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Domenico Otranto
Researcher at Bu-Ali Sina University
Publications - 718
Citations - 22743
Domenico Otranto is an academic researcher from Bu-Ali Sina University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Biology. The author has an hindex of 68, co-authored 634 publications receiving 18523 citations. Previous affiliations of Domenico Otranto include University of Bari & Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.
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Ticks and tick-borne diseases: a One Health perspective.
TL;DR: A contemporary review of representative tick-borne diseases of humans and aspects linked to their medical relevance worldwide are provided, calling physicians and veterinarians to unify their efforts in the management of these diseases, several of which are zoonoses.
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On a Cercopithifilaria sp. transmitted by Rhipicephalus sanguineus: a neglected, but widespread filarioid of dogs
Domenico Otranto,Emanuele Brianti,Maria Stefania Latrofa,Giada Annoscia,Stefania Weigl,Riccardo Paolo Lia,Gabriella Gaglio,Ettore Napoli,Salvatore Giannetto,Elias Papadopoulos,Guadalupe Miró,Filipe Dantas-Torres,Odile Bain +12 more
TL;DR: The data suggest that, in addition to the most common species of filarioids known to infest dogs, Cercopithifilaria sp.
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Managing canine vector-borne diseases of zoonotic concern: part two
TL;DR: A better understanding of the pathogenesis and the progression of clinical, hematological and biochemical abnormalities of CVBDs will be important in choosing appropriate diagnostic tests and in establishing the best strategies for treatment and control.
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Single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) for the analysis of genetic variation
Robin B. Gasser,Min Hu,Neil B. Chilton,Bronwyn E. Campbell,Aaron J Jex,Domenico Otranto,Claudia Cafarchia,Ian Beveridge,Xing-Quan Zhu,Xing-Quan Zhu +9 more
TL;DR: The present protocol describes the SSCP method of analysis, including all steps from the small-scale isolation of genomic DNA and PCR amplification of target sequences, through to the gel-based separation of amplicons and scanning for mutations by SSCP.
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Vector-borne helminths of dogs and humans in Europe.
Domenico Otranto,Filipe Dantas-Torres,Filipe Dantas-Torres,Emanuele Brianti,Donato Traversa,Dušan Petrić,Claudio Genchi,Gioia Capelli +7 more
TL;DR: The reasons underlying the increasing trend in distribution of vector-borne helminths in Europe are investigated, the diagnostic and control strategies currently available are discussed and the authors’ opinion on some topics related to VBH are provided.