| italian experience in salmonella spp. isolations from 1973 to 1986. | a total of 150,072 strains of salmonella were isolated in italy over a 14-year period. the strains from humans, food, animals and from environmental samples reached the national centre for enterobacteria in rome and the interregional centres for enterobacteria in milan, palermo and pisa to be characterized according to their serotype. s. typhimurium was the most frequently isolated serotype from both humans and food in nearly all the years considered. pork was the source most frequently found to ... | 1989 | 2654574 |
| Low adherence to influenza vaccination campaigns: is the H1N1 virus pandemic to be blamed? | ABSTRACT: | 2011 | 22074674 |
| swine vesicular disease in northern italy: diffusion through densely populated pig areas. | at the end of 2006, a recrudescence of swine vesicular disease (svd) was recorded in italy and the disease spread widely throughout the northern regions. lombardy, a densely populated pig area, was most affected and the presence of the disease caused heavy economic losses to the entire pig industry. although svd is considered only moderately contagious, the epidemic in the north was characterised by a rapid spread of the condition. numerous difficulties were encountered in eradicating it. over t ... | 2010 | 21309461 |
| molecular characterization of a new ptov strain. evolutionary implications. | toroviruses are emergent viruses, belonging to the nidovirales order, that remain mostly ignored, despite they are able to infect different species of domestic animals and humans, causing enteric diseases and diarrhea. thus far, only five variants of porcine torovirus (ptov) have been identified. in this report we describe the identification and partial characterization of a new strain of porcine torovirus (ptov-bres) that was detected by rt-pcr in a swine faecal specimen from a farm in brescia ... | 2009 | 19463719 |
| boron neutron capture therapy for an explanted organ: the logistical challenges. | single liver metastases of colorectal cancer can be cured by surgery; disseminated liver metastases are incurable. a research group in pavia, italy, used bnct as an experimental method to irradiate in curative intention the explanted liver of patients suffering from disseminated hepatic metastases. the situation in pavia, where a reactor with a specially adapted thermal column and the hospital are close by, is unique. for the purpose of the present study, it was necessary to investigate how the ... | 2009 | 19386503 |
| mitochondrial dna sequence variations in some italian wild boar populations. | in order to investigate the relationships between italian wild boar and major pig breeds, we studied the genetic variability of four wild boar populations in italy (arezzo, pisa, parma, bergamo) using a 533-bp fragment of the mitochondrial control region. sixty-nine wild boar samples were analysed, allowing the identification of 10 distinct haplotypes, which involve a total of 15 single nucleotide polymorphisms. phylogenetic and network analyses were performed also considering several sequences ... | 2009 | 19320773 |
| classical swine fever in wild boar in the lombardy region of italy from 1997 to 2002. | in 1997, outbreaks of classical swine fever occurred in wild boar and domestic pigs in the italian province of varese (lombardy region). statutory animal health measures were imposed, and a control plan aimed at preventing the virus from spreading outside the infected hunting zone of 108 km2 was implemented. however, in 1998, virologically positive wild boar were found outside this zone, including within swiss territory. the infected zone was then enlarged to include the three other hunting area ... | 2003 | 12723629 |
| the kidney transplant program at the bergamo center. | the kidney transplant program at the ospedali riuniti of bergamo, italy was established in 1989. since its inception, 367 patients have been transplanted, including 357 kidney transplants from cadaveric donors and 10 from living-related donors. overall 8-year patient and graft survival rates were 94% and 77%, respectively. by 1995 our unit co-ordinated the activity of the department of immunology and clinics of organ transplantation, ospedali riuniti--mario negri institute for pharmacological re ... | 2000 | 11512311 |
| [cryptosporidium sp. and isospora suis in swine in italy]. | the presence of cryptosporidium sp. and isospora suis is reported for the first time in piglets in italy, in the province of mantova: the first one has been found in 1 and the second one in 39 out of 200 litters. two piglets, respectively 20-day-old and 24-day-old, were experimentally infected with cryptosporidium sp. oocysts from naturally infected calves, without clinical signs. | 1984 | 6600003 |
| the activity of the liver transplant center of milan, italy. | | 1988 | 3279645 |
| [prevalence of antibodies to a/new jersey/76, a/victoria/3/75 and b/hong kong/5/72 influenza viruses in the population of milan examined in the late spring of 1976 and evaluation of the past experience of the same population with probable agent of the 1918-20 pandemics]. | hemagglutination inhibiting antibodies (h.i.a.) to influenza viruses a/new jersey/76, a/victoria/3/75 and b/hong kong/5/72 were titrated in 227 serum samples collected in milan in the late spring 1976 from healthy subjects of 0 to 90 years of age. in 185 of these neuraminidase-inhibiting antibodies (n.i.a.) for the type a strains were also titrated. subjects up to 40 years of age lack h.i.a. to a/new jersey/76 strain; antibody levels equal to or greater than 1:40 are occasionally present in the ... | 1976 | 1016579 |
| sero-epidemiological survey on human and swine influenza a. situation at the onset of summer 1976. | a serological survey was performed to detect the presence of hi antibodies against the swine-like a/new jersey/76 (hsw1 n1) and the human a/victoria 3/75 (h3n2) virus strains in the sera of 700 subjects of different age, and of 244 swine. hi antibodies against a/new jersey/76 strain were not detected in 308 subjects younger than 31 years. they turned out to be present in 8% of the subjects from 31 to 43 years, always at low titre, and at a different titre, in 50% of the subjects from 44 to 58 ye ... | 1976 | 189788 |
| serological surveillance of leptospirosis in italy: two‑year national data (2010‑2011). | nowadays, leptospirosis is a re‑emerging widespread infectious disease often underestimate worldwide. the national reference centre for leptospirosis (nrcl), at the istituto zooprofilattico sperimentale della lombardia e dell'emilia romagna, brescia (italy), with the cooperation of all the other istituti zooprofilattici sperimentali (iizzss), evaluated the distribution of such important zoonosis in italy. serological data obtained between 2010‑2011 by each laboratory were collected by the nrcl a ... | 2016 | 27393874 |
| manure management practices in lombardy (italy). | the lombardy region of italy has used a specialised software package, giara, to implement an integrated environmental management system that assists farmers in the preparation and submission of nutrient management plans. these are submitted on diskette to a central authority in order to build a regional database of manure utilisation linked to a gis. at present, the database includes plans for more then 5500 farms representing more then one million cattle and 3.5 million pigs. the information co ... | 2005 | 15381210 |