Publications

2024

Louzada-Flores, V. N., Latrofa, M. S., Mendoza-Roldan, J. A., Lucente, M. S., Epis, S., Varotto-Boccazzi, I., Bandi, C., & Otranto, D. (2024). Expression of key cytokines in dog macrophages infected by Leishmania tarentolae opening new avenues for the protection against Leishmania infantum. Scientific reports, 14(1), 27565. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-78451-x
Alvaro, A., Casartelli, M., Schiavini, M., Fama, F., Gabrieli, P., & Cordier, L. (2024). A Case of Myiasis Caused by Cordylobia anthropophaga (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in an Italian Traveler Returning from Senegal. Acta parasitologica, 69(1), 1053–1057. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11686-024-00807-0
Mendoza-Roldan, J. A., Varotto-Boccazzi, I., Louzada-Flores, V. N., Evans, A., Cheikhi, I. B., Carbonara, M., Zatelli, A., Epis, S., Bandi, C., Beugnet, F., & Otranto, D. (2024). Saurian-associated Leishmania tarentolae in dogs: Infectivity and immunogenicity evaluation in the canine model. PLoS pathogens, 20(10), e1012598. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1012598
Fondi, M., Pini, F., Riccardi, C., Gemo, P., & Brilli, M. (2024). A new selective force driving metabolic gene clustering. mSystems, 9(11), e0096024. https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00960-24
Bruno, A., Arnoldi, I., Barzaghi, B., Boffi, M., Casiraghi, M., Colombo, B., Di Gennaro, P., Epis, S., Facciotti, F., Ferrari, N., Fesce, E., Ficetola, G. F., Fumagalli, S., Galimberti, A., Ghisleni, G., Nissim, W. G., Mainardi, L., Manenti, R., Messina, V., Negri, A., Labra, M. (2024). The One Health approach in urban ecosystem rehabilitation: An evidence-based framework for designing sustainable cities. iScience, 27(10), 110959. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.110959
Bisaglia, B., Castelli, M., Soresinetti, L., Negri, A., Arnoldi, I., Montarsi, F., Gobbo, F., Defilippo, F., Callegari, E., Di Luca, M., Calzolari, M., Mastrantonio, V., Porretta, D., Ficetola, G. F., Sassera, D., Gabrieli, P., Bandi, C., & Epis, S. (2024). Barcoding of Italian mosquitoes (BITMO): generation and validation of DNA barcoding reference libraries for native and alien species of Culicidae. Parasites & vectors, 17(1), 407. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-024-06478-0
Arnoldi, I., Carraretto, D., Munari, M., Nannini, M., Gambi, M. C., Cannavacciuolo, A., Della Torre, C., & Gabrieli, P. (2024). Shifting microbial communities in acidified seawaters: insights from polychaetes living in the CO₂ vent of Ischia, Italy. Integrative zoology, 10.1111/1749-4877.12904. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12904
Negri, A., Pezzali, G., Pitton, S., Piazzoni, M., Soresinetti, L., Naro, G., Gabrieli, P., Bettoni, G., Bandi, C., Caccia, S., & Epis, S. (2024). The bio-larvicide Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis is effective against Aedes koreicus, either dissolved in water or delivered through eco-compatible chitosan-based hydrogels. Current research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases, 6, 100197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crpvbd.2024.100197
