Mathias Martins, DVM, MS, PhD

Mathias Martins, DVM, MS, PhD

  • Associate Clinical Professor
  • Virology/Molecular Diagnostics Section Head
Animal Diagnostic Lab
131 Pastureview Road

University Park, PA 16802

Areas of Expertise

  • Classic Virology
  • Viral Diagnostics
  • Viral Pathogenesis
  • Virus-Host Interactions
  • Viral Vector-Based Vaccines

Education

  • PhD - Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil, 2018
  • MS - Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil, 2014
  • DVM - Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil, 2012

Publications

The SARS-CoV-2 Spike is a virulence determinant and plays a major role on the attenuated phenotype of Omicron virus in a feline model of infection
Journal of Virology, Martins, Mathias, Nooruzzaman, Mohammed, Cunningham, Jessie, Ye, Chengjin, Caserta, Leonardo, Jackson, Nathaniel, Martinez-Sobrido, Luis, Fang, Ying, Diel, Diego, 2024

Identification of an Immunodominant B-Cell Epitope in African Swine Fever Virus p30 Protein and Evidence of p30 Antibody-Mediated Antibody Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity
Viruses, Noll, Jessica, Rani, Ruchi, Butt, Salman, Fernandes, Maureen, do Nascimento, Gabriela, Martins, Mathias, Caserta, Leonardo, Covaleda, Lina, Diel, Diego, 2024

Spillover of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus to dairy cattle
Nature, Caserta, Leonardo, Frye, Elisha, Butt, Salman, Laverack, Melissa, Nooruzzaman, Mohammed, Covaleda, Lina, Thompson, Alexis, Koscielny, Melanie, Cronk, Brittany, Johnson, Ashley, Kleinhenz, Katie, Edwards, Erin, Gomez, Gabriel, Hitchener, Gavin, Martins, Mathias, Kapczynski, Darrell, Suarez, David, Alexander Morris, Ellen, Hensley, Terry, Beeby, John, Lejeune, Manigandan, Swinford, Amy, Elvinger, François, Dimitrov, Kiril, Diel, Diego, 2024

A Booster with a Genotype-Matched Inactivated Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV) Vaccine Candidate Provides Better Protection against a Virulent Genotype XIII.2 Virus
Vaccines, Hossain, Ismail, Subarna, Jannatul, Kabiraj, Congriev, Begum, Jahan, Parvin, Rokshana, Martins, Mathias, Diel, Diego, Chowdhury, Emdadul, Islam, Mohammad, Nooruzzaman, Mohammed, 2023

Development of monoclonal antibody-based blocking ELISA for detecting SARS-CoV-2 exposure in animals, Yuan, Fangfeng, Chen, Chi, Covaleda, Lina, Martins, Mathias, Reinhart, Jennifer, Sullivan, Drew, Diel, Diego, Fang, Ying, 2023

Spatial and temporal clustering of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in Illinois household cats, 2021-2023, Chen, Chi, Martins, Mathias, Nooruzzaman, Mohammed, Yettapu, Dipankar, Diel, Diego, Reinhart, Jennifer, Urbasic, Ashlee, Robinson, Hannah, Varga, Csaba, Fang, Ying, 2023

Infection and Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 Lineage (Delta Variant) among Fully Vaccinated Individuals
Microbiology Spectrum, Caserta, Leonardo, Martins, Mathias, Cronk, Brittany, Anderson, Renee, Eldridge, Harry, Gallow, Deidre, Kruppa, Frank, Plocharczyk, Elizabeth, Diel, Diego, 2022

Viral RNA Load and Infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 in Paired Respiratory and Oral Specimens from Symptomatic, Asymptomatic, or Postsymptomatic Individuals
Microbiology Spectrum, Tallmadge, Rebecca, Laverack, Melissa, Cronk, Brittany, Venugopalan, Roopa, Martins, Mathias, Zhang, XiuLin, Elvinger, François, Plocharczyk, Elizabeth, Diel, Diego, 2022

A TMPRSS2 inhibitor acts as a pan-SARS-CoV-2 prophylactic and therapeutic
Nature, Shapira, Tirosh, Monreal, I., Dion, Sébastien, Buchholz, David, Imbiakha, Brian, Olmstead, Andrea, Jager, Mason, Désilets, Antoine, Gao, Guang, Martins, Mathias, Vandal, Thierry, Thompson, Connor, Chin, Aaleigha, Rees, William, Steiner, Theodore, Nabi, Ivan, Marsault, Eric, Sahler, Julie, Diel, Diego, Van de Walle, Gerlinde, August, A, Whittaker, Gary, Boudreault, Pierre-Luc, Leduc, Richard, Aguilar, Hector, Jean, François, 2022

Age-Related Susceptibility of Ferrets to SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Journal of Virology, Martins, Mathias, Fernandes, Maureen, Joshi, Lok, Diel, Diego, 2022

Porcine circovirus 2 and 3 in wild boars in Southern Brazil
Ciência Rural, Santo, Ana, Gressler, Leticia, Costa, Samay, Centenaro, João, Dazzi, Isabella, Martins, Mathias, 2022

A Linear SARS-CoV-2 DNA Vaccine Candidate Reduces Virus Shedding in Ferrets, Martins, Mathias, Do Nascimento, Gabriela, Conforti, Antonella, Noll, Jessica, Impellizeri, Joseph, Sanchez, Elisa, Wagner, Bettina, Lione, Lucia, Salvatori, Erika, Pinto, Eleonora, Compagnone, Mirco, Viscount, Brian, Hayward, James, Shorrock, Clay, Aurisicchio, Luigi, Diel, Diego, 2022

