• A novel MHC-II targeted BVDV subunit vaccine induces a neutralizing immunological response in guinea pigs and cattle 

      Bellido, Demian; Baztarrica, Josefina; Rocha, Lucía Alejandra; Pecora, Andrea; Acosta, Mario; Escribano, José M.; Parreño, Gladys; Wigdorovitz, Andres (Wiley, 2021-11)
      Bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) is a major cause of economic loss in the cattle industry, worldwide. Infection results in reduced productive performance, growth retardation, reduced milk production and increased ...
    • Actualización en diarrea viral bovina, herramientas diagnósticas y estrategias de prevención 

      Pecora, Andrea; Perez Aguirreburialde, Maria Sol (Ediciones INTA, 2017)
      El virus de la diarrea viral bovina (VDVB) es uno de los agentes involucrados en los complejos respiratorio y reproductivo bovino y ocasiona importantes pérdidas econó- micas a nivel mundial. El VDVB pertenece al género ...
    • Analysis of irradiated Argentinean fetal bovine serum for adventitious agents 

      Pecora, Andrea; Perez Lopez, Jorgelina; Jordan, Maximiliano Jesus; Franco, Lautaro Nahuel; Politzki, Romina Paula; Ruiz, Vanesa; Alvarez, Irene (Sage Publications, 2020-11)
      Fetal bovine serum (FBS) used in cell culture may be contaminated with adventitious agents, which can affect the production of biologicals and the results of clinical laboratory tests. We carried out a retrospective study ...
    • Anthropogenic infection of domestic cats with SARS-CoV-2 alpha variant B.1.1.7 lineage in Buenos Aires 

      Pecora, Andrea; Malacari, Darío Amilcar; Mozgovoj, Marina Valeria; Díaz, María de los Ángeles; Peralta, Andrea Veronica; Cacciabue, Marco Polo Domingo; Puebla, Andrea Fabiana; Carusso, Cristian; Mundo, Silvia Leonor; Gonzalez Lopez Ledesma, María Mora; Gamarnik, Andrea Vanesa; Rinaldi, Osvaldo; Vidal, Osvaldo; Mas, Javier; Dus Santos, Maria Jose (Frontiers Media, 2022-03)
      SARS-CoV-2 reverse zoonosis, particularly to domestic animals, and the potential role of infected animals in perpetuating the spread of the virus is an issue of increasing concern. In this case report, we identified the ...
    • Complejo respiratorio bovino: evidencia de circulación viral múltiple en un establecimiento de cría 

      Streitenberger, Nicolas; Ferella, Alejandra; Perez Aguirreburualde, Maria Sol; Sammarruco, Romina Ayelén; Dus Santos, Maria Jose; Mozgovoj, Marina Valeria; Maidana, Silvina Soledad; Romera, Sonia Alejandra; Pecora, Andrea; Quiroga, María Alejandra; Fazzio, L.E. (Gerencia de Comunicación e Imagen Institucional, DNA SICC, INTA, 2017-08)
      El complejo respiratorio bovino (CRB) es una de las principales causas de pérdidas productivas en rodeos de cría, tambo y engorde a corral. Los agentes infecciosos involucrados incluyen virus, bacterias y micoplas mas. ...
    • Development of an APC-targeted multivalent E2-based vaccine against Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus types 1 and 2 

      Pecora, Andrea; Malacari, Darío Amilcar; Pérez Aguirreburualde, María Sol; Bellido, Demian; Nuñez, Maria del Carmen; Dus Santos, Maria Jose; Martínez Escribano, José Angel; Wigdorovitz, Andres (Elsevier, 2015-09)
      The aim of this study was to develop and test a multivalent subunit vaccine against Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDV) based on the E2 virus glycoprotein belonging to genotypes 1a, 1b and 2a, immunopotentiated by targeting ...
    • Efficacy of a BVDV subunit vaccine produced in alfalfa transgenic plants 

