A new approach for Small Ruminant Lentivirus full genome characterization revealed the circulation of divergent strains.

by Barbara Colitti, Elisabetta Coradduzza, Giantonella Puggioni, Maria Teresa Capucchio, Ramsés Reina, Luigi Bertolotti, Sergio Rosati
Published 2019-01-01

Persistence of Bluetongue virus serotype 1 virulence in sheep blood refrigerated for 10 years

by Giantonella Puggioni, Davide Pintus, Giorgio Meloni, Angela Maria Rocchigiani, Daniela Manunta, Giovanni Savini, Annalisa Oggiano, Ciriaco Ligios
Published 2019-01-01

Entomological surveillance of Zika virus in Sardinia, Italy, 2016

by Cipriano Foxi, Giantonella Puggioni, Giorgio Meloni, Renata Rossi, Angela Maria Rocchigiani, Luigi Vento, Antonio Collovà, Giuseppe Satta
Published 2019-01-01

Development of a Digital RT-PCR Method for Absolute Quantification of Bluetongue Virus in Field Samples

by Angela M. Rocchigiani, Maria G. Tilocca, Ottavio Portanti, Bruna Vodret, Roberto Bechere, Marco Di Domenico, Giovanni Savini, Alessio Lorusso, Giantonella Puggioni
Published 2020-04-01

Molecular Insights into the Genetic Variability of ORF Virus in a Mediterranean Region (Sardinia, Italy)

by Elisabetta Coradduzza, Daria Sanna, Angela M. Rocchigiani, Davide Pintus, Fabio Scarpa, Rosario Scivoli, Roberto Bechere, Maria A. Dettori, Maria A. Montesu, Vincenzo Marras, Renato Lobrano, Ciriaco Ligios, Giantonella Puggioni
Published 2021-05-01

"Frozen evolution" of an RNA virus suggests accidental release as a potential cause of arbovirus re-emergence.

by David J Pascall, Kyriaki Nomikou, Emmanuel Bréard, Stephan Zientara, Ana da Silva Filipe, Bernd Hoffmann, Maude Jacquot, Joshua B Singer, Kris De Clercq, Anette Bøtner, Corinne Sailleau, Cyril Viarouge, Carrie Batten, Giantonella Puggioni, Ciriaco Ligios, Giovanni Savini, Piet A van Rijn, Peter P C Mertens, Roman Biek, Massimo Palmarini
Published 2020-04-01