Personal identification

Full name

Andreia Vanessa Soares da Cruz

Citation names

• Cruz, Andreia V. S.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID

6010-F4D8-3E6F

ORCID iD

0000-0002-0091-2013

Knowledge fields

• Agrarian Sciences - Veterinary Sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)
French	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)

	Degree	Classification
2023/01/01 - 2027/01/31 Ongoing	Ciências Veterinárias (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2020/10/28 - 2022/12/31 Attended	Ciências Veterinárias (Doutoramento) Major in Sanidade Animal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal "Value of the African Swine Fever Vírus Type II Topoisomerase for the Design of a Replication-Defective Virus" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2022/04/27 - 2022/09/23 Concluded	Curso Pós-Graduado de Atualização de Ciências em Animais de Laboratório – Categoria B (Pós-Graduação) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências em Animais de Laboratório, Portugal	18
2013/09 - 2019/07/10 Concluded	Medicina Veterinária (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal "SCHISTOSOMÍASE: O papel de ruminantes domésticos como reservatórios de espécies de Schistosoma no distrito de Chókwè, Moçambique" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019/02 - 2019/06	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2018/09 - 2019/02	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018/07 - 2018/08	Estagiário em Inspeção de produtos alimentares de origem animal	Posto de Inspeção Fronteiriço do Porto de Leixões, Portugal

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2023/01/01 - 2026/12/31	Rodents and insectivores as potential threats to the emergence of zoonotic viruses in humans - A study on the epidemiology and ecology of viral pathogens in small mammals of Portugal 2022.15408.BD PhD Student Fellow Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2020/05/04 - 2022/12/31	A safe DIVA vaccine for African Swine Fever control and eradication 862874 PhD Student Fellow Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal	European Commission Ongoing

Publications

Conference poster

Andreia V. S. Cruz; Calvin Mehl; João Queirós ; Rainer G Ulrich ; João R. Mesquita. "Circulation of zoonotic and pathogenic Leptospira in rodents from the Porto district". Paper presented in Workshop of the Animal and Veterinary Sciences Doctoral Programs, 2024. Cruz, Andreia V. S.; Sérgio Santos-Silva; Luís Reis; Clarisse Rodrigues; Vanessa Soeiro; Rachael E. Tarlinton; João R. Mesquita. "Exploring Coronaviruses in Hedgehogs from Portugal: Detection, Transcriptome sequencing, and Potential Cross-Species Transmission". Paper presented in III meeting of the associated laboratory AL4AnimalS, 2024. Andreia V. S. Cruz; Pedro Lopez-López; Sérgio Santos-Silva; Guilherme Moreira; Antonio Rivero-Juárez; Hugo Rebelo; João R. Mesquita. "Molecular detection of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in bats from Portugal". Paper presented in III meeting of the associated laboratory AL4AnimalS, 2024. Cruz, Andreia V. S.; Santos-Silva, Sérgio; Lux, Laura; Queirós, João ; Mesquita, João R.. "Occurrence of Blastocystis sp. and Enterocytozoon bieneusi in wild small mammals from Portugal". Paper presented in XIX International Veterinary Congress Montenegro, 2023. Cruz, Andreia V. S.; Santos-Silva, Sérgio; Rodrigues, Clarisse; Tarlinton, Rachael E.; Mesquita, João R.. "Molecular Detection and Characterization of Coronaviruses in European Hedgehogs from Portugal". Paper presented in XIX International Veterinary Congress Montenegro, 2023. Cruz, Andreia V. S.; Santos-Silva, Sérgio; Rodrigues, Clarisse; Tarlinton, Rachael E.; Mesquita, João. "Molecular Detection and Characterization of Coronaviruses in European Hedgehogs from Portugal". Paper presented in International Conference on Livestock, Companion Animal and Wildlife Coronaviruses, 2023.

Journal article

López-López, Pedro; Cruz, Andreia V. S.; Santos-Silva, Sérgio; Rivero-Juárez, Antonio; Rebelo, Hugo; Mesquita, João R.. "Molecular Survey of Protist Enteroparasites in Bats (Order Chiroptera) from Portugal". Acta Parasitologica 70 1 (2025): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11686-024-00985-x. 10.1007/s11686-024-00985-x Cruz, Andreia V.S.; Santos-Silva, Sérgio; Queirós-Reis, Luís; Rodrigues, Clarisse; Soeiro, Vanessa; Tarlinton, Rachael E.; Mesquita, João R.. "Genomic characterization and cross-species transmission potential of hedgehog coronavirus". One Health 19 (2024): 100940. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2024.100940. 10.1016/j.onehlt.2024.100940 Santos-Silva, Sérgio; Cruz, Andreia Vanessa Soares; Gomes da Silva, Priscilla; Bento, Jaqueline Tavares; Almeida, Daniela; Barradas, Patrícia Ferreira; Cardoso, Luís; Mesquita, João Rodrigo. "Detection of biliary trematodes in sheep and goats from northern and central Portugal". Veterinarska stanica 56 4 (2024): 457-470. https://doi.org/10.46419/vs.56.4.5. 10.46419/vs.56.4.5 Santos-Silva, Sérgio; Romalde, Jesús L.; Bento, Jaqueline T.; Cruz, Andreia V. S.; López-López, Pedro; Gonçalves, Helena M. R.; Van der Poel, Wim H. M.; et al. "Serological and Molecular Survey of Hepatitis E Virus in Small Ruminants from Central Portugal". Food and Environmental Virology 16 4 (2024): 516-524. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12560-024-09612-4. 10.1007/s12560-024-09612-4 Gomes-Gonçalves, Sara; Santos-Silva, Sérgio; Cruz, Andreia V S; Rodrigues, Clarisse; Soeiro, Vanessa; Barradas, Patrícia; Mesquita, João R. "First report of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in Erinaceus europaeus and Hemiechinus auritus hedgehogs from recovery centers of Portugal". Medical Mycology 62 8 (2024): https://doi.org/10.1093/mmy/myae073. 10.1093/mmy/myae073 Guilherme Moreira; Andreia V. S. Cruz; Sérgio Santos-Silva; Rafaela S. S. Moreira; João R. Mesquita. "Detection of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in Non-Human Primates in Portuguese Zoos". Animals (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14131874. 10.3390/ani14131874 Pires, Humberto; Santos-Silva, Sérgio; Cruz, Andreia V.S.; Cardoso, Luís; Lopes, Ana Patrícia; Pereira, Maria A.; Nóbrega, Carmen; et al. "Molecular evidence of sporadic Coxiella burnetii excretion in sheep milk, central Portugal". Veterinary Research Communications 48 4 (2024): 2713-2719. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11259-024-10389-x. 10.1007/s11259-024-10389-x Andreia V S Cruz; Pedro Lopez-López; Sérgio Santos-Silva; Antonio Rivero-Juárez; Hugo Rebelo; João R Mesquita. "Molecular detection of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in bats from Portugal". Medical Mycology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1093/mmy/myae019. 10.1093/mmy/myae019 Sara Gomes-Gonçalves; Sérgio Santos-Silva; Andreia V. S. Cruz; Clarisse Rodrigues; Vanessa Soeiro; Patrícia Barradas; João R. Mesquita. "A Thorny Tale of Parasites: Screening for Enteric Protozoan Parasites in Hedgehogs from Portugal". Animals (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14020326. 10.3390/ani14020326