• Modulation of host plant immunity by Tobamovirus proteins 

      Conti, Gabriela; Rodriguez, Maria Cecilia; Venturuzzi, Andrea Laura; Asurmendi, Sebastian (2017-03)
      To establish successful infection, plant viruses produce profound alterations of host physiology, disturbing unrelated endogenous processes and contributing to the development of disease. In tobamoviruses, emerging evidence ...
    • Molecular and serological detection of Babesia bovis- and Babesia bigemina-infection in bovines and water buffaloes raised jointly in an endemic field 

      Romero-Salas, Dora; Mira, Anabela; Mosqueda, Juan; García-Vázquez, Zeferino; Hidalgo-Ruiz, Mario; Ortiz Vela, Noot Aditya; Perez de Leóne, Adalberto Angel; Florin-Christensen, Monica; Schnittger, Leonhard (2016-01)
      Babesia bovis and Babesia bigemina are causative agents of bovine babesiosis, a tick-borne disease of cattle in tropical and subtropical regions. Babesia spp. infection adversely affects cattle health and can be fatal ...
    • Molecular characterization and antimicrobial resistance profiles of Salmonella Heidelberg isolates from poultry 

      Dominguez, Johanna Elizabeth; Viñas, María Rosa; Herrera, Mariana; Moroni, Mirian; Gutkind, Gabriel Omar; Mercado, Elsa Cristina; Di Conza, José Alejandro; Chacana, Pablo (Wiley, 2021-02)
      In the last 10 years, Salmonella Heidelberg has been extensively isolated from poultry in several countries. In this context, molecular characterization is essential to understand whether the strains have entered the farms ...
    • Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium isolates from calves in Argentina 

      Tomazic, Mariela Luján; Maidana, Jimena; Dominguez, Mariana Gabriela; Louge Uriarte, Enrique Leopoldo; Galarza, Roxana Ivon; Garro, Carlos Javier; Florin-Christensen, Monica; Schnittger, Leonhard (2013-12)
      Cryptosporidiosis is responsible for significant fatalities of neonatal calves, resulting in substantial economic loss in dairy farming in several countries. Additionally, the high shedding of environmentally resistant ...
    • Molecular detection and differentiation of arthropod, fungal, protozoan, bacterial and viral pathogens of honeybees 

      Lannutti, Lucas; Gonzalez, Fernanda Noemi; Dus Santos, Maria Jose; Florin-Christensen, Mónica; Schnittger, Leonhard (MDPI, 2022-05)
      The honeybee Apis mellifera is highly appreciated worldwide because of its products, but also as it is a pollinator of crops and wild plants. The beehive is vulnerable to infections due to arthropods, fungi, protozoa, ...
    • Molecular detection and phylogenetic analysis of Hepatozoon spp. in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks and rodents from Slovakia and Czech Republic 

      Hamšíkova, Zuzana; Silaghi, Cornelia; Rudolf, Ivo; Venclíková, Kristýna; Mahríkova, Lenka; Slovák, Mirko; Mendel, Jan; Blažejová, Hana; Berthová, Lenka; Kocianová, Elena; Hubálek, Zdeněk; Schnittger, Leonhard; Kazimírová, Mária (2016-10)
      By amplification and sequencing of 18S rRNA gene fragments, Hepatozoon spp. DNA was detected in 0.08 % (4/5057) and 0.04 % (1/2473) of questing Ixodes ricinus ticks from Slovakia and Czech Republic, respectively. Hepatozoon ...
    • Molecular detection of Sarcocystis aucheniae in the blood of llamas from Argentina 

      Decker Franco, Cecilia; Romero, Sandra Raquel; Carletti, Tamara; Schnittger, Leonhard; Florin-Christensen, Monica; Martin, Mara Edith (2016-09)
      Sarcocystis aucheniae are apicomplexan protozoa that infect South American camelids (SACs), giving rise to macroscopic cysts similar to rice grains in skeletal muscles. Visual detection of macrocysts in slaughtered animals ...
    • Molecular diagnosis of Leishmania spp. in dogs of a subtropical locality of Argentina 

      Ascencio, Mariano; Sarmiento, Nestor Fabian; Schnittger, Leonhard; Florin-Christensen, Mónica; Rodriguez, Anabel Elisa (Wiley, 2020-07)
      Leishmaniosis is a tropical and subtropical vector‐borne disease caused by hemoparasites of the genus Leishmania. The disease can infect humans, as well as domestic and wildlife animals. Dogs are the main reservoir for L. ...
    • Molecular evidence of Leishmania spp. in spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) from The Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve, Veracruz, Mexico 

      Pérez-Brígido, Carlos D.; Romero-Salas, Dora; Pardío-Sedas, Violeta T.; Cruz-Romero, Anabel; González-Hernández, Milagros; Delprá-Cachulo, Joyce Mara; Ascencio, Mariano; Florin-Christensen, Mónica; Schnittger, Leonhard; Rodriguez, Anabel Elisa (Springer, 2021-10)
      The black-handed spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) is a platyrrhine primate distributed in southern Mexico, Central America, and part of South America. Two subspecies inhabit Mexico: Ateles geoffroyi vellerosus and Ateles ...
    • Molecular identification of Sarcocystis aucheniae as the macrocyst-forming parasite of llamas 