Micocci, M., Manica, M., Bernardini, I., Soresinetti, L., Varone, M., Di Lillo, P., Caputo, B., Poletti, P., Severini, F., Montarsi, F., Epis, S., Salvemini, M., & Della Torre, A. (2024). An easier life to come for mosquito researchers: field-testing across Italy supports VECTRACK system for automatic counting, identification and absolute density estimation of Aedes albopictus and Culex pipiens adults. Parasites & vectors, 17(1), 409. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-024-06479-z
Bellinzona, G., Nardi, T., Castelli, M., Batisti Biffignandi, G., Adjou, K., Betson, M., Blanchard, Y., Bujila, I., Chalmers, R., Davidson, R., D’Avino, N., Enbom, T., Gomes, J., Karadjian, G., Klotz, C., Östlund, E., Plutzer, J., Rimhanen-Finne, R., Robinson, G., Sannella, A. R., Cacciò, S. M. (2024). Comparative genomics of Cryptosporidium parvum reveals the emergence of an outbreak-associated population in Europe and its spread to the United States. Genome research, 34(6), 877–887. https://doi.org/10.1101/gr.278830.123
Nodari, R., Arghittu, M., Bailo, P., Cattaneo, C., Creti, R., D’Aleo, F., Saegeman, V., Franceschetti, L., Novati, S., Fernández-Rodríguez, A., Verzeletti, A., Farina, C., Bandi, C., & ESCMID Study Group of Forensic and Post-Mortem Microbiology (ESGFOR) and the AMCLI Forensic Microbiology Study Group (GLAMIFO) (2024). Forensic Microbiology: When, Where and How. Microorganisms, 12(5), 988. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12050988
La Rosa, F., Varotto-Boccazzi, I., Saresella, M., Marventano, I., Cattaneo, G. M., Hernis, A., Piancone, F., Otranto, D., Epis, S., Bandi, C., & Clerici, M. (2024). The non-pathogenic protozoon Leishmania tarentolae interferes with the activation of NLRP3 inflammasome in human cells: new perspectives in the control of inflammation. Frontiers in immunology, 15, 1298275. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1298275
Cattaneo, G. M., Varotto-Boccazzi, I., Molteni, R., Ronchetti, F., Gabrieli, P., Mendoza-Roldan, J. A., Otranto, D., Montomoli, E., Bandi, C., & Epis, S. (2024). A novel chemically defined medium for the biotechnological and biomedical exploitation of the cell factory Leishmania tarentolae. Scientific reports, 14(1), 9562. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-60383-1
Sterzi, L., Nodari, R., Di Marco, F., Ferrando, M. L., Saluzzo, F., Spitaleri, A., Allahverdi, H., Papaleo, S., Panelli, S., Rimoldi, S. G., Batisti Biffignandi, G., Corbella, M., Cavallero, A., Prati, P., Farina, C., Cirillo, D. M., Zuccotti, G., Bandi, C., & Comandatore, F. (2024). Genetic barriers more than environmental associations explain Serratia marcescens population structure. Communications biology, 7(1), 468. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06069-w
Carzaniga, T., Casiraghi, L., Nava, G., Zanchetta, G., Inzani, T., Chiari, M., Bollati, V., Epis, S., Bandi, C., Lai, A., Zehender, G., Bellini, T., & Buscaglia, M. (2024). Serum antibody fingerprinting of SARS-CoV-2 variants in infected and vaccinated subjects by label-free microarray biosensor. Frontiers in immunology, 15, 1323406. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1323406

