Publications

2013

Garofolo G., Ancora M., Di Giannatale E. 2013. MLVA-16 loci panel on Brucella spp. using multiplex PCR and multicolor capillary electrophoresis. J Microbiol Methods.
De Santis R., Ancora M., De Massis F., Ciammaruconi A., Zilli K., Di Giannatale E., Fillo S., Lista F. 2013. Molecular Strain Typing of Brucella abortus isolates from Italy by two different Multiple-Locus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis Techniques. Mol Biotechnol.
Garofolo G, Di Giannatale E, De Massis F, Zilli K, Ancora M, Cammà C, Calistri P, Foster JT. 2013. Investigating genetic diversity of Brucella abortus and Brucella melitensis in Italy with MLVA-16. Infect Genet Evol.
Garofolo G., Di Giannatale E., Ancora M., Marcacci M., Cammà C., Orsini M., Persiani T., Marotta F., Zilli K. 2013. Brucella ceti: biotipizzazione e genotipizzazione tramite MLVA-16 MLST e SNPs WGS. XV Congresso Nazionale S.I.Di.L.V. 23-25 Ottobre 2013, Monreale (Palermo).
Ancora M., Di Provvido A.1, Polci A., Zilli K., De Santis R., Lista F., Di Giannatale E.1 and Cammà C. A new RealTime PCR method with an internal amplication control for high throughput detection of Brucella spp. Medical Biodefense Conference 2013 Bundeswehr Medical Academy Munich (Germany) 22-25 ottobre 2013.
Ancora M., De Santis R., De Massis F., Marcacci M., Zilli K., Di Giannatale E., Lista F.and Cammà C. Molecular typing and epidemiological correlation of Brucella abortus isolates from Abruzzo and Molise regions (Italy). Medical Biodefense Conference 2013 Bundeswehr Medical Academy Munich (Germany) 22-25 ottobre 2013. Best poster award, 3 prize.
Garofolo G., Fasanella A., Platone I., Boskani T. Wahab T. 2013. Brucellosis in Europe is still a threat? Reports fromItaly andSweden. Medical Biodefense Conference 2013 Bundeswehr Medical Academy Munich (Germany) 22-25 ottobre 2013.
Calistri P., Iannetti S., Atzeni , Di Bella C., Schembri P., Giovannini A.: Risk factors for the persistence of bovine brucellosis in Sicily from 2008 to 2010. 2013 Prev Vet Med, 110, 329- 334.
Scacchia M, Di Provvido A, Ippoliti C, Kefle U, Sebhatu TT, D'Angelo A, De Massis F: Prevalence of brucellosis in dairy cattle from the main dairy farming regions of Eritrea.. Onderstepoort J Vet Res. 2013 Apr 23;80(1):E1-4. doi: 10.4102/ojvr.v80i1.448.
De Massis F., Atzeni M., Calistri P., Di Giannatale E., Ferri N., Marchi E., Martucciello A. & Tittarelli M.: A diagnostic protocol to identify water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) vaccinated with Brucella abortus strain RB51 vaccine. 2013 Vet. Ital. In press.
Tittarelli M., Sacchini F., Travaglini D., Krasteva I., Zilli K., Garofolo G., Cammà C., Di Giacinto F., Ekateriniadou L., Boukouvala V., Sandalakis V., Menachem B., Vesco A., Villari S. Brucella melitensis:biotyping and differential diagnostic – Brucmel. Poster presentato a EMIDA-Funded Project Review Meeting and Networking Event, Bruxel 24 settembre 2013.
Krasteva I., Travaglini D., Smith D.G.E., Inglis N. , Tittarelli M. & Sacchini F.: Caratterizzazione proteomica di Brucella suis per l'identificazione di target antigenici proteici da impiegare ad uso diagnostico. XV Congresso Nazionale S.I.D.I.L.V. 23-25 ottobre 2013, Monreale (Palermo).

Reference Labs

Other news: IZSAM hosts "PALE-Blu" project

Erasmus + project "LEarning GenOmics for food safety"

The Kick off meeting of the Erasmus+ funded project "LEarning GenOmics for food safety" (LEGO), aiming at defining a new professional profile called Food Microbial Bioinformatician, was held in Teramo on January 22 and 23. IZSAM leads the Consortium, composed of universities, research centres and private companies from 4 different European countries.

Training on epidemiological methods and risk analysis

The Istituto started some training programmes for the researchers of the Epidemiology Department of the Hacettepe University Institute of Public Health in Turkey and the Central Veterinary Laboratory in Zimbabwe.