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Gertrude Thompson. Is an Associate Professor with Habitilitation (2010) of the Universidade do Porto and the Head of the Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Laboratory in the Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICBAS) - Master Degree in Veterinary Medicine since September 1997, and a researcher at the Universidade do Porto at the Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade (CIBIO-InBIO). Started her academic carrer teaching Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology at the Veterinary School of the Eduardo Mondlane University in Mozambique. Is a DVM (1981, Mozambique), MSc in Veterinary Microbiology – Rotavivus (1984, U.K.) and PhD in Veterinary Immunology – Avibirnavirus and Gammacoronavirus (1995, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University-USA).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Gertrude Averil Baker Thompson

Citation names

  • Thompson, Gertrude
  • Thompson, G.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5B12-0837-0F44
ORCID iD
0000-0002-3939-5762

Email addresses

  • gathompson@icbas.up.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 220428000 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar - Universidade do Porto. Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, nº228, 4050-313 , Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)
  • Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO-InBio), 4485-661, Vairão, Vila do Conde, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Agrarian Sciences - Veterinary Sciences
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Medical and Health Sciences
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Virology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2010 - 2010
Concluded
 Ciências Veterinárias (Título de Agregado)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
1990 - 1995
Concluded
 Veterinary Immunology, Infectious Diseases (Doutoramento)
Major in Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, United States
"IMMUNE RESPONSES TO INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VIRUS IN THE RESPIRATORY TRACT OF CHICKENS" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 NA
1984
Concluded
 Veterinary Microbiology (Mestrado)
University of Surrey, United Kingdom
"AN INVESTIGATION AND COMPARISON OF THREE TESTS FOR THE DETECTION OF ROTAVIRUS IN FIELD OUTBREAKS OF PORCINE NEONATAL ENTERITIS (ROTAVIRUS)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 NA
1981
Concluded
 Licenciatura em Medicina Veterinária (Licenciatura)
Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique
"NA" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Very Good
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
1997 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2000/06 - Current Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2000 - 2010 Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
1997 - 2000 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
1992 - 1994 Assistant (University Teacher) Cornell University, United States
1985/01/01 - 1989/12/31 Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique
1981/02/01 - 1984/12/01 Trainee Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique
1979/01/02 - 1981/02/28 Tutor (University Teacher) Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique
Universidade Eduardo Mondlane Faculdade de Veterinária, Mozambique

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2010/11/15 - Current Professor with Habilitation Universidade do Porto, Portugal
1995 - 1997 Post Doctoral Associate Cornell University, United States
1993 - 1994 Medical Laboratory Technologist Cornell University, United States
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018 - Current Occult Hepatitis C in Different Clinical Settings: Detection, Characterization and Diagnostic Tools
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030788
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
Ongoing
2017 - Current Rastreio de Infeção Oculta pelo Vírus da Hepatite C em Pacientes Submetidos a Transplante Renal em Portugal
Programa Gilead Génese Reference PGG/004/2017
Programa Gilead Génese Reference PGG/004/2017
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
 N/A
Ongoing
2015 - 2019 Modelos para incorporação da seleção genómica na avaliação genética de bovinos da raça holandesa no Brasil e em Portugal.
FCT/CAPES, nº 99999.008462/2014-03 e 88887.125450/2016-00, 2015-2017
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
Concluded
2008 - 2013 Development of methods to increase the fertilizing ability of chilled and frozen stallion semen: a multidisciplinary approach
PTDC/CVT/108456/2008
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
Concluded
2008 - 2012 Host-pathogen interaction: the Rabbit haemorrhagic disease and the European brown hare syndrome
PTDC/CVT/108490/2008
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
Concluded
2006 - 2009 Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease (RHD): Molecular Biology of Resistance and Transmission of Calicivirus
POCTI/CVT/66656/2006
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
Concluded
2004 - 2008 Deciphering the mechanisms of rabbit genetic resistance to myxomatosis and rabbit haemorrhagic viral disease
POCTI/BIA-BDE/61553/2004
Researcher
Concluded
2001 - 2004 Estudos imunobiológicos em modelos murinos de infecção por Neospora caninum para o desenvolvimento de novas estratégias de vacinação.
POCTI / 38795 / CVT / 2001
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Ciencia Animal, Portugal
Concluded
1999 - 2003 Neospora caninum infection: Aspects of diagnostic, immunobiology, epidemiology and therapeutics
POCTI/36246/CVT/99
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Ciencia Animal, Portugal
Concluded
1999 - 2002 Diagnosis, Isolation and Molecular Epidemiology of CAEV: A Goat Retrovirus.
