• BoLA-DRB3 exon2 polymorphisms among tuberculous cattle: Nucleotide and functional variability and their association with bovine tuberculosis pathology 

      Eirin, Maria Emilia; Carignano, Hugo Adrian; Shimizu, Ernesto; Pando, Maria de los Angeles; Zumarraga, Martin Jose; Magnano, Gabriel; Macías, Analía; Garbaccio, Sergio Gabriel; Huertas, Pablo Sebastian; Morsella, Claudia Graciela; Ferrara Muñiz, Ximena; Cataldi, Angel Adrian; Paolicchi, Fernando; Poli, Mario Andres (Elsevier, 2020-06)
      Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is caused by Mycobacterium bovis and disseminated worldwide. In Argentina, the highest prevalence occurs in dairy areas. BoLA DRB3.2 is related to the adaptive immunity in mycobacterial infections. ...
    • Comparative study of two deleted Mycobacterium bovis strains in experimental animal models 

      Ferrara Muñiz, Ximena; Blanco, Federico Carlos; Garcia, Elizabeth Andrea; Delgado, Fernando Oscar; Marfil, Maria Jimena; Zumarraga, Martin Jose; Cataldi, Angel Adrian; Eirin, Maria Emilia (European Society of Mycobacteriology, 2024-06)
      Introduction: Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) constitutes a problem for livestock and Public Health due to its negative impact on farms and its zoonotic nature. In Argentina, the application of the National Control and Eradication ...
    • 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 ...
    • Evaluación de antígenos recombinantes en la prueba de interferón gamma en bovinos tuberculosos no reactores a la prueba tuberculínica 

      Ferrara Muñiz, Ximena; Garbaccio, Sergio Gabriel; Delgado, Fernando Oscar; Garro, Carlos Javier; Huertas, Pablo Sebastian; Marfil, Maria Jimena; Zumarraga, Martin Jose; Eirin, Maria Emilia (Asosiación Argentina de Veterinarios de Laboratorios de Díagnóstico, 2018-11)
      La tuberculosis se encuentra presente en rodeos bovinos de nuestro país, impactando a nivel de los sistemas de producción de cría y lecheros por disminuir la eficiencia productiva de los animales infectados e imponer ...
    • Field trial with vaccine candidates against bovine tuberculosis among likely infected cattle in a natural transmission setting 

      Ferrara Muñiz, Ximena; Garcia, Elizabeth Andrea; Blanco, Federico Carlos; Garbaccio, Sergio Gabriel; Garro, Carlos Javier; Zumarraga, Martin Jose; Dellagostin, Odir A.; Trangoni, Marcos David; Marfil, Maria Jimena; Bianco, María Veronica; Abdala, Alejandro Ariel; Revelli, Javier; Bergamasco, Maria; Soutullo, Adriana; Marini, M. Rocío; Rocha, Rosana Valeria; Sánchez, Amorina; Bigi, Fabiana; Canal, Ana María; Eirin, Maria Emilia; Cataldi, Angel Adrian (MDPI, 2024-10)
      Background/Objectives: Vaccines may improve the control and eradication of bovine tuberculosis. However, the evaluation of experimental candidates requires the assessment of the protection, excretion, transmission and ...
    • In search of hepatitis E virus infection in wild boar and cattle from Argentina 

      La Sala, Luciano Francisco; Barandiaran, Soledad; Eirin, Maria Emilia; Ferrara Muñiz, Ximena; Abate, Sergio Damián; Sánchez Puch, Silvia; Mathet, Verónica; Delfino, Cecilia María (Sociedad Argentina para el Estudio de los Mamíferos, 2022)
      Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a pathogen with zoonotic potential that affects domestic pigs, wild boar Sus scrofa, and humans, among other species. The HEV has been reported in wild boar from Argentina and Uruguay, but ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • Replication and transmission features of two experimental vaccine candidates against bovine tuberculosis subcutaneously administrated in a murine model 

      Ferrara Muñiz, Ximena; Garcia, Elizabeth Andrea; Blanco, Federico Carlos; Bigi, Fabiana; Zumarraga, Martin Jose; Cataldi, Angel Adrian; Eirin, Maria Emilia (Elsevier, 2022-05)
      Cattle vaccination is an attractive approach in compliance with control and eradication programs against Bovine Tuberculosis (bTB). Today, there is no anti bTB vaccine licensed. Two vaccine candidates, MbΔmce2 and MbΔmce2-phoP ...