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Maria Grazia Ciufolini
Researcher at Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Publications - 55
Citations - 3302
Maria Grazia Ciufolini is an academic researcher from Istituto Superiore di Sanità. The author has contributed to research in topics: Toscana virus & Phlebovirus. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 55 publications receiving 3108 citations.
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Infection with chikungunya virus in Italy: an outbreak in a temperate region
Giovanni Rezza,Loredana Nicoletti,R Angelini,Roberto Romi,A C Finarelli,M. Panning,Paolo Cordioli,Claudia Fortuna,S. Boros,Fabio Magurano,G. Silvi,Paola Angelini,Michele Dottori,Maria Grazia Ciufolini,Giancarlo Majori,Antonio Cassone +15 more
TL;DR: In this article, an outbreak of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) was reported in Italy, where the primary source of infection and modes of transmission were identified and an active surveillance system was also implemented.
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Central nervous system involvement during infection by Phlebovirus toscana of residents in natural foci in central Italy (1977-1988).
Loredana Nicoletti,Paola Verani,Caciolli S,Maria Grazia Ciufolini,Renzi A,Bartolozzi D,Paci P,F. Leoncini,Padovani P,Traini E +9 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that Toscana virus should be considered as a possible cause of CNS disease in Mediterranean countries where sand flies of the genus Phlebotomus are known to be present.
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Chikungunya in north-eastern Italy: a summing up of the outbreak.
R Angelini,A C Finarelli,Paola Angelini,C Po,K Petropulacos,G. Silvi,P Macini,Claudia Fortuna,Giulietta Venturi,Fabio Magurano,Cristiano Fiorentini,Antonella Marchi,Eleonora Benedetti,Paola Bucci,Stefano Boros,Roberto Romi,Giancarlo Majori,Maria Grazia Ciufolini,Loredana Nicoletti,Giovanni Rezza,Antonio Cassone +20 more
TL;DR: The first outbreak of autochthonously transmitted Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) in Europe has been completely controlled: the last case onset occurred on 28 September in the town of Rimini, and in October no cases were confirmed.
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Imported Chikungunya Infection, Italy
Anna Beltrame,Andrea Angheben,Zeno Bisoffi,Geraldo Badona Monteiro,Stefania Marocco,Guido Calleri,Filippo Lipani,Federico Gobbi,Francesca Canta,Francesco Castelli,Maurizio Gulletta,Sara Bigoni,Veronica Del Punta,Tiziana Iacovazzi,Roberto Romi,Loredana Nicoletti,Maria Grazia Ciufolini,Giada Rorato,Camilla Negri,Pierluigi Viale +19 more
TL;DR: The number of imported CHIKV cases in all of Italy in 2006 was likely higher than previously thought, and most patients probably did not seek medical care, and when they did, physicians may have failed to recognize the disease.
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Ecology of Viruses Isolated from Sand Flies in Italy and Characterization of a New Phlebovirus (Arbia Virus)
Paola Verani,Maria Grazia Ciufolini,Caciolli S,Renzi A,Loredana Nicoletti,G Sabatinelli,Bartolozzi D,G Volpi,L Amaducci,M Coluzzi +9 more
TL;DR: Serologic tests did not provide definitive evidence for human infection by Arbia virus, but a strain of Toscana virus was isolated from the brain of a bat, indicating a possible involvement of this species in the ecology of the virus.