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Maria Piazza
Publications - 4
Citations - 65
Maria Piazza is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Leishmania infantum & Sandfly. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 4 publications receiving 44 citations.
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Evaluation of two modified culture media for Leishmania infantum cultivation versus different culture media.
Germano Castelli,Antonella Galante,Vincenza Lo Verde,Antonella Migliazzo,Stefano Reale,Tiziana Lupo,Maria Piazza,Fabrizio Vitale,Federica Bruno +8 more
TL;DR: This study compares classic culture media to the new media, RPMI-PY and Tobie-Py, and demonstrates that the newmedia have superior performance in terms of time and parasitic load.
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Cytotoxic Screening and In Vitro Evaluation of Pentadecane Against Leishmania infantum Promastigotes and Amastigotes
Federica Bruno,Germano Castelli,Antonella Migliazzo,Maria Piazza,Antonella Galante,Vincenza Lo Verde,Simona Calderone,Giuseppa Nucatolo,Fabrizio Vitale +8 more
TL;DR: In vitro effects of pentadecane in Leishmania infantum parasites are investigated and it is found that it decreases growth by 86 ± 2% both in promastigotes and in amastigote, resulting in a reduction of macrophage infection.
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Effectiveness of red alga Asparagopsis taxiformis extracts against Leishmania infantum
Fabrizio Vitale,Giuseppa Genovese,Federica Bruno,Germano Castelli,Maria Piazza,Alessandra Migliazzo,Simona Armeli Minicante,Antonio Manghisi,Marina Morabito +8 more
TL;DR: It was showed that crude ethanolic extracts of the red alga Asparagopsis taxiformis have a powerful effect against L. infantum, the prevalent species of the genus Leishmania in the Mediterranean basin.
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Fluorescence-based detection of Leishmania infantum DNA in phlebotomus vectors.
Stefano Reale,Alessandra Torina,Maria Sole,Simona Calderone,Maria Piazza,Tiziana Lupo,Laura Manna,Angelo Elio Gravino,Vittoria Currò,Fabrizio Vitale +9 more
TL;DR: Fluorescence resonance energy transfer technology was used to determine the parasite load in phlebotomine vectors, and the test was targeted on a 117‐bp fragment of kinetoplast DNA minicircles, focusing on analytical sensitivity, discriminatory power, and reliability of quantification.