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Overview

Aránzazu Meana is affiliated with the Complutense University of Madrid in Spain. Their research focuses primarily on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Small Animals, and Plant Science.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Helminth infection and control
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Coccidia and coccidiosis research
  • Veterinary Equine Medical Research

Aránzazu Meana has contributed to multiple papers published between 2020 and 2023. Recent publications include:

  • Experimental evidence of harmful effects of Crithidia mellificae and Lotmaria passim on honey bees, 2020, International Journal for Parasitology
  • World association for the advancement of veterinary parasitology (WAAVP): Third edition of guideline for evaluating the efficacy of equine anthelmintics, 2022, Veterinary Parasitology
  • Residual Tau-Fluvalinate in Honey Bee Colonies Is Coupled with Evidence for Selection for Varroa destructor Resistance to Pyrethroids, 2021, Insects
  • Workflow of Lotmaria passim isolation: Experimental infection with a low-passage strain causes higher honeybee mortality rates than the PRA-403 reference strain, 2020, International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife
  • Evidence of transplacental transmission of equine piroplasms Theileria equi and Babesia caballi in an Italian breed mare, 2023, Folia Parasitologica

Publications predominantly appear in venues such as Revista Brasileira de Saúde e Produção Animal, Insects, Journal of Apicultural Research, International Journal for Parasitology, and Veterinary Parasitology.

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Aránzazu Meana include:

  • Raquel Martín-Hernández
  • Mariano Higes
  • María Benito-Murcia
  • Carolina Bartolomé
  • Guido Laércio Bragança Castagnino

Best Publications

  • How natural infection by Nosema ceranae causes honeybee colony collapse

    Mariano Higes;Raquel Martín-Hernández;Cristina Botías;Encarna Garrido Bailón

  • Nosema ceranae, a new microsporidian parasite in honeybees in Europe

    Mariano Higes;Raquel Martín;Aránzazu Meana

  • Outcome of colonization of Apis mellifera by Nosema ceranae.

    Raquel Martín-Hernández;Aránzazu Meana;Lourdes Prieto;Amparo Martínez Salvador

  • Experimental infection of Apis mellifera honeybees with Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia).

    Mariano Higes;Pilar García-Palencia;Raquel Martín-Hernández;Aránzazu Meana

  • Immune suppression in the honey bee (Apis mellifera) following infection by Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia)

    Karina Antúnez;Raquel Martín-Hernández;Lourdes Prieto;Aránzazu Meana

  • Honeybee colony collapse due to Nosema ceranae in professional apiaries

    Mariano Higes;Raquel Martín-Hernández;Encarna Garrido-Bailón;Amelia V. González-Porto

  • Nosema ceranae in Europe: an emergent type C nosemosis

    Mariano Hges;Raquel Martín-Hernández;Aranzazu Meana

  • Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia), a controversial 21st century honey bee pathogen

    Mariano Higes;Aránzazu Meana;Carolina Bartolomé;Cristina Botías

  • Nosema spp. infection and its negative effects on honey bees (Apis mellifera iberiensis) at the colony level

    Cristina Botías;Raquel Martín-Hernández;Laura Barrios;Aránzazu Meana

  • Effect of Temperature on the Biotic Potential of Honeybee Microsporidia

    Raquel Martín-Hernández;Aránzazu Meana;Pilar García-Palencia;Pilar Marín

  • Natural infections of Nosema ceranae in European honey bees

    I Fries;R Martín;A Meana;P García-Palencia

  • Comparison of the energetic stress associated with experimental Nosema ceranae and Nosema apis infection of honeybees (Apis mellifera)

    Raquel Martín-Hernández;Cristina Botías;Laura Barrios;Amparo Martínez-Salvador

  • Nosema ceranae in Apis mellifera: a 12 years postdetection perspective

    Raquel Martín-Hernández;Carolina Bartolomé;Nor Chejanovsky;Yves Le Conte

  • Microsporidia infecting Apis mellifera: coexistence or competition. Is Nosema ceranae replacing Nosema apis?

    Raquel Martín-Hernández;Cristina Botías;Encarna Garrido Bailón;Amparo Martínez-Salvador

  • Update on trematode infections in sheep

    F.A. Rojo-Vázquez;F.A. Rojo-Vázquez;A. Meana;F. Valcárcel;M. Martínez-Valladares

  • Detection of infective Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia) spores in corbicular pollen of forager honeybees.

    Mariano Higes;Raquel Martín-Hernández;Encarna Garrido-Bailón;Pilar García-Palencia

  • A preliminary study of the epidemiological factors related to honey bee colony loss in Spain

    Mariano Higes;Raquel Martín-Hernández;Amparo Martínez-Salvador;Encarna Garrido-Bailón

  • The stability and effectiveness of fumagillin in controlling Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia) infection in honey bees ( Apis mellifera ) under laboratory and field conditions

    Mariano Higes;María J. Nozal;Ana Alvaro;Laura Barrios

  • Holistic screening of collapsing honey bee colonies in Spain: a case study

    Almudena Cepero;Jorgen Ravoet;Tamara Gómez-Moracho;José Luis Bernal

  • The presence of Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia) in North African honey bees (Apis mellifera intermissa)

    Mariano Higes;Raquel Martín-Hernández;Encarna Garrido-Bailón;Cristina Botías

Frequent Co-Authors

Mariano Higes
Mariano Higes CIAPA-IRIAF
Francisco A. Rojo-Vázquez
Francisco A. Rojo-Vázquez University of Leon
Mercedes Gómez-Bautista
Mercedes Gómez-Bautista Complutense University of Madrid
Samer Alasaad
Samer Alasaad Spanish National Research Council
Xing-Quang Zhu
Xing-Quang Zhu Shanxi Agricultural University
Raffaella Iorio
Raffaella Iorio University of Teramo
Domenico Otranto
Domenico Otranto University of Bari Aldo Moro
Koldo Osoro
Koldo Osoro Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario

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