Personal identification

Full name

Ana Filomena Romeira de Jesus Amaro

Citation names

• Amaro, Ana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID

581D-2AC5-CFF1

ORCID iD

0000-0002-5139-3268

Email addresses

• ana.amaro@iniav.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone

• 214403500 (Professional)

Addresses

• Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária. Av. da República, Quinta do Marquês, Edifício Principal, Laboratório de Bacteriologia e Micologia, 2780-157 , Oeiras, Oeiras, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

• http://www.iniav.pt/ (Professional)

	Degree	Classification
2010 Concluded	Medicina Veterinária (Doutoramento) Universidade de Évora, Portugal "Mycobacterium bovis infection in phagocytic cells: a strategy for the bovine tuberculosis diagnosis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Aprovada com Distição e Louvor
1994 Concluded	Licenciatura em Biologia (Variante Zoologia, Ramo Científico) (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	14

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2010/10/11 - Current	Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal
2002/07/22 - 2010/10/11	Research Assistant (Research)	Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal
1998 - 2002	Research Trainee (Research)	Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2010/10 - Current	Conselho Científico	Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal
2012/11 - 2018/02	Comissão Coordenadora	Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal
	Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
1995 - 1998	Bolseira do Fundo de Desenvolvimento Europeu, Project Pan African Rinderpest Campaign nº7 - ACP-RPP-246,	Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal
	Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal
1994 - 1995	Estágio de Formação Básica	Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2019/11 - 2023/11	European Network for Optimization of Veterinary Antimicrobial Treatment (ENOVAT) CA18217 Researcher Københavns Universitet, Denmark	European Cooperation in Science and Technology Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2022/07/01	ADONIS: Assessing Determinants of the Non-Decreasing Incidence of Salmonella JRP ADONIS Researcher	Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2022/07/01	DiSCoVer: Discovering the sources of Salmonella, Campylobacter, VTEC and antimicrobial resistance JRP DISCOVER Researcher	Ongoing
2020 - 2022	IDEMBRU - Identification of emerging Brucella species: new threats for human and animal IDEMBRU 773830 H2020- GA-773830 Researcher	Ongoing
2018/10/30 - 2021/10/29	Determinantes de resistencia antimicrobina em ambientes de aquacultura PTDC/BIA-MIC/28824/2017 Researcher Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2018/10/01 - 2021/09/30	Animais produtores de alimentos como reservatórios de resistência a antibióticos de importância critica PTDC/CVT-CVT/28469/2017 Principal investigator Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2013/11 - 2017/11	European network for neglected vectors and vector-borne infections (EurNegVec) TD1303 Researcher	European Cooperation in Science and Technology Concluded
2011/03/01 - 2014/02/28	zoonTB - Novas abordagens moleculares para a detecção e discriminação de membros do Complexo Mycobacterium tuberculosis associados a tuberculose animal e avaliação do potencial zoonótico destas espécies em Portugal PTDC/CVT/111634/2009 Researcher Laboratório Nacional de Investigação Veterinária, Portugal Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2000 - 2004	Development of an improved vaccine against contagious bovine pleuropneumonia ICA4-CT-2000-30015) Researcher	European Development Fund Concluded
1995 - 1998	Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia Research Pan African Rinderpest Campaign nº7-ACP-RPP-246 Research Fellow	European Development Fund Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2015 - Current	Monitoring and reporting of antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic and commensal bacteria PVRAM Other Direcção-Geral de Alimentação e Veterinária, Portugal	European Commission Ongoing

Publications

Book chapter	Ramilo, D. W.; Alho, A. M.; Gomes, J.; Santos, M.; Santos, A. S.; Santos-Silva, M.; Alexandre-Pires, G.; et al. "Vectors and Vector Borne Diseases: Morphological and Molecular Diagnosis, Risk Assessment, Population Genetics and Control Strategies". In Advances in Animal Health, Medicine and Production, 321-343. Springer International Publishing, 2020. Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-61981-7_18 Jacinto Gomes; Amaro, Ana; Gabriela Santos Gomes; Isabel Pereira da Fonseca; João Inácio. "Hibridação reversa em membrana: Deteção de infeções por parasitas dos géneros Theileria e Babesia em bovinos.". In Abordagens Moleculares em Veterinária. Portugal, 2014. Published Amaro, Ana; Maria Helena Reis Ferronha de Brito; Ivone Correia; Lawrence Dedieu. "Immunohistochemical localization of immunoglobulins in CBPP lung lesions". In Mycoplasmas of ruminants: pathogenicity, diagnostics, epidemiology and molecular genetics, COST, 73-76. Luxembourg: European Commission, European Communities Official Publications Office, 2001.
Journal article	Lurdes Clemente; Célia Leão; Laura Moura; Teresa Albuquerque; Ana Amaro. "Prevalence and Characterization of ESBL/AmpC Producing Escherichia coli from Fresh Meat in Portugal". Antibiotics (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/10/11/1333. 10.3390/antibiotics10111333 Leão C; Clemente L; Moura L; Seyfarth AM; Hansen IM; Hendriksen RS; Amaro A. "Emergence and Clonal Spread of CTX-M-65-Producing Escherichia coli From Retail Meat in Portugal.". Frontiers in microbiology (2021): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/34354678. 10.3389/fmicb.2021.653595 Costa SS; Ferreira C; Ribeiro R; Feßler AT; Schink AK; Kadlec K; Kaspar H; et al. "Proposal of Epidemiological Cutoff Values for Apramycin 15¿µg and Florfenicol 30¿µg Disks Applicable to Staphylococcus aureus.". Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) (2021): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/33956523. 10.1089/mdr.2020.0402 Leão, Célia; Clemente, Lurdes; Guerra, Vanessa; Botelho, Ana; Amaro, Ana. "Letter to Editor: Occurrence of a Rare Multidrug Resistant Escherichia coli Coharboring blaCTX-M-32 and blaCTX-M-2 Genes in a Bovine". Microbial Drug Resistance (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/mdr.2020.0520. 10.1089/mdr.2020.0520 Bortolaia, Valeria; Kaas, Rolf S; Ruppe, Etienne; Roberts, Marilyn C; Schwarz, Stefan; Cattoir, Vincent; Philippon, Alain; et al. "ResFinder 4.0 for predictions of phenotypes from genotypes". Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 75 12 (2020): 3491-3500. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkaa345. Published • 10.1093/jac/dkaa345 Clemente L; Manageiro V; Correia I; Amaro A; Albuquerque T; Themudo P; Ferreira E; Caniça M. "Revealing mcr-1-positive ESBL-producing Escherichia coli strains among Enterobacteriaceae from food-producing animals (bovine, swine and poultry) and meat (bovine and swine), Portugal, 2010-2015.". International journal of food microbiology (2019): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30844701. 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2019.02.006 Amaro, Ana; Ivone Correia; Lurdes Clemente. "Resistência aos antibióticos em bactérias com origem em animais da cadeia alimentar". Vida Rural Julho Agosto (2019): 42-45. Published Barbosa P; Leão C; Usié A; Amaro A; Botelho A; Pinto C; Inácio J; Stevenson K; Ramos AM. "Draft Genome Sequence of a Rare Pigmented Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Type C Strain.". Genome announcements (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29025941. 10.1128/genomea.01066-17 Cutler SJ; Rudenko N; Golovchenko M; Cramaro WJ; Kirpach J; Savic S; Christova I; Amaro A. "Diagnosing Borreliosis.". (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28055580. 10.1089/vbz.2016.1962 Gomes J; Santos M; Amaro A; Pereira da Fonseca I; Santos-Gomes G; Inácio J. "A field evaluation of an isothermal DNA amplification assay for the detection of Theileria annulata infection in cattle.". (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28013043. 10.1016/j.mcp.2016.12.006 Gomes J; Salgueiro P; Inácio J; Amaro A; Pinto J; Tait A; Shiels B; et al. "Population diversity of Theileria annulata in Portugal.". (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/27109468. 10.1016/j.meegid.2016.04.023 Borges AC; Pereira N; Franco M; Vale L; Pereira M; Cunha MV; Amaro A; Albuquerque T; Rebelo M. "Implementation of a Zebrafish Health Program in a Research Facility: A 4-Year Retrospective Study.". (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/27186875. 