Mara Battilani

TL;DR: It would appear that passive immunity against PCV2 can play a role in preventing the development of post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome, but is not able to prevent the establishing of clinically silentPCV2 infections.

TL;DR: This study provides new important results about the evolutionary dynamics of CPV infections in cats, showing that CPV has presumably started a new process of readaptation in feline hosts.

TL;DR: The TaqMan PCR assay is reproducible and can be used for a rapid quantification of ORFV in vitro and ex vivo, being readily achievable within 1h.

TL;DR: To assess the presence of viral infection in Italian red foxes, thirty-two subjects shot during the regular hunting season were sampled and tested using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay capable of distinguishing between CAdV type 1 and type 2, and cloning of the virus detected has revealed a possible coinfection involving two different C adenovirus strains, raising new questions about the pathogenic role of CadV-2 in wildlife.

TL;DR: Avian metapneumoviruses detected in Northern Italy between 1987 and 2007 were sequenced in their fusion and attachment genes together with the same genes from isolates collected throughout western European prior to 1994.