http://www.healthsurveillance.eu/ en-gb 2010 Health Surveillance Centre Health Surveillance Centre of the Complutense University Noticiashttp://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/course-of-analysis-of-the-fish-fauna-in-rivers-and-reservoirs-of-the-comunidad-de-madrid/31=51/Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100Teachinghttp://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/course-of-analysis-of-the-fish-fauna-in-rivers-and-reservoirs-of-the-comunidad-de-madrid/31=51/Canal de Isabel II promote this course the days 15th and 22nd of March, organiced by VISAVET Centre.

Durante el presente curso se abordará la problemática de las mortandades de peces en el medio ambiente acuático, exponiendo sus posibles etiologías y haciendo especial hincapié en la metodología y protocolos de actuación ante un episodio de este tipo. Se expondrán los factores limitantes para la vida acuática y se caracterizarán las comunidades piscícolas de la Comunidad de Madrid....]]>http://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/detection-of-bluetongue-serotype-4-in-mouflons-ovis-aries-musimon-from-spain/37=350/Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100Investigationhttp://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/detection-of-bluetongue-serotype-4-in-mouflons-ovis-aries-musimon-from-spain/37=350/Investigation published in Veterinary microbiology

Bluetongue serotype 4 (BTV4) has been detected for the first time in tissue samples from 2 mouflons (Ovis aries musimon) from the South of Spain, in a retrospective study. The samples included in this study had been fixed and paraffin-embedded for over a year prior to their analysis using a BTV group-specific and a BTV4-specific RT-PCR test. Lung and lymphatic nodes were found positive in both spe...]]>http://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/high-spoligotype-diversity-within-a-mycobacterium-bovis-population-clues-to-understanding-the-demography-of-the-pathogen-in-europe/37=349/Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100Investigationhttp://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/high-spoligotype-diversity-within-a-mycobacterium-bovis-population-clues-to-understanding-the-demography-of-the-pathogen-in-europe/37=349/Investigation article published in Veterinary microbiology

Mycobacterium bovis is the main causative agent of bovine tuberculosis. This zoonotic disease produces important economic losses and must be considered a threat to endangered animal species and public health. This study was performed (1) to assess the degree of diversity of the Spanish M. bovis isolates and its effect on the epidemiology of the infection, and (2) to understand the connection of M....]]>http://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/hacia-la-seguridad-alimentaria-global/12=228/Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100Outreachhttp://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/hacia-la-seguridad-alimentaria-global/12=228/New online article published in Análisis madri+d

Los representantes de la Agencia Europea de Seguridad Alimentaria (EFSA) y la Administración Americana de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA) firmaron hace unos meses el primer acuerdo transatlántico en materia de seguridad alimentaria. Según los términos del mismo, ambas compartirán información científica confidencial sobre metodologías aplicadas a la garantía sanitaria de los alimentos, formalizando ...]]>http://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/el-lobo-y-la-oms/12=226/Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100Outreachhttp://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/el-lobo-y-la-oms/12=226/New article published in Tribuna Complutense

Ya despojados de la premura a la que, lamentablemente, la necesidad de la toma de decisiones en un tema tan sensible como es la salud nos conduce, se puedan analizar algunas de las medidas adoptadas con un cierto rigor y, sobre todo, lejanía. No obstante, en los pasados días se ha abierto una nueva polémica sobre la actuación de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) en este tema. Recientemente...]]>http://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/presence-of-rickettsia-raoultii-in-dermacentor-ticks-from-wildlifein-central-spain/34=507/Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100Outreachhttp://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/presence-of-rickettsia-raoultii-in-dermacentor-ticks-from-wildlifein-central-spain/34=507/Poster presented in 8th ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting

The genus Rickettsia includes a large number of bacteria considered important emerging tick-borne human pathogens. The genus is divided into three groups: the typhus group (TG), the scrub typhus group and the spotted fever group (SFG). SFG rickettsiae include several pathogenic and nonpathogenic species such as R. conori, R. massilae and R. raoultii. R. raoultii was first isolated in Russia in 199...]]>http://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/resistencia-a-antibiticos-en-bacterias-humanas-y-animales/12=227/Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100Outreachhttp://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/resistencia-a-antibiticos-en-bacterias-humanas-y-animales/12=227/Unidad de Información Científica y Divulgación de la Investigación. OTRI published this online article

