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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Alexandra Müller

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8A18-E37D-7F56
ORCID iD
0000-0003-4749-4661
Education
Degree Classification
2012/01 - 2019/10
Concluded
 Diplomate of the ECVPH (Postgraduate Certificate)
Major in Subspecialty Population Medicine
European College of Veterinary Public Health (ECVPH), Belgium
2012/01 - 2017/12
Concluded
 MSc Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health (Master)
Royal Veterinary College, United Kingdom
"Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Merit
2006/10 - 2011/01
Concluded
 Ciências Veterinárias (Doutoramento)
Major in Veterinary virology
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
"Virus-host adaptation and co-evolution of myxoma virus (MV) and rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) in their natural host, the wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Distinção
2006
Concluded
 Ciências Veterinárias (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
"Virus-host adaptation and co-evolution of myxoma virús (MV) and rabbit haemorhagic disease virús (RHDV) in their natural host, the wild rabbit (oryctolagus cuniculus)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1999/10/01 - 2000/11/30
Concluded
 MSc Tropical Veterinary Medicine (Master)
The University of Edinburgh Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies, United Kingdom
"Application of the heartwater MAP-1 branched peptide ELISA on ruminant sera from Kenya. https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/79606" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 72.8%
1994/03/01 - 1995/11
Concluded
 Doutoramento Dr. med. vet. (Doktorgrad)
Major in Veterinary virology
Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, Germany
"Sensitivitat und Spezifizitat zweier ELISA Techniken zur Pravalenzbestimmung von Antikorpern gegen das Virus der Klassischen (Europaischen) Schweinepest (KSP)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Bom/good
1993
Concluded
 Medicina Veterinária (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
"Relatório Final de Estágio: Diagnóstico laboratorial de algumas viroses de interesse em medicina veterinária." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Bom/Good
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
1995/11/24 - 1999/04/30 Research Assistant (Research) University of Glasgow School of Veterinary Medicine, United Kingdom
1994/04/01 - 1995/11/23 Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, Germany

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2013 - 2016 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2010 - 2013 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2003/05/12 - 2010/06/21 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2001/10/01 - 2003/04/30 Technical Advisor for German Agro Action (Acção Agrária Alemã/Deutsche Welthungerhilfe) in Mozambique. Coordination of agricultural microprojects in the districts of Cuamba (Niassa Province), Malema ( Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst (DED), Germany
2001/05/12 - 2001/09/24 Temporay Veterinary Inspector. Clinical inspection of herds and epidemiological field work during the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), United Kingdom
2000/05/29 - 2000/08/08 Research Fellow at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Nairobi, Kenya The University of Edinburgh Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies, United Kingdom
1999/05/01 - 1999/09/30 Veterinary Surgeon for companion animals. Locum work at the following veterinary hospitals: Glasgow East, Edinburgh and Dundee. Peoples Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA), United Kingdom
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2015/10 - 2019/10 REVET - Reinforcement of Veterinary Studies in Asian Universities
561668-EPP-1-2015-1-ES-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP
 European Commission
2013/12 - 2016/11 TEMPUS One Health
544182-TEMPUS-1-2013-IT-TEMPUS-JPCR
 European Commission
2010/06/01 - 2013/11/30 Interacção parasita-hospedeiro: a Doença hemorrágica do coelho e a Síndrome da lebre parda
PTDC/CVT/108490/2008
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares, Portugal

Universidade dos Açores Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007/12/01 - 2011/11/30 Doença Hemorrágica do Coelho: Biologia Molecular da Resistência e Transmissão do Calicivírus.
PTDC/CVT/66656/2006
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Unidade Multidisciplinar de Investigação Biomédica, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007/01/01 - 2010/12/31 A CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF VIRUS HOST ADAPTATION AND CO-EVOLUTION OF MYXOMA VIRUS AND RABBIT HAEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS IN THEIR NATURAL HOST, THE WILD RABBIT ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS
SFRH/BD/31093/2006
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2005/07/01 - 2007/12/31 Investigação dos mecanismos que estão na base da resistência genética do coelho à mixomatose e à doença hemorrágica viral
POCI/BIA-BDE/61553/2004
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares, Portugal