POCTI/36245/CVT/99
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Ciencia Animal, Portugal
Concluded
1999 - 2001 Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDV): diagnosis, genotype characterization, vaccine efficacy and transmission studies
Ref:33421/99, FCT
Ref:33421/99, FCT
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Ciencia Animal, Portugal
 N/A
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2007 - 2009 Parvovirose Canina.
Protocolo de Colaboração Científica entre o ICBAS, e a Intervet-Portugal
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Unidade Multidisciplinar de Investigação Biomédica, Portugal
Concluded
2006 - 2009 Qualidade do Leite
Protocolo de Colaboração Científica com a COOPERATIVA AGRÍCOLA DE VILA DO CONDE
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Unidade Multidisciplinar de Investigação Biomédica, Portugal
Concluded
2005 - 2008 Estudo da prevalência de Mycoplasma spp. como agentes etiológicos de Mastites em bovinos leiteiros da região de Entre-Douro e Minho.
PROTOCOLO DE COOPERAÇÃO PEDAGÓGICA E CIENTÍFICA com a Bayer Portugal SA, SERVIÇOS VETERINÁRIOS DE APOIO EXPLEITE, UNIPESSOAL LTDª
PROTOCOLO DE COOPERAÇÃO PEDAGÓGICA E CIENTÍFICA com a Bayer Portugal SA, SERVIÇOS VETERINÁRIOS DE APOIO EXPLEITE, UNIPESSOAL LTDª
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Unidade Multidisciplinar de Investigação Biomédica, Portugal
 N/A
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
1999 - Current Sistema de Monitorização de Lobos Mortos
Diário da República – II Série Nº 227 de 28 de Setembro de 1999.
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Ciencia Animal, Portugal
2012 - 2015 Avaliação do perfil sanitário do efetivo de javalis caçados em Trás-os-Montes, em particular no estudo de ocorrência de parvovirose.
• Protocol of cooperation between the Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro and the Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genético
Researcher
Concluded
2011/05 - 2011/09 Antifungal susceptibility test of Prototheca spp. european mastitic isolates through the use of E-test
University of Warsaw, Poland
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2001 - 2002 Despiste da Doença Hemorrágica dos Coelhos em Portugal Aplicação de Teste de Hemaglutinação e de ELISA
Genética Animal – Fauna Bravia do Ceca-Iceta no Despiste da Doença Hemorrágica
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Ciencia Animal, Portugal
Concluded
1999 - 2002 . RIPAC – Rede de Recolha e Identificação de Patologias em Animais Cinegéticos.
Colaboração com a Federação de Caçadores do Algarve e a Direcção Regional de Agricultura do Algarve
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Ciencia Animal, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Pinho, L.; Ferreira, J.; Cabral, C.; Lameira, R.; Meireles, P.; Vaz, F.; Carvalheira, J.; Thompson, G.. "Prevalence of mastitis pathogens in milk samples from Portuguese dairy cattle". 47-53. 2008.
  2. Marques, S.; Silva, E.; Kraft, C.; Carvalheira, J.; Huss, V.; Thompson, G.. "Phenotypic characterisation of Prototheca spp. Isolated from bovine mastitis". 310-310. 2008.
Journal article
  1. Rachid Hnini; Eliane Silva; Luís Pinho; Mohamed Najimi; Gertrude Thompson. "Phenotypic Characterization and Resistance Genes Detection of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Bovine Mastitis in the Northwest of Portugal". Acta Veterinaria Eurasia 49 3 (2023): 127-136. http://dx.doi.org/10.5152/actavet.2023.22125.
    10.5152/actavet.2023.22125
  2. Hemnani, Mahima; Silva, Priscilla Gomes da; Thompson, Gertrude; Poeta, Patricia; Rebelo, Hugo; Mesquita, João R.. "First Report of Alphacoronavirus Circulating in Cavernicolous Bats from Portugal". Viruses 15 7 (2023): 1521. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v15071521.
    10.3390/v15071521
  3. Hemnani, Mahima; Rodrigues, David; Santos, Nuno; Santos-Silva, Sergio; Figueiredo, Maria Ester; Henriques, Pedro; Ferreira-e-Silva, Joana; et al. "Molecular Detection and Characterization of Coronaviruses in Migratory Ducks from Portugal Show the Circulation of Gammacoronavirus and Deltacoronavirus". Animals 12 23 (2022): 3283. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12233283.
