New publications in VISAVET Outreach Journal
Biofilms and their impact on food industry
A biofilm is a complex community of microorganisms that are embedded in a matrix of extracellular polymeric substances they have produced, and they are attached to either an inert or living surface and formed by one or more microbial species (Carpentier and Cerf, 1993; Costerton, 1995; Costerton et al., 1999; Davey y O’Toole, 2000; Kraigsley et al., 2002). Bacteria that are included in a biofilm are in sessile form, exhibiting an altered phenotype from their single or freely suspended (planktoni…
Tellez S.
VISAVET Outreach Journal
VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre (U.C.M.)
Q fever importance in Europe nowadays
Q fever is one of the most widespread neglected zoonoses worldwide, in spite of the fact that it can be considered as emerging or reemerging in many countries. The disease has been described in almost every country where its presence has been investigated with the sole described exception of New Zealand. However, many aspects of the Q fever and its causative agent, the obligate intracellular bacterium Coxiella burnetii, remain unclear although in the last years it has received a growing attentio…
Alvarez J.
VISAVET Outreach Journal
VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre (U.C.M.)
MRSA. Staphylococcus aureus methicillin resistant
Staphylococcus aureus is usually found on the skin and mucosa of domestic animals and humans. This microorganism causes mild infections or even severe ones, in addition to food borne disease through toxins. Antibiotics are the treatment for S. aureus infections. Nevertheless, the bacteria are getting more resistant over time. Staphylococcus aureus resistant to methicillin (MRSA) is a public health concern given that they are resistant to all beta-lactam antibiotics, which are the selected treatm…
Porrero MC.
VISAVET Outreach Journal
VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre (U.C.M.)
“Swine flu”. Human cases due to H1N1 Influenza virus, an issue that so far only affects Public Health
Swine Influenza (also known as “swine flu”) is an acute respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A Influenza virus. Its characteristic symptoms are cough, respiratory problems, fever and depression, and although the disease usually has a sudden start animals rapidly recover from the disease. Typically, mortality levels are very low. Swine influenza was first described as an animal disease during the 1918-1919 pandemic known as “Spanish flu”…
Goyache J.
VISAVET Outreach Journal
VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre (U.C.M.)
Immune recognition and innate response in bovine tuberculosis: summary
Tuberculosis in cattle is a zoonotic disease caused mainly by Mycobacterium bovis, although it is reported outbreaks caused by M. tuberculosis and M. caprae in this specie. In general, it is referring to bovine tuberculosis as the disease caused by the species included in the M. tuberculosis complex (not only by M. bovis). Innate response begins after the infection and before the initiation of adaptive immunity. The importance of this kind of response it is due to its capacity to neutralize the …
Bezos J.
VISAVET Outreach Journal
VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre (U.C.M.)