2023

Negri, A., Pezzali, G., Pitton, S., Piazzoni, M., Gabrieli, P., Lazzaro, F., Mastrantonio, V., Porretta, D., Lenardi, C., Caccia, S., Bandi, C., & Epis, S. (2023). MosChito rafts as a promising biocontrol tool against larvae of the common house mosquito, Culex pipiens. PloS one, 18(12), e0295665. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295665
Arnoldi, I., Villa, M., Mancini, G., Varotto-Boccazzi, I., Yacoub, M. R., Asperti, C., Mascheri, A., Casiraghi, S., Epis, S., Bandi, C., Dagna, L., Forneris, F., & Gabrieli, P. (2023). IgE response to Aed al 13 and Aed al 14 recombinant allergens from Aedes albopictus saliva in humans. The World Allergy Organization journal, 16(11), 100836. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.waojou.2023.100836
Polidori, C., Gabrieli, P., Arnoldi, I., Negri, A., Soresinetti, L., Faggiana, S., Ferrari, A., Ronchetti, F., Brilli, M., Bandi, C., & Epis, S. (2023). Morphological and molecular insights into the diversity of Leptoconops biting midges from a heavily infested Mediterranean area. Current research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases, 4, 100142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crpvbd.2023.100142
Iatta, R., Carbonara, M., Morea, A., Trerotoli, P., Benelli, G., Nachum-Biala, Y., Mendoza-Roldan, J. A., Cavalera, M. A., Baneth, G., Bandi, C., Zatelli, A., & Otranto, D. (2023). Assessment of the diagnostic performance of serological tests in areas where Leishmania infantum and Leishmania tarentolae occur in sympatry. Parasites & vectors, 16(1), 352. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-023-05981-0
Nodari, R., Perini, M., Fois, L., Sterzi, L., Luconi, E., Vaglienti, F., Bandi, C., Biganzoli, E., Galli, M., & Comandatore, F. (2023). Computational protocol to perform a spatiotemporal reconstruction of an epidemic. STAR protocols, 4(4), 102548. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2023.102548
Batisti Biffignandi, G., Bellinzona, G., Petazzoni, G., Sassera, D., Zuccotti, G. V., Bandi, C., Baldanti, F., Comandatore, F., & Gaiarsa, S. (2023). P-DOR, an easy-to-use pipeline to reconstruct bacterial outbreaks using genomics. Bioinformatics (Oxford, England), 39(9), btad571. https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btad571
Varotto-Boccazzi, I., Epis, S., Cattaneo, G. M., Guerrini, N., Manenti, A., Rubolini, D., Gabrieli, P., Otranto, D., Zuccotti, G., Montomoli, E., & Bandi, C. (2023). Rectal Administration of Leishmania Cells Elicits a Specific, Th1-Associated IgG2a Response in Mice: New Perspectives for Mucosal Vaccination against Leishmaniasis, after the Repurposing of a Study on an Anti-Viral Vaccine Candidate. Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 8(8), 406. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed8080406
Soresinetti, L., Arnoldi, I., Negri, A., Naro, G., Michelutti, A., Montarsi, F., Mosca, A., Bandi, C., Gabrieli, P., & Epis, S. (2023). Development of microsatellite markers for the invasive mosquito Aedes koreicus. Parasites & vectors, 16(1), 223. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-023-05823-z
Galli, M., Nodari, R., Perini, M., Luconi, E., Fois, L., Vaglienti, F., Bandi, C., Biganzoli, E., & Comandatore, F. (2023). A spatiotemporal reconstruction of the 1630 plague epidemic in Milan. iScience, 26(5), 106704. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.106704
D’Auria, E., Cattaneo, C., Panelli, S., Pozzi, C., Acunzo, M., Papaleo, S., Comandatore, F., Mameli, C., Bandi, C., Zuccotti, G., & Pagliarini, E. (2023). Alteration of taste perception, food neophobia and oral microbiota composition in children with food allergy. Scientific reports, 13(1), 7010. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-34113-y
Pitton, S., Negri, A., Pezzali, G., Piazzoni, M., Locarno, S., Gabrieli, P., Quadri, R., Mastrantonio, V., Urbanelli, S., Porretta, D., Bandi, C., Epis, S., & Caccia, S. (2023). MosChito rafts as effective and eco-friendly tool for the delivery of a Bacillus thuringiensis-based insecticide to Aedes albopictus larvae. Scientific reports, 13(1), 3041. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29501-3
Bandi, C., Mendoza-Roldan, J. A., Otranto, D., Alvaro, A., Louzada-Flores, V. N., Pajoro, M., Varotto-Boccazzi, I., Brilli, M., Manenti, A., Montomoli, E., Zuccotti, G., & Epis, S. (2023). Leishmania tarentolae: a vaccine platform to target dendritic cells and a surrogate pathogen for next generation vaccine research in leishmaniases and viral infections. Parasites & vectors, 16(1), 35. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-023-05651-1
Latrofa, M. S., Varotto-Boccazzi, I., Louzada-Flores, V. N., Iatta, R., Mendoza-Roldan, J. A., Roura, X., Zatelli, A., Epis, S., Bandi, C., & Otranto, D. (2023). Interaction between Wolbachia pipientis and Leishmania infantum in heartworm infected dogs. Parasites & vectors, 16(1), 77. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-023-05662-y

