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5. Assessing the Risk of Dengue Virus Local Transmission: Study on Vector Competence of Italian Aedes albopictus

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Fortuna, Claudia, primary, Severini, Francesco, additional, Marsili, Giulia, additional, Toma, Luciano, additional, Amendola, Antonello, additional, Venturi, Giulietta, additional, Argentini, Claudio, additional, Casale, Francesca, additional, Bernardini, Ilaria, additional, Boccolini, Daniela, additional, Fiorentini, Cristiano, additional, Hapuarachchi, Hapuarachchige Chanditha, additional, Montarsi, Fabrizio, additional, and Di Luca, Marco, additional

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2024
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6. Tick Species Diversity and Molecular Identification of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae Collected from Migratory Birds Arriving from Africa

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Mancuso, Elisa, primary, Di Domenico, Marco, additional, Di Gialleonardo, Luigina, additional, Menegon, Michela, additional, Toma, Luciano, additional, Di Luca, Marco, additional, Casale, Francesca, additional, Di Donato, Guido, additional, D’Onofrio, Laura, additional, De Rosa, Angela, additional, Riello, Sara, additional, Ferri, Andrea, additional, Serra, Lorenzo, additional, and Monaco, Federica, additional

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2023
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7. A modified BG Sentinel trap equipped with FTA-card as a novel tool for mosquito-borne disease surveillance: a field test for flavivirus detection

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Manzi, Sara, primary, Nelli, Luca, additional, Fortuna, Claudia, additional, Severini, Francesco, additional, Toma, Luciano, additional, Luca, Marco Di, additional, Michelutti, Alice, additional, Bertola, Michela, additional, Gradoni, Francesco, additional, Toniolo, Federica, additional, Sgubin, Sofia, additional, Lista, Florigio, additional, Pazienza, Michele, additional, Montarsi, Fabrizio, additional, and Pombi, Marco, additional

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2023
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8. Modelling time-series Aedes albopictus abundance as a forecasting tool in urban environments

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Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, European Commission, Torina, Alessandra, La Russa, Mauro Francesco, Blanda, Valeria, Peralbo-Moreno, Alfonso, Casades-Martí, Laia, Pasquale, Liliana Di, Bongiorno, Carmelo, Vitale Badaco, Valeria, Toma, Luciano, Ruiz-Fons, Francisco, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, European Commission, Torina, Alessandra, La Russa, Mauro Francesco, Blanda, Valeria, Peralbo-Moreno, Alfonso, Casades-Martí, Laia, Pasquale, Liliana Di, Bongiorno, Carmelo, Vitale Badaco, Valeria, Toma, Luciano, and Ruiz-Fons, Francisco

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Aedes albopictus is an invasive mosquito species that can maintain and transmit several arboviruses causing disease in humans. Understanding the determinants of its ecology and population dynamics to predict its abundance was the main objective of this study. Adult mosquitoes were captured weekly between 2009 and 2016 with BG sentinel traps baited with BG-Lure outdoors at a collection site within the urban area of Palermo (southern Italy). In parallel, between 2012 and 2016, we monitored the uninterrupted weekly abundance of Ae. albopictus at four additional sites nearby over an area of about two hectares. Catches were collected three times per week and mosquitoes were identified morphologically. To identify the determinants of mosquito abundance, seasonal autoregressive integrated moving-average and Poisson regression models were fitted to the weekly abundance of Ae. albopictus with a series of weather predictors that potentially modulate its activity and population dynamics. The time lag of the influence of predictors was analysed to identify the intergenerational environmental determinants of Ae. albopictus population dynamics. A cross-validation of the predictive accuracy of the different models was carried out to select the best predictive model. Over 7 years we captured 12,152 Ae. albopictus in the first trap and another 58,710 in four years of trapping in four additional traps. Aedes albopictus abundance was highly seasonal, with activity between mid-March and late December, highest abundances between July and September, and peak abundances in autumn. The predictive potential of the best model was further externally validated with four years of data from the other four traps, showing a high predictive capacity and a very good fit of seasonality and abundance peaks. Relative humidity, vapour saturation deficit and wind speed were identified as the main determinants of the weekly abundance of Ae. albopictus. The results obtained will allow accurate prediction o

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2023

10. Direct and Indirect Role of Migratory Birds in Spreading CCHFV and WNV: A Multidisciplinary Study on Three Stop-Over Islands in Italy

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Mancuso, Elisa, primary, Toma, Luciano, additional, Pascucci, Ilaria, additional, d’Alessio, Silvio Gerardo, additional, Marini, Valeria, additional, Quaglia, Michela, additional, Riello, Sara, additional, Ferri, Andrea, additional, Spina, Fernando, additional, Serra, Lorenzo, additional, Goffredo, Maria, additional, and Monaco, Federica, additional

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2022
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11. Molecular Characterization of Anopheles algeriensis Theobald, 1903 (Diptera: Culicidae) Populations from Europe

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Menegon, Michela, primary, Tomazatos, Alexandru, additional, Severini, Francesco, additional, Raele, Donato Antonio, additional, Lilja, Tobias, additional, Werner, Doreen, additional, Boccolini, Daniela, additional, Toma, Luciano, additional, Vasco, Ilaria, additional, Lühken, Renke, additional, Kampen, Helge, additional, Cafiero, Maria Assunta, additional, and Di Luca, Marco, additional

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2022
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12. Entomological Surveillance in Former Malaria-endemic Areas of Southern Italy

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Raele, Donato Antonio, primary, Severini, Francesco, additional, Boccolini, Daniela, additional, Menegon, Michela, additional, Toma, Luciano, additional, Vasco, Ilaria, additional, Franco, Ettore, additional, Miccolis, Pasquale, additional, Desiante, Francesco, additional, Nola, Vincenzo, additional, Salerno, Pietrangelo, additional, Cafiero, Maria Assunta, additional, and Di Luca, Marco, additional

Published
2021
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13. Amblyomma sparsumNeumann 1899 on migratory birds from Africa: first records in Italy

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Menegon, Michela, Mancuso, Elisa, Luca, Marco Di, Casale, Francesca, Neves, Luis, Smit, Andeliza, Severini, Francesco, Michele, Castelli, Andrea, Di Giulio, d'Alessio, Silvio G., Goffredo, Maria, Monaco, Federica, and Toma, Luciano

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Migratory birds play an important role in transporting ixodid ticks and tick-borne pathogens between continents. During the Boreal spring, migratory birds reach Europe, mainly from sub-Saharan Africa or from northern African countries but not much is known about the diversity and ecology of the ticks they spread. From 2017 to 2022, in the framework of two consecutive projects focused on sampling migratory birds from Africa to Europe, a total of 27 immature Amblyommaticks were collected from migratory birds, belonging to 8 species, captured on the Island of Ventotene, an important stop-over site in the Mediterranean Sea. In the absence of adult specimens, morphological identification was limited to assigning these ticks to the Amblyommagenus. In this study, sequencing and comparative analysis of three mitochondrial molecular markers (12SrDNA, 16SrDNA, COI) were performed to achieve taxonomic identification. Sequences obtained from Ventotene specimens matched at 100 % identity with Amblyomma sparsum. In conclusion, this study documented that immature stages of this species belonging to the Amblyomma marmoreumcomplex reached the Pontine Islands for six consecutive years. The entry of alien tick species and their potentially transmitted pathogens deserves further study, also in light of the globally ongoing climate change.

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2024
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