    10.3390/ani12233283
  4. Mesquita, João R.; Barradas, Patrícia; Gomes da Silva, Priscilla; Ferreira, Ana Sofia; Silva, Eliane; Matas, Isabel M.; Thomson, Gertrude; et al. "SARS-CoV-2 and blood donations in Portugal, June–July 2020". Journal of Medical Virology 94 1 (2021): 42-43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmv.27353.
    10.1002/jmv.27353
  5. Thompson, G.. "Draft Genome Sequence of a Leptospira kirschneri Serovar Mozdok Type 2 Strain Isolated from a Horse in Portugal". Microbiology Resource Announcements 10 28 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mra.00217-21.
    10.1128/mra.00217-21
  6. Silva, D.A.; Lopes, P.S.; Costa, C.N.; Silva, A.A.; Silva, H.T.; Silva, F.F.; Veroneze, R.; Thompson, G.; Carvalheira, J.. "Genotype by environment interaction for Holstein cattle populations using autoregressive and within- and across-country multi-trait reaction norms test-day models". Animal 15 2 (2021): 100084. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2020.100084.
    10.1016/j.animal.2020.100084
  7. Hugo Teixeira Silva; Paulo Sávio Lopes; Júlio Carvalheira; Delvan Alves Silva; Alessandra Alves Silva; Fabyano Fonseca Silva; Renata Veroneze; Gertrude Thompson; Cláudio Napolis Costa. "Autoregressive model for genetic evaluation of longitudinal reproductive traits in Brazilian Holstein cattle". Reproduction in Domestic Animals (2020): https://doi.org/10.1111/rda.13874.
    10.1111/rda.13874
  8. Hugo Teixeira Silva; Paulo Sávio Lopes; Claudio Nápolis Costa; Alessandra Alves Silva; Delvan Alves Silva; Fabyano Fonseca Silva; Renata Veroneze; Gertrude Thompson; Júlio Carvalheira. "Autoregressive single-step model for genomic evaluation of longitudinal reproductive traits in portuguese holstein cattle". Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics (2020): https://doi.org/10.1111/jbg.12515.
    10.1111/jbg.12515
  9. Alessandra Alves Silva; Delvan Alves Silva; Fabyano Fonseca Silva; Cláudio Napolis Costa; Hugo Teixeira Silva; Paulo Sávio Lopes; Renata Veroneze; Gertrude Thompson; Julio Carvalheira. "GWAS and gene networks for milk-related traits from test-day multiple lactations in Portuguese Holstein cattle". Journal of Applied Genetics 61 3 (2020): 465-476. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13353-020-00567-3.
    10.1007/s13353-020-00567-3
  10. Ferreira, A.S.; Ahmed, A.; Rocha, T.; Vieira, M.L.; Paiva-Cardoso, M.D.N.; Mesquita, J.R.; van der Linden, H.; et al. "Genetic diversity of pathogenic leptospires from wild, domestic and captive host species in Portugal". Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 67 2 (2020): 852-864. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85075442595&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/tbed.13409
  11. Silva, H.T.; Lopes, P.S.; Costa, C.N.; Silva, F.F.; Silva, D.A.; Silva, A.A.; Thompson, G.; Carvalheira, J.. "Autoregressive repeatability model for genetic evaluation of longitudinal reproductive traits in dairy cattle". Journal of Dairy Research 87 1 (2020): 37-44. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85078211673&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1017/S0022029919000931
  12. Delvan Alves Silva; Claudio Nápolis Costa; Alessandra Alves Silva; Hugo Teixeira Silva; Paulo Sávio Lopes; Fabyano Fonseca Silva; Renata Veroneze; et al. "Autoregressive and random regression test-day models for multiple lactations in genetic evaluation of Brazilian Holstein cattle". Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics (2019): https://doi.org/10.1111/jbg.12459.
    10.1111/jbg.12459
  13. Marlene Cavaleiro Pinto; Veronica Rondahl; Mikael Berg; Erik Ågren; Júlio Carvalheira; Gertrude Thompson; Jonas Johansson Wensman. "Detection and phylogenetic analysis of parrot bornavirus 4 identified from a Swedish Blue-winged macaw (Primolius maracana) with unusual nonsuppurative myositis". Infection Ecology & Epidemiology 9 1 (2019): 1547097-1547097. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008686.2018.1547097.
    10.1080/20008686.2018.1547097
  14. Marlene Cavaleiro Pinto; Hélder Craveiro; Jonas Johansson Wensman; Júlio Carvalheira; Mikael Berg; Gertrude Thompson. "Bornaviruses in naturally infected Psittacus erithacus in Portugal: insights of molecular epidemiology and ecology". Infection Ecology & Epidemiology 9 1 (2019): 1685632-1685632. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008686.2019.1685632.
