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List of works by Francisco Ruiz-Fons

A Review of the Current Status of Relevant Zoonotic Pathogens in Wild Swine (Sus scrofa) Populations: Changes Modulating the Risk of Transmission to Humans

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A broad assessment of factors determining Culicoides imicola abundance: modelling the present and forecasting its future in climate change scenarios

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Anaplasma infection in free-ranging Iberian red deer in the region of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

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Antimicrobial resistance in faecal Escherichia coli isolates from farmed red deer and wild small mammals. Detection of a multiresistant E. coli producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamase

scientific article published on 18 February 2016

Aujeszky's disease virus infection patterns in European wild boar

scientific article published on 12 December 2006

Bluetongue virus serotypes 1 and 4 in red deer, Spain.

scientific article published on March 2010

Border disease virus seroprevalence correlates to antibodies in bulk-tank milk and reproductive performance of dairy sheep flocks

scientific article published in June 2010

Changes in the dynamics of Coxiella burnetii infection in dairy cattle: an approach to match field data with the epidemiological cycle of C. burnetii in endemic herds

scientific article published on 26 February 2014

Characterization of pseudorabies virus of wild boar origin from Europe

scientific article published on 12 March 2010

Characterization of selected genes upregulated in non-tuberculous European wild boar as possible correlates of resistance to Mycobacterium bovis infection

scientific article published on 2 May 2006

Clinical infection of Cantabrian chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica parva) by louping ill virus: new concern for mountain ungulate conservation?

Combination of RT-PCR and proteomics for the identification of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in ticks

scientific article published on 12 July 2017

Coxiella burnetii Genotypes in Iberian Wildlife

scientific article published on 23 May 2016

Coxiella burnetii Shedding by Farmed Red Deer (Cervus elaphus).

scientific article published on 15 October 2013

Coxiella burnetii shedding and environmental contamination at lambing in two highly naturally-infected dairy sheep flocks after vaccination

scientific article published on 17 December 2010

Crossing the interspecies barrier: opening the door to zoonotic pathogens

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Culicoides Species Communities Associated with Wild Ruminant Ecosystems in Spain: Tracking the Way to Determine Potential Bridge Vectors for Arboviruses

scientific article published on 28 October 2015

Detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carrying the mecC gene in wild small mammals in Spain

scientific article published on 7 April 2014

Detection of rat hepatitis E virus in wild Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) and Black rats (Rattus rattus) from 11 European countries

scientific article published on 4 July 2017

Detection of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis ST6-vanB2 and E. faecium ST915-vanA in faecal samples of wild Rattus rattus in Spain

scientific article published on 4 March 2015

Determinants of Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever virus exposure dynamics in Mediterranean environments

scientific article published in 2022

Deviance partitioning of host factors affecting parasitization in the European brown hare (Lepus europaeus).

scientific article published on 30 June 2009

Distribution of Pestivirus exposure in wild ruminants in Spain

scientific article published on 13 September 2020

Dynamics of Aujeszky's disease virus infection in wild boar in enzootic scenarios

scientific article published on 29 September 2019

Ecological preferences of exophilic and endophilic ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) parasitizing wild carnivores in the Iberian Peninsula

scientific article published on 12 September 2011

Ectoparasites of the endangered Iberian lynx Lynx pardinus and sympatric wild and domestic carnivores in Spain.

scientific article published in September 2007

Effects of culling Eurasian wild boar on the prevalence of Mycobacterium bovis and Aujeszky's disease virus

scientific article published on 27 June 2012

Epidemiological study of hepatitis E virus infection in European wild boars (Sus scrofa) in Spain.

scientific article published on 9 November 2007

Estimating the Efficacy of a Commercial Phase I Inactivated Vaccine in Decreasing the Prevalence of Coxiella burnetii Infection and Shedding in Red Deer (Cervus elaphus).

scientific article published on 6 December 2017

Estimation of Coxiella burnetii prevalence in dairy cattle in intensive systems by serological and molecular analyses of bulk-tank milk samples

scientific article published on April 2012

Estimation of European wild boar relative abundance and aggregation: a novel method in epidemiological risk assessment

scholarly article by Pelayo Acevedo et al published April 2007 in Epidemiology and Infection

European Rabbits as Reservoir for Coxiella burnetii

scientific article published on June 2015

Evidence of Anaplasma infections in European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) from southern Spain

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Evidence of the importance of host habitat use in predicting the dilution effect of wild boar for deer exposure to Anaplasma spp

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Expression of immunoregulatory genes in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of European wild boar immunized with BCG

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Factors driving the abundance of ixodes ricinus ticks and the prevalence of zoonotic I. ricinus-borne pathogens in natural foci.

scientific article published on 27 January 2012

Factors driving the circulation and possible expansion of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in the western Palearctic

scientific article published on 7 November 2012

Four-year evaluation of the effect of vaccination against Coxiella burnetii on reduction of animal infection and environmental contamination in a naturally infected dairy sheep flock

scientific article published on 19 August 2011

Genes differentially expressed in oropharyngeal tonsils and mandibular lymph nodes of tuberculous and nontuberculous European wild boars naturally exposed to Mycobacterium bovis

scientific article published in March 2006

Genotypes of Coxiella burnetii in wildlife: Disentangling the molecular epidemiology of a multi-host pathogen.

scientific article published on 23 June 2016

Herpesvirus Infections

High diversity of coagulase negative staphylococci species in wild boars, with low antimicrobial resistance rates but detection of relevant resistance genes

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High frequency of coagulase-positive staphylococci carriage in healthy wild boar with detection of MRSA of lineage ST398-t011

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

High prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carrying the mecC gene in a semi-extensive red deer (Cervus elaphus hispanicus) farm in Southern Spain.

