Publications by authors named "Cristina Bonoli"

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  • A study conducted in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, assessed tick distribution and density across three regional parks while checking for human pathogens in tick populations.
  • Over the sampling period from April to October 2010, a total of 8,139 ticks were collected, mainly comprising Ixodes ricinus, with fewer adult ticks; 1,544 were then tested for pathogens using molecular techniques.
  • Results showed that 8.6% of ticks were positive for piroplasm DNA, 7.9% for Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and 26.7% for Borrelia burgdorferi s.l., highlighting the presence of multiple pathogens primarily in nymphs during the
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The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and phylogenetic characterisation of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in ticks in three parks of the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, an area in which no survey of this agent had previously been conducted. A total of 360 tick samples were analysed; 292 were sourced from the environment and 68 from animals and humans. Real-time polymerase chain reaction revealed that 33 tick samples (9.

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Seven antimycotic drugs (econazole, enilconazole, fluconazole, griseofulvin, itraconazole, ketoconazole, and miconazole) were tested against 36 dermatophyte strains (19 M. canis, 7 T. mentagrophytes, 5 M.

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Babesia EU1, a potentially important emerging zoonotic pathogen, already detected in ticks and wild ruminants of different European Countries, was found in three pools of Ixodes ricinus nymphs in three different sites located in a single District of north-eastern Italy. Totally 356 ticks (60 pools) were collected from the environment during a surveillance activity in the year 2006. Babesia EU1 estimated individual tick prevalence in the area is 0.

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Babesia and Theileria species were investigated in wild ungulates of Northern and Central Italy. Of 355 blood samples examined, 108 (30.4%) were positive to molecular diagnostics (polymerase chain reaction [PCR] with specific primers and sequencing).

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