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Isabel G. Fernández de Mera

Isabel G. Fernández de Mera

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Animal Science and Veterinary

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39
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5059
World Ranking
1315
National Ranking
64

Overview

Isabel G. Fernández de Mera is a researcher affiliated with the University of Castilla-La Mancha in Spain. Their work spans multiple fields including Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a strong focus on infectious diseases, parasitology, and public health.

Their research covers specialized subfields such as Infectious Diseases, Parasitology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Surgery.

Main topics addressed by their research include:

  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Xenotransplantation and immune response

Among recent papers where Fernández de Mera is either author or contributor, some notable publications include:

  • Detection of environmental SARS-CoV-2 RNA in a high prevalence setting in Spain, 2020, published in Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Detection of new Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus genotypes in ticks feeding on deer and wild boar, Spain, 2020, published in Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Characterization by Quantitative Serum Proteomics of Immune-Related Prognostic Biomarkers for COVID-19 Symptomatology, 2021, published in Frontiers in Immunology
  • Tick and Host Derived Compounds Detected in the Cement Complex Substance, 2020, published in Biomolecules
  • Multi-level analysis of exposure to triazole fungicides through treated seed ingestion in the red-legged partridge, 2020, published in Environmental Research

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • José de la Fuente
  • Christian Gortázar
  • Alberto Moraga-Fernández
  • Marta Sánchez-Sánchez
  • Marinela Contreras

Isabel G. Fernández de Mera regularly publishes in several scientific journals, with the most frequent venues being:

  • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Veterinary Microbiology
  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • European Journal of Wildlife Research

Best Publications

  • Wild boar and red deer display high prevalences of tuberculosis-like lesions in Spain.

    Joaquín Vicente;Ursula Höfle;Joseba M. Garrido;Isabel G. Fernández-De-Mera

  • Risk factors associated with the prevalence of tuberculosis-like lesions in fenced wild boar and red deer in south central Spain

    Joaquín Vicente;Joaquín Vicente;Joaquín Vicente;Ursula Höfle;Joseba M Garrido;Isabel G Fernández-de-Mera

  • Sequence analysis of the msp4 gene of Anaplasma ovis strains

    José de la Fuente;Mark W. Atkinson;Victoria Naranjo;Isabel G. Fernández de Mera

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

    José De La Fuente;Victoria Naranjo;Francisco Ruiz-Fons;Ursula Höfle

  • Molecular characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates from wild ungulates in south-central Spain

    Christian Gortazar;Joaquín Vicente;Sofia Samper;Joseba M. Garrido

  • Genetic resistance to bovine tuberculosis in the Iberian wild boar

    Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse;Joaquin Vicente;Christian Gortazar;Ursula Hofle

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

    Francisco Ruiz-Fons;Isabel G. Fernández-de-Mera;Pelayo Acevedo;Ursula Höfle

  • Piroplasmosis in wildlife: Babesia and Theileria affecting free-ranging ungulates and carnivores in the Italian Alps

    Stefania Zanet;Anna Trisciuoglio;Elisa Bottero;Isabel Garcia Fernández de Mera

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

    Francisco Ruiz-Fons;Isabel G. Fernández-de-Mera;Pelayo Acevedo;Pelayo Acevedo;Christian Gortázar

  • Molecular detection of vector-borne pathogens in wild and domestic carnivores and their ticks at the human–wildlife interface

    Javier Millán;Tatiana Proboste;Isabel G. Fernández de Mera;Andrea D. Chirife

  • First Molecular Evidence of Anaplasma ovis and Rickettsia spp. in Keds (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) of Sheep and Wild Ruminants

    Sándor Hornok;José de la Fuente;José de la Fuente;Nóra Biró;Isabel G. Fernández de Mera

  • Serosurvey of Aujeszky’s disease virus infection in European wild boar in Spain

    J. Vicente;F. Ruiz-Fons;D. Vidal;U. Höfle

  • Wild boar helminths: risks in animal translocations.

    Isabel G. Fernandez-de-Mera;Christian Gortazar;Joaquin Vicente;Ursula Höfle

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

    José de la Fuente;Joaquı́n Vicente;Ursula Höfle;Francisco Ruiz-Fons

  • The importance of parasite life history and host density in predicting the impact of infections in red deer.

    Joaquín Vicente;Joaquín Vicente;Ursula Höfle;Isabel García Fernández-De-Mera;Christian Gortazar

  • Molecular identification of tick-borne pathogens in Nigerian ticks.

