Tick-borne pathogens in sheep and goats in Southern Italy

2010

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

2011

Social disadvantage and psychosis: a case control study on italian First-Episodes of Psychosis (FEP)

2014

Introduction: A growing body of literature suggests that people affected by psychotic disorders are more likely to be unemployed, tend to live alone, have a poor social network, and are not able to establish long-term relationships (Morgan et al., 2008). Aims: To investigate social disadvantage in a sample of first-episode of psychosis patients and geographically matched controls. Methods: The study sample consists of 52 healthy controls and 37 FEP who were assessed using the MRC Sociodemographic Schedules. Results: Preliminary results suggest that, consistently with the literature, cases are more exposed than controls to social disadvantage. They tend to reach a lower education degree (OR …