Dr. Verica Simin
Pasteur institute Novi Sad
Department of Microbiology
Novi Sad, Serbia
Topic of interest: Cell cultures, molecular diagnostics, medical zoology, parasitology
BAVBD contribution:
Offering expertise in tick-borne disease diagnostics: zoological identification of ticks, PCR detection of tick-borne pathogens, serological analyses (ELISA, WB, IFA test), multiplication of Borrelia on BSK-H medium, maintenance of continuous cell cultures, isolation of tick-borne pathogens on cell cultures, multiplication of viruses on cell cultures (Rabies), parasitology of carnivores.
I search for advanced education in molecular research methods: PCR techniques and sequencing methods.
Relevant references:
1. Banović, P., Díaz-Sánchez, A., Galon, C., Foucault-Simonin, A., Simin, V., Mijatović, D., Papić, L., Wu-Chuang, A., Obregón, D., Moutailler, S., Cabezas-Cruz, A. 2021. A One Health approach to study the circulation of tick-borne pathogens: A preliminary study. One Health. 13: 100270; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2021.100270
2. Bjelić-Čabrilo, O., Simin, V., Miljević, M., Čabrilo, B., Mijatović, D., Lalošević, D. 2018. Respiratory and Cardiopulmonary Nematode Species of Foxes and Jackals in Serbia. Helminthologia. 55(3):213-221; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2018-0019
3. Miljević, M., Lalošević, D., Simin, V., Blagojević, J., Čabrilo, B., Bjelić-Čabrilo, O. 2021. Intestinal helminth infections in the golden jackal (Canis aureus L.) from Vojvodina: Hotspot area of multilocular echinococcosis in Serbia. Acta veterinaria Hungarica. 69 (3): 274-281; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1556/004.2021.00030
4. Banović, P., Díaz-Sánchez, A., Simin, V., Foucault-Simonin, A., Galon, C., Wu-Chuang, A., Mijatović, D., Obregón, D., Moutailler, S., Cabezas-Cruz, A. 2022. Clinical Aspects and Detection of Emerging Rickettsial Pathogens: A “One Health” Approach Study in Serbia, 2020. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12: 797399. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.797399
5. Simin, V., Mijatović, D., Tomanović, S., Čabrilo, B., Miljević, M., Bogdan, I., Banović, P. 2020. Borellia burgdorferi infection in removed ticks and anti-borrelia antibodies in infested patients admitted to the Pasteur Institute, Novi Sad. Veterinarski glasnik. 74 (2): 164-177. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/VETGL200527008S