WP2 - Nucleic acid arrays

UNOTT:

• Risk assessment of urban rodents as potential vectors and reservoirs of zoonotic pathogens (Tim Giles)

VLA-UNOTT:

• Development, optimization and validation of DNA microarrays for investigation of zoonotic and notifiable avian viruses and non-resolved animal diseases (Sanal Shah)

WP3 - Serology arrays

VLA:

• Shotgun metaproteomics of chicken gut microbiota for detection of microbial antigen (Guy Williamson)
• Discovery of molecular biomarkers of diseases in faeces for development of rapid hand held diagnostic devices (Carl Clayton)

WP5 - Non-EU surveillance

SVA:

• Moose (Alces alces) reproduction in Sweden: basic physiology and impact of disease (Jonas Malmsten)

WP6 - Epidemiology

CERETETH (WP4-6 students):

• Wild ungulates as a source of selected emerging and re-emerging pathogens in livestock and humans; application of microarray technology (Antonia Touloudi)
• Wild birds as a source of selected emerging and re-emerging pathogens: application of microarray technologies (George Valiakos)
• Application of microarray technology in the risk assessment of selected emerging and re-emerging pathogens in hares (Christos Iacovakis)
• Ecology and management of European Brown Hare syndrome virus (EBHSV) in Mediterranean ecosystems (Christos Sokos)

SAC:

• Stochastic modelling of disease dynamics and demography in widlife populations (Laura Walton)
• Use of novel epidemiological tools in wildlife surveillance (Gustav Rydevik)

VetAgro Sup:

• Data modelling for epidemiological surveillance of wildlife aiming at early detection of unexpected sanitary events (Eva Warns-Petit)
• Synanthropic rodent emerging pathogen surveillance (Florence Ayral)