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Surgical site infection in clean and clean contaminated procedures in veterinar...
Correia Dias, Margarida; Moreira da Silva, Joana; Lavrador, Catarina; Alpizar-Jara, Russel; Pomba, Constança; Marques, Catia; Duarte, Elsa LeclercA surgical site infection (SSI) is a healthcare associated infection occurring at or near the site of surgery, up to 30 days after surgery, or up to one year if implants have been left in place. Perioperative parenteral antimicrobial medications is a well established approach to prevent SSIs; For animals undergoing most clean or clean contaminated surgical procedures (C/CCS), prophylactic use of antimicrobial d...
Seroepidemiology of Rickettsia conorii in dogs in Portugal: a comprehensive 12-...
Lopes, Ricardo; Carvalho, Hugo L; Garces, Andreia; Fernandes, Cátia; Lopes; Martins, A; Duarte, Elsa Leclerc; Cardoso, Luis Lucas; Coelho, ACBackground Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF), caused by Rickettsia conorii, is a zoonotic tick-borne disease of important public health concern, particularly in the Mediterranean Basin. Dogs serve as key sentinels for MSF due to their exposure to vector ticks and close contact with humans. To date, no comprehensive study in Portugal has investigated epidemiological risk factors in dogs infected with or exposed ...
Addressing Critical Fungal Pathogens Under a One Health Perspective: Key Insigh...
Sabino, Raquel; Antunes, Francisco; Araujo, Ricardo; Bezerra, A. R.; Brandão, João; Carneiro, Carla; Carvalho, Agostinho; Carvalho, D.; Conceição, I.C.Fungal infections have emerged as a significant public health concern, especially with the increasing incidence of severe mycoses caused by pathogens such as Aspergillus fumigatus, Candida auris, Candida albicans, and Cryptococcus neoformans. These fungi, listed as critical priorities by the World Health Organization, pose a heightened risk due to rising antifungal resistance and their severe impact on immunoco...
Addressing Critical Fungal Pathogens Under a One Health Perspective
Sabino, Raquel; Antunes, Francisco; Araújo, Ricardo; Bezerra, Ana Rita; Brandão, João C.; Carneiro, Carla; Carvalho, Agostinho; Carvalho, DinahFungal infections have emerged as a significant public health concern, especially with the increasing incidence of severe mycoses caused by pathogens such as Aspergillus fumigatus, Candida auris, Candida albicans, and Cryptococcus neoformans. These fungi, listed as critical priorities by the World Health Organization, pose a heightened risk due to rising antifungal resistance and their severe impact on immunoco...
Companion animal owners’ expectations and knowledge on antimicrobial use in Por...
Correia Dias, Margarida; Alpizar Jara, Russel; Lavrador, Catarina; Marques, Catia; Duarte, Elsa LeclercWhile multiple studies have focused on motivations surrounding antimicrobial prescription among companion animal veterinarians, Owners’ expectations and knowledge on antimicrobials and their role on antimicrobial judicious use remains understudied. This work aimed to characterize the knowledge about antimicrobial use and antimicrobial-resistance by pet owners from Portugal. A nationwide survey directed to pet o...
Dermatophytosis in Companion Animals in Portugal: A Comprehensive Epidemiologic...
Lopes, Ricardo; Garcês, Andreia; Silva, Augusto; Brilhante-Simões, Paula; Martins, Angela; Cardoso, Luís; Duarte, Elsa Leclerc; Coelho, Ana CláudiaDermatophytosis, commonly referred to as ringworm, is a common superficial fungal infection in companion animals and humans. Between 2012 and 2023, plucked hair and scraped scale samples from domestic dogs and cats with clinical suspicion of dermatophytosis were collected from 355 veterinary medical centres across mainland Portugal. A total of 4716 animal samples were inoculated onto DERM agar, incubated at 25 ...
Feline Infectious Peritonitis Effusion Index: A Novel Diagnostic Method and Val...
Lopes, Ricardo; Sampaio, Filipe; Lima de Carvalho, Hugo; Garcês, Andreia; Fernandes, Cátia; Neves, Carolina Vitória; Sardinha de Brito, AlexandreThe emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has led the medical and scientific community to explore the pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of coronaviruses. In felines, a widespread coronavirus known as feline coronavirus (FCoV) can lead to feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), a highly fatal disease characterised by severe systemic inflammation. Diagnosing FCoV remains ch...
Mapping high-risk areas for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex bacteria transmi...
Ferreira, Eduardo; Cunha, Mónica; Duarte, Elsa LeclercIn many Mediterranean ecosystems, animal tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium bovis, an ecovar of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), is maintained by multi-host communities. It is hypothesised that interspecies transmission is mainly indirect via shared contaminated environments. Therefore, identifying spatial areas where MTBC bacteria occur and quantifying space use by susceptible hosts might hel...
Identifying High-Risk Multi-Host Behaviors for Tuberculosis Transmission at the...
Sampaio, Ana; Ferreira, Eduardo; Cunha, Mónica; Duarte, Elsa Leclerc; Mira, António; Santos, Sara MZoonoses are a global concern, with bovine tuberculosis (TB) posing major economic and social challenges in Europe. Tuberculosis transmission is facilitated by the shared use of space and contaminated resources among hosts. The study was conducted on 5 adjoining farms in Barrancos, Portugal, near the Spanish border… Barrancos is identified as one of the main risk areas for bovine tuberculosis in Portugal. In ad...
Genetic variants in the IFNGR2 locus associated with severe chronic Q fever
David, Suzana; Castro, Liliana; Duarte, Elsa Leclerc; Gaspar, Ulisses; da Costa Rodrigues, Maria Rosário; Cueto-Rojo, Maria Vanessa; Mendonça, JoanaQ fever is a highly contagious zoonosis capable of causing large outbreaks of important health and economic consequences. Host genetic factors are believed to influence the development of severe chronic Q fever following the infection by the etiological agent, Coxiella burnetii. Targetted next generation sequencing (NGS) was performed in a case-control genetic association study on 53 confirmed Q fever cases, in...