*) CNR-IGV, Institute of Plant Genetics, Via Università 133, 80055 Portici,Italy **) Department of Soil, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Via Università 100, 80055 Portici, Italy ***) Department of Structural and Functional Biology, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Via Mezzocannone 8, 80134 Naples, Italy ****) ENEA, Casaccia Research Center, P.O. Box 2400...

Background: To date, more than 90 Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) capsular serotypes are known. The prevalence of these serotypes varies according to the geographical area and the regional vaccination program. Due to the lack of regular vaccination programs for S. pneumoniae in developing countries, serotyping of the prevalent isolates is useful in selecting the correct vaccine. The pr...

Analyses of the virion polypeptides and genomes of several Phlebotomus fever group viruses, Karimabad, Punta Toro, Chagres, and the sandfly fever Sicilian serotype viruses, have established that they are biochemically similar to the accepted members of the Bunyaviridae family. Like snowshoe hare virus (a member of the California serogroup of the Bunyavirus genus of the Bunyaviridae family), Kar...

It has been increasingly acknowledged that regional languages and dialects bear similarities with heritage languages, some speakers are bilectal two closely related minority or dialects. However, assessing the knowledge of non-standard varieties proves difficult due to lack assessment materials. Our contribution documents creation validation LexSIC, a yes/no vocabulary task, placement test for ...

2. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2016 Nov 16:jc20162555. [Epub ahead of print] Germline polymorphisms of the VEGF-pathway predict recurrence in non-advanced differentiated thyroid cancer. Marotta V(1), Sciammarella C(1), Capasso M(2), Testori A(2), Pivonello C(3), Chiofalo MG(4), Gambardella C(5), Grasso M(6), Antonino A(7), Annunziata A(8), Macchia PE(3), Pivonello R(3), Santini L(5), Botti G(8), L...

Toscana virus (TOSV) is an arthropod-borne phlebovirus belonging to the Sandfly fever Naples virus species (genus Phlebovirus, family Bunyaviridae). Here, we report the complete coding sequences of six TOSV strains isolated from human patients having acquired the infection in southeastern France during a 12-year period.

Phleboviruses transmitted by sandflies are endemic in the Mediterranean area. The last decade has witnessed the description of an accumulating number of novel viruses. Although, the risk of exposure of vertebrates is globally assessed, detailed geographic knowledge is poor even in Greece and Cyprus where sandfly fever has been recognized for a long time and repeatedly. A total of 1,250 dogs fro...

1 Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology, UCL Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3BG, UK 2 Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnologies “DMMBM”, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples 80131, Italy 3 CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Naples 80131, Italy 4 European School of Molecular Medicine, SEMM, University of Milan, Italy 5 King Saud bin Abdulaziz Univ...