Usutu virus infection in a patient who underwent orthotropic liver transplantation, Italy, August-September 2009

Francesca Cavrini, Paolo Gaibani, Giuseppe Longo, +10

Eurosurveillance

Usutu Virus InfectionSolid Organ TransplantationViral PathogenesisPathologyArbovirus +20

Inflammatory Cytokine Expression Is Associated with Chikungunya Virus Resolution and Symptom Severity

Alyson A. Kelvin, David W. Banner, Giuliano Silvi, +16

PLoS neglected tropical diseases

InflammationAutoimmune DiseaseMedicineImmunodeficienciesPathogenesis +13

Detection of bacteria in endodontic samples by polymerase chain reaction assays and association with defined clinical signs in Italian patients

Federico Foschi, Francesca Cavrini, Lucio Montebugnoli, +3

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

A rapid and specific real-time RT-PCR assay to identify Usutu virus in human plasma, serum, and cerebrospinal fluid

Francesca Cavrini, Maria Elena Della Pepa, Paolo Gaibani, +4

Journal of Clinical Virology

Diagnostic VirologyViral PersistenceViral DiagnosticsNeurovirologyDiagnostic Test +6

Mosquito, Bird and Human Surveillance of West Nile and Usutu Viruses in Emilia-Romagna Region (Italy) in 2010

Mattia Calzolari, Paolo Gaibani, Romeo Bellini, +18

PLoS ONE

Molecular detection of Treponema denticola and Porphyromonas gingivalis in carotid and aortic atheromatous plaques by FISH: report of two cases

Francesca Cavrini, Vittorio Sambri, Annette Moter, +7

Journal of Medical Microbiology

PeriodontologyVascular DiseaseCardiovascular DiseaseMolecular DetectionAtheromatous Plaques +9

West Nile virus circulation in Emilia-Romagna, Italy: the integrated surveillance system 2009

Paola Angelini, Marco Tamba, A C Finarelli, +13

Eurosurveillance

Virus EpidemiologyDisease OutbreakAnimal SurveillanceArbovirusVector-borne Pathogen +15

First human case of West Nile virus neuroinvasive infection in Italy, September 2008 – case report

Giada Rossini, Francesca Cavrini, A. Pierro, +9

Eurosurveillance

Viral DiagnosticsImmunologyDisease OutbreakFirst Human CaseArbovirus +18

Detection of Usutu-Virus-Specific IgG in Blood Donors from Northern Italy

Paolo Gaibani, Anna Pierro, Rosa Alicino, +4

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

VaccinationDiagnostic VirologyViral PersistenceVirus EpidemiologyViral Diagnostics +12

Evaluation of LIAISON Treponema Screen, a Novel Recombinant Antigen-Based Chemiluminescence Immunoassay for Laboratory Diagnosis of Syphilis

Antonella Marangoni, Vittorio Sambri, Silvia Accardo, +5

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology