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Animal Science and Veterinary

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Overview

Enric Mateu is affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain, focusing research primarily within the fields of Medicine, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their work encompasses several subfields, including Animal Science and Zoology, Infectious Diseases, Genetics, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. The scientist's main topics of study involve Animal Virus Infections Studies, Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, Virus-based gene therapy research, Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Viral Infections and Immunology Research, Respiratory viral infections research, and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

Frequent publication venues demonstrate a consistent engagement with journals such as Porcine Health Management, Frontiers in Immunology, Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Research Square, and the Journal of Comparative Pathology.

  • Biosecurity in pig farms: a review (2021), Porcine Health Management
  • Impact of Cryopreservation on Viability, Phenotype, and Functionality of Porcine PBMC (2021), Frontiers in Immunology
  • Introduction of a PRRSV-1 strain of increased virulence in a pig production structure in Spain: virus evolution and impact on production (2023), Porcine Health Management
  • Description of a New Clade within Subtype 1 of Betaarterivirus suid 1 Causing Severe Outbreaks in Spain (2022), Microbiology Resource Announcements
  • Activation of pro- and anti-inflammatory responses in lung tissue injury during the acute phase of PRRSV-1 infection with the virulent strain Lena (2020), Veterinary Microbiology

Their collaborative network includes frequent coauthors such as Gerard Martín-Valls, Martı́ Cortey, Yanli Li, Iván Díaz, and José María Sánchez-Carvajal, indicating sustained research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • The challenge of PRRS immunology.

    E. Mateu;I. Diaz

  • Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) vaccination of conventional pigs prevents viremia against PCV2 isolates of different genotypes and geographic origins.

    M. Fort;M. Sibila;A. Allepuz;E. Mateu

  • Immune responses of pigs after experimental infection with a European strain of Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus.

    Ivan Díaz;L. Darwich;G. Pappaterra;J. Pujols

  • Review on the transmission porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus between pigs and farms and impact on vaccination

    Emanuela Pileri;Enric Mateu

  • Immunosuppression in postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome affected pigs.

    Joaquim Segalés;Mariano Domingo;Francesca Chianini;Natàlia Majó

  • One dose of a porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2) sub-unit vaccine administered to 3-week-old conventional piglets elicits cell-mediated immunity and significantly reduces PCV2 viremia in an experimental model

    M Fort;M Sibila;E Pérez-Martín;M Nofrarías

  • Detection of neutralizing antibodies in postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS)-affected and non-PMWS-affected pigs.

    Maria Fort;Alex Olvera;Marina Sibila;Joaquim Segalés

  • Different European-type vaccines against porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus have different immunological properties and confer different protection to pigs.

    I. Díaz;L. Darwich;G. Pappaterra;J. Pujols

  • Pathogenesis of postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome caused by Porcine circovirus 2: An immune riddle.

    L. Darwich;J. Segalés;E. Mateu

  • Biosecurity in pig farms: a review

    Laura Valeria Alarcón;Alberto Allepuz;Enric Mateu

  • Cytokine mRNA expression profiles in lymphoid tissues of pigs naturally affected by postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome.

    Laila Darwich;Sandrine Pié;Albert Rovira;Joaquim Segalés

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

    Nilsa de Deus;Bibiana Peralta;Sonia Pina;Alberto Allepuz

  • Certainties, doubts and hypotheses in porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus immunobiology.

    Laila Darwich;Ivan Díaz;Enric Mateu

  • Distribution of hepatitis E virus infection and its prevalence in pigs on commercial farms in Spain

    C. Seminati;E. Mateu;B. Peralta;N. de Deus

  • Cytokine profiles of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from pigs with postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome in response to mitogen, superantigen or recall viral antigens.

    Laila Darwich;Mònica Balasch;Joan Plana-Durán;Joaquim Segalés

  • Biosecurity measures on swine farms in Spain: Perceptions by farmers and their relationship to current on-farm measures

    J. Casal;A. De Manuel;E. Mateu;M. Martín

  • Changes in CD4+, CD8+, CD4+ CD8+, and Immunoglobulin M-Positive Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome-Affected Pigs and Age-Matched Uninfected Wasted and Healthy Pigs Correlate with Lesions and Porcine Circovirus Type 2 Load in Lymphoid Tissues

    Laila Darwich;Joaquim Segalés;Mariano Domingo;Enric Mateu

  • Genetic diversity and phylogenetic analysis of glycoprotein 5 of European-type porcine reproductive and respiratory virus strains in Spain.

    Enric Mateu;Marga Martín;Dolors Vidal

  • Detection of hepatitis E virus in liver, mesenteric lymph node, serum, bile and faeces of naturally infected pigs affected by different pathological conditions.

    Nilsa de Deus;Chiara Seminati;Sonia Pina;Enric Mateu

  • Development of cell-mediated immunity to porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) in caesarean-derived, colostrum-deprived piglets.

    Maria Fort;Lana T. Fernandes;Miquel Nofrarias;Ivan Díaz

  • Several Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serotype 4,5,12:i:− Phage Types Isolated from Swine Samples Originate from Serotype Typhimurium DT U302

    E. de la Torre;D. Zapata;M. Tello;W. Mejía

  • Cytokine profiles and phenotype regulation of antigen presenting cells by genotype-I porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus isolates.

    Mariona Gimeno;Laila Darwich;Ivan Diaz;Eugenia de la Torre

  • Immunology of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2).

    Laila Darwich;Enric Mateu

Frequent Co-Authors

Joaquim Segalés
Joaquim Segalés Autonomous University of Barcelona
Jordi Casal
Jordi Casal Autonomous University of Barcelona
Mariano Domingo
Mariano Domingo Autonomous University of Barcelona
Marina Sibila
Marina Sibila Autonomous University of Barcelona
Alberto Allepuz
Alberto Allepuz Autonomous University of Barcelona
Susana M. Martín-Orúe
Susana M. Martín-Orúe Autonomous University of Barcelona
Jose Perez
Jose Perez Autonomous University of Barcelona
Ignacio García-Bocanegra
Ignacio García-Bocanegra University of Córdoba
Christian Gortázar
Christian Gortázar University of Castilla-La Mancha
Francisco Ruiz-Fons
Francisco Ruiz-Fons University of Castilla-La Mancha

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