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Land and climate suitability for West Nile virus in Atlantic archipelagos guide...
Geraldes, Martim A.; Giovanetti, Marta; Cunha, Mónica V.; Lourenço, JoséWest Nile (WNV) is a zoonotic mosquito-borne virus with an expanding geographical and epidemic activity worldwide. Computational studies have contributed to the understanding of factors driving WNV occurrence, particularly in North America and Europe. Archipelagos have largely been overlooked, despite the risk to unique local avian species and human populations. In this study, we apply an ecological niche appro...
The seasonality and spatial landscape of the historical climate-based suitabili...
Geraldes, Martim A.; Giovanetti, Marta; Cunha, Mónica V.; Lourenço, JoséWhile archipelagos have a demonstrated role in the stepping-stone process of the global dissemination of Aedes-borne viruses, they are often neglected in epidemiological and modelling studies. Over the past 20 years, some Atlantic archipelagos have witnessed a series of Aedes-borne viral outbreaks, prompting inquiries into the local historical suitability for transmission. In this study, the climate-based suita...
Prevalence, diversity and risk factors of gastrointestinal parasites in dogs ho...
Lopes, Patrícia; Gomes, Jacinto; Lozano, João; Louro, Mariana; Carvalho, Luís Madeira de; Fonseca, Isabel Pereira da; Lobo, Ricardo; Monteiro, FernandoGastrointestinal parasites (GIP) are among the most common pathogens that affect dogs globally, with some species representing a zoonotic threat. Stray and shelter dogs are especially vulnerable to parasitism as their clinical history is often unknown, and copro-parasitological analyses are seldom performed upon animal arrival at shelters. In Portugal, official shelters play a pivotal role in sheltering and man...
Building a Portuguese coalition for biodiversity genomics
Marques, João P.; Alves, Paulo C.; Amorim, Isabel R.; Lopes, Ricardo J.; Moura, Monica; Myers, Eugene; Sim-sim, Manuela; Sousa-Santos, CarlaThe diverse physiography of the Portuguese land and marine territory, spanning from continental Europe to the Atlantic archipelagos, has made it an important repository of biodiversity throughout the Pleistocene glacial cycles, leading to a remarkable diversity of species and ecosystems. This rich biodiversity is under threat from anthropogenic drivers, such as climate change, invasive species, land use changes...
Population structure and history of Mycobacterium bovis European 3 clonal compl...
Pereira, André C.; Lourenço, José; Themudo, Gonçalo; Botelho, Ana; Cunha, Mónica V.Mycobacterium bovis causes animal tuberculosis in livestock and wildlife, with an impact on animal health and production, wildlife management, and public health. In this work, we sampled a multi-host tuberculosis community from the official hotspot risk area of Portugal over 16 years, generating the largest available data set in the country. Using phylogenetic and ecological modeling, we aimed to reconstruct th...
The historical ecological background of West Nile virus in Portugal indicates O...
Geraldes, Martim A.; Cunha, Mónica V.; Godinho, Carlos; Lima, Ricardo F. de; Giovanetti, Marta; Lourenço, JoséWest Nile (WNV) is a zoonotic arbovirus with an expanding geographical range and epidemic activity in Europe. Not having yet experienced a human-associated epidemic, Portugal remains an outlier in the Mediterranean basin. In this study, we apply ecological niche modelling informed by WNV historical evidence and a multitude of environmental variables from across Portugal. We identify that ecological backgrounds ...
Genomic epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus from the Iberian Peninsula highli...
Ramos, Beatriz; Cunha, Mónica V.Staphylococcus aureus is a versatile pathobiont, exhibiting a broad host range, including humans, other mammals, and avian species. Host specificity determinants, virulence, and antimicrobial resistance genes are often shared by strains circulating at the animal-human interface. While transmission dynamics studies have shown strain exchange between humans and livestock, knowledge of the source, genetic diversif...
Rescue of Mycobacterium bovis DNA Obtained from Cultured Samples during Officia...
Pinto, Daniela; Themudo, Gonçalo; Pereira, André C.; Botelho, Ana; Cunha, Mónica V.Epidemiological surveillance of animal tuberculosis (TB) based on whole genome sequencing (WGS) of Mycobacterium bovis has recently gained track due to its high resolution to identify infection sources, characterize the pathogen population structure, and facilitate contact tracing. However, the workflow from bacterial isolation to sequence data analysis has several technical challenges that may severely impact ...
Host‐, Environment‐, or Human‐Related Effects Drive Interspecies Interactions i...
Ferreira, Eduardo M.; Cunha, Mónica V.; Duarte, Elsa L.; Gonçalves, Renata; Pinto, Tiago; Mira, António; Santos, Sara M.In many Mediterranean ecosystems, animal tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium bovis, is maintained by multi-host communities in which cattle and different wildlife species establish interaction networks contributing to M. bovis transmission and persistence. Most studies have addressed wildlife–cattle disease-relevant interactions, focusing on reservoir hosts, while disregarding the potential contribution ...
First time whole genome sequencing of Mycobacterium bovis from the environment ...
Pereira, André C.; Pinto, Daniela; Cunha, Mónica V.Spreading of Mycobacterium bovis causing animal tuberculosis (TB) at livestock-wildlife-environment interfaces remains a significant problem. Recently, we provided evidence of widespread environmental contamination of an endemic animal TB setting with viable and dormant M. bovis cells able to recover metabolic activity, making indirect transmission via environmental contamination plausible. We now report the fi...