| [persistent scalp infestation by dermanyssus gallinae in an emilian country-woman]. | a case of persistent infestation of the scalp due to dermanyssus gallinae.--infestation due to dermanyssus gallinae, the common red mite of poultry, in a country-woman aged 69 years from crevalcore (emilia-romagna region, northern italy), is described. the case was unusual either for its location, the scalp, and for its persistence, 9 months. specimens of the mite were also found in the henhouse adjacent to the patient's house. apparently the woman recovered by means of daily washing of camomile ... | 2001 | 11921537 |
| histoplasma capsulatum: occurrence in soil from the emilia-romagna region of italy. | the existence of an area in europe in which histoplasmosis is endemic was revealed by the isolation of histoplasma capsulatum from soil. the soil specimen was collected in a chicken yard on a farm near bologna, italy. the emilia-romagna region had been selected for study because several, apparently autochthonous, human cases of histoplasmosis had originated there. | 1965 | 14241413 |
| serological evidence of usutu virus occurrence in north-eastern italy. | in the recent years, usutu virus (usuv), a flavivirus of the japanese encephalitis virus complex, has been reported in central europe. as part of a systematic surveillance programme to monitor possible entrance and/or circulation of vector-borne viruses, since 2001, sentinel-chicken flocks were placed throughout the italian territory nearby areas considered at risk of virus introduction. they have been periodically checked for the presence of antibodies against flaviviruses by indirect elisa, pl ... | 2008 | 18667029 |
| [isolation in the ferrara province of campylobacter thermophile from man, animals, food and the environment during the 2-year period 1984-1985]. | during a two-years period (1984-1985), thermophilic campylobacters were sought in materials of various origin: isolation rates were as follows: from 1680 stool specimens of enteropathic patients, 6.0%; from 1920 stool specimens of asymptomatic subjects, 0.5%; from 325 stool specimens of healthy animals, belonging to 5 different species, 51.7%; from 106 meat samples of 6 different species, 32.1%; from 194 samples of raw milk, 0.5%; from 43 samples of surface waters, 37.2%; from 150 samples of was ... | 1988 | 3223996 |
| new incursions of west nile virus lineage 2 in italy in 2013: the value of the entomological surveillance as early warning system. | west nile virus (wnv) is one of the most serious public health threats that europe and the mediterranean countries are currently facing. in italy, wnv emerged in 1998 and has been circulating since 2008. to tackle its continuous incursions, italian national and regional institutions set up a surveillance program, which includes the serological screening of sentinel horses, sentinel-chickens and backyard poultry flocks and the surveillance on all equine neurological cases, resident captured and w ... | 2013 | 24002939 |
| usutu virus in italy: an emergence or a silent infection? | a two year study (2008-2009) was carried out to monitor the usutu virus (usuv) circulation in italy. sentinel horses and chickens, wild birds and mosquitoes were sampled and tested for the presence of usuv and usuv antibodies within the wnd national surveillance plan. seroconversion evidenced in sentinel animals proved that in these two years the virus has circulated in tuscany, emilia romagna, veneto and friuli venezia giulia regions. in veneto usuv caused a severe blackbird die-off disease inv ... | 2011 | 21550731 |
| [lazzaro spallanzani and his refutation of the theory of spontaneous generation]. | the development and refinement of microscopy in the 17th century revealed to science a whole new world of microorganisms, until then unknown, that appeared to arise spontaneously, and fuelled a controversy that had seemed definitively resolved by francesco redi's experiments, the question of the spontaneous generation and origin of life. at the half of the 18th century a young italian abbot, lazzaro spallanzani, professor of physics and mathematics at the university of reggio emilia, started rep ... | 2007 | 17940406 |