Pubblicazioni

First report and evidence of multiple origins of diflubenzuron resistance alleles in Culex pipiens mosquito from Cyprus

2025 - PARASITES & VECTORS

Mastrantonio, Valentina; Vasquez, Marlen; Notarides, Gregoris; Patsoula, Eleni; Lucchesi, Valentina; Piras, Flavio; Bellini, Romeo; Porretta, Daniele

From tissue engineering to mosquitoes. Biopolymers as tools for developing a novel biomimetic approach to pest management/vector control

2022 - PARASITES & VECTORS

Friuli, M.; Cafarchia, C.; Lia, R. P.; Otranto, D.; Pombi, M.; Demitri, C.

First evidence of pyrethroid resistance in Italian populations of West Nile virus vector Culex pipiens

2022 - MEDICAL AND VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY

Pichler, V.; Giammarioli, C.; Bellini, R.; Veronesi, R.; Arnoldi, D.; Rizzoli, A.; Lia, R. P.; Otranto, D.; Ballardini, M.; Cobre, P.; Serini, P.; della Torre, A.; Caputo, B.

Human IgG responses to the Aedes albopictus 34k2 salivary protein. Analyses in RÃ©union Island and Bolivia confirm its suitability as marker of host exposure to the tiger mosquito

2022 - PARASITES & VECTORS

Buezo Montero, Sara; Gabrieli, Paolo; Poinsignon, Anne; Zamble, Bi Zamble Hubert; Lombardo, Fabrizio; Remoue, Franck; ArcÃ , Bruno

Geographic distribution of the V1016G knockdown resistance mutation in aedes albopictus. A warning bell for Europe

2022 - PARASITES & VECTORS

Pichler, V.; Caputo, B.; Valadas, V.; Micocci, M.; Horvath, C.; Virgillito, C.; Akiner, M.; Balatsos, G.; Bender, C.; Besnard, G.; Bravo-Barriga, D.; Bueno-Mari, R.; Collantes, F.; Delacour-Estrella, S.; Dikolli, E.; Falcuta, E.; Flacio, E.; Garcia-Perez, A. L.; Kalan, K.; Kavran, M.; L'Ambert, G.; Lia, R. P.; Marabuto, E.; Medialdea, R.; Melero-Alcibar, R.; Michaelakis, A.; Mihalca, A.; Mikov, O.; Miranda, M. A.; Muller, P.; Otranto, D.; Pajovic, I.; Petric, D.; Rebelo, M. T.; Robert, V.; Rogozi, E.; Tello, A.; Zitko, T.; Schaffner, F.; Pinto, J.; della Torre, A.

A novel allele specific polymerase chain reaction (AS-PCR) assay to detect the V1016G knockdown resistance mutation confirms Its widespread presence in aedes albopictus populations from Italy

2021 - INSECTS

Pichler, Verena; Mancini, Emiliano; Micocci, Martina; Calzetta, Maria; Arnoldi, Daniele; Rizzoli, Annapaola; Lencioni, Valeria; Paoli, Francesca; Bellini, Romeo; Veronesi, Rodolfo; Martini, Simone; Drago, Andrea; De Liberato, Claudio; Ermenegildi, Arianna; Pinto, Joao; Della Torre, Alessandra; Caputo, Beniamino

Evolution of adaptive variation in the mosquito Culex pipiens. Multiple independent origins of insecticide resistance mutations

2021 - INSECTS

Mastrantonio, Valentina; Porretta, Daniele; Lucchesi, Valentina; GÃ¼z, Nurper; Cagatay, Naciye Sena; Bellini, Romeo; Vontas, John; Urbanelli, Sandra

Identification and detection of a novel point mutation in the Chitin Synthase gene of Culex pipiens associated with diflubenzuron resistance

2020 - PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

Fotakis, Emmanouil A.; Mastrantonio, Valentina; Grigoraki, Linda; Porretta, Daniele; Puggioli, Arianna; Chaskopoulou, Alexandra; Osorio, Hugo; Weill, MylÃ¨ne; Bellini, Romeo; Urbanelli, Sandra; Vontas, John

IgG antibody responses to the Aedes albopictus 34k2 salivary protein as novel candidate marker of human exposure to the tiger mosquito

2020 - FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY

Buezo Montero, S.; Gabrieli, P.; Montarsi, F.; Borean, A.; Capelli, S.; De Silvestro, G.; Forneris, F.; Pombi, M.; Breda, A.; Capelli, G.; Arca, B.

