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Overview

Sándor Belák is affiliated with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden. Their research spans multiple fields within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Medicine, with a particular focus on Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Viral Infections and Immunology Research, and Animal Virus Infections Studies.

Their work includes contributions in several subfields such as Agronomy and Crop Science, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Animal Science and Zoology. This interdisciplinary scope highlights the broad impact of their research activities across biology and medical sciences.

Belák has published research primarily in the journal Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. A notable publication from 2020 is titled "The evolution of African swine fever virus in Sardinia (1978 to 2014) as revealed by whole genome sequencing and comparative analysis." This paper presents a detailed genomic study of the virus's development over several decades in a specific geographical area.

Frequent collaborators contributing to Belák's research include Claudia Torresi, Mariangela Stefania Fiori, Luigi Bertolotti, Matteo Floris, and Barbara Colitti. These co-authors have collaborated on at least one shared publication, indicating ongoing scientific partnerships.

Research topics covered in Belák's work are consistent with the following:

  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies

Belák's body of work contributes to the scientific understanding of viral diseases affecting animal populations, focusing on virus evolution, epidemiology, and immunological responses. These insights are relevant to managing emerging diseases that impact agricultural and ecological systems.

Best Publications

  • Genetic typing of classical swine fever virus.

    D.J Paton;A McGoldrick;I Greiser-Wilke;S Parchariyanon

  • Feline infectious peritonitis. ABCD guidelines on prevention and management

    Diane Addie;Sándor Belák;Corine Boucraut-Baralon;Herman Egberink

  • Identification and grouping of Newcastle disease virus strains by restriction site analysis of a region from the F gene

    A Ballagi-Pordány;E Wehmann;J Herczeg;S Belák

  • Feline leukaemia. ABCD guidelines on prevention and management.

    Hans Lutz;Diane Addie;Sándor Belák;Corine Boucraut-Baralon

  • Detection of a novel astrovirus in brain tissue of mink suffering from shaking mink syndrome by use of viral metagenomics.

    Anne-Lie Blomström;Frederik Widén;Anne Sofie Hammer;Sándor Belák;Sándor Belák

  • Identification of radically different variants of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus in Eastern Europe: towards a common ancestor for European and American viruses.

    T. Stadejek;A. Stankevicius;Torben Storgaard;Martin B. Oleksiewicz

  • Feline Immunodeficiency ABCD Guidelines on Prevention and Management

    Margaret J. Hosie;Diane Addie;Sándor Belák;Corine Boucraut-Baralon

  • Feline herpesvirus infection. ABCD guidelines on prevention and management

    Etienne Thiry;Diane Addie;Sándor Belák;Corine Boucraut-Baralon

  • Phylogeny, classification and evolutionary insights into pestiviruses.

    Lihong Liu;Hongyan Xia;Niklas Wahlberg;Sándor Belák

  • Detection of a novel porcine boca-like virus in the background of porcine circovirus type 2 induced postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome.

    Anne-Lie Blomström;Sandor Belák;Caroline Fossum;John McKillen

  • A Size-Exclusion Nanocellulose Filter Paper for Virus Removal

    Giorgi Metreveli;Linus Wågberg;Eva Emmoth;Sándor Belák

  • Feline Panleukopenia ABCD Guidelines on Prevention and Management

    Uwe Truyen;Diane Addie;Sándor Belák;Corine Boucraut-Baralon

  • Molecular epizootiology of infectious bronchitis virus in Sweden indicating the involvement of a vaccine strain

    A. Farsang;C. Ros;Lena H. M. Renström;Claudia Baule

  • Comparative pathogenesis of acute and latent infections of calves with bovine herpesvirus types 1 and 5.

    Gilles Meyer;Mylène Lemaire;C. Ros;K. Belak

  • Natural infection of cattle with an atypical 'HoBi'-like pestivirus - : Implications for BVD control and for the safety of biological products

    Karl Ståhl;Jaruwan Kampa;Jaruwan Kampa;Stefan Alenius;Annie Persson Wadman

  • Studies of genetic relationships between bovine, caprine, cervine, and rangiferine alphaherpesviruses and improved molecular methods for virus detection and identification.

    Carlos Ros;Sándor Belák

  • Universal detection of hepatitis E virus by two real-time PCR assays: TaqMan and Primer-Probe Energy Transfer.

    Péter Gyarmati;Nahla Mohammed;Helene Norder;Jonas Blomberg

  • Metagenomic detection of viral pathogens in Spanish honeybees: co-infection by Aphid Lethal Paralysis, Israel Acute Paralysis and Lake Sinai Viruses

    Fredrik Granberg;Marina Vicente-Rubiano;Consuelo Rubio-Guerri;Oskar E. Karlsson

  • Studies of porcine circovirus type 2, porcine boca-like virus and torque teno virus indicate the presence of multiple viral infections in postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome pigs.

    Anne-Lie Blomström;Sándor Belák;Caroline Fossum;Lisbeth Fuxler

  • Development of nested PCR assays for detection of bovine respiratory syncytial virus in clinical samples.

    S Vilcek;M Elvander;A Ballagi-Pordány;S Belák

  • Development of a novel quantitative real-time RT-PCR assay for the simultaneous detection of all serotypes of foot-and-mouth disease virus.

    T. B. Rasmussen;Å. Uttenthal;K. de Stricker;S. Belák

  • Molecular diagnosis of viral diseases, present trends and future aspects A view from the OIE Collaborating Centre for the Application of Polymerase Chain Reaction Methods for Diagnosis of Viral Diseases in Veterinary Medicine.

    Sándor Belák

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Alenius
Stefan Alenius Lund University
Jonas Blomberg
Jonas Blomberg Uppsala University
Karl Ståhl
Karl Ståhl National Veterinary Institute
José Manuel Sánchez-Vizcaíno
José Manuel Sánchez-Vizcaíno Complutense University of Madrid
Etienne Thiry
Etienne Thiry University of Liège
Adama Diallo
Adama Diallo INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Herman Egberink
Herman Egberink Utrecht University
Helene Norder
Helene Norder University of Gothenburg
Donald P. King
Donald P. King The Pirbright Institute
Niklas Wahlberg
Niklas Wahlberg Lund University

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