculous animals remain ...
    • Humoral and cell-mediated immune response against the Mce2B (Rv0590/Mb0605) cell-wall protein of Mycobacterium bovis 

      Ferrara Muñiz, Ximena; Encinas, Micaela; Marques Da Silva, Wanderson; Garbaccio, Sergio Gabriel; Garro, Carlos Javier; Sammarruco, Romina Ayelén; Carignano, Hugo Adrian; Bianco, María Veronica; Cataldi, Angel Adrian; Zumarraga, Martin Jose; Eirin, Maria Emilia (Elsevier, 2025-06)
      Bovine tuberculosis is a zoonotic disease with global distribution. Improved diagnosis is essential thus, research into new diagnostic reagents is valuable. The Mce2B recombinant protein was evaluated as an inducer of ...
    • Limited usefulness of the IS6110 touchdown-PCR in blood for tuberculin skin test false-negative cattle with serological response to Mycobacterium bovis 

      Encinas, Micaela; Ferrara Muñiz, Ximena; Sammarruco, Romina Ayelén; Ruiz Menna, Victoria Aymara; Garro, Carlos Javier; Delgado, Fernando Oscar; Macías, Analía; Magnano, Gabriel; Zumarraga, Martin Jose; Garbaccio, Sergio Gabriel; Eirin, Maria Emilia (Frontiers Media, 2024-05)
      Ante-mortem diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is based mainly on the tuberculin skin test (TST) and the ɣ-IFN release assay (IGRA). Some infected animals escape screening tests, thus, limit herd sanitation. Previous ...
    • Non-tuberculous mycobacteria isolated at the end of the world 

      Ferrara Muñiz, Ximena; Tortone, Claudia Andrea; Oriani, Delia Susana; Garro, Carlos Javier; Garbaccio, Sergio Gabriel; Farace, Pablo Daniel; Encinas, Micaela; Eirin, Maria Emilia; Zumarraga, Martin Jose (European Society of Mycobacteriology, 2024-06)
      Introduction: Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are a group of mycobacteria widely distributed in the environment (e.g. soil and water). NTM can also cause infections in different mammals, mostly in immunocompromised ...
    • Occurrence of Cryptosporidium and other enteropathogens and their association with diarrhea in dairy calves of Buenos Aires province, Argentina 

      Garro, Carlos Javier; Morici, Gabriel Edgardo; Tomazic, Mariela Luján; Vilte, Daniel Alejandro; Encinas, Micaela; Vega, Celina Guadalupe; Bok, Marina; Parreño, Viviana; Schnittger, Leonhard (Elsevier, 2021-04)
      Cryptosporidiosis of neonatal dairy calves causes diarrhea, resulting in important economic losses. In Argentina, prevalence values of Cryptosporidium spp. and other enteropathogens such as group A rotavirus (RVA), bovine ...
    • Performance of the PhoP (Rv0757/Mb0780) protein as diagnostic antigen for bovine tuberculosis 

      Ferrara Muñiz, Ximena; Marques Da Silva, Wanderson; Garbaccio, Sergio Gabriel; Garro, Carlos Javier; Sammarruco, Romina Ayelén; Encinas, Micaela; Carignano, Hugo Adrian; Bianco, María Veronica; Zumarraga, Martin Jose; Cataldi, Angel Adrian; Eirin, Maria Emilia (Elsevier, 2025-03)
      Bovine tuberculosis (bTB), a global zoonotic disease, causes negative effects on human and animal health. PhoP protein is a key regulator of pathogenic phenotypes in members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, which ...