| tick species parasitizing people in an area endemic for tick-borne diseases in north-western italy. | in 1995 and 1996, 318 ticks were recovered from 240 people in liguria (province of savona, italy). most of the ticks (284; 89.3%) were sheep ticks, ixodes ricinus. rhipicephalus sanguineus (31; 9.8%) and dermacentor marginatus (3; 0.9%) were also recorded. all three life stages of i. ricinus were found on humans while only nymphs and adults of r. sanguineus and adults of d. marginatus were collected. human tickbites were most frequent in the municipalities of the province where roe deer density ... | 1999 | 10870560 |
| "early" cat ownership and the risk of sensitization and allergic rhinitis in ligurian children with respiratory symptoms. | studies on the role of cat ownership in the development of allergy have lead to conflicting results, probably owing to heterogeneity of the populations evaluated. | 2005 | 15945560 |
| echinococcus multilocularis in north italy. | alveolar echinococcosis is a zoonotic infection caused by the metacestode of the tapeworm echinococcus multilocularis. fox populations living in the alpine regions of italy had been considered free from this parasite until 2002, when two infected foxes were detected in bolzano province (trentino alto adige region) near austrian border. a modified nested pcr analysis was used to detect e. multilocularis dna in faecal samples belonging to red fox populations from five italian regions. a total of 5 ... | 2006 | 16881394 |