    10.1080/20008686.2019.1685632
  15. Silva, A.A.; Silva, D.A.; Silva, F.F.; Costa, C.N.; Lopes, P.S.; Caetano, A.R.; Thompson, G.; Carvalheira, J.. "Autoregressive single-step test-day model for genomic evaluations of Portuguese Holstein cattle". Journal of Dairy Science 102 7 (2019): 6330-6339. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85065037263&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3168/jds.2018-15191
  16. Silva, A.A.; Silva, F.F.; Silva, D.A.; Silva, H.T.; Costa, C.N.; Lopes, P.S.; Veroneze, R.; Thompson, G.; Carvalheira, J.. "Genotype imputation strategies for Portuguese Holstein cattle using different SNP panels". Czech Journal of Animal Science 64 9 (2019): 377-386. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85072712179&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.17221/120/2019-CJAS
  17. Silva, D.A.D.; Costa, C.N.; Silva, A.A.D.; Silva, F.F.E.; Lopes, P.S.; Santos, G.G.D.; Thompson, G.; Carvalheira, J.. "Unknown parent and contemporary groups for genetic evaluation of Brazilian Holstein using autoregressive test-day models". Livestock Science 220 (2019): 1-7. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85057585451&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.livsci.2018.11.022
  18. Salem, M.M.I.; Thompson, G.; Chen, S.; Beja-Pereira, A.; Carvalheira, J.. "Linkage disequilibrium and haplotype block structure in Portuguese holstein cattle". Czech Journal of Animal Science 63 2 (2018): 61-69. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85040922787&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.17221/56/2017-CJAS
  19. Miranda C; Santos N; Parrish C; Thompson G. "GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF CANINE PARVOVIRUS IN SYMPATRIC FREE-RANGING WILD CARNIVORES IN PORTUGAL.". Journal of wildlife diseases (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28657857.
    10.7589/2016-08-194
  20. Miranda C; Vieira MJ; Silva E; Carvalheira J; Parrish CR; Thompson G. "Genetic Analysis of Feline Panleukopenia Virus Full-length VP2 Gene in Domestic Cats Between 2006-2008 and 2012-2014, Portugal.". Transboundary and emerging diseases (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26924760.
    10.1111/tbed.12483
  21. Le Pendu J; Abrantes J; Bertagnoli S; Guitton JS; Le Gall-Reculé G; Lopes AM; Marchandeau S; et al. "Proposal for a unified classification system and nomenclature of lagoviruses.". The Journal of general virology (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28714849.
    10.1099/jgv.0.000840
  22. Figueiredo J; Miranda C; Souto R; Silva E; Fafetine J; Thompson G. "Genetic characterization of canine parvovirus type 2 subtypes in Maputo, Mozambique.". Archives of microbiology (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/27888321.
    10.1007/s00203-016-1320-7
  23. Marcos R; Malhão F; Santos J; Marques S; Thompson G; Santos M. "The cryptic Cryptococcus.". Veterinary clinical pathology (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/27880026.
    10.1111/vcp.12421
  24. Miranda C; Thompson G. "Canine parvovirus: the worldwide occurrence of antigenic variants.". The Journal of general virology (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/27389721.
    10.1099/jgv.0.000540
  25. Miranda C; Thompson G. "Canine parvovirus in vaccinated dogs: a field study.". The Veterinary record (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26960988.
    10.1136/vr.103508
  26. Miranda C; Coelho C; Vieira-Pinto M; Thompson G. "Porcine hokovirus in wild boar in Portugal.". Archives of virology (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26711454.
    10.1007/s00705-015-2730-6
  27. Miranda C; Parrish CR; Thompson G. "Epidemiological evolution of canine parvovirus in the Portuguese domestic dog population.". Veterinary microbiology (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26790933.
    10.1016/j.vetmic.2015.11.037
  28. Maia MR; Marques S; Cabrita AR; Wallace RJ; Thompson G; Fonseca AJ; Oliveira HM. "Simple and Versatile Turbidimetric Monitoring of Bacterial Growth in Liquid Cultures Using a Customized 3D Printed Culture Tube Holder and a Miniaturized Spectrophotometer: Application to Facultative and Strictly Anaerobic Bacteria.". Frontiers in microbiology (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/27630632.
    10.3389/fmicb.2016.01381
  29. Costa CN; Santos GG; Cobuci JA; Thompson G; Carvalheira JG; Costa, C.N.; Santos, G.G.; et al. "Genetic parameters for test day somatic cell score in Brazilian Holstein cattle.". Genetics and molecular research : GMR 14 4 (2015): 19117-19127. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26782564.