The Omicron variant BA.1.1 presents a lower pathogenicity than B.1 D614G and Delta variants in a feline model of SARS-CoV-2 infection, Martins, Mathias, do Nascimento, Gabriela, Nooruzzaman, Mohammed, Yuan, Fangfeng, Chen, Chi, Caserta, Leonardo, Miller, Andrew, Whittaker, Gary, Fang, Ying, Diel, Diego, 2022

White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) may serve as a wildlife reservoir for nearly extinct SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern, Caserta, Leonardo, Martins, Mathias, Butt, Salman, Hollingshead, Nicholas, Covaleda, Lina, Ahmed, Sohel, Everts, Mia, Schuler, Krysten, Diel, Diego, 2022

Orf virus ORFV112, ORFV117 and ORFV127 contribute to ORFV IA82 virulence in sheep
Veterinary Microbiology, Martins, Mathias, Rodrigues, Fernando, Joshi, Lok, Jardim, José, Flores, Mariana, Weiblen, Rudi, Flores, Eduardo, Diel, Diego, 2021

A molecular survey reveals high occurrence of co-infections in intensive pork production farms with increased rates of mummified swine fetuses in Southern Brazil
Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Cezario, K.C., Bennemann, P.E., Maciel, J.M., Herdt, G., Martins, Mathias, Tonin, A.A., Prestes, A.M., Machado, S.A., 2021

Experimental Inoculation of Young Calves with SARS-CoV-2
Viruses, Falkenberg, Shollie, Buckley, Alexandra, Laverack, Melissa, Martins, Mathias, Palmer, Mitchell, Lager, Kelly, Diel, Diego, 2021

Intravenous, Intratracheal, and Intranasal Inoculation of Swine with SARS-CoV-2
Viruses, Buckley, Alexandra, Falkenberg, Shollie, Martins, Mathias, Laverack, Melissa, Palmer, Mitchell, Lager, Kelly, Diel, Diego, 2021

Severe SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Cat with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Viruses, Carvallo, Francisco, Martins, Mathias, Joshi, Lok, Caserta, Leonardo, Mitchell, Patrick, Cecere, Thomas, Hancock, Sandy, Goodrich, Erin, Murphy, Julia, Diel, Diego, 2021

Susceptibility of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) to SARS-CoV-2, Palmer, Mitchell, Martins, Mathias, Falkenberg, Shollie, Buckley, Alexandra, Caserta, Leonardo, Mitchell, Patrick, Cassmann, Eric, Rollins, Alicia, Zylich, Nancy, Renshaw, Rendall, Guarino, Cassandra, Wagner, Bettina, Lager, Kelly, Diel, Diego, 2021

Pathogenesis of Bovine alphaherpesvirus 2 in calves following different routes of inoculation
Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, Amaral, Bruna, Jardim, José, Cargnelutti, Juliana, Martins, Mathias, Weiblen, Rudi, Flores, Eduardo, 2020

Senecavirus A (SVA) in finishing swine: diagnosis and viral isolation
Ciência Rural, Muller, Manuela, Faria, Vinícius, Machado, Sergio, Martins, Mathias, 2020

Antigenic relationships between Caprine alphaherpesvirus 1 (CpHV-1) and Bovine alphaherpesvirus 1 (BoHV-1) and experimental CpHV-1 infection of kids and calves
Microbial Pathogenesis, Martins, Bruno, Ebling, Rafael, Martins, Mathias, Diel, Diego, Weiblen, Rudi, Flores, Eduardo, 2019

High prevalence of porcine circovirus 2, porcine parvovirus, and pathogenic leptospires in mummified swine fetuses in Southern Brazil
Ciência Rural, Herdt, Geslaine, Maciel, Alex, Martins, Mathias, Tonin, Alexandre, Vanazzi, Daniela, Martins, Dyane, Baldasso, Núbia, Girardini, Lilian, Machado, Sergio, Bennemann, Paulo, 2019

Respiratory signs, fever and lymphopenia in calves inoculated with Brazilian HoBi-like pestiviruses
Microbial Pathogenesis, Jardim, J.C., Amaral, B.P., Martins, Mathias, Sebastian, P., Heinemann, M.B., Cortez, A., Weiblen, R., Flores, E.F., 2018

Glycoprotein-G-gene-based molecular and phylogenetic analysis of rabies viruses associated with a large outbreak of bovine rabies in southern Brazil
Archives of Virology, Cargnelutti, Juliana, de Quadros, João, Martins, Mathias, Batista, Helena, Weiblen, Rudi, Flores, Eduardo, 2017

Immunogenicity of ORFV-based vectors expressing the rabies virus glycoprotein in livestock species
Virology, Martins, Mathias, Joshi, Lok, Rodrigues, Fernando, Anziliero, Deniz, Frandoloso, Rafael, Kutish, Gerald, Rock, Daniel, Weiblen, Rudi, Flores, Eduardo, Diel, Diego, 2017

Detection of respiratory viruses in shelter dogs maintained under varying environmental conditions
Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, Monteiro, Francielle, Cargnelutti, Juliana, Martins, Mathias, Anziliero, Deniz, Erhardt, Magnólia, Weiblen, Rudi, Flores, Eduardo, 2016

Immunogenicity of a recombinant parapoxvirus expressing the spike protein of Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus
Journal of General Virology, Hain, Kyle, Joshi, Lok, Okda, Faten, Nelson, Julie, Singrey, Aaron, Lawson, Steven, Martins, Mathias, Pillatzki, Angela, Kutish, Gerald, Nelson, Eric, Flores, Eduardo, Diel, Diego, 2016

Safety and immunogenicity of a glycoprotein E gene-deleted bovine herpesvirus 1 strain as a candidate vaccine strain
Pesquisa Veterinaria Brasileira, Weiss, Marcelo, Anziliero, Deniz, Martins, Mathias, Weiblen, Rudi, Flores, Eduardo, 2016