Tick-borne pathogens in sheep and goats in Southern Italy

Prevalence of Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, Rickettsia and Coxiella in different tick species

Characterization of a novel Babesia bigemina gene and its potential use as molecular marker for strain discrimination

Caratterizzazione dell'antigene AMA1 in ceppi di Babesia bigemina isolati in Italia

Babesia bigemina is an endemic parasite in different parts of the world, including Europe and the Americas. One of the few genes characterized in this species codifies for the apical membrane antigen 1 (AMA-1), a transmembrane antigen recently identified. We characterized the ama-1 gene from three Italian B. bigemina strains. Italian sequences were compared to those of the Australian strain. The results obtained confirmed that this newly described ama-1 gene is highly conserved among Italian and foreign strains, which has implications for vaccine development.

Babesia bovis and B. bigemina diffusion in Eastern Sicily

Survey of ecology and pathogenicity of Hyalomma lusitanicum population in the Natural Oriented Zingaro Reserve (TP): preliminary results

Easy detection and differentiation of Anaplasma ovis and Anaplasma marginale by PCR based on MSP4 gene

Detection of Babesia bovis and B. bigemina in Dama dama

Molecular characterization of B. bovis Merozoite surface antigen 2c (Msa2c) from Italian strains