West Nile Virus Lineage 2 Overwintering in Italy by Giulia Mencattelli, Federica Iapaolo, Andrea Polci, Maurilia Marcacci, Annapia Di Gennaro, Liana Teodori, Valentina Curini, Valeria Di Lollo, Barbara Secondini, Silvia Scialabba, Marco Gobbi, Elisabetta Manuali, Cesare Cammà, Roberto Rosà, Annapaola Rizzoli, Federica Monaco, Giovanni Savini

Get full text

Estimation of the risk of fipronil ingestion through the consumption of contaminated table eggs for the Italian consumer by Simona Iannetti, Rossana Scarpone, Francesca Dall'Acqua, Roberta Rosato, Francesco Chiumiento, Daniela Cioci, Giacomo Migliorati, Daniela Morelli, Paolo Calistri

Get full text

The Current Landscape of Antibiotic Resistance of Salmonella Infantis in Italy: The Expansion of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Producers on a Local Scale by Lisa Di Marcantonio, Romina Romantini, Francesca Marotta, Alexandra Chiaverini, Katiuscia Zilli, Anna Abass, Elisabetta Di Giannatale, Giuliano Garofolo, Anna Janowicz

“…The analysis of strains from Abruzzo and Molise and the publicly available Italian S. …”
Get full text

Vector Competence of Italian Populations of <i>Culicoides</i> for Some Bluetongue Virus Strains Responsible for Recent Northern African and European Outbreaks by Valentina Federici, Maria Goffredo, Giuseppe Mancini, Michela Quaglia, Adriana Santilli, Francesca Di Nicola, Matteo De Ascentis, Pierangela Cabras, Carmela Volpicelli, Claudio De Liberato, Giuseppe Satta, Giovanni Federico, Alessandra Leone, Maura Pisciella, Ottavio Portanti, Federica Pizzurro, Liana Teodori, Giovanni Savini

“…The trial demonstrated that, except for the Abruzzo population of <i>C. obsoletus/C. scoticus</i>, which was refractory to BTV-4 MOR infection, all the investigated <i>Culicoides</i> populations are susceptible to the selected BTV strains and that, if prompt vaccination programs and restriction measures had not been implemented, BTV-2 and BTV-4 MOR could have spread all over Europe.…”
Get full text

West Nile Virus in Italy: An Update of the Viral Strains Circulating in the Late 2022 Epidemic Season by Fabrizia Valleriani, Andrea Polci, Federica Iapaolo, Ottavio Portanti, Maura Pisciella, Antonella Cersini, Annalisa Guercio, Irene Del Lesto, Valentina Curini, Luana Fiorella Mincarelli, Francesca Gucciardi, Claudio De Liberato, Giuseppa Purpari, Giorgia Amatori, Daniela Morelli, Giovanni Savini, Federica Monaco

Get full text

A Deletion Encompassing the Furin Cleavage Site in the Spike Encoding Gene Does Not Alter SARS-CoV-2 Replication in Lung Tissues of Mink and Neutralization by Convalescent Human Se... by Fabrizia Valleriani, Lucija Jurisic, Chiara Di Pancrazio, Roberta Irelli, Eugenia Ciarrocchi, Michele Martino, Antonio Cocco, Elisabetta Di Felice, Maria Loredana Colaianni, Nicola Decaro, Barbara Bonfini, Alessio Lorusso, Giovanni Di Teodoro

Get full text

Detection of Potential Zoonotic Agents Isolated in Italian Shelters and the Assessment of Animal Welfare Correlation with Antimicrobial Resistance in <i>Escherichia coli</i> Strain... by Antonio Cocco, Alessandra Alessiani, Romolo Salini, Federica Iapaolo, Daniela Averaimo, Cinzia Pompilii, Giovanni Foschi, Fabio Bellucci, Filomena Iannino, Paolo Dalla Villa, Anna Janowicz, Marco Caporale

Get full text

Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 Variants by Serum from BNT162b2 Vaccine Recipients by Fabrizia Valleriani, Elisa Mancuso, Giacomo Vincifori, Liana Teodori, Lisa Di Marcantonio, Massimo Spedicato, Alessandra Leone, Giovanni Savini, Daniela Morelli, Barbara Bonfini, Alessio Lorusso

Get full text

Transplacental transmission of the Italian Bluetongue virus serotype 2 in sheep by Massimo Spedicato, Irene Carmine, Liana Teodori, Alessandra Leone, Claudia Casaccia, Annapia Di Gennaro, Gabriella Di Francesco, Giuseppe Marruchella, Ottavio Portanti, Valeria Marini, Maura Pisciella, Alessio Lorusso, Giovanni Savini

Get full text

Canine brucellosis due to Brucella canis: description of the disease and control measures by Fabrizio De Massis, Flavio Sacchini, Antonio Petrini, Fabio Bellucci, Margherita Perilli, Giuliano Garofolo, Giovanni Savini, Manuela Tittarelli

Get full text

Novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic: a veterinary perspective by Alessio Lorusso, Paolo Calistri, Antonio Petrini, Giovanni Savini, Nicola Decaro

Get full text

Disseminated Scedosporium apiospermum infection in a Maremmano-Abruzzese sheepdog by Giovanni Di Teodoro, Daniela Averaimo, Miria Primavera, Doriana Santoleri, Giorgia Giovannini, Antonio Cocco, Gabriella Di Francesco, Daniela Malatesta, Sabrina Defourny, Nicola D’Alterio, Valentina Curini, Marco Di Domenico, Antonio Petrini

Get full text

Evaluation of veterinary autogenous vaccines safety by an MTT in-vitro cytotoxicity assay by Francesca Profeta, Osvaldo Matteucci, Gianluca Orsini, Luigina Sonsini, Guerino Lombardi, Sara Capista, Daniela Antonucci, Gaetano Federico Ronchi, Mauro Di Ventura

“…For this purpose, the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise (IZSAM) in partnership with the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna (IZSLER), evaluated the toxicity of 49 batches of autogenous bacterial vaccines, previously shown to be safe in guinea pigs and mice, on animal model, by means of the methyl tetrazolium (MTT) assay. …”
Get full text

Survey of <i>Mycobacterium</i> spp. in Eurasian Badgers (<i>Meles meles</i>) in Central Italy by Elga Ersilia Tieri, Lucio Marino, Katiuscia Zilli, Cinzia Pompilii, Giovanni Di Teodoro, Antonio Cocco, Addolorato Ruberto, Michela Toro, Maria Teresa Mastrodomenico, Stefania Salucci, Fabrizio De Massis

“…A survey to determine the presence of <i>Mycobacterium</i> spp. in the Abruzzo and Molise regions was conducted by testing samples from 124 badgers found dead or road-killed during the 2013–2021 period. …”
Get full text

Epidemiological and Evolutionary Analysis of West Nile Virus Lineage 2 in Italy by Giulia Mencattelli, Andrea Silverj, Federica Iapaolo, Carla Ippoliti, Liana Teodori, Annapia Di Gennaro, Valentina Curini, Luca Candeloro, Annamaria Conte, Andrea Polci, Daniela Morelli, Maria Gabriella Perrotta, Giovanni Marini, Roberto Rosà, Federica Monaco, Nicola Segata, Annapaola Rizzoli, Omar Rota-Stabelli, Giovanni Savini, West Nile Working Group

Get full text

First cases of Schmallenberg virus in Italy: surveillance strategies by Federica Monaco, Maria Goffredo, Valentina Federici, Andrea Carvelli, Andrea Capobianco Dondona, Andrea Polci, Chiara Pinoni, Maria Luisa Danzetta, Lucia Selli, Michela Bonci, Michela Quaglia, Paolo Calistri

“…An epidemiological investigation in the involved farm was carried out in collaboration with the CESME - National Reference Centre for the study and verification of Foreign Animal Diseases (Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise 'G. Caporale', Italy). Epidemiological information on the flock was provided and analysed, whole blood and serum samples were also collected from all animals in the farm for both virological and serological investigations. …”
Get full text

A Real-Time PCR Screening Assay for Rapid Detection of <i>Listeria Monocytogenes</i> Outbreak Strains by Marina Torresi, Anna Ruolo, Vicdalia Aniela Acciari, Massimo Ancora, Giuliana Blasi, Cesare Cammà, Patrizia Centorame, Gabriella Centorotola, Valentina Curini, Fabrizia Guidi, Maurilia Marcacci, Massimiliano Orsini, Francesco Pomilio, Marco Di Domenico

“…A total of 37 clinical strains isolated from patients exhibiting listeriosis symptoms and 1374 strains correlated to the outbreak were received by the Italian National Reference Laboratory for <i>L. monocytogenes</i> (It NRL Lm) of Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell&#8217;Abruzzo e del Molise (IZSAM) for outbreak investigation. …”
Get full text

The applications of bacteriophages and their lysins as biocontrol agents against the foodborne pathogens Listeria monocytogenes and Campylobacter: An updated look by Giuseppe Aprea, Loredana Zocchi, Mariassunta Di Fabio, Sara De Santis, Vincenza Annunziata Prencipe, Giacomo Migliorati

Get full text

Novel Amplicon-Based Sequencing Approach to West Nile Virus by Moussa Moïse Diagne, Marie Henriette Dior Ndione, Giulia Mencattelli, Amadou Diallo, El hadji Ndiaye, Marco Di Domenico, Diawo Diallo, Mouhamed Kane, Valentina Curini, Ndeye Marieme Top, Maurilia Marcacci, Maïmouna Mbanne, Massimo Ancora, Barbara Secondini, Valeria Di Lollo, Liana Teodori, Alessandra Leone, Ilaria Puglia, Alioune Gaye, Amadou Alpha Sall, Cheikh Loucoubar, Roberto Rosà, Mawlouth Diallo, Federica Monaco, Ousmane Faye, Cesare Cammà, Annapaola Rizzoli, Giovanni Savini, Oumar Faye

Get full text

West Nile Virus Lineage 1 in Italy: Newly Introduced or a Re-Occurrence of a Previously Circulating Strain? by Giulia Mencattelli, Federica Iapaolo, Federica Monaco, Giovanna Fusco, Claudio de Martinis, Ottavio Portanti, Annapia Di Gennaro, Valentina Curini, Andrea Polci, Shadia Berjaoui, Elisabetta Di Felice, Roberto Rosà, Annapaola Rizzoli, Giovanni Savini

Get full text