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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Spain Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in Spain Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Spain Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in Spain Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Spain Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Immunology in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Joaquim Segalés is affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these disciplines, they have contributed significantly to subfields such as Infectious Diseases, Animal Science and Zoology, Genetics, Epidemiology, and Immunology.

The scientist's work addresses a wide array of topics, including:

  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing

Joaquim Segalés has a record of publications in various journals, with a notable presence in key venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Porcine Health Management
  • Viruses
  • Vaccines
  • Veterinary Research

Among their recent papers are:

  • Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in a cat owned by a COVID-19−affected patient in Spain, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Animal models for COVID-19, 2020, Nature (co-authored by César Muñoz-Fontela)
  • Stable neutralizing antibody levels 6 months after mild and severe COVID-19 episodes, 2021, Med (co-authored by Edwards Pradenas)
  • SARS-CoV-2 infection elicits a rapid neutralizing antibody response that correlates with disease severity, 2021, Scientific Reports (co-authored by Benjamin Trinité)
  • Analytical and clinical performance of the panbio COVID-19 antigen-detecting rapid diagnostic test, 2021, Journal of Infection (co-authored by Andrea Alemany)

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Júlia Vergara-Alert
  • Jordi Rodon
  • Julià Blanco
  • Marina Sibila
  • Nuria Izquierdo-Useros

In addition to journal publications, Joaquim Segalés has contributed to book literature, with a published title through Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited: Optimising pig herd health and production (2022).

Best Publications

  • Animal models for COVID-19.

    César Muñoz-Fontela;William E. Dowling;Simon G.P. Funnell;Pierre S. Gsell

  • Porcine circovirus diseases.

    Joaquim Segalés;Gordon M. Allan;Mariano Domingo

  • Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) infections: clinical signs, pathology and laboratory diagnosis.

    Joaquim Segalés

  • Pathological, Immunohistochemical, and In-situ Hybridization Studies of Natural Cases of Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome (PMWS) in Pigs

    C. Rosell;J. Segalés;J. Plana-Durán;M. Balasch

  • Experimental inoculation of conventional pigs with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus and porcine circovirus 2

    A. Rovira;M. Balasch;J. Segalés;L. García

  • Molecular evolution of porcine circovirus type 2 genomes: Phylogeny and clonality

    A. Olvera;M. Cortey;J. Segalés

  • Postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) in pigs. A review.

    J Segalés;M Domingo

  • Revisiting the Taxonomy of the Family Circoviridae: Establishment of the Genus Cyclovirus and Removal of the Genus Gyrovirus

    Karyna Rosario;Mya Breitbart;Balázs Harrach;Joaquim Segalés

  • Comparison of porcine circovirus type 2 load in serum quantified by a real time PCR in postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome and porcine dermatitis and nephropathy syndrome naturally affected pigs.

    Alex Olvera;Marina Sibila;Maria Calsamiglia;Joaquim Segalés

  • Identification of porcine circovirus in tissues of pigs with porcine dermatitis and nephropathy syndrome

    C. Rosell;J. Segalés;J. A. Ramos-Vara;J. M. Folch

  • PCV-2 genotype definition and nomenclature

    J. Segales;A. Olvera;L. Grau-Roma;C. Charreyre

  • Characterisation of PCV-2 isolates from Spain, Germany and France.

    Annette Mankertz;Mariano Domingo;Josep M Folch;Pierre LeCann

  • Pathological findings associated with naturally acquired porcine circovirus type 2 associated disease.

    Joaquim Segalés;Carles Rosell;Mariano Domingo

  • 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

  • A review of viral diseases of the European wild boar: effects of population dynamics and reservoir rôle.

    Francisco Ruiz-Fons;Joaquim Segalés;Christian Gortázar

  • An orthopoxvirus-based vaccine reduces virus excretion after MERS-CoV infection in dromedary camels

    Bart L. Haagmans;Judith M. A. van den Brand;V. Stalin Raj;Asisa Volz

  • Update on Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae infections in pigs: Knowledge gaps for improved disease control.

    Dominiek Maes;M Sibila;P Kuhnert;J Segalés

  • Immunosuppression in postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome affected pigs.

    Joaquim Segalés;Mariano Domingo;Francesca Chianini;Natàlia Majó

  • A proposal on porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) genotype definition and their relation with postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) occurrence.

    L. Grau-Roma;Elisa Crisci;M. Sibila;S. López-Soria

  • Effects of spray-dried porcine plasma and plant extracts on intestinal morphology and on leukocyte cell subsets of weaned pigs.

    M. Nofrarías;E. G. Manzanilla;J. Pujols;X. Gibert

  • 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

  • Current perspectives on the diagnosis and epidemiology of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae infection.

    Marina Sibila;Maria Pieters;Thomas W Molitor;Dominiek Maes

  • First report of post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome in pigs in Spain

    J. Segalés;M. Sitjar;M. Domingo;S. Dee

  • Epidemiological study on porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) infection in the European wild boar (Sus scrofa).

    Joaquin Vicente;Joaquim Segalés;Ursula Höfle;Mònica Balasch

  • Prevalence of swine Torque teno virus in post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS)-affected and non-PMWS-affected pigs in Spain.

    Tuija Kekarainen;Marina Sibila;Joaquim Segalés

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

    L. Darwich;J. Segalés;E. Mateu

Frequent Co-Authors

Marina Sibila
Marina Sibila Autonomous University of Barcelona
Mariano Domingo
Mariano Domingo Autonomous University of Barcelona
Enric Mateu
Enric Mateu Autonomous University of Barcelona
Victor Guallar
Victor Guallar Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Alfonso Valencia
Alfonso Valencia Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Julià Blanco
Julià Blanco IrsiCaixa
Lars Erik Larsen
Lars Erik Larsen University of Copenhagen
Emmanuel Serrano
Emmanuel Serrano Autonomous University of Barcelona
Bart L. Haagmans
Bart L. Haagmans Erasmus University Rotterdam

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