    10.4238/2015.december.29.21
  30. Miranda C; Carvalheira J; Parrish CR; Thompson G. "Factors affecting the occurrence of canine parvovirus in dogs.". Veterinary microbiology (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26294318.
    10.1016/j.vetmic.2015.08.002
  31. Marques S; Huss VA; Pfisterer K; Grosse C; Thompson G. "Internal transcribed spacer sequence-based rapid molecular identification of Prototheca zopfii and Prototheca blaschkeae directly from milk of infected cows.". Journal of dairy science (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25726118.
    10.3168/jds.2014-9271
  32. Guimarães T; Lopes G; Pinto M; Silva E; Miranda C; Correia MJ; Damásio L; Thompson G; Rocha A. "Colloid centrifugation of fresh stallion semen before cryopreservation decreased microorganism load of frozen-thawed semen without affecting seminal kinetics.". Theriogenology (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25287189.
    10.1016/j.theriogenology.2014.09.003
  33. Silva E; Osório H; Thompson G. "Hepatitis C-like viruses are produced in cells from rabbit and hare DNA.". Scientific reports (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26416202.
    10.1038/srep14535
  34. Guimarães T; Miranda C; Pinto M; Silva E; Damásio L; Costa AL; Correia MJ; et al. "Effect of breeding activity on the microflora of the external genitalia and in the semen of stallions, and the relationship between micro-organisms on the skin and on the external genitalia.". Reproduction in domestic animals = Zuchthygiene (2014): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25219398.
    10.1111/rda.12403
  35. Miranda C; Parrish CR; Thompson G. "Canine parvovirus 2c infection in a cat with severe clinical disease.". Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc (2014): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/24670953.
    10.1177/1040638714528502
  36. 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.". PloS one (2014): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25398140.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0112312
  37. Lopes, A.M.; Marques, S.; Silva, E.; Magalhães, M.J.; Pinheiro, A.; Alves, P.C.; Le Pendu, J.; et al. "Detection of RHDV strains in the Iberian hare (Lepus granatensis): Earliest evidence of rabbit lagovirus cross-species infection". Veterinary Research 45 1 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84908111860&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/s13567-014-0094-7
  38. Pinho, L.; Thompson, G.; Machado, M.; Carvalheira, J.. "Management practices associated with the bulk tank milk prevalence of Mycoplasma spp. in dairy herds in Northwestern Portugal". Preventive Veterinary Medicine 108 1 (2013): 21-27. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84869779543&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.07.001
  39. Silva, E.; Marques, S.; Osório, H.; Carvalheira, J.; Thompson, G.. "Endogenous Hepatitis C Virus Homolog Fragments in European Rabbit and Hare Genomes Replicate in Cell Culture". PLoS ONE 7 11 (2012): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84869814177&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0049820
  40. Jagielski, T.; Buzzini, P.; Lassa, H.; Malinowski, E.; Branda, E.; Turchetti, B.; Polleichtner, A.; et al. "Multicentre Etest evaluation of in vitro activity of conventional antifungal drugs against European bovine mastitis Prototheca spp. isolates". Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 67 8 (2012): 1945-1947. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84864496358&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/jac/dks134
  41. Pinho, L.; Thompson, G.; Rosenbusch, R.; Carvalheira, J.. "Genotyping of Mycoplasma bovis isolates using multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis". Journal of Microbiological Methods 88 3 (2012): 377-385. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84857237850&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.mimet.2012.01.003
  42. Alexandra Müller; Eliane Silva; Nuno Santos; Gertrude Thompson. "Domestic Dog Origin of Canine Distemper Virus in Free-ranging Wolves in Portugal as Revealed by Hemagglutinin Gene Characterization". Journal of Wildlife Diseases 47 3 (2011): 725â¿¿729-725â¿¿729. http://dx.doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-47.3.725.
