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Lucas Domínguez is affiliated with the Complutense University of Madrid in Spain. Their research spans several fields, with a primary focus on Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The scientist's work covers multiple subfields, including Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Immunology, Animal Science and Zoology, and Small Animals. Their research topics include Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, Tuberculosis research and epidemiology, Microbial infections and disease research, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology, Animal virus infections studies, and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology.

Some of the more recent publications authored or co-authored by Lucas Domínguez are:

  • Natural SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Kept Ferrets, Spain, 2021, Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Detection of Environmental SARS-CoV-2 RNA in a High Prevalence Setting in Spain, 2020, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Large-scale Study on Virological and Serological Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Cats and Dogs in Spain, 2021, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Occurrence of Hepatitis E Virus in Pigs and Pork Cuts and Organs at the Time of Slaughter, Spain, 2017, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Assessing the Benefits of Composting Poultry Manure in Reducing Antimicrobial Residues, Pathogenic Bacteria, and Antimicrobial Resistance Genes: A Field-Scale Study, 2020, Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Lucas Domínguez collaborates frequently with a number of co-authors, notably Marta Pérez-Sancho, Christian Gortázar, Antonio Rodríguez-Bertos, Mercedes Domínguez, and María Ugarte-Ruiz.

Their work has appeared primarily in the following publication venues:

  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Animals
  • Research in Veterinary Science
  • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Lucas Domínguez has contributed to book publishing as well, with a title called Bebé en proceso. Una guía sobre el embarazo released in 2023 under the Universidad de Guadalajara eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Elevation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis subsp. caprae Aranaz et al. 1999 to species rank as Mycobacterium caprae comb. nov., sp. nov.

    Alicia Aranaz;Debby Cousins;Ana Mateos;Lucas Domínguez

  • Spacer oligonucleotide typing of Mycobacterium bovis strains from cattle and other animals: a tool for studying epidemiology of tuberculosis.

    A. Aranaz;E. Liébana;A. Mateos;L. Dominguez

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis subsp. caprae subsp. nov.: a taxonomic study of a new member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolated from goats in Spain.

    Alicia Aranaz;Ernesto Liébana;Enrique Gómez-Mampaso;Juan C. Galán

  • Bovine Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis) in Wildlife in Spain

    Alicia Aranaz;Lucía de Juan;Natalia Montero;Celia Sánchez

  • Detection of CMY-2, CTX-M-14, and SHV-12 β-Lactamases in Escherichia coli Fecal-Sample Isolates from Healthy Chickens

    Laura Briñas;Miguel Angel Moreno;Myriam Zarazaga;Concepción Porrero

  • Multiplex PCR Assay for Detection of Bacterial Pathogens Associated with Warm-Water Streptococcosis in Fish

    A. I. Mata;A. Gibello;A. Casamayor;M. M. Blanco

  • Comparison of enterococcal populations in animals, humans, and the environment--a European study.

    Inger Kühn;Aina Iversen;Lars G Burman;Barbro Olsson-Liljequist

  • Occurrence and Relatedness of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Animals, Humans, and the Environment in Different European Regions

    Inger Kühn;Aina Iversen;Maria Finn;Christina Greko

  • Streptococcosis in cultured turbot, Scophthalmus maximus (L.), associated with Streptococcus parauberis

    A Domeénech;J F Derenaáandez‐Garayzábal;C Pascual;J A Garcia

  • Monitoring and Characterization of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases in Escherichia coli Strains from Healthy and Sick Animals in Spain in 2003

    Laura Briñas;Miguel Angel Moreno;Tirushet Teshager;Yolanda Sáenz

  • Current ante-mortem techniques for diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis.

    Javier Bezos;Carmen Casal;Beatriz Romero;Bjoern Schroeder

  • Antimicrobial resistance among enterococci from pigs in three European countries.

    Frank Møller Aarestrup;Henrik Hasman;Lars Bogø Jensen;Miguel Moreno

  • Development of a PCR assay for detection of Yersinia ruckeri in tissues of inoculated and naturally infected trout

    A. Gibello;M. M. Blanco;M. A. Moreno;M. T. Cutuli

  • Evaluation of the sensitivity and specificity of bovine tuberculosis diagnostic tests in naturally infected cattle herds using a Bayesian approach

    Julio Álvarez;Andrés Perez;Andrés Perez;Javier Bezos;Sergio Marqués

  • Mycobacterium caprae Infection in Livestock and Wildlife, Spain

    Sabrina Rodríguez;Javier Bezos;Beatriz Romero;Lucía de Juan

  • Multiresistance in Pasteurella multocida Is Mediated by Coexistence of Small Plasmids

    Alvaro San Millan;Jose Antonio Escudero;Belen Gutierrez;Laura Hidalgo

  • Phenotypic and genetic characterization of Lactococcus garvieae isolated in Spain from Lactococcosis outbreaks and comparison with isolates of other countries and sources.

    A. I. Vela;J. Vázquez;A. Gibello;M. M. Blanco

  • Co-occurrence of colistin-resistance genes mcr-1 and mcr-3 among multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli isolated from cattle, Spain, September 2015.

    Marta Hernández;M Rocío Iglesias;David Rodríguez-Lázaro;Alejandro Gallardo

  • Analysis of Genetic Diversity of Streptococcus suis Clinical Isolates from Pigs in Spain by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis

    Ana I. Vela;Joaquin Goyache;Carmen Tarradas;Inmaculada Luque

  • armA and aminoglycoside resistance in Escherichia coli.

    Bruno González-Zorn;Tirushet Teshager;María Casas;María C. Porrero

  • Simple and rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex organisms in bovine tissue samples by PCR.

    E Liébana;A Aranaz;A Mateos;M Vilafranca

  • Genotyping of Francisella tularensis Strains by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis, Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Fingerprinting, and 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing

    N. García Del Blanco;M. E. Dobson;A. I. Vela;V. A. De La Puente

Frequent Co-Authors

Julio Alvarez
Julio Alvarez Complutense University of Madrid
Beatriz Romero
Beatriz Romero Complutense University of Madrid
Javier Bezos
Javier Bezos Complutense University of Madrid
Lucía de Juan
Lucía de Juan Complutense University of Madrid
Christian Gortázar
Christian Gortázar University of Castilla-La Mancha
José de la Fuente
José de la Fuente University of Castilla-La Mancha
Santiago Lavín
Santiago Lavín Autonomous University of Barcelona
Mariano Domingo
Mariano Domingo Autonomous University of Barcelona
Ramón A. Juste
Ramón A. Juste NEIKER, the Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development
Emmanuel Serrano
Emmanuel Serrano Autonomous University of Barcelona

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