      Carletti, Tamara; Martin, Mara; Romero, Sandra Raquel; Morrison, David A.; Marcoppido, Gisela Ariana; Florin-Christensen, Monica; Schnittger, Leonhard (2013-12)
      The domestic South American camelids (SACs), llama (Lama glama) and alpaca (Lama paco), are frequently found to be infected with Sarcocystis parasites. Infections give rise in skeletal muscle to macroscopic cysts (1–5 mm ...
    • Morbilidad y mortalidad en terneras de rodeos lecheros con manejo intensivo del calostrado 

      Garro, Carlos Javier; Morici, Gabriel Edgardo; De Alba, Paloma; Mian, Leonardo; Wirch, Sebastian; Gonzales, V.; Schnittger, Leonhard (Asosiación Argentina de Veterinarios de Laboratorios de Díagnóstico, 2021-11)
      La producción lechera en Argentina ha registrado durante los últimos años una reducción en el número de tambos y del número de vacas a una tasa del 3,4% y 1.4% anual, respectivamente (OCLA, 2018). La ineficiencia reproductiva ...
    • N-Glycosylation in piroplasmids : Diversity within simplicity 

      Florin-Christensen, Mónica; Rodriguez, Anabel Elisa; Suarez, Carlos Esteban; Ueti, Massaro W.; Delgado, Fernando Oscar; Echaide, Ignacio Eduardo; Schnittger, Leonhard (MDPI, 2021-01)
      N-glycosylation has remained mostly unexplored in Piroplasmida, an order of tick-transmitted pathogens of veterinary and medical relevance. Analysis of 11 piroplasmid genomes revealed three distinct scenarios regarding ...
    • Necrotic Enteritis in Young Calves 

      Morris, Winston Eduardo; Venzano, Agustin Jose; Elizondo, Ana Maria; Vilte, Daniel Alejandro; Mercado, Elsa Cristina; Fernandez Miyakawa, Mariano Enrique (Sage Publishing, 2011-03)
      Non–enterotoxin (CPE)–producing Clostridium perfringens type A has been associated with enteritis in calves. Recent evidence has suggested that a novel toxin, named beta2 (CPB2), is implicated in the pathogenesis of this ...
    • New enzyme-linked immunoassay for the detection of specific antibodies against multiple Leptospira serogroups in bovine sera 

      Martinez, Mara Leila; Rodriguez, Marcelo A.; Irazu, Lucía E.; Romero, Graciela Noemi; Saraullo, Vanina Rosa; Watanabe, Olivia; Hamer, Micaela; Grune Loffler, Sylvia; Samartino, Luis Ernesto; Brihuega, Bibiana Felicitas (Elsevier, 2021-04)
      Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease with worldwide endemicity in Argentina, it is a significant public health problem in low-income populations. Bovine leptospirosis is a serious economic problem for cattle production, ...
    • New scenarios for brucella suis and brucella melitensis 

      Samartino, Luis Ernesto; Arregui, Matias Ezequiel; Martino, Pablo Eduardo (Springer, 2017-03)
      Purpose of Review: We pretend to highlight the most important advances reached in the last few years in the biology of Brucella suis and Brucella melitensis and focus attention on new tools for the comprehension, prevention ...
    • Next-generation technologies and systems biology for the design of novel vaccines against apicomplexan parasites 

      Tomazic, Mariela Luján; Marugán-Hernandez, Virginia; Rodriguez, Anabel Elisa (Frontiers Media, 2022-01)
      Parasites of the phylum Apicomplexa are the causative agents of important diseases such as malaria, toxoplasmosis or cryptosporidiosis in humans, and babesiosis and coccidiosis in animals. Whereas the first human recombinant ...
    • 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 ...
    • On the use of the SF6 gas tracer technique in Latin America for measuring methane emissions in ruminants : a review and analysis 

      Loza, Cecilia; Ceron Cucchi, Maria Esperanza; Cabezas-Garcia, Edward Hernando; Ortiz Chura, Abimael; Gualdrón-Duarte, Laura; Gere, Jose Ignacio (Taylor and Francis, 2024)
      The SF6 gas tracer technique is extensively used to measure enteric CH4 emissions for scientific research in Latin-American countries. Although guidelines on how to properly implement this technique have been published, ...
    • Optimization and comparative analysis of LAMP and PCR techniques for the detection of leptospiral DNA in Golden Syrian hamsters 

      Hamer, Micaela; Watanabe, Olivia; Saraullo, Vanina Rosa; Ortega, Facundo Miguel; Sanchez, Maria Cristina; Martinez, Mara Leila; Brihuega, Bibiana Felicitas; Grune Loffler, Sylvia (Springer, 2023-08)
      Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease with significant public health and economic impact worldwide. Rapid and accurate diagnosis is essential for effective prevention and treatment. This study optimized a loop-mediated ...
    • Overview of the role of Shiga toxins in porcine edema disease pathogenesis 

      Casanova, Natalia Andrea; Redondo, Leandro Martin; Dailoff, Gabriela Cecilia; Arenas, David; Fernandez Miyakawa, Mariano Enrique (Elsevier, 2018-06)
      Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) have been implicated as the cause of enterotoxemias, such as hemolytic uremic syndrome in humans and edema disease (ED) of pigs. Stx1 and Stx2 are the most common types found ...