Mosquito surveillance and disease outbreak risk models to inform mosquito-control operations in Europe

2020 - CURRENT OPINION IN INSECT SCIENCE

Caputo, B.; Manica, M.

Mosquitoes (Culicidae)

2020 - Reference module in biomedical sciences (2020)

Pombi, Marco; Montarsi, Fabrizio

Focal distribution of diflubenzuron resistance mutations in Culex pipiens mosquitoes from Northern Italy

2019 - ACTA TROPICA

Porretta, D.; Fotakis, E. A.; Mastrantonio, V.; Chaskopoulou, A.; Michaelakis, A.; Kioulos, I.; Weill, M.; Urbanelli, S.; Vontas, J.; Bellini, R.

Variation in Wolbachia cidB gene, but not cidA, is associated with cytoplasmic incompatibility mod phenotype diversity in Culex pipiens

2019 - MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Bonneau, M; Caputo, B; Ligier, A; Caparros, R; Unal, S; Perriat-Sanguinet, M; Arnoldi, D; Sicard, M; Weill, M.

First detection of a Vssc allele V1016G conferring a high level of insecticide resistance in Aedes albopictus collected from Europe (Italy) and Asia (Vietnam), 2016. A new emerging threat to controlling arboviral diseases

2019 - EUROSURVEILLANCE

Kasai, S; Caputo, B; Tsunoda, T; Cuong, Tc; Maekawa, Y; Lam-Phua, Sg; Pichler, V; Itokawa, K; Murota, K; Komagata, O; Yoshida, C; Chung, Hh; Bellini, R; Tsuda, Y; Teng, Hj; Filho, Jll; Alves, Lc; Ng, Lc; Minakawa, N; Yen, Nt; Phong, Tv; Sawabe, K; Tomita, T

First evidence of resistance to pyrethroid insecticides in Italian Aedes albopictus populations after 26 years since invasion

2018 - PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Pichler, Verena; Bellini, Romeo; Veronesi, Rodolfo; Arnoldi, Daniele; Rizzoli, Annapaola; Lia, Riccardo Paolo; Otranto, Domenico; Montarsi, Fabrizio; Carlin, Sara; Ballardini, Marco; Antognini, Elisa; Salvemini, Marco; Brianti, Emanuele; Gaglio, Gabriella; Manica, Mattia; Cobre, Pietro; Serini, Paola; Velo, Enkelejda; Vontas, John; Kioulos, Ilias; Soares Da Silva Pinto, Joao Pedro; Della Torre, Alessandra; Caputo, Beniamino

Cannibalism in temporary waters. Simulations and laboratory experiments revealed the role of spatial shape in the mosquito Aedes albopictus

2018 - PLOS ONE

Mastrantonio, Valentina; Crasta, Graziano; Puggioli, Arianna; Bellini, Romeo; Urbanelli, Sandra; Porretta, Daniele

Not in my backyard: effectiveness of outdoor residual spraying from hand-held sprayers against the mosquito Aedes albopictus in Rome, Italy

2017 - PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Manica, Mattia; Cobre, Pietro; RosÃ , Roberto; Caputo, Beniamino

Gene expression modulation of ABC transporter genes in response to permethrin in adults of the mosquito malaria vector Anopheles stephensi

2017 - ACTA TROPICA

Mastrantonio, V.; Ferrari, M.; Epis, S.; Negri, A.; Scuccimarra, G.; Montagna, M.; Favia, G.; Porretta, D.; Urbanelli, S.; Bandi, C.

Chemical composition of Cinnamosma madagascariensis (Cannelaceae) essential oil and its larvicidal potential against the filariasis vector Culex quinquefasciatus Say

2017 - SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Pavela, R.; Maggi, F.; Ngahang Kamte, S. L.; Rakotosaona, R.; Rasoanaivo, P.; Nicoletti, Marcello; Canale, A.; Benelli, G.

How heterogeneous is the involvement of ABC transporters against insecticides?

2016 - ACTA TROPICA

Porretta, Daniele; Epis, S.; Mastrantonio, Valentina; Ferrari, M.; Bellini, R.; Favia, G.; Urbanelli, Sandra

New adhesive traps to monitor urban mosquitoes with a case study to assess the efficacy of insecticide control strategies in temperate areas

2015 - PARASITES & VECTORS

Caputo, Beniamino; Ienco, Annamaria; Manica, Mattia; Petrarca, Vincenzo; RosÃ , Roberto; DELLA TORRE, Alessandra