    Ndudim Isaac Ogo;Isabel G. Fernández de Mera;Isabel G. Fernández de Mera;Ruth C. Galindo;Oluyinka O. Okubanjo

  • Molecular identification and characterization of Anaplasma platys and Ehrlichia canis in dogs in Mexico

    Consuelo Almazán;Vicente H. González-Álvarez;Isabel G. Fernández de Mera;Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz

  • High prevalence of Hepatozoon-infection among shepherd dogs in a region considered to be free of Rhipicephalus sanguineus

    Sándor Hornok;Balázs Tánczos;Isabel G. Fernández de Mera;Isabel G. Fernández de Mera;José de la Fuente;José de la Fuente

  • Oral vaccination with heat inactivated Mycobacterium bovis activates the complement system to protect against tuberculosis

    Beatriz Beltrán-Beck;José de la Fuente;José de la Fuente;Joseba M. Garrido;Alicia Aranaz

  • Synanthropic birds associated with high prevalence of tick-borne rickettsiae and with the first detection of Rickettsia aeschlimannii in Hungary.

    Sándor Hornok;Tibor Csörgő;José de la Fuente;José de la Fuente;Miklós Gyuranecz

  • Tick- and fly-borne bacteria in ungulates: the prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, haemoplasmas and rickettsiae in water buffalo and deer species in Central Europe, Hungary.

    Sándor Hornok;László Sugár;Isabel G. Fernández de Mera;José de la Fuente;José de la Fuente

  • Tick-host conflict: Immunoglobulin E antibodies to tick proteins in patients with anaphylaxis to tick bite

    Lourdes Mateos-Hernández;Margarita Villar;Angel Moral;Carmen García Rodríguez

  • Detection of new Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus genotypes in ticks feeding on deer and wild boar, Spain.

    Alberto Moraga-Fernández;Francisco Ruiz-Fons;Miguel A. Habela;Lara Royo-Hernández

  • Control of tick infestations and pathogen prevalence in cattle and sheep farms vaccinated with the recombinant Subolesin-Major Surface Protein 1a chimeric antigen

    Alessandra Torina;Juan A Moreno-Cid;Valeria Blanda;Isabel G Fernández de Mera

  • Molecular evidence of Ehrlichia canis and Rickettsia massiliae in ixodid ticks of carnivores from South Hungary

    Sándor Hornok;José de la Fuente;José de la Fuente;Gábor Horváth;Isabel G. Fernández de Mera;Isabel G. Fernández de Mera

  • A systems biology approach to the characterization of stress response in Dermacentor reticulatus tick unfed larvae.

    Margarita Villar;Marina Popara;Nieves Ayllón;Isabel G. Fernández de Mera

  • Molecular epidemiology of human and bovine anaplasmosis in southern Europe.

    Victoria Naranjo;Francisco Ruiz-Fons;Ursula Höfle;Isabel G. Fernández De Mera

  • Louping ill in goats, Spain, 2011.

    Ana Balseiro;Luis J. Royo;Claudia Pérez Martínez;Isabel G. Fernández de Mera

  • Infection and exposure to vector-borne pathogens in rural dogs and their ticks, Uganda

    Tatiana Proboste;Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka;Laura Altet;Laia Solano-Gallego

  • Vaccinomics Approach to the Identification of Candidate Protective Antigens for the Control of Tick Vector Infestations and Anaplasma phagocytophilum Infection

    Marinela Contreras;Pilar Alberdi;Isabel G. Fernández de Mera;Christoph Krull

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

    Isabel G. Fernández de Mera;Ilias Chaligiannis;Angélica Hernández-Jarguín;Margarita Villar

  • Isolation and characterization of

    Maggy Jouglin;Isabel G Fernández-de-Mera;Nathalie de la Cotte;Francisco Ruiz-Fons

Frequent Co-Authors

José de la Fuente
José de la Fuente University of Castilla-La Mancha
Christian Gortázar
Christian Gortázar University of Castilla-La Mancha
Sándor Hornok
Sándor Hornok University of Veterinary Medicine
Joaquín Vicente
Joaquín Vicente University of Castilla-La Mancha
Ursula Höfle
Ursula Höfle University of Castilla-La Mancha
Alessandra Torina
Alessandra Torina Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Della Sicilia
Francisco Ruiz-Fons
Francisco Ruiz-Fons University of Castilla-La Mancha
Róbert Farkas
Róbert Farkas University of Veterinary Medicine
Santo Caracappa
Santo Caracappa University of Palermo
Katherine M. Kocan
Katherine M. Kocan Oklahoma State University

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