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    • Morales, Nelly; Aldridge, Dennis; Bahamonde, Andrea; Cerda, Julio; Araya, Claudio; Muñoz, Rodrigo; Saldias, María Esther; Lecocq, Claudio; Fresno, Marcela; Abalos Pineda, Pedro; Retamal Merino, Patricio (Wildlife Disease Association, 2017)
      Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis is an intracellular bacteria and the etiologic agent of caseous lymphadenitis in domestic and wildlife species. We report C. pseudotuberculosis infection in Patagonian huemul (Hippocamelus ...
    • Fresno, Marcela; Barrera, Violeta; Gornall, Vanessa; Lillo, Pilar; Paredes, Natalia; Abalos, Pedro; Fernández, Alda; Retamal Merino, Patricio (2013)
      Salmonella enterica is a pathogen with a wide host-range that presents great concern in developed and developing countries. To determine and characterize Salmonella strains found in Chile's waterfowl, we sampled 758 birds ...
    • Retamal Merino, Patricio; Llanos Soto, Sebastián; Moreno Salas, Lucila; López, Juana; Vianna, Juliana; Hernández, Jorge; Medina Vogel, Gonzalo; Castañeda, Francisco; Fresno, Marcela; González Acuña, Daniel (Springer, 2017)
      Anthropogenic activity in Antarctica constitutes a continuous risk for the introduction of infectious diseases into indigenous wildlife populations. Penguin colonies living close to human settlements or inhabiting in areas ...
    • San Martín Núñez, Betty; Fresno, Marcela; Cornejo, Javiera; Godoy, Marcos; Ibarra, Rolando; Vidal, Roberto; Araneda, Marcelo; Anadón, Arturo; Lapierre Acevedo, Lisette (Public Library of Science, 2019)
      Salmonid Rickettsial Septicemia (SRS) is the disease of greatest economic importance in the Chilean salmon farming industry, causing high mortality in fish during the final stage of their productive cycle at sea. Since ...
    • Fresno, Marcela; Barreto, Marlen; Gutierrez, Sindy; Dougnac, Catherine; Abalos, Pedro; Retamal Merino, Patricio (2014)
      Salmonella enterica is a zoonotic bacterium with more than 2500 serotypes, which affect a wide range of hosts and produce diverse clinical outcomes. Strain identification usually involves costly and time-demanding procedures. ...