Vito Colella

Field application of a novel multiplex qPCR assay reveals the occurrence of the zoonotic hookworm Ancylostoma braziliense in Nigerian dogs

Luca Massetti, Joshua Kamani, Anke Wiethoelter, Phillip McDonagh, Vito Colella, Rebecca J Traub

Journal article  |  2021  |  Acta Tropica

A number of gastrointestinal parasites have been reported to infect dogs in Nigeria, some of which have zoonotic potential. Of the..

Molecular detection of pathogens in ticks and fleas collected from companion dogs and cats in East and Southeast Asia

Nguyen Viet-Linh, Vito Colella, Grazia Greco, Fang Fang, Wisnu Nurcahyo, Upik Kesumawati Hadi, Virginia Venturina, Kenneth Boon Yew Tong, Yi-Lun Tsai, Piyanan Taweethavonsawat, Saruda Tiwananthagorn, Sahatchai Tangtrongsup, Quang Le Thong, Linh Bui Khanh, Do Thom, Malaika Watanabe, Puteri Azaziah Megat Abd Rani, Filipe Dantas-Torres, Lenaig Halos, Frederic Beugnet, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  Parasites and Vectors

BACKGROUND: Ticks and fleas are considered amongst the most important arthropod vectors of medical and veterinary concern due to t..

Zoonotic Vectorborne Pathogens and Ectoparasites of Dogs and Cats in Eastern and Southeast Asia

Vito Colella, Viet L Nguyen, Do Y Tan, Lu Na, Fang Fang, Zhijuan Yin, Jiangwei Wang, Xin Liu, Xinghui Chen, Junyan Dong, Wisnu Nurcahyo, Upik K Hadi, Virginia Venturina, Kenneth BY Tong, Yi-Lun Tsai, Piyanan Taweethavonsawat, Saruda Tiwananthagorn, Thong Q Le, Khanh L Bui, Malaika Watanabe, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  Emerging Infectious Diseases

To provide data that can be used to inform treatment and prevention strategies for zoonotic pathogens in animal and human populati..

High-throughput multiplex qPCRs for the surveillance of zoonotic species of canine hookworms

Luca Massetti, Vito Colella, Patsy A Zendejas, Dinh Ng-Nguyen, Lana Harriott, Lara Marwedel, Anke Wiethoelter, Rebecca J Traub

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

The canine hookworms Ancylostoma braziliense, Ancylostoma ceylanicum, Ancylostoma caninum and Uncinaria stenocephala are not only ..

Canine vector-borne pathogens from dogs and ticks from Tamil Nadu, India.

Ranju Ravindran Santhakumari Manoj, Roberta Iatta, Maria Stefania Latrofa, Loredana Capozzi, Muthusamy Raman, Vito Colella, Domenico Otranto

Journal article  |  2020  |  Acta Tropica

Canine vector-borne diseases (CVBDs) pose a major health problem in dogs globally, with the potential to cause zoonoses, in partic..

Large expert-curated database for benchmarking document similarity detection in biomedical literature search

Peter Brown, Aik-Choon Tan, Mohamed A El-Esawi, Thomas Liehr, Oliver Blanck, Douglas P Gladue, Gabriel MF Almeida, Tomislav Cernava, Carlos O Sorzano, Andy WK Yeung, Michael S Engel, Arun Richard Chandrasekaran, Thilo Muth, Martin S Staege, Swapna V Daulatabad, Darius Widera, Junpeng Zhang, Adrian Meule, Ken Honjo, Olivier Pourret, et al.

Journal article  |  2019  |  Database

High prevalence of vector-borne pathogens in domestic and wild carnivores in Iraq.

Domenico Otranto, Roberta Iatta, Gad Baneth, Maria Alfonsa Cavalera, Angelica Bianco, Antonio Parisi, Filipe Dantas-Torres, Vito Colella, Audrey C McMillan-Cole, Bruno Chomel

Journal article  |  2019  |  Acta Tropica

Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) of domestic and wild carnivores are of major public health concern both in industrialized and develop..

Serological survey and risk factors of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus infection among owned cats in Italy.

Maria Alfonsa Cavalera, Manuela Schnyder, Emily Katharina Gueldner, Tommaso Furlanello, Roberta Iatta, Emanuele Brianti, Christina Strube, Vito Colella, Domenico Otranto

Journal article  |  2019  |  Parasitology Research

Feline lungworms affect the respiratory tract of domestic cats causing respiratory conditions of various degrees. In this study, w..

A nationwide survey of Leishmania infantum infection in cats and associated risk factors in Italy

Roberta Iatta, Tommaso Furlanello, Vito Colella, Viviana Domenica Tarallo, Maria Stefania Latrofa, Emanuele Brianti, Paolo Trerotoli, Nicola Decaro, Eleonora Lorusso, Bettina Schunack, Guadalupe Miro, Filipe Dantas-Torres, Domenico Otranto

Journal article  |  2019  |  PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Though scantly investigated, Leishmania infantum infection and clinical cases of leishmaniasis in cats have been recently reported..

Shedding of feline lungworm larvae and their infectivity to snail intermediate hosts after anthelmintic treatment

Maria Alfonsa Cavalera, Vito Colella, Ettore Napoli, Francesca Arfuso, Rossella Panarese, Emanuele Brianti, Domenico Otranto

Journal article  |  2019  |  International Journal for Parasitology