    10.7589/0090-3558-47.3.725
  43. Merchán, T.; Rocha, G.; Alda, F.; Silva, E.; Thompson, G.; de Trucios, S.H.; Pagés, A.. "Detection of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) in nonspecific vertebrate hosts sympatric to the European wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)". Infection, Genetics and Evolution 11 6 (2011): 1469-1474. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79960407925&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.meegid.2011.05.001
  44. Marques, S.; Silva, E.; Carvalheira, J.; Thompson, G.. "In vitro susceptibility of Prototheca to pH and salt concentration". Mycopathologia 169 4 (2010): 297-302. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77952668660&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s11046-009-9254-0
  45. Muller, A.; Silva, E.; Abrantes, J.; Esteves, P.J.; Ferreira, P.G.; Carvalheira, J.C.; Nowotny, N.; Thompson, G.. "Partial sequencing of recent Portuguese myxoma virus field isolates exhibits a high degree of genetic stability". Veterinary Microbiology 140 1-2 (2010): 161-166. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-71549122561&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.07.028
  46. Marques, S.; Silva, E.; Carvalheira, J.; Thompson, G.. "Short communication: Temperature sensibility of Prototheca blaschkeae strains isolated from bovine mastitic milk". Journal of Dairy Science 93 11 (2010): 5110-5113. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78649342323&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3168/jds.2010-3249
  47. Marques, S.; Silva, E.; Carvalheira, J.; Thompson, G.. "Phenotypic characterization of mastitic Prototheca spp. isolates". Research in Veterinary Science 89 1 (2010): 5-9. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77952885519&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.rvsc.2009.12.017
  48. Thompson, G.; Silva, E.; Marques, S.; Mller, A.; Carvalheira, J.. "Algaemia in a dairy cow by Prototheca blaschkeae". Medical Mycology 47 5 (2009): 527-531. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70749116464&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/13693780802566341
  49. Costa, C.N.; Carvalheira, J.; Cobuci, J.A.; Freitas, A.F.; Thompson, G.. "Estimation of genetic parameters of test day fat and protein yields in Brazilian Holstein cattle using an autoregressive multiple lactation animal model". South African Journal of Animal Sciences 39 SUPPL. 1 (2009): 165-168. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79951528762&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  50. Sousa, S.; Thompson, G.; Silva, E.; Freire, L.; Lopes, D.; Correia Da Costa, J.M.; Castro, A.; Carvalheira, J.; Canada, N.. "Determination of the more adequate modified agglutination test cut-off for serodiagnosis of toxoplasma gondii Infection in Sheep". Zoonoses and Public Health 56 5 (2009): 252-256. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-65649099323&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1863-2378.2008.01187.x
  51. Muller, A.; Freitas, J.; Silva, E.; Le Gall-Reculé, G.; Zwingelstein, F.; Abrantes, J.; Esteves, P.J.; et al. "Evolution of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) in the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) from the Iberian Peninsula". Veterinary Microbiology 135 3-4 (2009): 368-373. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-62149127401&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.09.057
  52. Pinho, L.A.; Thompson, G.B.; Machado, M.A.; Silva, E.P.; Santos, A.G.; González, R.N.; Carvalheira, I.G.. "Erratum: Isolation of Mycoplasma capricolum subspecies capricolum from a dairy calf (Veterinary Records (2009) 164 (216-217))". Veterinary Record 164 10 (2009): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-63149166518&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  53. Pinho, L.A.; Thompson, G.B.; Machado, M.A.; Silva, E.P.; Santos, A.G.; Gonzalez, R.N.; Carvalheira, J.G.. "Isolation of Mycoplasma capricolum subspecies capricolum from a dairy calf". Veterinary Record 164 7 (2009): 216-217. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-61849141076&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1136/vr.164.7.216
  54. Maria João Vieira; Eliane Silva; Costantina Desario; Nicola Decaro; Júlio Carvalheira; Canio Buonavoglia; Gertrude Thompson. "Natural Coinfection with 2 Parvovirus Variants in Dog". Emerg. Infect. Dis. 14 4 (2008): 678â¿¿679-678â¿¿679. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1404.071461.
