Publications by authors named "Ginevra Orru"
Article Synopsis
- The hepatitis E virus (HEV) has a known transmission route from pigs to humans, with genotype 3 HEV prevalent in Italian swine and linked to human cases.
- Researchers tested 111 pig sera for anti-HEV antibodies using new detection methods, finding high prevalence rates with ELISA and Western Blotting.
- The study confirmed that the custom-developed swine hepatitis E antigen is effective for detecting anti-HEV antibodies, supporting the ongoing concern over zoonotic disease transmission.
A dental unit water line (DUWL) equipped with a device designed to automatically and continually flush a bacteriostatic solution of hydrogen peroxide (WHE) and a discontinuous disinfecting system (BIOSTER) was evaluated. In the first instance a preliminary sensitivity test on a large number of microorganisms (bacteria and fungi) was tried with a H(2)O(2) range from 100 to 800 ppm. The bacteria frequently reported in DUWL (including Pseudomonas spp, Streptococcus spp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHepatitis E Virus (HEV) is the causative agent of an acute and self-limited form of hepatitis. The virus is transmitted by the faecal-oral route and is a major cause of viral hepatitis in much of the developing world where it causes sporadic infections and large-scale epidemics. A simple and rapid protocol for the measurement of HEV faecal shedding by a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with the SYBR Green method on a LightCycler instrument, is described.
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