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Tracking the Pathways of West Nile Virus
Maroco, Diogo; Parreira, Ricardo; Santos, Fábio Abade dos; Lopes, Ângela; Simões, Fernanda; Orge, Leonor; Seabra, Sofia G.; Fagulha, TeresaFunding Information: This work was funded in part by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (GHTM-UID/04413/2020 and LA-REAL–LA/P/0117/2020). Publisher Copyright: © 2025 by the authors.; Birds are natural hosts for numerous zoonotic viral pathogens, including West Nile virus, which is transmitted by mosquitoes. During migration, birds can act as vectors for the geographic spread of viruses. WNV is endemic in Po...
Fatal Bluetongue Virus Serotype 3 Infection in Female Dogs
Barros, Sílvia C.; Maroco, Diogo; Henriques, Ana M.; Costa, Maria L.; Alves, Alexandra; Ramos, Fernanda; Duarte, Ana; Fagulha, Teresa; Varanda, Inês C.Funding Information: This work was funded in part by the KNOW-PATH internal activity of the European Partnership on Animal Health and Welfare (HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK). Publisher Copyright: © 2025 by the authors.; The first official case of bluetongue virus serotype 3 (BTV-3) in Portugal was confirmed in sheep from the district of Évora in September 2024. Notably, mortality was observed in pregnant sheepdogs...
Comprehensive Survey of PCV2 and PCV3 in Domestic Pigs and Wild Boars Across Po...
Almeida, Bernardo; Duarte, Margarida D.; Duarte, Ana; Fagulha, Teresa; Ramos, Fernanda; Luís, Tiago; Caetano, Inês; Barros, Sílvia C.Copyright: © 2025 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.; Porcine circoviruses are significant pathogens that affect swine populations worldwide, with implications for animal health and productivity. While PCV2 is well-documented, particularly due to widespread vaccination programs, PCV3 is less understood, and its epidemiological impact is still under investigation. This study screened for PCV2 and...
Genome Characterization and Spaciotemporal Dispersal Analysis of Bagaza Virus D...
Falcão, Marta; Barros, Margarida; Duarte, Margarida D.; Santos, Fábio Abade dos; Fagulha, Teresa; Henriques, Margarida; Ramos, Fernanda; Duarte, AnaFunding Information: This work received financial support from the Global Health and Tropical Medicine Center (which is funded through Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) contract UID/Multi/04413/2013). This research was also funded by FCT, Project UIDB/00276/2020 and LA/P/0059/2020-AL4AnimalS, and by the Interdisciplinary Research Center on Animal Health (CIISA), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Univer...