Publications

epidemiology of rhdv2 (lagovirus europaeus/gi.2) in free-living wild european rabbits in portugal.	as the detection of the first outbreak of a novel aetiological agent of rabbit haemorrhagic disease commonly called rhdv2 or rhdvb (lagovirus europaeus/gi.2, henceforth gi.2) in france in 2010, the virus rapidly spread throughout continental europe and nearby islands such as great britain, sardinia, sicily, the azores and the canary islands among others. the outbreaks of this new lagovirus cause important economic losses in rabbitries, and ecological disruptions by affecting the conservation of ...	2017	29150915
an update on the rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus (rhdv) strains circulating in portugal in the 1990s: earliest detection of g3-g5 and g6.	rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus (rhdv) causes devastating effects on european rabbit (oryctolagus cuniculus) populations in the iberian peninsula. according to the information available, only genogroup 1 strains were circulating in iberian wild rabbits until 2011; the antigenic variant g6 has been sporadically detected in rabbitries since 2007. here, we show for the first time that g3-g5 strains were already present in mainland portugal in 1998 and that g6 has been circulating since at least 19 ...	2017	28299483
first isolation of human leptospira strains, azores, portugal.	the aim of this study was the first identification of leptospira isolates from azorean inpatients.	2010	20413339
estimation of gene diversity at the b locus of the constant region of the immunoglobulin light chain in natural populations of european rabbit (oryctolagus cuniculus) in portugal, andalusia and on the azorean islands.	the minimal gene diversity at a locus of the antibody constant region, as estimated in natural populations of rabbit, revealed levels of heterozygosity similar to those reported for the major histocompatibility complex in human and murine populations. sera of 416 wild rabbits were collected on the iberian peninsula and on three islands of the azorean archipelago and analyzed for the occurrence of the serological markers of the b locus of the immunoglobulin light chain. all four serotypes present ...	1991	1903121