Caratterizzazione molecolare di stipiti di Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolati a palermo

VALUTAZIONE MOLECOLARE DELLA RESISTENZA A RIFAMPICINA ED ISONIAZIDE IN STIPITI PALERMITANI DI MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS

Monitoraggio della presenza di lieviti appartenenti al genere Brettanomyces in cantine delle province di Palermo e Trapani.

Unusual Assortment of Segments in 2 Rare Human Rotavirus Genomes

Using full-length genome sequence analysis, we investigated 2 rare G3P[9] human rotavirus strains isolated from children with diarrhea. The genomes were recognized as assortments of genes closely related to rotaviruses originating from cats, ruminants, and humans. Results suggest multiple transmissions of genes from animal to human strains of rotaviruses.

Sporadic detection in children during a 25-year surveillance in Palermo, Italy, clarifies the zoonotic potential of G6 rotavirus strains

Surveillance of human astrovirus circulation in Italy 2002-2005: emergence of lineage 2c strains.

AbstractBy screening faecal samples collected over four consecutive years (2002-2005) from hospitalized children with diarrhoea in Palermo, Italy, astroviruses (HAstVs) were detected in 3.95% of the patients. The predominant type circulating was HAstV-1 but, in 2002, only HAstV-2 and -4 were identified. Interestingly, the HAstVs-2 detected appeared to be consistently different in 5′ end of their open reading frame 2 from the previously described subtypes. These novel type 2 strains were included in a new 2c lineage based on the phylogenetic analysis and the presence of nine peculiar substitutions.