Epidemiological (life cycle, transmission, population dynamic) and ecological (influence of biotic and abiotic factors) analysis of human and animal parasites (especially rodents). Analysis of behaviour and response of parasites after natural disasters.
Epidemiological study of food-transmitted human parasites (protozoa and helminths). Study of the influence of intrinsic and extrinsic factor on parasitism. Morphological and molecular diagnosis and identification of parasite species. Anisakiasis study.
Creation of Geographic Information Systems with the use of satellite images and thematic maps (climate, surface, parasitological parameters, etc.) for the modelling of epidemiology and the transmission of human / animal parasites, as well as the influence of climate change on them.
Diagnosis and epidemiological study of human ectoparasite arthropods (mosquitoes, myiasis, lice, bedbugs, etc.). Pest control and vectors on an individual level. Analysis of vector-transmitted parasitic diseases and influence of climate change on them.
Epidemiological study of teniasis / cisticercosis, with special reference to the third new parasitic tapeworm: Taenia asiatica. Ultrastructural studies of infective forms. Secretomics analysis of cisticercosis' infective forms (eggs) of the three human Taenia species.
Monitoring natural and anthropogenic environments for disease surveillance, specially viral outbreaks. Detection of emerging viruses in natural environments and development of quantification techniques for population monitoring. Study of new transmission routes of emerging viruses.
Evaluation of the relationship between climatic factors and weather variables, especially ambient temperature and health, as well as public health measures that can minimise the impact of foreseeable future climate changes.
