• Characterization of a papain-like cysteine protease essential for the survival of Babesia ovis merozoites 

      Carletti, Tamara; Mesplet, Maria; Mira, Anabela; Weir, William; Shiels, Brian; Gonzalez Oliva, Abel; Schnittger, Leonhard; Florin-Christensen, Mónica; Barreto, Carmo (2016)
      Babesia ovis, a tick-transmitted intraerythrocytic protozoan parasite, causes severe infections in small ruminants from Southern Europe, Middle East, and Northern Africa. With the aim of finding potential targets for the ...
    • Development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and a direct LAMP for the specific detection of Nosema ceranae, a parasite of honey bees 

      Lannutti, Lucas; Mira, Anabela; Basualdo, Marina; Rodriguez, Graciela Adriana; Erler, Silvio; Silva, Victoria Ayelén; Gisder, Sebastian; Genersch, Elke; Florin-Christensen, Mónica; Schnittger, Leonhard (Springer, 2020-10)
      Nosema ceranae is a ubiquitous microsporidian pathogen infecting the midgut of honey bees. The infection causes bee nosemosis, a disease associated with malnutrition, dysentery, and lethargic behavior, and results in ...
    • Distribution and prevalence of Nosema apis and N. ceranae in temperate and subtropical eco-regions of Argentina 

      Pacini, Adriana Cecilia; Mira, Anabela; Molineri, Ana Ines; Giacobino, Agostina; Bulacio Cagnolo, Natalia Veronica; Aignasse, Andrea María Elisa; Zago, Luis Fernando Basili; Izaguirre, Mercedes; Merke, Julieta; Orellano, Emanuel; Bertozzi, Ezequiel; Pietronave, Hernan Pablo; Russo, Romina Maria; Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla; Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz; Schnittger, Leonhard; Signorini, Marcelo (2016-11)
      A total of 361 colonies from 59 apiaries located in two temperate and three subtropical eco-regions were examined during the post-harvest period to determine distribution and prevalence of Nosema spp. Apiaries from subtropical ...
    • First report of Anaplasma marginale infection in goats, Brazil 

      da Silva, Nayara B.; Taus, Naomi S.; Johnson, Wendell C.; Mira, Anabela; Schnittger, Leonhard; Valente, Jessica D. M.; Vidotto, Odilon; Masterson, Hayley E.; Vieira, Thállitha S. W. J.; Ueti, Massaro W.; Vieira, Rafael F. C. (Public Library of Science, 2018-08)
      Anaplasma marginale, the causative agent of bovine anaplasmosis, is a tick-borne bacterium that causes significant economic losses for cattle industries and is increasingly being detected in other animal species. Rhipicephalus ...
    • High genetic diversity and differentiation of the babesia ovis population in Turkey 

      Mira, Anabela; Unlu, Ahmet Hakan; Bilgic, Huseyin Bilgin; Bakirci, Serkan; Hacilarlioglu, Selin; Karagenc, Tulin; Carletti, Tamara; Weir, William; Shiels, Brian; Shkap, Varda; Aktas, Munir; Florin‐Christensen, Mónica; Schnittger, Leonhard (Wiley, 2020-07)
      Babesia ovis is a tick‐transmitted protozoan haemoparasite causing ovine babesiosis in sheep and goats leading to considerable economic loss in Turkey and neighbouring countries. There are no vaccines available, therapeutic ...
    • 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 ...
    • Propagación in vitro de Alstroemeria var. ‘Fiesta de 15 INTA’ a partir del cultivo de meristemas de rizoma 

      Tombion, Leticia; Soto, Maria Silvina; Mori, Marcela Noemi; Mira, Anabela; Facciuto, Gabriela Rosa (Universidad de Concepción, Chile, 2020)
      Alstroemeria (Alstroemeriaceae) es un género nativo de Sudamérica. Sus especies, que se distribuyen desde Venezuela hasta Argentina y Chile, tienen alto impacto en el mercado de plantas ornamentales, debido al color y ...