2022

Varotto-Boccazzi I, Garziano M, Cattaneo GM, Bisaglia B, Gabrieli P, Biasin M, Manenti A, Rubolini D, Clerici M, Montomoli E, Zuccotti GV, Trabattoni D, Epis S, Bandi C. Leishmania tarentolae as an antigen delivery platform: dendritic cell maturation after infection with a clone engineered to express the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein. Vaccines. 2022. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10050803
Arnoldi I, Negri A, Soresinetti L, Brambilla M, Carraretto D, Montarsi F, Roberto P, Mosca A, Rubolini D, Bandi C, Epis S, Gabrieli P. Assessing the distribution of invasive Asian mosquitoes in Northern Italy and modelling the potential spread of Aedes koreicus in Europe. Acta Tropica, Volume 232, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2022.106536
Mendoza-Roldan JA, Votýpka J, Bandi C, Epis S, Modrý D, Tichá L, Volf P, Otranto D. Leishmania tarentolae: A new frontier in the epidemiology and control of the leishmaniases. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 69, e1326– e1337, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.14660
Epis S, Varotto-Boccazzi I, Manenti A, Rubolini D, Gabrieli P, Cattaneo GM, Gourlay L, Dapporto F, Monti M, Razzano I, Leonardi M, Iannacone M, Recordati C, Bertola L, Fiorina P, Marvasi L, Montomoli E, Zuccotti G, Bandi C. Efficacy of mucosal vaccination using a protozoan parasite as a vehicle for antigen delivery: IgG and neutralizing response after rectal administration of LeCoVax-2, a candidate vaccine against COVID-19. Pharmacological Research, Volume 186, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrs.2022.106546
Lucchesi V, Grimaldi L, Mastrantonio V, Porretta D, Di Bella L, Ruspandini T, Di Salvo ML, Vontas J, Bellini R, Negri A, Epis S, Caccia S, Bandi C, Urbanelli S. Cuticle Modifications and Over-Expression of the Chitin-Synthase Gene in Diflubenzuron-Resistant Phenotype, Insects, 2022. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13121109
Piazzoni M, Negri A, Brambilla E, Giussani L, Pitton S, Caccia S, Epis S, Bandi C, Locarno S, Lenardi C. Biodegradable floating hydrogel baits as larvicide delivery systems against mosquitoes. Soft Matter, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SM00889K

2021

Negri A, Arnoldi I, Brilli M, Bandi C, Gabrieli P, Epis S. Evidence for the spread of the alien species Aedes koreicus in the Lombardy region, Italy. Parasit Vectors, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-05031-7
Varotto-Boccazzi I, Manenti A, Dapporto F, Gourlay LJ, Bisaglia B, Gabrieli P, Forneris F, Faravelli S, Bollati V, Rubolini D, Zuccotti G, Montomoli E, Epis S, Bandi C. Epidemic Preparedness-Leishmania tarentolae as an Easy-to-Handle Tool to Produce Antigens for Viral Diagnosis: Application to COVID-19. Front Microbiol., 2021. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.736530
Gabrieli P, Caccia S, Varotto-Boccazzi I, Arnoldi I, Barbieri G, Comandatore F, Epis S. Mosquito Trilogy: Microbiota, Immunity and Pathogens, and Their Implications for the Control of Disease Transmission. Front Microbiol., 2021. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.630438

2020

Varotto-Boccazzi I, Epis S, Arnoldi I, Corbett Y, Gabrieli P, Paroni M, Nodari R, Basilico N, Sacchi L, Gramiccia M, Gradoni L, Tranquillo V, Bandi C. Boosting immunity to treat parasitic infections: Asaia bacteria expressing a protein from Wolbachia determine M1 macrophage activation and killing of Leishmania protozoans. Pharmacol Res., 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrs.2020.105288
Nodari R, Corbett Y, Varotto-Boccazzi I, Porretta D, Taramelli D, Epis S, Bandi C. Effects of combined drug treatments on Plasmodium falciparum: In vitro assays with doxycycline, ivermectin and efflux pump inhibitors. PLoS One, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232171
Epis S, Varotto-Boccazzi I, Crotti E, Damiani C, Giovati L, Mandrioli M, Biggiogera M, Gabrieli P, Genchi M, Polonelli L, Daffonchio D, Favia G, Bandi C. Chimeric symbionts expressing a Wolbachia protein stimulate mosquito immunity and inhibit filarial parasite development. Commun Biol., 2020. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-0835-2