La resistencia a los antibióticos es uno de los mayores retos sanitarios de la actualidad. Una dificultad adicional es la que ha estudiado un grupo de investigación de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, que ha identificado y caracterizado un vehículo de genes de resistencia a antibióticos que ha pasado de bacterias que afectan al cerdo a bacterias que afectan al hombre. No se trata de una alarm...]]>http://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/efsa-and-ecdc-issue-their-anual-report-on-zoonoses-and-food-borne-outbreaks-in-the-eu/12=225/Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100Outreachhttp://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/efsa-and-ecdc-issue-their-anual-report-on-zoonoses-and-food-borne-outbreaks-in-the-eu/12=225/New post published in Weblog Madri+d de Seguridad Alimentaria y Alimentación

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) have published their Annual Report on Zoonoses and Food-borne outbreaks for 2008, which gives an overview of zoonotic infections shared in nature by humans and animals and disease outbreaks caused by consuming contaminated food. The report shows that the number of human cases of the three mo...]]>http://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/experimental-infection-with-mycobacterium-caprae-in-goats-and-evaluation-of-immunological-status-in-tuberculosis-and-paratuberculosis-co-infected-animals/37=344/Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100Investigationhttp://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/experimental-infection-with-mycobacterium-caprae-in-goats-and-evaluation-of-immunological-status-in-tuberculosis-and-paratuberculosis-co-infected-animals/37=344/Investigation published in Veterinary immunology and immunopathology

Tuberculosis in goats (caused by Mycobacterium caprae and M. bovis) has become a significant concern in recent years because of its high prevalence in certain caprine herds in Spain and other European countries, and also due to the potential transmission to other animals and human beings. In the present study, a transthoracic model of tuberculosis infection was performed on goats. Animals were sel...]]>http://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/expert-course-in-bioterrorism-epidemiology-and-prevention/31=50/Thu, 4 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100Teachinghttp://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/expert-course-in-bioterrorism-epidemiology-and-prevention/31=50/Dr. Luis Enrique Marin Otero will expose the role of the Biological Alert Network of Laboratories (RE-LAB) in biological threats associated to vector-borne transmission and bioterrorism

Granada University organizes this course aimed to graduates and students, professionals belonged to National Security Forces, Service Personnel, Emergency Units and Medical and Scientific Laboratories. The course has 350 hours of class. The inscription period is from 20 January to 18 March 2010. Spanish is the official language for the course. For more information, please see enclosed brochur...]]>http://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/resistance-mechanisms-and-farm-level-distribution-of-fecal-escherichia-coli-isolates-resistant-to-extended-spectrum-cephalosporins-in-pigs-in-spain/37=345/Mon, 1 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100Investigationhttp://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/resistance-mechanisms-and-farm-level-distribution-of-fecal-escherichia-coli-isolates-resistant-to-extended-spectrum-cephalosporins-in-pigs-in-spain/37=345/Research in veterinary science publish this investigation article

INTRODUCTION: Fecal Escherichia coli isolates showing a phenotype of reduced susceptibility or resistance to extended-spectrum cephalosporins are common among pigs in Spain. The aim of this study was to describe the main beta-lactam resistance mechanisms carried by these strains and their distribution at farm-level. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty-nine E. coli isolates showing reduced susceptibility...]]>http://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/avian-mycobacteriosis-in-free-living-raptors-in-majorca-island-spain/37=347/Mon, 1 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100Investigationhttp://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/avian-mycobacteriosis-in-free-living-raptors-in-majorca-island-spain/37=347/Investigation published in Avian pathology : journal of the W.V.P.A

Avian mycobacteriosis is a chronic, infectious disease caused by different species of mycobacteria, usually belonging to the Mycobacterium avium complex. From 2004 to 2007, 589 raptors brought dead or sick to a wildlife rehabilitation centre in Majorca (Balearic Islands, Spain) were necropsied. The birds belonged to 12 different species, chiefly common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) (n=297), scops ow...]]>http://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/military-veterinary-center-of-spain-conference-series-xxiv/26=49/Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100Outreachhttp://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/military-veterinary-center-of-spain-conference-series-xxiv/26=49/The conference "Action lines of the Spanish Agency for Food Security and Nutrition" was held on 25 February

