Publications by authors named "W Mignone"
infections have been increasingly reported in cetaceans. In this study, we analyzed all cases of infection detected in striped dolphins stranded along the Italian coastline between 2012 and 2021 ( = 24). We focused on the pathogenic role of through detailed pathological studies, and ad hoc microbiological, biomolecular, and serological investigations, coupled with a comparative genomic analysis of the strains.
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- Canine leishmaniosis (CanL) is a disease caused by the Leishmania infantum parasite and spread by sand flies in southern Europe, particularly in Italy due to factors like climate change and the movement of infected dogs.
- A study conducted between 2018-2019 identified 57 municipalities in northern Italy as newly endemic for CanL, with local veterinary practitioners confirming clinical cases in areas previously unexamined or reported.
- It was found that phlebotomine sand flies, primarily Phlebotomus perniciosus, were present in 23 municipalities for the first time, with the distribution of these municipalities showing a west-to-east decline across regions like Piedmont and Lombardy.
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- The genus includes blood-feeding parasites that infect various marine species, such as cephalopods and swordfish.
- A study analyzed 83 swordfish hearts from the Mediterranean Sea, finding that 10 (12.05%) were infected with copepods.
- The infected hearts exhibited severe inflammation and thickening of the atrial wall, highlighting an unusual localization of the parasites in the heart, which will be further studied through histopathology and genetic methods.
Intentional poisoning represents a serious risk to domestic and wild animals, and it can be an environmental and human health issue as well . This paper is a retrospective study, which covers a decade, based on animal poisoning cases and poisoned baits that were submitted for diagnostic examinations to the Veterinary Medical Research Institute for Piedmont, Liguria and the Aosta Valley (IZS-PLVA) in Liguria region. All data were collected through a passive surveillance system introduced in Italy by a decree of the Ministry of Health in January 2009.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFspp. is an important zoonotic agent. Wild boars might host this pathogen in the intestinal tract and might represent a risk for spp.
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