Publications by authors named "N Vicari"
Introduction: Legionnaires' disease is a severe pneumonia predominantly caused by (Lp), whose major reservoirs are artificial water systems. As most human infections are caused by serogroup 1 (Lp1), a reliable method for Lp distinction can be crucial for bacterial spread prevention. As the ability to withstand in environments and to cause the waterborne disease is strongly related to specific genes, the identification of virulent strains can be of great relevance to implement water environmental monitoring and to contain harmful outbreaks to public health.
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- * A 42-year-old male patient presented with various symptoms such as vomiting and abdominal pain, and initial diagnoses included pancreatitis, later revealing lung issues through CT scans and blood cultures.
- * This case marked the first documented human infection by this particular bacterium in Italy; the identification was challenging due to the rarity of cases and nonspecific symptoms, but was successfully achieved through advanced genetic testing methods.
Surveillance data collected in the period 2017-20 for Brucella spp. in wildlife of the Lombardy Region in northern Italy were used to describe the exposure of the wildlife species to Brucella spp. in wild boar (Sus scrofa), European brown hare (Lepus europaeus), fallow deer (Dama dama), red deer (Cervus elaphus), and roe deer (Capreolus capreolus).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTick-borne encephalitis was limited to northeast portions of Italy. We report in Lombardy, a populous region in the northwest, a chamois displaying clinical signs of tickborne encephalitis virus that had multiple virus-positive ticks attached, as well as a symptomatic man. Further, we show serologic evidence of viral circulation in the area.
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- Ticks, especially Ixodes ricinus, are crucial vectors for pathogens in Europe, with an expanding geographical range increasing human exposure risks.
- A study conducted in the Lombardy region of northern Italy analyzed 350 tick samples from humans and wild animals, revealing a significant presence of various tick-borne pathogens.
- Notably, 77% of ticks from ungulates carried Anaplasma phagocytophilum, while ticks from humans primarily harbored Borrelia burgdorferi, and multiple co-infections were also found.