Phlebotomine sandflies are known to transmit leishmaniases, bacteria and viruses that affect humans and animals in many countries worldwide. These sandfly-borne viruses are mainly the Phlebovirus, the Vesiculovirus and the Orbivirus. Some of these viruses are associated with outbreaks or human cases in the Mediterranean Europe. In this paper, the viruses transmitted by Phlebotomine sandflies in...

The chemical and physical properties of haemoglobin S derived from homozygotes for this haemoglobin in Sicily were examined, as well as some erythrocytic characteristics. Sicilian Hb S was identical to that found in USA black patients in electrophoretic mobility on both starch and citrate agar media, solubility, mechanical precipitation rate of oxyhaemoglobins, and minimum gelling concentration...

Sandflies are widely distributed around the Mediterranean Basin. Therefore, human populations in this area are potentially exposed to sandfly-transmitted diseases, including those caused by phleboviruses. Whilst there are substantial data in countries located in the northern part of the Mediterranean basin, few data are available for North Africa. In this study, a total of 1489 sandflies were c...

1Nuclear Medicine Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori “Fondazione G. Pascale” – IRCCS, Naples, Italy; 2Clinical Trials Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori “Fondazione G. Pascale” – IRCCS, Naples, Italy; 3Abdominal Oncology Department, Istituto Nazionale Tumori “Fondazione G. Pascale” – IRCCS, Naples, Italy; 4Radiology 2 Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori “Fondazione G. Pascale” – IRCCS, Naples, Italy; 5Pa...

1 Department of Pharmacy at the ASL Naples 3, Ercolano, Italy 2 Department of Pharmacy at the ASL Naples 3, Nola, Italy 3 Pharmacist at the ASL Naples 1 Center, Naples, Italy 4 Department of Colorectal Oncology at the National Cancer Institute, “G. Pascale” Foundation, Naples, Italy 5 Professional Nurse, Department of Pharmacy at the ASL Naples 3, Ercolano, Italy *Correspondence: capuozzo.mauri...

An outbreak of acute febrile illness occurred during August and September 1989 in the Northern Province of Sudan coinciding with a high population density of phlebotomine sandflies. An investigation was conducted to determine whether arboviruses were associated with human illness during this outbreak. Sera were obtained from 185 febrile individuals and tested for IgG and IgM antibody to selecte...

M. Quarantelli, O. Palladino, A. Prinster, V. Schiavone, B. Carotenuto, A. Brunetti, G. Ventrella, A. Marsili, A. De Bartolomeis, and M. Salvatore Biostructure and Bioimaging Institute, National Research Council, Naples, Italy, Institute of Psychiatry, University “Federico II”, Naples, Italy, 3 “S.D.N.” Foundation, Naples, Italy, Department of Biomorphological and Functional Sciences, Universit...

Gian Luca Pellegrini, Lucilla de Arcangelis, Hans J. Herrmann and Carla Perrone-Capano 1 Department of Physical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80125 Napoli, Italy 2 Dept. of Information Engineering and CNISM, Second University of Naples, 81031 Aversa (CE), Italy 3 Computational Physics, IfB, ETH-Hönggerberg, Schafmattstr. 6, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland 4 Dept. of Biological Sciences, ...

*Corresponding author: Lucio Pastore, MD, PhD, CEINGEBiotecnologie Avanzate, Via Gaetano Salvatore 486, 80145, Naples, Italy, Phone: +39 081 3737885, Fax: +39 081 3737808, E-mail: [email protected]; and Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università di Napoli “Federico II”, Naples, Italy Barbara Lombardo and Giuseppe Castaldo: Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e ...

Edoardo Cosenza; Fiorenzo De Cicco, Ph.D.; and Andrea Prota Full Professor, Dept. of Structural Engineering, Univ. of Naples “Federico II”, Via Claudio 21, 80125 Naples, Italy. E-mail: cosenza@ unina.it Dept. of Structural Engineering, Univ. of Naples “Federico II”, Via Claudio 21, 80125 Naples, Italy. E-mail: [email protected] Assistant Professor, Dept. of Structural Engineering, Univ....