Universidade dos Açores Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Müller, A; Gomes Neves, E. "Epidemiological concepts, public health and Q fever". 2021.
  2. Müller, Alexandra. "“Chapter 3. Epidemiological concepts, public health and Q fever”". In The One Health Paradigm. United States, 2017.
  3. Müller, Alexandra. "Toxoplasma gondii: serological study in pigs slaughtered in Portugal". In Proceedings book. Portugal, 2015.
  4. Müller, Alexandra. "Capítulo 12- Contributo das metodologias moleculares para a vigilância epidemiológica de doenças infecciosas na fauna selvagem.". Portugal, 2014.
Conference paper
  1. Xavier, Cristina; Gonzales-Barron, Ursula; Muller, Alexandra; Cadavez, Vasco. "Modelling beef meat quality traits during ageing by early post-mortem pH decay descriptors". 2018.
  2. Xavier, Cristina; Gonzales-Barron, Ursula; Muller, Alexandra; Cadavez, Vasco. "Estudio de meta-análisis del efecto de estimulación eléctrica en la fuerza de corte de la carne de vacuno". 2015.
  3. Xavier, Cristina; Gonzales-Barron, Ursula; Cadavez, Vasco; Muller, Alexandra. "Modelling the temperature and pH decline early post-mortem of beef carcasses". 2014.
Journal article
  1. Sara Marques; Eduarda Gomes-Neves; Cláudia S. Baptista; Francisca R. Pereira; Adélia Alves-Pereira; Pedro Osório; Alexandra Müller. "A Survey on Vaccination and Disease Occurrence in Municipal and Non-Profit Animal Shelters in Portugal". Animals (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13172723.
    10.3390/ani13172723
  2. João Marco Oliveira; Margarida Fonseca Cardoso; Fernando A. Moreira; Alexandra Müller. "Phenotypic antimicrobial resistance (AMR) of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) from broiler breeder flocks between 2009 and 2018". Avian Pathology (2022): https://doi.org/10.1080/03079457.2022.2074816.
    10.1080/03079457.2022.2074816
  3. Eduarda Gomes-Neves; Sara Marques; Adélia Alves-Pereira; Pedro Osório; Alexandra Müller; Cláudia S. Baptista. "Impact of COVID-19 Restrictions in Portugal: A Questionnaire to Municipal and Animal Association Shelters". Animals (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11092532.
    10.3390/ani11092532
  4. Müller, Alexandra. "Aujeszky's disease in hunted wild boar (Sus scrofa) in the Iberian Peninsula.". Journal of Wildlife Diseases (2021): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34015813/.
    10.7589/JWD-D-20-00197
  5. Müller, Alexandra. "No evidence for african swine fever virus DNA in haematophagous arthropods collected at wild boar baiting sites in estonia.". Transboundary and emerging diseases (2021): https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.14013.
    10.1111/tbed.14013
  6. Müller, Alexandra. "Wild Game Meat—a Microbiological Safety and Hygiene Challenge?". Current Clinical Microbiology Reports (2021): https://rdcu.be/ceTwV.
    10.1007/s40588-021-00158-8
  7. Müller, Alexandra. "Toxoplasma gondii Serology in Slaughter Pigs from Intensive Production". Journal of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine 3 1 (2020): 103. https://meddocsonline.org/journal-of-veterinary-medicine-and-animal-sciences/toxoplasma-gondii-serology-in-slaughter-pigs-from-intensive-production.pdf.
  8. Müller, Alexandra; Simões, João Carlos Caetano. "Phenotypic antimicrobial susceptibility of environmental bacteria from mastitic milk of pastured dairy cows of S. Miguel (Azores).". Tropical animal health and production (2019): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-019-02028-4.
    10.1007/s11250-019-02028-4
  9. GOMES-NEVES, EDUARDA; MÜLLER, ALEXANDRA; CORREIA, ANDRÉ; CAPAS-PENEDA, SARA; CARVALHO, MÁRCIA; VIEIRA, SARA; CARDOSO, MARGARIDA FONSECA. "Food Chain Information: Data Quality and Usefulness in Meat Inspection in Portugal". Journal of Food Protection 81 11 (2018): 1890-1896. http://dx.doi.org/10.4315/0362-028x.jfp-18-266.
    10.4315/0362-028x.jfp-18-266
