Humans parasitized by the hard tick<i>Ixodes ricinus</i>are seropositive to<i>Midichloria mitochondrii</i>: is<i>Midichloria</i>a novel pathogen, or just a marker of tick bite?

Mara Mariconti, Sara Epis, Paolo Gaibani, +9

Pathogens and Global Health

Parasitic DiseaseNovel PathogenTick BiteEntomologyImmunology +15

Long-term Sonographic and Serological Follow-up of Inactive Echinococcal Cysts of the Liver: Hints for a “Watch-and-Wait” Approach

Luca Piccoli, Francesca Tamarozzi, Federico Cattaneo, +4

PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Inactive Echinococcal CystsHepatologySurgical PathologyHistopathologyGastroenterology +10

Factors Influencing the Serological Response in Hepatic Echinococcus granulosus Infection

Raffaella Lissandrin, Francesca Tamarozzi, Luca Piccoli, +6

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Medical DiagnosticsMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesHepatologyPathogenesisSurgical Pathology +13

Molecular and serological evidence for the circulation of the tick symbiont Midichloria (Rickettsiales: Midichloriaceae) in different mammalian species

Chiara Bazzocchi, Mara Mariconti, Davide Sassera, +7

Parasites & Vectors

Comparison of the Diagnostic Accuracy of Three Rapid Tests for the Serodiagnosis of Hepatic Cystic Echinococcosis in Humans

Francesca Tamarozzi, I. Covini, Mara Mariconti, +8

PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Wolbachia surface protein induces innate immune responses in mosquito cells

Sofia B. Pinto, Mara Mariconti, Chiara Bazzocchi, +2

BMC Microbiology

Liver fibrosis, microbial translocation and immune activation markers in HIV and HCV infections and in HIV/HCV co-infection

Paolo Sacchi, Serena Cima, Marta Corbella, +12

Digestive and Liver Disease

Liver FibrosisHepatologyViral HepatitisLiver PhysiologyHuman Retrovirus +13

Diagnostic Accuracy of Antigen 5-Based ELISAs for Human Cystic Echinococcosis

Daniela Pagnozzi, María Filippa Addis, Grazia Biosa, +9

PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Proteomic analysis of plasma exosomes from Cystic Echinococcosis patients provides in vivo support for distinct immune response profiles in active vs inactive infection and suggests potential biomarkers

Federica Fratini, Francesca Tamarozzi, Gianfranco Macchia, +10

PLoS neglected tropical diseases

ImmunologyGastroenterologyPathologyDiagnosisPlasma Exosomes +18

The Italian registry of cystic echinococcosis (RIEC): the first prospective registry with a European future

Francesca Tamarozzi, P. Rossi, Franco Galati, +6

Eurosurveillance

Global HealthZoonotic DiseaseClinical EpidemiologyVeterinary ScienceInternational Health +12