Gioia Capelli

TL;DR: Analysis of the epidemiological, clinical, and virological features of WNV lineage 2 infection during the large outbreak that occurred in northern Italy in 2018 showed that the virus belonged to the widespread central/southern European clade of W NV lineage 2 and was circulating in the area at least since 2014.

TL;DR: The study demonstrates the usefulness of integration of slaughterhouse data and geographical coordinates of farms involved for effective surveillance of CE and BC and confirms the reliability of the spatial analysis in the identification of clusters of EC cases.

TL;DR: The results show that foxes cannot be used as sentinel animals to monitor tick-borne pathogens in the specific epidemiological context of northeastern Italy and suggest that I. ricinus is not the vector of this pathogen.

TL;DR: Results from this study suggest that, in contrast to L. infantum, A. platys can be transmitted from pregnant dogs to their offspring during the first half of gestation, in an area of southern Italy characterised by a high incidence of infection by both pathogens.

TL;DR: This work aims to demonstrate the efforts towards in-situ applicability of EMMARM, which aims to provide real-time information about the concrete mechanical properties of EMTs and their applications in the animal kingdom.