2019

Negri A, Ferrari M, Nodari R, Coppa E, Mastrantonio V, Zanzani S, Porretta D, Bandi C, Urbanelli S, Epis S. Gene silencing through RNAi and antisense Vivo-Morpholino increases the efficacy of pyrethroids on larvae of Anopheles stephensi. Malar J., 2019. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-2925-5

Publications

2024

Alvaro, A., Casartelli, M., Schiavini, M., Fama, F., Gabrieli, P., & Cordier, L. (2024). A Case of Myiasis Caused by Cordylobia anthropophaga (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in an Italian Traveler Returning from Senegal. Acta parasitologica, 69(1), 1053–1057. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11686-024-00807-0

Fondi, M., Pini, F., Riccardi, C., Gemo, P., & Brilli, M. (2024). A new selective force driving metabolic gene clustering. mSystems, 9(11), e0096024. https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00960-24

2023

Nodari, R., Perini, M., Fois, L., Sterzi, L., Luconi, E., Vaglienti, F., Bandi, C., Biganzoli, E., Galli, M., & Comandatore, F. (2023). Computational protocol to perform a spatiotemporal reconstruction of an epidemic. STAR protocols, 4(4), 102548. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2023.102548

Soresinetti, L., Arnoldi, I., Negri, A., Naro, G., Michelutti, A., Montarsi, F., Mosca, A., Bandi, C., Gabrieli, P., & Epis, S. (2023). Development of microsatellite markers for the invasive mosquito Aedes koreicus. Parasites & vectors, 16(1), 223. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-023-05823-z

Galli, M., Nodari, R., Perini, M., Luconi, E., Fois, L., Vaglienti, F., Bandi, C., Biganzoli, E., & Comandatore, F. (2023). A spatiotemporal reconstruction of the 1630 plague epidemic in Milan. iScience, 26(5), 106704. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.106704

2022

Mendoza-Roldan JA, Votýpka J, Bandi C, Epis S, Modrý D, Tichá L, Volf P, Otranto D. Leishmania tarentolae: A new frontier in the epidemiology and control of the leishmaniases. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 69, e1326– e1337, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.14660

Piazzoni M, Negri A, Brambilla E, Giussani L, Pitton S, Caccia S, Epis S, Bandi C, Locarno S, Lenardi C. Biodegradable floating hydrogel baits as larvicide delivery systems against mosquitoes. Soft Matter, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SM00889K

2021

Negri A, Arnoldi I, Brilli M, Bandi C, Gabrieli P, Epis S. Evidence for the spread of the alien species Aedes koreicus in the Lombardy region, Italy. Parasit Vectors, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-05031-7

Gabrieli P, Caccia S, Varotto-Boccazzi I, Arnoldi I, Barbieri G, Comandatore F, Epis S. Mosquito Trilogy: Microbiota, Immunity and Pathogens, and Their Implications for the Control of Disease Transmission. Front Microbiol., 2021. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.630438

2020

Nodari R, Corbett Y, Varotto-Boccazzi I, Porretta D, Taramelli D, Epis S, Bandi C. Effects of combined drug treatments on Plasmodium falciparum: In vitro assays with doxycycline, ivermectin and efflux pump inhibitors. PLoS One, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232171

2019

Negri A, Ferrari M, Nodari R, Coppa E, Mastrantonio V, Zanzani S, Porretta D, Bandi C, Urbanelli S, Epis S. Gene silencing through RNAi and antisense Vivo-Morpholino increases the efficacy of pyrethroids on larvae of Anopheles stephensi. Malar J., 2019. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-2925-5