Alessandra Cafiso

A dual endosymbiosis supports nutritional adaptation to hematophagy in the invasive tick Hyalomma marginatum

Marie Buysse, Anna Maria Floriano, Yuval Gottlieb et al. · eLife · 2021 · 61 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Microbiology +17

Molecular screening for Midichloria in hard and soft ticks reveals variable prevalence levels and bacterial loads in different tick species

Alessandra Cafiso, Chiara Bazzocchi, Leone De Marco et al. · Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases · 2016 · 40 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Entomology, Immunology +10

Midichloria mitochondrii, endosymbiont of Ixodes ricinus: evidence for the transmission to the vertebrate host during the tick blood meal

Alessandra Cafiso, Davide Sassera, Claudia Romeo et al. · Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases · 2018 · 39 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Entomology +15

Molecular evidence for a bacterium of the family Midichloriaceae (order Rickettsiales) in skin and organs of the rainbow trout <i><scp>O</scp>ncorhynchus mykiss</i> (Walbaum) affected by red mark syndrome

Alessandra Cafiso, Davide Sassera, Valentina Serra et al. · Journal of Fish Diseases · 2015 · 33 citations · Full text

Natural Resources, Microbiology, Pathology +13

Ixodes ricinus and Its Endosymbiont Midichloria mitochondrii: A Comparative Proteomic Analysis of Salivary Glands and Ovaries

Monica Venere, Marco Fumagalli, Alessandra Cafiso et al. · PLoS ONE · 2015 · 31 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Entomology, Microbiology +13