10.1089/zeb.2015.1230 Alho AM; Pita J; Amaro A; Amaro F; Schnyder M; Grimm F; Custódio AC; et al. "Seroprevalence of vector-borne pathogens and molecular detection of Borrelia afzelii in military dogs from Portugal.". (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/27160284. 10.1186/s13071-016-1509-2 Coelho C; Gomes J; Inácio J; Amaro A; Mesquita JR; Pires I; Lopes AP; Vieira-Pinto M. "Unraveling Sarcocystis miescheriana and Sarcocystis suihominis infections in wild boar.". (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26319199. 10.1016/j.vetpar.2015.08.015 Leão, Célia; Amaro, Ana; Ilda Santos Sanches; João Inácio; Ana Rosa Botelho. "Paratuberculosis asymptomatic cattle as spillovers of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis: consequences for disease control". Revista portuguesa de Ciências Veterinárias 110 593-594 (2015): 69-73. http://www.fmv.ulisboa.pt/spcv/PDF/pdf6_2015/69-73.pdf. Open access • Published Amaro, Ana. "Rapid identification of veterinary-relevant Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex species using 16S rDNA, IS6110 and Regions of Difference-targeted dual-labelled hydrolysis probes.". Journal of microbiological methods (2014): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2014.08.017. 10.1016/j.mimet.2014.08.017 Gomes J; Amaro A; Santos-Gomes G; Pereira da Fonseca I; Inácio J. "Development and field trial of a Tams1-targeted isothermal DNA amplification (Tams1-lamp) assay for detection of Theileria annulata in cattle.". (2014): http://europepmc.org/abstract/PMC/PMC4094316. 10.1186/1756-3305-7-s1-p5 Ferreira AS; Costa P; Rocha T; Amaro A; Vieira ML; Ahmed A; Thompson G; Hartskeerl RA; Inácio J. "Direct detection and differentiation of pathogenic Leptospira species using a multi-gene targeted real time PCR approach.". (2014): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25398140. 10.1371/journal.pone.0112312 Gomes J; Soares R; Santos M; Santos-Gomes G; Botelho A; Amaro A; Inácio J. "Detection of Theileria and Babesia infections amongst asymptomatic cattle in Portugal.". (2013): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/23238244. 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.07.002 Santos M; Soares R; Costa P; Amaro A; Inácio J; Gomes J. "Revisiting the Tams1-encoding gene as a species-specific target for the molecular detection of Theileria annulata in bovine blood samples.". (2013): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/23246094. 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.07.006 Costa P; Ferreira AS; Amaro A; Albuquerque T; Botelho A; Couto I; Cunha MV; Viveiros M; Inácio J. "Enhanced detection of tuberculous mycobacteria in animal tissues using a semi-nested probe-based real-time PCR.". (2013): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/24278425. 10.1371/journal.pone.0081337 Costa P; Amaro A; Botelho A; Inácio J; Baptista PV. "Gold nanoprobe assay for the identification of mycobacteria of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.". (2010): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/19930276. 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03120.x Silva E; Gaivão M; Leitão S; Amaro A; Costa LL; Mateus L. "Blood COX-2 and PGES gene transcription during the peripartum period of dairy cows with normal puerperium or with uterine infection.". (2008): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/18692980. 10.1016/j.domaniend.2008.07.001 Amaro A; Duarte E; Amado A; Ferronha H; Botelho A. "Comparison of three DNA extraction methods for Mycobacterium bovis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium.". (2008): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/18498320. 10.1111/j.1472-765x.2008.02372.x YaYa A.; Golsia R.; Hamadou B.; Amaro, Ana; Thiaucourt F.. "Essai comparatif d'efficacité des deux souches vaccinale T1/44 et T1st contre la préripneumonie contagieuse bovine". Revue d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux 52 3-4 (1999): 171-179. http://publications.cirad.fr/une_notice.php?dk=264397. Open access • Published
Thesis / Dissertation	Amaro, Ana Filomena Romeira de Jesus. "Infecção de mycobacterium bovis em células fagocíticas: estratégia aplicada ao diagnóstico da tuberculose bovina". PhD, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/11574. Amaro, Ana. "As células dendríticas e a sua importância na defesa do pulmão contra a invasão por bactérias". Master, Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, 2002.