Military Veterinary Center Conference Series XXIV will begin on January 28. The Center also meets the requirements relating to food safety, hygiene and environmental and animal health, serving as reference laboratory for food safety and for the detection and control of legionellosis in the Army field....]]>http://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/streptococcus-porci-sp-nov-isolated-from-swine-sources/37=346/Fri, 1 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100Investigationhttp://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/streptococcus-porci-sp-nov-isolated-from-swine-sources/37=346/Investigation article published in International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology

Two unidentified Gram-positive, catalase-negative, coccus-shaped organisms were recovered from pigs and subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic analysis. Based on cellular morphology and biochemical criteria, the isolates were tentatively assigned to the genus Streptococcus, although the organisms did not appear to correspond to any recognized species. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence studies confir...]]>http://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/salmonella-prevalence-on-swine-farms/12=223/Fri, 1 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100Outreachhttp://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/salmonella-prevalence-on-swine-farms/12=223/Anaporc publish this article

The most commonly identified bacterial cause of food borne outbreaks in the EU is Salmonella. In order to establish control programmes to reduce Salmonella prevalence in food-producing animals, a series of studies which facilitate the comparison of Salmonella prevalence between member states has been established. Thereby, official control programmes and global targets for Salmonella reduction can ...]]>http://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/percentage-of-reactor-animals-to-single-comparative-cervical-intradermal-tuberculin-sccit-in-small-ruminants-in-punjab-pakistan/37=366/Fri, 1 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100Investigationhttp://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/percentage-of-reactor-animals-to-single-comparative-cervical-intradermal-tuberculin-sccit-in-small-ruminants-in-punjab-pakistan/37=366/Acta tropica publish this investigation article

To investigate the percentage reactor animals to SCCIT in sheep and goat the present study was carried out by using bovine and avian PPDs at 7 Livestock Experiment Stations of Punjab and villages around two cities. The overall percentage of reactor animals to SCCIT at farms in sheep and goat was 0.9% and 2.4%, while it was 0.4% and 0.0% around two cities, respectively. Hundred percent of goat and ...]]>http://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/flu-virus-the-swine-flu/12=224/Fri, 1 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100Outreachhttp://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/flu-virus-the-swine-flu/12=224/New article published in Ganadería

The A flu or influenza type A is a respiratory disease that affects a large number of species. It is caused by a segmented virus consisted in eight fragments of RNA which encoding 11 proteins. Influenza virus belongs to the family Orthomyxovirus and genus Influenzavirus type A. It is a zoonosis of low intensity. Interspecies transmission is not a frequent occurrence....]]>http://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/coxiella-burnetti-a-neglected-pathogen/12=221/Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100Outreachhttp://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/coxiella-burnetti-a-neglected-pathogen/12=221/New post published in Weblog Madri+d de Seguridad Alimentaria y Alimentación

Q fever outbreak started in Holland has come to Belgium by creating an unprecedented situation makes it difficult to see whether the measures taken are appropriate and where there are no European recommendations. However, cases of transmission of Q fever from animals to humans are atypical and associated with management and environmental conditions specific to the affected areas...]]>http://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/articles/q-fever-importance-in-europe-nowadays.phpMon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100Outreachhttp://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/articles/q-fever-importance-in-europe-nowadays.phpNew online article published in VISAVET Outreach Journal

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 bacte...]]>http://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/food-handlers-trainers-course/31=46/Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100Teachinghttp://www.vigilanciasanitaria.es/en/food-handlers-trainers-course/31=46/New edition organized by the Official Veterinary Association of Madrid and promoted by the Regional Ministry of Health of Madrid

With the objectives of technically trained in the design, development and evaluation of Food Handlers Training programs will be held this course for review the knowledge of Hygiene, in connection with handling throughout the food chain should receive Food handlers and be given the necessary training tools in their educational task. The course will run for 30h and will be held in the Official Veter...]]>