      Perez Aguirreburialde, Maria Sol; Gomez, Maria Cristina; Ostachuck, Agustín; Wolman, Federico Javier; Albanesi, Guillermo Luis; Pecora, Andrea; Odeon, Anselmo Carlos; Ardila, Fernando Jorge; Escribano, José M.; Dus Santos, Maria Jose; Wigdorovitz, Andres (Elsevier, 2013-02-15)
      Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) is considered an important cause of economic loss within bovine herds worldwide. In Argentina, only the use of inactivated vaccines is allowed, however, the efficacy of inactivated BVDV ...
    • HoBi-like pestivirus in 2 cases of fatal respiratory disease of feedlot cattle in Argentina 

      Margineda, Carlos Augusto; Ferreyra, Franco Matías; Masnyj, Franco Ezequiel; Audrito, Maximiliano; Favaro, Paula Melisa; Dus Santos, Maria Jose; Pecora, Andrea (American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, 2022-07)
      HoBi-like pestivirus (HoBiPeV) is an emerging virus that has been detected in cattle and other ruminants. We diagnosed 2 cases of fatal bovine respiratory disease complex (BRDC) associated with infection with HoBiPeV in a ...
    • Improvement of bovine pestiviral diagnosis by the development of a cost-effective method for detecting viral RNA in fresh specimens and samples spotted in filter papers 

      Favaro, Paula Melisa; Molineri, Ana Ines; Dus Santos, Maria Jose; Calvinho, Fernando Luis; Pecora, Andrea (Elsevier, 2023-01)
      Bovine pestiviruses are the causative agents of bovine viral diarrhea, a disease thatcauses severe economic losses in cattle. The aim of this study was to improve their diagnosisby developing a RT-qPCR to detect bovine ...
    • In vitro and in vivo characterization of a typical and a high pathogenic bovine viral diarrhea virus type ii strains 

      Malacari, Darío Amilcar; Pecora, Andrea; Perez Aguirreburialde, Maria Sol; Cardoso, Nancy Patricia; Odeon, Anselmo Carlos; Capozzo, Alejandra Victoria (Frontiers Media, 2018-04)
      Non-cytopathic (ncp) type 2 bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV-2) is widely prevalent in Argentina causing high mortality rates in cattle herds. In this study, we characterized an Argentinean ncp BVDV-2 field isolate (98-124) ...
    • Molecular characterization of pestiviruses in fetal bovine sera originating from Argentina: evidence of circulation of HoBi-like viruses 

      Pecora, Andrea; Perez Aguirreburiald, Maria Sol; Ridpath, Julia; Dus Santos, Maria Jose (Frontiers Media, 2019-10)
      Serological evidence suggests that HoBi-like viruses, an emerging species within the Pestivirus genus of the Flaviviridae family, are in circulation in Argentina. While HoBi-like viruses were first isolated from Brazilian ...
    • Pestivirus emergentes HoBi : impacto en salud animal y su importancia como contaminante de insumos biotecnológicos 

      Pecora, Andrea; Pérez Aguirreburualde, María Sol; Malacari, Darío Amilcar; Zabal, Osvaldo Alfredo; Bauermann, Fernando Viçosa; Ridpath, Julia; Dus Santos, Maria Jose (Gerencia de Comunicación e Imagen Institucional, DNA SICC, INTA, 2016-11-02)
      Los virus HoBi son un grupo de Pestivirus emergentes que afecta a bovinos y bubalinos y son contaminantes muy comunes de productos biológicos. Luego de ser identificados por primera vez en Alemania a partir muestras ...
    • Serologic evidence of HoBi-like virus circulation in Argentinean water buffalo 

      Pecora, Andrea; Perez Aguirreburualde, María Sol; Malacari, Darí­o Amilcar; Zabal, Osvaldo Alfredo; Sala, Juan Manuel; Konrad, Jose Luis; Caspe, Sergio Gaston; Bauermann, Fernando; Ridpath, Julia; Dus Santos, Maria Jose (2017-11)
      HoBi-like pestiviruses (also known as bovine viral diarrhea virus 3) have been sporadically reported from naturally infected cattle in Brazil, Asia, and Europe. Although HoBi-like viruses seem to be endemic in Brazilian ...