  10. Müller, Alexandra; Collineau, Lucie; Stephan, Roger; Müller, Andrea; Stärk, Katharina D.C.; Alexandra Muller; L. Collineau; et al. "Assessment of the risk of foodborne transmission and burden of hepatitis E in Switzerland". International Journal of Food Microbiology 242 (2017): 107-115. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2016.11.018.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2016.11.018
  11. Alexandra Muller; Eliane Silva; Nuno Santos; Gertrude Thompson; Müller A; Silva E; Santos N; Thompson G. "Domestic dog origin of canine distemper virus in free-ranging wolves in Portugal as revealed by haemaglutinin gene characterization.". (2013): https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/67619.
    10.7589/0090-3558-47.3.725
  12. 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
  13. Thompson G; Silva E; Marques S; Müller A; Carvalheira J. "Algaemia in a dairy cow by Prototheca blaschkeae.". (2009): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/19301176.
    10.1080/13693780802566341
  14. Alexandra Muller; Jaime Freitas; Eliane Silva; G. Le Gall-Reculé; F. Zwingelstein; Joana Abrantes; Pedro Esteves; et al. "Evolution of Rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) in wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in the Iberian Peninsula.". Veterinary Microbiology 135 3-4 (2009): 368-373. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/67621.
    10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.09.057
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. Müller, Alexandra; Flynn, J; Dunham, S; Mueller, A; Cannon, C; Jarrett, O; N. Flynn; et al. "Involvement of cytolytic and non-cytolytic T cells in the control of feline immunodeficiency virus infection.". Veterinary Immunology Immunopathology (2002): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11943317.
    10.1016/S0165-2427(01)00425-1
  19. Müller, Alexandra. "Evaluation of a gp 55 (E2) recombinant-based ELISA for the detection of antibodies induced by classical swine fever virus.". Dtsch Tierarztl Wochenschr. (1996): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8968126/.
  20. Müller, Alexandra. "Classical swine fever in wild boar (Sus scrofa)--experimental infections and viral persistence.". Dtsch Tierarztl Wochenschr. (1995): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8591736/.
  21. K. Depner; D. J. Paton; C. Crucière; Alexandra Muller; G. M. de Mia; F. Koenen; R. Stark; et al. "Evaluation of the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the rapid screening and detection of classical swine fever virus antigens in the blood of pigs.". Revue Scientifique et Technique de l'OIE 14 3 (1995): 677-689. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/67640.
    10.20506/rst.14.3.863
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Müller, Alexandra. "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)". PhD, Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/45396.
  2. Müller, Alexandra. "Application of the heartwater map-1 branched peptide Elisa on ruminant Sera from Kenya.". Master, The University of Edinburgh Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies, 2000. https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/79606.
  3. Müller, Alexandra. "Sensitivität und Spezifizität zweier ELISA-Techniken zur Prävalenzbestimmung von Antikörpern gegen das Virus der Klassischen Schweinepest (KSP).". PhD, Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, 1995.
Activities

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/04/01 - Current Patologia e Clínica das Doenças Infecciosas II Mestrado Integrado em Medicina Veterinária (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2009/09 - Current Microbiologia Veterinária Medicina Veterinária (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2008/02 - Current Patologia e Clínica das Doenças Infecciosas I Medicina Veterinária (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2003/05 - 2007/07 Patologia e Clínica das Doenças Infecciosas I Medicina Veterinária (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal