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Research groups
Group 13
Programme: Prevention, Monitoring and Control of Communicable Diseases Lead Researcher: Echevarría Mayo, Juan Emilio
Group Members
STAFF MEMBERS: Fernández García, Aurora
ASSOCIATED MEMBERS: Castellanos Nadal, Ana | Guisasola Gorriti, María Eulalia | Mosquera Gutiérrez,
María del Mar | De Ory Manchón, Fernando | Sanz Moreno, Juan Carlos.
Main lines of research
• Vaccine preventable diseases.
The group of the National Center of Microbiology is the national reference laboratory for measles and rubella as recognized in the corresponding national plans for elimination and accredited by the WHO. Moreover, diagnostic techniques for other vaccine preventable diseases (mumps, pertussis or chickenpox) were studied in the context of specific programs of microbiological surveillance. Additionally to this official activity, the group currently keeps research activity in the following aspects:
Development and evaluation of diagnostic meth- odologies for measles virus (MeV, mumps virus MuV) and Rubella virus (RuV), and Bordetella per- tussis. / Sero-epidemiology of MeV, RV and MuV. / Molecular epidemiology of MeV, MuV and RV. / Sero-epidemiology of pertussis. / Sero-epidemi- ology of influenza.
• Rabies and another bat-associated viruses. The group of the National Center of Microbiology is officially recognized as national reference lab- oratory for several zoonoses, including rabies in humans and suspected animals. Additionally to this official activity, the group currently keeps re- search activity in the following aspects: Development and evaluation of diagnostic meth- odologies for rabies. / Molecular Epidemiology of canine rabies in Ceuta and Melilla. / Epidemiology and pathogenesis of bat rabies. / Search of new potentially emergent viruses in bats. / Efficiency of rabies vaccines.
• Neurological Diseases of viral etiology. Etiology of meningitis and encephalitis in Spain.
• Polyomavirus disease in the immune-compro- mised.
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