Publications

2014

• Faggioni G., De Santis R., Pomponi A., Fantini M., Savini G., Monaco F., Bei R., Lista F. 2014. Rapid molecular detection and genotyping of West Nile Virus lineages 1 and 2 by Real Time PCR and Melting Curve Analysis. J Virol Methods. Jun 30. pii: S0166-0934(14)00250-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2014.06.020.
• Di Gennaro A., Lorusso A., Casaccia C., Conte A., Monaco F., Savini G. 2014. Serum-Neutralization Assay Can Efficiently Replace Plaque Reduction Neutralization Test for Detection and Quantitation of West Nile Virus Antibodies in Human and Animal Serum Samples. Clin Vaccine Immunol. Oct; 21 (10): 1460-2. doi: 10.1128/CVI.00426-14. Epub 2014 Aug 6.
• Di Febo T., Luciani M., Ciarelli A., Bortone G., Di Pancrazio C., Rodomonti D., Teodori L., Tittarelli M. 2014. Production and characterization of monoclonal antibodies against horse immunoglobulins useful for the diagnosis of equine diseases. Journal of Immunoassay and Immunochemistry, 36(3), doi:10.1080/15321819.2014.928780.
• Ben Hassine T., De Massis F., Calistri P., Savini G., BelHaj Mohamed B., Ranen A., Di Gennaro A., Sghaier S., Hammami S. 2014. First detection of co-circulation of West Nile and Usutu viruses in equids in the South-West of Tunisia. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 61 385–389.
• Vilibic-Cavlek T., Kaic B., Barbic L, Pem-Novosel I., Slavic-Vrzic V., Lesnikar V., Kurecic-Filipovic S., Babic-Erceg A., Listes E., Stevanovic V., Gjenero-Margan I., Savini G. 2014. First evidence of simultaneous occurrence of West Nile virus and Usutu virus neuroinvasive disease in humans in Croatia during the 2013 outbreak. Infection Aug;42 (4):689-95. doi: 10.1007/s15010-014-0625-1. Epub 2014 May 5.
• Di Sabatino D., Bruno R., Sauro F., Danzetta M.L., Cito F., Iannetti S., Narcisi V., De Massis F., Calistri P. 2014. Epidemiology of West Nile disease in Europe and in the Mediterranean Basin from 2009 to 2013. Biomed Res Int. 2014: 907852. doi: 10.1155/2014/907852. Epub 2014 Sep 11.
• Santini M., Vilibic-Cavlek T., Barsic B., Barbic L., Savic V., Stevanovic V., Listes E., Di Gennaro A., Savini G. 2014. First cases of human Usutu virus neuroinvasive infection in Croatia, August-September 2013: clinical and laboratory features. J Neurovirol. Nov 1. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:25361698[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
• Pem-Novosel I., Vilibic-Cavlek T., Gjenero-Margan I., Pandak N., Peric L., Barbic L., Listes E., Cvitkovic A., Stevanovic V., Savini G. 2014. First outbreak of West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease in humans, Croatia, 2012.Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2014 Jan;14(1): 82-4. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2012.1295. Epub 2013 Nov 27.
• Calistri P., Savini L., Candeloro L., Di Sabatino D., Cito F., Bruno R., Danzetta M.L. 2014. A Transitional Model for the Evaluation of West Nile Virus Transmission in Italy. Transbound Emerg Dis. Nov 10. doi: 10.1111/tbed.12290. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 25382294 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Presentations and Posters

• Calistri P., Rizzo C. West Nile Disease: early detection and surveillance activities in Italy. Oral presentation in the IMED conference, 31 October- 3 November 2014, Vienna, Austria.
• Di Gennaro A., Lorusso A., Casaccia C., Conte A,, Monaco F., Savini G. Serum-neutralization assay can efficiently replace plaque reduction neutralization test for detection and quantitation of West Nile virus antibodies in human and animal serum sample. 3^rd EAVLD Congress. 12-15 October 2014, Pisa.
• Fois F., Santilli A., Bruno R., Sauro F., Cipriani M., Federici V., Catalani M., Quaglia M., Di Gennaro A., Goffredo M., Savini G. Overwintering of West Nile and Usutu viruses in Molise region (Italy), 19^th E-SOVE Conference, 13-17 October 2014, Salonicco, Greece.
• Cosseddu G.M. The 2011 West Nile disease outbreak in Sardinia region. Oral presentation in the 12° National Congress of the Italian Society for Virology, 22-24 September 2014, Orvieto.
• Capobianco Dondona A., Monaco F., Di Gialleonardo L., Cecere J.G., Savini G. Infezioni da Flavivirus nei passeriformi migratori catturati all’interno del Comune di Roma nell’autunno del 2010. 5^th National Workshop of Veterinary Virology. 26-27 June 2014, Teramo.
• Victoriano Llopis I., Rossi L., Mosca A., Di Gennaro A., Teodori L., Monaco F., Lorusso A., Savini G. Evidenza sierologica della circolazione dei virus Usutu e West Nile negli uccelli selvatici nella regione Piemonte, 2012-2013. 5^th National Workshop of Veterinary Virology. 26-27 June 2014, Teramo.
• Rizzo F., Mignone W., Niosi G., Orusa R., Vicari N., Peletto S., Cerutti F., Monaco F., Savini G., Mandola M.L. Agenti patogeni emergenti in volatili selvatici: riscontri nel territorio ligure. 5^th National Workshop of Veterinary Virology. 26-27 June 2014, Teramo.
• Puggioni G., Rossi R., Rocchigiani A.M., Foxi C., Rolesu S., Cappai S., Meloni G., Vento G., Goffredo M., Portanti O., Monaco F., Savini G., Satta G. West Nile Disease in Sardegna nel 2013: risultati della sorveglianza entomologica. 5^th National Workshop of Veterinary Virology. 26-27 June 2014, Teramo.