Research

The research activity is focused on Medical and Veterinary Parasitology and Entomology, in particular on the study of arthropods and arthropod borne diseases, including myiasis causing larvae, taxonomy, diagnosis and control of Thelazia callipaeda, canine vector borne diseases some of which of zoonotic concern (i.e., leishmaniasis, babesiosis, thelaziosis, hepatozoonosis, onchocercosis), filarioids affecting dogs with or without zoonotic relevance, human and veterinary Mycology.

Author and Coauthor of 470 peer-reviewed scientific articles in international journals, speaker at 350 national and international congresses or seminars. Author of 15 chapters of national and international books; coeditor of "Manuale di Parassitologia e Malattie Parassitarie degli Animali" by Garippa G., Manfredi M., Otranto D. 2010 Edizioni Mediche Scientifiche Internazionali and of "The Encyclopedia of Medical and Veterinary Entomology" by R.C. Russell, D. Otranto, R. Wall, (CABI, 2013).

Research Project: Coordinator of 13 Projects funded by Italian Scientific institution, 7 by European Scientific institutions  and 17 by External Independent Companies

Main scientific collaborations: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro (PD); Istituto Zooprofilattico di Puglia e Basilicata; Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma.

Editorial appointments: Editor in Chief in Medical and Veterinary Entomology (2010-to date); Coeditor in Parasites and Vectors (2012-to date), Parassitologia (2006-2012), Scientia Parasitologica (2009-to date); Editorial board in Medical and Veterinary Entomology (2006-2010), Molecular and Cellular Probes (2007-to date), Parasites and Vectors (2007-to date), Veterinary Parasitology (2007-to date), International Journal of Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife (2013-to date), Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation (2007-2011), Journal of Parasitology Research (2008-2013). Referee of scientific papers: Acta Tropica, Biotechnology Advances, Experimantal and Applied Acarology, Heredity, International Medical Journal for Experimental and, Clinical Research, Journal of Parasitology, Journal of Veterinary diagnostic Investigation, Journal of Veterinary Medicine B, Lancet Infectious Diseases, Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Molecular and Cellular Probes, Parasitology, Research in Veterinary Sciences, Trends in Parasitology, Veterinary Parasitology and others

Membership in scientific/professional societies: American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (2007-to date); Royal Entomological Society (2005-to date); World Association for Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (1999-to date); Italian Society of Pathology and Breeding of Sheep and Goats (1998-to date); Ordine dei Medici Veterinari della Provincia di Bari (1997-to date); Italian Society of Veterinary Science and Italian Society of Parasitology (1996-to date).

 

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published on 31/10/2013 ultima modifica 06/11/2018