    10.3201/eid1404.071461
  55. Abrantes, J.; Esteves, P.J.; Carmo, C.R.; Müller, A.; Thompson, G.; Van Der Loo, W.. "Genetic characterization of the chemokine receptor CXCR4 gene in lagomorphs: Comparison between the families Ochotonidae and Leporidae". International Journal of Immunogenetics 35 2 (2008): 111-117. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-40449088059&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1744-313X.2007.00735.x
  56. Cortez, P.P.; Carvalheira, J.; Paupério, S.; Thompson, G.. "Prevalence of ovine herpesvirus type 2 in north-west Portugal". Veterinary Record 162 9 (2008): 282-284. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-41549131295&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1136/vr.162.9.282
  57. Esteves, P.J.; Abrantes, J.; Carneiro, M.; Müller, A.; Thompson, G.; van der Loo, W.. "Detection of positive selection in the major capsid protein VP60 of the rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV)". Virus Research 137 2 (2008): 253-256. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-53749104079&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.virusres.2008.07.025
  58. Neves, A.M.; Thompson, G.; Carvalheira, J.; Trindade, J.C.; Rueff, J.; Caetano, J.M.; Casey, J.W.; Hermouet, S.. "Detection and quantitative analysis of human herpesvirus in pilocytic astrocytoma". Brain Research 1221 (2008): 108-114. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-46049116626&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.brainres.2008.05.009
  59. Vieira, M.J.; Silva, E.; Oliveira, J.; Vieira, A.L.; Decaro, N.; Desario, C.; Muller, A.; et al. "Canine parvovirus 2c infection in central Portugal". Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 20 4 (2008): 488-491. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-54549106749&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1177/104063870802000412
  60. Marques, S.; Silva, E.; Kraft, C.; Carvalheira, J.; Videira, A.; Huss, V.A.R.; Thompson, G.. "Bovine mastitis associated with Prototheca blaschkeae". Journal of Clinical Microbiology 46 6 (2008): 1941-1945. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-45149089925&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1128/JCM.00323-08
  61. Nicola Decaro; Costantina Desario; Diane D. Addie; Vito Martella; Maria João Vieira; Gabriella Elia; Angelique Zicola; et al. "Molecular Epidemiology of Canine Parvovirus, Europe". Emerg. Infect. Dis. 13 8 (2007): 1222â¿¿1224-1222â¿¿1224. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1308.070505.
    10.3201/eid1308.070505
  62. Marques S; Silva E; Carvalheira J; Thompson G; Marques, S.; Silva, E.; Carvalheira, J.; Thompson, G.. "Short communication: In vitro antimicrobial susceptibility of Prototheca wickerhamii and Prototheca zopfii isolated from bovine mastitis.". Journal of dairy science 89 11 (2006): 4202-4204. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/17033006.
    10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(06)72465-1
  63. Barros, S.C.; Ramos, F.; Paupério, S.; Thompson, G.; Fevereiro, M.. "Phylogenetic analysis of Portuguese bovine viral diarrhoea virus". Virus Research 118 1-2 (2006): 192-195. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33646067741&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.virusres.2005.12.009
  64. Canada, N.; Meireles, C.S.; Rocha, A.; Sousa, S.; Thompson, G.; Dubey, J.P; Romand, S.; Thulliez, P.; Correia da Costa, J.M.. "First Portuguese isolate of Neospora caninum from an aborted fetus from a dairy herd with endemic neosporosis". Veterinary Parasitology 110 1-2 (2002): 11-15. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037065225&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00333-3
  65. Cortez, P.P.; Dias Pereira, P.; Cortez, A.; Thompson, G.. "First confirmed case of malignant catarrhal fever in a cow in Portugal". Veterinary Record 149 18 (2001): 558-559. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035802754&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1136/vr.149.18.558
  66. Naqi, S.; Thompson, G.; Bauman, B.; Mohammed, H.. "The exacerbating effect of infectious bronchitis virus infection on the infectious bursal disease virus-induced suppression of opsonization by Escherichia coli antibody in chickens". Avian Diseases 45 1 (2001): 52-60. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035075622&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2307/1593011
  67. Thompson, G.; Canada, N.; Do Carmo Topa, M.; Silva, E.; Vaz, F.; Rocha, A.. "First confirmed case of Neospora caninum-associated abortion outbreak in Portugal". Reproduction in Domestic Animals 36 6 (2001): 309-312. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035544262&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1046/j.1439-0531.2001.00307.x
  68. Gertrude Thompson; Syed Naqi. "Cytotoxic Activity of Cells Recovered from the Respiratory Tracts of Chickens Inoculated with Infectious Bronchitis Virus". Avian Diseases 41 3 (1997): 690-690. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1592162.
    10.2307/1592162
  69. Gertrude Thompson; Hussni Mohammed; Beverly Bauman; Syed Naqi. "Systemic and Local Antibody Responses to Infectious Bronchitis Virus in Chickens Inoculated with Infectious Bursal Disease Virus and Control Chickens". Avian Diseases 41 3 (1997): 519-519. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1592140.
    10.2307/1592140
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Thompson, G.. "IMMUNE RESPONSES TO INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VIRUS IN THE RESPIRATORY TRACT OF CHICKENS". PhD, 1995.
  2. Thompson, G.. "AN INVESTIGATION AND COMPARISON OF THREE TESTS FOR THE DETECTION OF ROTAVIRUS IN FIELD OUTBREAKS OF PORCINE NEONATAL ENTERITIS (ROTAVIRUS)". Master, 1984.

Intellectual property

Provisional application for patent
  1. 2013. "HCV homolog fragments, cell-lines and applications thereof.".