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Host and Environmental Factors Modulate the Exposure of Free-Ranging and Farmed Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) to Coxiella burnetii

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Infectious pathogens potentially transmitted by semen of the black variety of the Manchega sheep breed: Health constraints for conservation purposes

scientific article published on 16 July 2014

Isolation and characterization of Babesia pecorum sp. nov. from farmed red deer (Cervus elaphus).

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Ixodid ticks parasitizing Iberian red deer (Cervus elaphus hispanicus) and European wild boar (Sus scrofa) from Spain: geographical and temporal distribution.

scientific article published on 3 May 2006

Large-scale ELISA testing of Spanish red deer for paratuberculosis

scientific article published on 21 January 2008

Leishmania infantum (Trypanosomatida: Trypanosomatidae) phlebotomine sand fly vectors in continental Mediterranean Spain.

scientific article published on 14 October 2013

Lesions associated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex infection in the European wild boar

scientific article published on 28 March 2007

Long-Term Dynamics of Coxiella burnetii in Farmed Red Deer (Cervus elaphus).

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Long-term dynamics of bluetongue virus in wild ruminants: relationship with outbreaks in livestock in Spain, 2006-2011.

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Mapping the risk of exposure to Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in the Iberian Peninsula using Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa) as a model

scientific article published in January 2024

Massive presence of Echinococcus granulosus (Cestoda, Taeniidae) cysts in a wild boar (Sus scrofa) from Spain

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Measuring antibody levels in bulk-tank milk as an epidemiological tool to search for the status of Coxiella burnetii in dairy sheep

scientific article published on 20 January 2011

Molecular epidemiology of human and bovine anaplasmosis in southern Europe.

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Molecular investigation of the occurrence of Coxiella burnetii in wildlife and ticks in an endemic area

scientific article published on 9 June 2010

Potential vertebrate reservoir hosts and invertebrate vectors of Anaplasma marginale and A. phagocytophilum in central Spain.

scientific article published in January 2005

Prevalence of Coxiella burnetti infection in wild and farmed ungulates.

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Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in red deer (Cervus elaphus) and other wild ruminants from Spain.

scientific article published on 15 December 2005

Prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in ixodid ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from European wild boar (Sus scrofa) and Iberian red deer (Cervus elaphus hispanicus) in central Spain

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Protection against tuberculosis in Eurasian wild boar vaccinated with heat-inactivated Mycobacterium bovis

scientific article (publication date: 2011)

RECENT CHANGES IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN EUROPEAN WILDLIFE

scientific article published on 04 October 2018

Red deer in Iberia: Molecular ecological studies in a southern refugium and inferences on European postglacial colonization history

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Seroepidemiological study of Q fever in domestic ruminants in semi-extensive grazing systems

scientific article published on 20 January 2010

Seroprevalence evolution of selected pathogens in Iberian wild boar.

scientific article published on 13 December 2011

Seroprevalence of Neospora caninum in non-carnivorous wildlife from Spain

scientific article published on 8 September 2006

Seroprevalence of six reproductive pathogens in European wild boar (Sus scrofa) from Spain: the effect on wild boar female reproductive performance.

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Shedding patterns of endemic Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa) pathogens

scientific article published on 31 August 2015

Spatial distribution and risk factors of Brucellosis in Iberian wild ungulates.

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Spotted fever group rickettsiae in questing ticks, central Spain

scientific article published in July 2013

Stable levels of Coxiella burnetii prevalence in dairy sheep flocks but changes in genotype distribution after a 10-year period in northern Spain

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Temporal trend of tuberculosis in wild ungulates from Mediterranean Spain

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The role of deer as vehicles to move ticks, Ixodes ricinus, between contrasting habitats

scientific article published on 06 March 2010

The role of wildlife in bluetongue virus maintenance in Europe: lessons learned after the natural infection in Spain

scientific article published on 03 January 2014

Tick parasitism in the Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise in the Maamora forest, Morocco

scientific article published on 13 November 2018

Torque teno virus (TTV) is highly prevalent in the European wild boar (Sus scrofa).

scientific article published in August 2006

Towards a Multidisciplinary Approach to Improve Cattle Health and Production in Uganda

scientific article published on 31 October 2019

Vaccination with BM86, subolesin and akirin protective antigens for the control of tick infestations in white tailed deer and red deer.

scientific article published on 8 November 2011