Alessandra Mondin

TL;DR: The high prevalence and the absence of association with clinical signs support the marginal role of this virus in the wild boar population ecology, however, its epidemiological role as reservoir endangering commercial swine cannot be excluded and will require further investigations.

TL;DR: A survey on tick density and on tick‐borne zoonoses was carried out in four public parks in the outskirts of Imola (northern Italy) from June to October 2006, finding ticks of Ixodes ricinus and only larvae of Riphicephalus sanguineus were recovered by dragging on 100‐m transects.

TL;DR: This study confirmed the high PCV-3 occurrence in wild boar and reported for the first time its presence, at low prevalence, in chamois and roe deer, rising further questions on porcine circovirus infectious cycle, epidemiology and origin.

TL;DR: Interspecies DMV transmission from cetaceans to pinnipeds is confirmed, with pathological findings consistent with morbillivirus infection.

TL;DR: A new multiplex quantitative real-time reverse transcription-PCR with molecular beacon probe assay, designed to target the SH gene, was developed and showed greater sensitivity with RNA extracted from both positive controls and from experimentally infected birds.