Publications by authors named "Tiziana Persiani"

Salmonellosis is currently the second most common zoonosis in European Union but in the 6-years periods, between 2012 and 2017, there has been a significant decrease trend in the yearly number of infections caused by Salmonella. In Italy, S. Typhimurium and monophasic S.

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  • - Salmonellosis, mainly caused by the serovar Enteritidis, has seen a rise in gastroenteritis cases across Europe since 2016, particularly linked to Polish-produced eggs, especially in Italy.
  • - Researchers studied 61 Enteritidis strains from the Abruzzi region in Italy using advanced genetic analysis methods (MLVA and WGS) to find closely related bacterial strains.
  • - They discovered two main genetic clusters: one linked to local farms and human cases with minimal genetic differences, and another related to a dessert sample that matched strains from a wider outbreak associated with Polish eggs.
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Reproductive disorders are responsible for significant economic losses in canary aviculture due to embryo and newborn chick mortality. Most of the time, deaths are caused by bacterial pathogens, however little published data exist about the prevalence of bacterial isolates that are identified during diagnostic protocols. This study reports on data collected from previous investigations carried out on cloacal swabs (n 456), unhatched eggs (n 52), and dead newborn chicks (n 68) collected from canary aviaries with a history of reproductive disorders.

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Yersinia enterocolitica causes foodborne disease in humans and infections are usually acquired from contaminated raw or undercooked pork. Pigs are considered the primary reservoir of human pathogenic bio-serotypes. A total of 376 tonsil tissue samples collected after evisceration and cutting from pig carcasses were tested for Yersinia enterocolitica.

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Background: Human brucellosis cases are still reported each year in Sweden despite eradication of the disease in animals. Epidemiological investigation has never been conducted to trace back the source of human infection in the country. The purpose of the study was to identify the source of infection for 16 human brucellosis cases that occurred in Sweden, during the period 2008-2012.

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To help identify an epidemiological link between the consumption of buffalo mozzarella prepared with raw milk (not heat-treated) and cases of human brucellosis, 80 samples of raw buffalo milk and 315 samples of mozzarella were tested for the presence of Brucella spp. Samples originated from Caserta, the province with the highest number of Brucella-positive buffalo herds in Campania, the region in which 96.02% of all cases of human brucellosis reported in 2000-2005 were recorded.

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