Fields of Expertise: Epidemiology of infection Diseases Statistical methods QUALIFICATIONS: Veterinarian (1988, Universidad Nacional Litoral Argentina), MSc (1996, Free University Berlin), PhD (2005, Wageningen University) SCIENTIFIC CAREER: 1996 -2005, Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health, College of Veterinary Sciences Medicine, Universidad Nacional del Litoral (Argentina) 2005 – 2021. Professor, Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Sciences Medicine, Universidad Austral de Chile (Chile). 2021- now. Associate Professor, Wageningen University. RESEARCH INTEREST: Quantifying transmission of infectious agents and the effect of interventions on that. Current interest: host- pathogen heterogeneity and interactions (including multi-host – multi agent systems), the role of the environmental phase of infectious agents during transmission. OUTPUT: Publications: - Number of publications in international refereed scientific journals: 61 - Number of Presentation on International congresses: 134 Supervision of PhD theses: Number of PhD students that have graduated: 8 Scientific teaching: Quantitative Epidemiology, PhD Veterinary Sciences Interpretation of diagnostic tests and methods for epidemiological validation PhD Veterinary Sciences Bayesian statistics in solving Animal Health problems, PhD Veterinary Sciences Descriptive and statistical inference, Msc. in Animal Health Key publications before 2023: Benavides, B. and Monti, G. Assessment of Natural Transmission of Bovine Leukosis Virus in Dairies from Southern Chile. 2022. Animals. 12, 1734. DOI: 10.3390/ani12131734 Alocilla, O. and Monti, G. Network Analysis of cattle movements in Chile: Implications por pathogen spread and control. 2022. Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 204:105644. DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2022.105644. Calero, M. L. and Monti, G. Assessment of the current surveillance system for human Leptospirosis, in Ecuador by decision analytic modelling. 2022. Frontiers in Public Health. section Infectious Diseases – Surveillance, Prevention and Treatment. 10:711938. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.711938 Alabí, A.; Monti, G.; Otth, C.; Sepulveda, P.; Sánchez Hidalgo, M.; Valente de Mello, V.; Machado, R.; André, M.; Bittencourt, P.; Müller, A. Molecular survey and genetic diversity of hemoplasmas in rodents from Chile. 2020. Microorganisms. 2020. 8(10), 1493. DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8101493 Duffy, S. J.; Fondevila, N. A.; Galdo Novo, S.; Aznar, M. N.; Garro, C.; Smitsaart, E. N.; Monti, G. 2020. Reduction of foot-and-mouth disease virus transmission in cattle vaccinated one or two weeks before challenge using a commercial polyvalent vaccine. Vaccine. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvacx.2020.100063. de Freslón, I., Martinez-Lopez, B., Belkhiria, J., Strappini, A., Monti, G. 2019. Use of social network analysis to improve the understanding of social behaviour in dairy cattle and its impact on disease transmission. Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 213: 47-54. DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2019.01.006 Tapia, E., Monti, G., Rozas, M., Sandoval, Á., Gaete, Á., Bohle, H., Bustos, P. 2013. Assessment of the in vitro survival of the Infectious Salmon Anaemia Virus (ISAV) under different water types and temperature. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists, 33 (1) Monti, G.; Frankena, K. and De Jong, MCM. 2007. Transmission of Bovine Leukaemia Virus Within Dairy Herds by Simulation Modelling. Epidemiology and Infection. 135: 706-72. DOI: 10.1017/S0950268806007357 Monti, G. and Frankena, K. 2005. Survival analysis on aggregate data to assess time to sero-conversion after experimental infection with Bovine Leukemia virus. Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 68, 241-242. DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2005.01.009 2023 Sepúlveda-García, P., Alabi, A., Álvarez, K., Rojas, L., Mella, A., Goncalves, L., André, M., Zacarias, R., Muler, A., Monti, G. Bartonella spp. in Households with cats: Risk Factors for infection in cats and Human exposure. 2023. One Health. 16: 100545. DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2023.100545 Monti, G., Montes, V., Tortosa, P., Tejeda, C., Salgado, M. Urine shedding patterns of pathogenic Leptospira spp. in dairy cows. 2023. Veterinary Research. 54:64. DOI: 10.1186/s13567-023-01190-w Monti, G., Tomckowiack, C., Salgado, M. Diagnostic accuracy of an immunomagnetic separation-PCR assay to detect pathogenic Leptospira spp. in urine from dairy cattle, using a Bayesian latent class model. 2023. Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 13:105859. DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.105859