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Animal Science and Veterinary

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106
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46573
World Ranking
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National Ranking
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Microbiology

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107
Citations
47795
World Ranking
276
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

José de la Fuente is affiliated with the University of Castilla-La Mancha in Spain and has an extensive publication record across several scientific disciplines. Their research primarily spans Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular focus on infectious diseases and pathogen-vector interactions.

The main fields of study in José de la Fuente's work include:

  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these broader areas, subfields of particular interest comprise:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Parasitology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Immunology

José de la Fuente's research topics show a focus on diseases transmitted by vectors as well as viral infections, including:

  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Xenotransplantation and immune response
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences

They have published in a variety of scientific journals frequently, with prominent venues being:

  • Vaccines
  • Pathogens
  • Annals of Medicine
  • Vaccine
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Selected recent publications include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 in animals: potential for unknown reservoir hosts and public health implications, 2021, Veterinary Quarterly
  • Assessing the risks of SARS-CoV-2 in wildlife, 2021, One Health Outlook
  • Cattle ticks and tick-borne diseases: a review of Uganda's situation, 2021, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Anti-Tick Microbiota Vaccine Impacts Ixodes ricinus Performance during Feeding, 2020, Vaccines
  • Anti-Microbiota Vaccines Modulate the Tick Microbiome in a Taxon-Specific Manner, 2021, Frontiers in Immunology

Frequent collaborators in their research include Christian Gortázar, Marinela Contreras, Margarita Villar, Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz, and Isabel G. Fernández de Mera. These coauthors have contributed to a substantial proportion of José de la Fuente's scholarly output.

In addition to journal publications, José de la Fuente has published a book titled Introducción al ecomunitarismo y a la educación ambiental. Una lectura chilena de la obra de Sirio López Velasco (2021) with Ariadna Ediciones eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • The natural history of Anaplasma marginale.

    Katherine M. Kocan;José de la Fuente;José de la Fuente;Edmour F. Blouin;Johann F. Coetzee

  • Bovine Embryo Culture in the Presence or Absence of Serum: Implications for Blastocyst Development, Cryotolerance, and Messenger RNA Expression

    D. Rizos;A. Gutiérrez-Adán;S. Pérez-Garnelo;J. de la Fuente

  • Genomic insights into the Ixodes scapularis tick vector of Lyme disease

    Monika Gulia-Nuss;Monika Gulia-Nuss;Andrew B. Nuss;Andrew B. Nuss;Jason M. Meyer;Jason M. Meyer;Daniel E. Sonenshine

  • Antigens and Alternatives for Control of Anaplasma marginale Infection in Cattle

    Katherine M. Kocan;José de la Fuente;Alberto A. Guglielmone;Roy D. Meléndez

  • A ten-year review of commercial vaccine performance for control of tick infestations on cattle.

    José de la Fuente;Consuelo Almazán;Mario Canales;José Manuel Pérez de la Lastra

  • Evidence of the role of European wild boar as a reservoir of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.

    Victoria Naranjo;Christian Gortazar;Joaquín Vicente;José de la Fuente;José de la Fuente

  • Tick-Pathogen Interactions and Vector Competence: Identification of Molecular Drivers for Tick-Borne Diseases

    José de la Fuente;José de la Fuente;Sandra Antunes;Sarah Bonnet;Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz;Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz;Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz

  • Analysis of Differential Messenger RNA Expression Between Bovine Blastocysts Produced in Different Culture Systems: Implications for Blastocyst Quality

    D Rizos;P Lonergan;M P Boland;R Arroyo-García

  • The ecology of ticks and epidemiology of tick-borne viral diseases.

    Agustín Estrada-Peña;José de la Fuente

  • Anaplasma marginale (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae): recent advances in defining host-pathogen adaptations of a tick-borne rickettsia.

    K. M. Kocan;J. De La Fuente;E. F. Blouin;J. C. Garcia-Garcia

  • Progesterone and conceptus elongation in cattle: a direct effect on the embryo or an indirect effect via the endometrium?

    M Clemente;J de La Fuente;T Fair;A Al Naib

  • Temporal Divergence in the Pattern of Messenger RNA Expression in Bovine Embryos Cultured from the Zygote to Blastocyst Stage In Vitro or In Vivo

    P. Lonergan;D. Rizos;A. Gutiérrez-Adán;P. M. Moreira

  • Impact of climate trends on tick-borne pathogen transmission

    Agustín Estrada-Peña;Nieves Ayllón;José de la Fuente

  • Interaction of the tick immune system with transmitted pathogens

    Ondřej Hajdušek;Radek Šíma;Nieves Ayllón;Marie Jalovecká;Marie Jalovecká

  • Effects of environmental change on zoonotic disease risk: an ecological primer

    Agustín Estrada-Peña;Richard S. Ostfeld;A. Townsend Peterson;Robert Poulin

  • Field studies and cost-effectiveness analysis of vaccination with Gavac against the cattle tick Boophilus microplus.

    J. de la Fuente;M. Rodríguez;M. Redondo;C. Montero

  • Strategies for development of vaccines for control of ixodid tick species.

    J. De La Fuente;J. De La Fuente;K. M. Kocan

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Control of ticks resistant to immunization with Bm86 in cattle vaccinated with the recombinant antigen Bm95 isolated from the cattle tick, Boophilus microplus.

    J C García-García;C Montero;M Redondo;M Vargas

  • High level expression of the B. microplus Bm86 antigen in the yeast Pichia pastoris forming highly immunogenic particles for cattle.

    Manuel Rodríguez;Roger Rubiera;Manuel Penichet;Raquel Montesinos

  • Control of ticks of ruminants, with special emphasis on livestock farming systems in India: present and future possibilities for integrated control--a review.

    S. Ghosh;P. Azhahianambi;José de la Fuente;José de la Fuente

  • Advances in the identification and characterization of protective antigens for recombinant vaccines against tick infestations.

    José de la Fuente;Katherine M Kocan

  • Reinstatement of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) australis (Acari: Ixodidae) with redescription of the adult and larval stages.

    Agustin Estrada-Peña;José Manuel Venzal;Santiago Nava;Atilio J Mangold

  • Strategies for new and improved vaccines against ticks and tick‐borne diseases

    J. de la Fuente;J. de la Fuente;P. Kopáček;A. Lew-Tabor;A. Lew-Tabor;C. Maritz-Olivier

  • Reduction of tick infections with Anaplasma marginale and A. phagocytophilum by targeting the tick protective antigen subolesin

    José de la Fuente;José de la Fuente;Consuelo Almazán;Edmour F. Blouin;Victoria Naranjo

  • Prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in adult Dermacentor spp. ticks from nine collection sites in France.

    S. Bonnet;J. de la Fuente;P. Nicollet;X. Liu

  • Prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in ixodid ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from European wild boar ( Sus scrofa ) and Iberian red deer ( Cervus elaphus hispanicus ) in central Spain

    José de la Fuente;José de la Fuente;Victoria Naranjo;Francisco Ruiz-Fons;Joaquín Vicente

  • Observed Prevalence of Tick‐borne Pathogens in Domestic Animals in Sicily, Italy during 2003–2005

    A. Torina;J. Vicente;A. Alongi;S. Scimeca

  • Introduction of foreign DNA into the spermatozoa of farm animals.

    F.O. Castro;O. Hernández;C. Uliver;R. Solano

  • The fossil record and the origin of ticks (Acari: Parasitiformes: Ixodida).

    José de la Fuente

  • Expression of heat shock proteins and subolesin affects stress responses, Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection and questing behaviour in the tick, Ixodes scapularis.

    A. T. Busby;N. Ayllón;K. M. Kocan;E. F. Blouin

  • Conservation and immunogenicity of the mosquito ortholog of the tick-protective antigen, subolesin.

    Mario Canales;Victoria Naranjo;Victoria Naranjo;Consuelo Almazán;Ricardo Molina

  • Transovarial silencing of the subolesin gene in three-host ixodid tick species after injection of replete females with subolesin dsRNA

    Katherine M. Kocan;Raúl Manzano-Roman;José de la Fuente;José de la Fuente

  • Factors driving the circulation and possible expansion of Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in the western Palearctic

    A. Estrada-Peña;F. Ruiz-Fons;P. Acevedo;C. Gortazar

Frequent Co-Authors

Katherine M. Kocan
Katherine M. Kocan Oklahoma State University
Christian Gortázar
Christian Gortázar University of Castilla-La Mancha
Isabel G. Fernández de Mera
Isabel G. Fernández de Mera University of Castilla-La Mancha
Consuelo Almazán
Consuelo Almazán Autonomous University of Queretaro
Agustín Estrada-Peña
Agustín Estrada-Peña University of Zaragoza
Edmour F. Blouin
Edmour F. Blouin Oklahoma State University
Joaquín Vicente
Joaquín Vicente University of Castilla-La Mancha
Frans Jongejan
Frans Jongejan University of Pretoria
Mario Canales
Mario Canales Spanish National Research Council
Alessandra Torina
Alessandra Torina Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Della Sicilia

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