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/03/01 - Current Contribution for understanding the risk factors associated with zoonotic virus circulation in rodents and insectivores communities, and ultimately, the risk of human exposure
Co-supervisor
 Doutoramento em Ciências Veterinárias (PhD)
2022/01/01 - Current Exploring the presence of coronavirus in bats and in the air from bat’s caves in Portugal: a one health approach
Co-supervisor
 Doutoramento em Ciências Veterinária - ICBAS (PhD)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2015 - Current SFRH/BPD/110348/2015
Co-supervisor
 Pos-Doc
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2013 - Current Abordagem à terapia Fágica do Staphylococcus aureus isolado de mastites bovinas.
Supervisor
 Doutoramento (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2013 - Current Studies on the zoonotic Borna Virus infection in companion and production animals in Portugal.
Supervisor
 Doutoramento (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2011 - Current Prototheca infections, new insights on innovative therapeutic approaches. SFRH/BPD/75905/2011
Supervisor
 Pos-Doc
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2010 - Current Molecular and serological approaches for the detection and typing of lepstospira
Co-supervisor
 Doutoramento (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2008 - Current Protothecosis: agent characterization and pathogenesis.
Supervisor
 Doutoramento Europeu (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2007 - Current SFRH/BPD/42152/2007. Characterization of the interactions between Bovine herpesvirus type-1 (BHV-1) with the bovine reproductive system and genetic characterization of BHV-1 field isolates in Portugal.
Supervisor
 Pos-Doc
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2016 - 2018 Caracterização genética do Parvovírus Canino em cães provenientes de Maputo, Matola e Boane.
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado (Master)
Centro de Biotecnologia da Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique
2012 - 2016 Canine parvovirus: the characterization of field infections in Portugal
Supervisor
 Doutoramento (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2012 - 2016 Genomic integration of hepatitis C virus fragments in the European rabbit and lepus europaeus: detection and characterization
Supervisor
 Doutoramento (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2006 - 2012 Mycoplasma bovis: Estudos Epidemiológicos em Explorações Leiteiras do Entre-Douro e Minho.
Co-supervisor
 Doutoramento (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2007 - 2011 Parvovirose canina.
Supervisor
 Doutoramento (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2006 - 2010 Virus-host adatation and co-evolution of myxoma virus (MV) and rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) in their natural host, the wild rabbit (oryctolagus cuniculus)
Supervisor
 Doutoramento Europeu (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2004 - 2006 Virologia Animal
Supervisor
 Biologia Molecular (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
1998 - 2001 Estudios Observaciomales de Agentes Infecciosos Asociados a Ineficacia Reprodutiva en Exploraciones de Ganado Vacuno Lechero
Co-supervisor
 Doutoramento Europeu (PhD)
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2022/02/28 Studies on the Bornavirus infection in companion animals.
Supervisor
 Marlene Vanessa Pinto (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2019 Antimicrobial Resistance of Staphylococcus aureus: Molecular and pharmacological approaches Northern west of Portugal
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Rachid Hnini (PhD)
Science and Technology Sultan Mouly Slimane University, Morocco
2017 Development of new molecular diagnostic test.
Thesis Member
 Ana Sofia Santos (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2016 Contribution to the study of emerging infectious diseases in broiler breeders
(Thesis) Arguer
 Fernando Alberto Brandão Campos Lopes Moreira (PhD)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Portugal
2012 A novel parathyroid protein in chicken: origin, expression and function.
(Thesis) Arguer
 Pedro Luís Martins de Castro Pinheiro (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2012 Epidemiology, clinical features and the zoonotic potencial of canine norovirus
(Thesis) Arguer
 João Rodrigo Mesquita (PhD)
2010 Importância Epidemiológica dos Roedeores como Reservatórios de Leptospira em Explorações Pecuárias de Gado Maronês na Região de Trás-Os-Montes.
(Thesis) Arguer
 Maria das Neves Mitelo Morão de Paiva Cardoso (PhD)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Portugal
2006 Adenocarcinoma Pulmonar dos Ovinos em Portugal: Desenvolvimento de métodos para a Detecção do Agente Etiológico
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Nuno Francisco Fonte Santa Alegria (PhD)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Portugal
2005 Doença Hemorrágica do Coelho: Estudo Anatomoclínico da Infecção por Calicivírus.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Paula Cristina Gomes Ferreira Proença (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2001 Estudios Observaciomales de Agentes Infecciosos Asociados a Ineficacia Reprodutiva en Exploraciones de Ganado Vacuno Lechero.
(Thesis) Arguer
 Martínez, Francisco Javier Guitián (PhD)
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela - Campus de Lugo, Spain