Luis Cardoso

2023
Full professor

2014-2017
Chairperson of the Biosafety Commission, UTAD
2014-2019
Deputy director, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, UTAD
2017-2021
Director of the PhD programme in Veterinary Sciences, School of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences, UTAD
2021−2025
Elected member of the Scientific Council, School of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences, UTAD
2023−present
Member of the Committee for the Prevention and Control of Harassment, UTAD

1992-present
Member, Portuguese Board of Veterinarians
2005−present
Diplomate, European Veterinary Parasitology College (EVPC); 2015 Elected Board member; 2018 and 2021 Elected treasurer; 2024 Elected Board member
2005−present
European veterinary specialist in Parasitology, European Board of Veterinary Specialisation (EBVS)
2006−present
Founding member, LeishVet; 2008 Appointed treasurer, 2023 Appointed secretary
2007−present
Member, World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP)
2009−present
Invited member, Companion Vector-Borne Diseases (CVBD) World Forum
2012−present
Board member, European Scientific Council Companion Animal Parasites, Portugal (ESCCAP Portugal)

Costa J, Silva A, Sampaio F, Alves A, Silva H; de Carvalho H, Sousa C; Simões M, Fernandes C, Lopes A, Garcês A, Duarte E, Coelho A, Cardoso L, Lopes R (2025). When precision matters: bone marrow cytology meets qPCR in a pilot study quantifying Leishmania infantum load in dogs. Microorganisms 13: 2211.

Lima CM, Bourquia M, Zahri A, Haissen N, Santarém N, Cardoso L, Cordeiro da Silva A (2024). Veterinary perspectives on the urbanization of leishmaniosis in Morocco. Parasites & Vectors 17: 348.

Lopes R, Garcês A, Silva A, Brilhante-Simões P, Martins Â, Duarte EL, Coelho AC, Cardoso L (2024). Distribution of and relationships between epidemiological and clinicopathological parameters in canine leishmaniosis: a retrospective study of 15 Years (2009−2023). Pathogens 13: 635.

Afonso P, Coelho AC, Quintas H, Cardoso L (2023). Leishmania seroprevalence in dogs: comparing shelter and domestic communities. Animals 13: 2352.

Santarém N, Cardoso L, Cordeiro-da-Silva A (2023). Advances in Leishmania research: from basic parasite biology to disease control. Microorganisms 11: 696.

Lima CM, Santarém N, Neves NC, Sarmento P, Carrapato C, de Sousa R, Cardoso L, Cordeiro-da-Silva A (2022). Serological and molecular survey of Leishmania infantum in a population of Iberian lynxes (Lynx pardinus). Microorganisms 10: 2447.

Monteiro M, Prata S, Cardoso L, Pereira da Fonseca I, Leal RO (2021). Diagnosis and clinical management of canine leishmaniosis by general veterinary practitioners: a questionnaire-based survey in Portugal. Parasites & Vectors 14: 306.

Cardoso L, Schallig H, Persichetti MF, Pennisi MG (2021). New epidemiological aspects of animal leishmaniosis in Europe: the role of vertebrate hosts other than dogs. Pathogens 10: 307.

Gazzonis AL, Bertero F, Moretta I, Morganti G, Mortarino M, Villa L, Zanzani SA, Morandi B, Rinnovati R, Vitale F, Manfredi MT, Cardoso L, Veronesi F (2020). Detecting antibodies to Leishmania infantum in horses from areas with different epizooticity levels of canine leishmaniosis and a retrospective revision of Italian data. Parasites & Vectors 13: 530.

Neves M, Lopes AP, Martins C, Fino R, Paixão C, Damil L, Lima C, Alho AM, Schallig HDFH, Dubey JP, Cardoso L (2020). Survey of Dirofilaria immitis antigen and antibodies to Leishmania infantum and Toxoplasma gondii in cats from Madeira Island, Portugal. Parasites & Vectors 13: 117.

Dantas-Torres F, Nogueira FDS, Menz I, Tabanez P, da Silva SM, Ribeiro VM, Miró G, Cardoso L, Petersen C, Baneth G, Oliva G, Solano-Gallego L, Ferrer L, Pennisi MG, Bourdeau P, Maia C, Otranto D, Gradoni L, Courtenay O, Costa CHN (2020). Vaccination against canine leishmaniasis in Brazil. International Journal for Parasitology 50: 171−176.

Dantas-Torres F, Miró G, Baneth G, Bourdeau P, Breitschwerdt E, Capelli G, Cardoso L, Day MJ, Dobler G, Ferrer L, Irwin P, Jongejan F, Kempf VAJ, Kohn B, Lappin M, Little S, Madder M, Maggi R, Maia C, Marcondes M, Naucke T, Oliva G, Pennisi MG, Penzhorn BL, Peregrine A, Pfeffer M, Roura X, Sainz A, Shin S, Solano-Gallego L, Straubinger RK, Tasker S, Traub R, Wright I, Bowman DD, Gradoni L, Otranto D (2019). Canine leishmaniasis control in the context of One Health. Emerging Infectious Diseases 25: 1−4.

Pires H, Martins M, Matos AC, Cardoso L, Monteiro F, Roque N, Nunes T, Gottstein B, Cortes H (2019). Geospatial analysis applied to seroepidemiological survey of canine leishmaniosis in east-central Portugal. Veterinary Parasitology 274: 108930.

Lima C, Colella V, Latrofa MS, Cardoso L, Otranto D, Alho AM (2019). Molecular detection of Leishmania spp. in dogs and a cat from Doha, Qatar. Parasites & Vectors 12: 125.

Rodrigues FT, Pereira C, Dubey JP, Nóvoa M, Quaresma M, Schallig H, Cardoso L, Lopes AP (2019). Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and Leishmania spp. in domestic donkeys from Portugal. Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária 28: 172−176.

Solano-Gallego L, Cardoso L, Pennisi MG, Petersen C, Bourdeau P, Oliva G, Miró G, Ferrer L, Baneth G (2017). Diagnostic challenges in the era of canine Leishmania infantum vaccines. Trends in Parasitology 33: 706−717.

Miró G, Petersen C, Cardoso L, Bourdeau P, Baneth G, Solano-Gallego L, Pennisi MG, Ferrer L, Oliva G (2017). Novel areas for prevention and control of canine leishmaniosis. Trends in Parasitology 33: 718−730.

Albuquerque A, Campino L, Cardoso L, Cortes S (2017). Evaluation of four molecular methods to detect Leishmania infection in dogs. Parasites & Vectors 10: 57.

Pimenta P, Alves-Pimenta S, Barros J, Barbosa P, Rodrigues A, Pereira MJ, Maltez L, Gama A, Cristóvão JM, Campino L, Maia C, Cardoso L (2016). Feline leishmaniosis in Portugal: 3 cases (year 2014). Veterinary Parasitology Regional Studies and Reports 1−2: 65−69.

Pennisi MG, Cardoso L, Baneth G, Bourdeau P, Koutinas A, Miró G, Oliva G, Solano-Gallego L (2015). LeishVet update and recommendations on feline leishmaniosis. Parasites & Vectors 8: 302.