Area of research
Pathology and Forensic Medicine · Surgery
Research interest
Research interests include Parasitic infections in humans and animals, Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery, Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics, and Parasite Biology and Host Interactions.
Unveiling the incidences and trends of alveolar echinococcosis in Europe: a systematic review from the KNOW-PATH project.
New evidence from the northern Apennines, Italy, suggests a southward expansion of Echinococcus multilocularis range in Europe.
Unveiling the incidences and trends of alveolar echinococcosis in Europe: a systematic review from the KNOW-PATH project
First report of <i>T. spiralis</i> in a wolf in Italy: An increasing health concern?
The genetic variation of mitochondrial sequences and pathological differences of <i>Echinococcus multilocularis</i> strains from different continents.
First Case of Human Ocular Dirofilariasis in the Aosta Valley Region: Clinical Management and Morphological-Molecular Confirmation.
Community risk of environmental-borne cystic echinococcosis transmission in South America: Results from the multistep cross-sectional and case-control PERITAS study.
Zoonotic Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato genotypes G6 and G7: new insights from the global mitogenome analysis.
Parasite diversity in grey wolves (<i>Canis lupus</i>) from Tuscany, central Italy: a copromicroscopical investigation.
Chasing intermediate hosts of <i>Echinococcus multilocularis</i> at the southern edge of its European distribution using red fox stomach content analysis.
Ultrasound-based population survey for abdominal cystic echinococcosis in Albania: Results from the NDTND project.
In Vivo MicroRNA-Based Inhibition of Experimental Cestode Infection.
Seroprevalence of Trichinella spp. in hunting dogs from southern Italy.
Tapeworms in an Apex Predator: First Molecular Identification of <i>Taenia krabbei</i> and <i>Taenia hydatigena</i> in Wolves (<i>Canis lupus</i>) from Romania.
Global, regional, and national burden of disorders affecting the nervous system, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.
Mitochondrial genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships of Echinococcus multilocularis in Europe.
Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato control measures: a specific focus on vaccines for both definitive and intermediate hosts.
Cystic echinococcosis in Cyprus: historical retrospective and finding of 2 <i>Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato</i> species.
Unveiling the incidences and trends of the neglected zoonosis cystic echinococcosis in Europe: a systematic review from the MEmE project.
Primary cerebral cystic echinococcosis in a child from Roman countryside: Source attribution and scoping review of cases from the literature.
Neglected Tropical Diseases in Italy: introducing IN-NTD, the Italian network for NTDs.
microRNA silencing in a whole worm cestode model provides insight into miR-71 function.
Species and genotypes belonging to Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato complex causing human cystic echinococcosis in Europe (2000-2021): a systematic review.
Prevalence rate and risk factors of human cystic echinococcosis: A cross-sectional, community-based, abdominal ultrasound study in rural and urban north-central Chile.
Chromosome-scale Echinococcus granulosus (genotype G1) genome reveals the Eg95 gene family and conservation of the EG95-vaccine molecule.
A Retrospective Cohort Study on Human Cystic Echinococcosis in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province (Pakistan) Based on 16 Years of Hospital Discharge Records.
Insights into Human Cystic Echinococcosis in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq: Characteristics and Molecular Identification of Cysts.
Cystic echinococcosis in northern Tanzania: a pilot study in Maasai livestock-keeping communities.
Comparison of the multi-epitope recombinant antigen DIPOL and hydatid fluid for the diagnosis of patients with cystic echinococcosis.
In vitro efficacy of albendazole-loaded β-cyclodextrin against protoscoleces of Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto.