Pubblicazioni

Resistenza agli Insetticidi

• Pichler, Verena & Malandruccolo, Chiara & Paola, Serini & Bellini, Romeo & Severini, Francesco & Toma, Luciano & Di Luca, Marco & Montarsi, Fabrizio & Ballardini, Marco & Manica, Mattia & Petrarca, Vincenzo & Vontas, John & Kasai, Shinji & della Torre, Alessandra & Caputo, Beniamino. (2019). Phenotypic and genotypic pyrethroid resistance of Aedes albopictus, with focus on the 2017 chikungunya outbreak in Italy. Pest Management Science. 75. 10.1002/ps.5369.
• Kasai, Shinji & Caputo, Beniamino & Tsunoda, Takashi & Cuong, Tran & Maekawa, Yoshihide & Lam-Phua, Sai & Pichler, Verena & Itokawa, Kentaro & Murota, Katsunori & Komagata, Osamu & Yoshida, Chigusa & Chung, Han & Bellini, Romeo & Tsuda, Yoshio & Teng, Hwa-Jen & Lima Filho, Jose Luiz & Alves, Luiz & Ng, Lee Ching & Minakawa, Noboru & Tomita, Takashi. (2019). 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. Eurosurveillance. 24. 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.5.1700847.
• Pichler, Verena & Bellini, Romeo & Veronesi, Rodolfo & Arnoldi, Daniele & Rizzoli, Annapaola & Lia, Riccardo & 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 & Caputo, Beniamino. (2017). First evidence of resistance to pyrethroid insecticides in Italian Aedes albopictus populations after 26 years since invasion. Pest Management Science. 74. 10.1002/ps.4840.

Dinamica Spaziale delle Specie

• Marini, Francesca & Caputo, Beniamino & Pombi, Marco & Travaglio, Manuela & Montarsi, Fabrizio & Drago, Andrea & Rosà, Roberto & Manica, Mattia & della Torre, Alessandra. (2019). Estimating Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Aedes Albopictus Dispersal to Guide Control Interventions in Case of Exotic Arboviruses in Temperate Regions. Scientific Reports. 9. 10.1038/s41598-019-46466-4.
• Tisseuil, Clément & Velo, Enkelejda & Bino, Silvia & Kadriaj, Përparim & Mersini, Kujtim & Shukullari, Ada & Simaku, ARTAN & Rogozi, Elton & Caputo, Beniamino & Ducheyne, Els & della Torre, Alessandra & Reiter, Paul & Gilbert, Marius. (2018). Forecasting the spatial and seasonal dynamic of Aedes albopictus oviposition activity in Albania and Balkan countries. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 12. e0006236. 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006236.
• Manica, Mattia & Filipponi, Federico & D’Alessandro, Antonello & Screti, Alessia & Neteler, Markus & Rosà, Roberto & Solimini, Angelo & della Torre, Alessandra & Caputo, Beniamino. (2016). Spatial and Temporal Hot Spots of Aedes albopictus Abundance inside and outside a South European Metropolitan Area. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 10. e0004758. 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004758.
• Cianci, Daniela & Hartemink, Nienke & Zeimes, Caroline & Vanwambeke, Sophie & della Torre, Alessandra & Caputo, Beniamino. (2013). Spatial analysis of habitat preference of Aedes albopictus.
• Cianci, Daniela & Broek, Jan & Caputo, Beniamino & della Torre, Alessandra & Marini, Francesca & Heesterbeek, J.A.P. & Hartemink, Nienke. (2012). Models for abundance and habitat preference of Aedes albopictus.
• Marini, Francesca & Caputo, Beniamino & Pombi, Marco & Travaglio, Manuela & Tarsitani, Gianfranco & Montarsi, Fabrizio & Drago, Andrea & della Torre, Alessandra. (2010). FIRST DATA ON AEDES ALBOPICTUS DISPERSAL IN ITALY. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 83. 185.

Outbreaks e Trasmissione di Malattie

• Manica, Mattia & Guzzetta, Giorgio & Filipponi, Federico & Solimini, Angelo & Caputo, Beniamino & della Torre, Alessandra & Rosà, Roberto & Merler, Stefano. (2019). Assessing the risk of autochthonous yellow fever transmission in Lazio, central Italy. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 13. e0006970. 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006970.
• Solimini, Angelo & Manica, Mattia & Rosà, Roberto & della Torre, Alessandra & Caputo, Beniamino. (2018). Estimating the risk of Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika outbreaks in a large European city. Scientific Reports. 8. 10.1038/s41598-018-34664-5.
• Manica, Mattia & Guzzetta, Giorgio & Poletti, Piero & Filipponi, Federico & Solimini, Angelo & Caputo, Beniamino & della Torre, Alessandra & Rosà, Roberto & Merler, Stefano. (2017). Transmission dynamics of the ongoing chikungunya outbreak in Central Italy: From coastal areas to the metropolitan city of Rome, summer 2017. Eurosurveillance. 22. 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.44.17-00685.

Metodi di Controllo

• Caputo, Beniamino & Moretti, Riccardo & Manica, Mattia & Serini, Paola & Lampazzi, Elena & Bonanni, Marco & Fabbri, Giulia & Pichler, Verena & della Torre, Alessandra & Calvitti, Maurizio. (2019). A bacterium against the tiger: preliminary evidence of fertility reduction after release of Aedes albopictus males with manipulated Wolbachia infection in an Italian urban area. Pest Management Science. 76. 10.1002/ps.5643.
• Scagnolari, Carolina & Caputo, Beniamino & Rezza, Giovanni & Antonelli, Guido. (2016). Antiviral Activity of the Combination of Interferon and Ribavirin Against Chikungunya Virus: Are the Results Conclusive?. The Journal of infectious diseases. 215. 10.1093/infdis/jiw579.
• Manica, Mattia & Cobre, Pietro & Rosà, Roberto & Caputo, Beniamino. (2016). Not in my backyard: Effectiveness of outdoor residual spraying from hand-held sprayers against the mosquito Aedes albopictus in Rome, Italy. Pest management science. 73. 10.1002/ps.4315.
• Caputo, Beniamino & Manica, Mattia & alessandro, Antonello & Bottà, Giordano & Filipponi, Federico & Protano, Carmela & Vitali, Matteo & Rosà, Roberto & della Torre, Alessandra. (2016). Assessment of the Effectiveness of a Seasonal-Long Insecticide-Based Control Strategy against Aedes albopictus Nuisance in an Urban Area. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 10. 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004463.
• Caputo, Beniamino & Ienco, Annamaria & Manica, Mattia & Petrarca, Vincenzo & Rosà, Roberto & della Torre, Alessandra. (2015). New adhesive traps to monitor urban mosquitoes with a case study to assess efficacy of insecticide control strategies in temperate areas. Parasites & vectors. 8. 734. 10.1186/s13071-015-0734-4.
• Baldacchino, Frédéric & Caputo, Beniamino & Chandre, Fabrice & Drago, Andrea & della Torre, Alessandra & Montarsi, Fabrizio & Rizzoli, Annapaola. (2015). Control methods against invasive Aedes mosquitoes in Europe: A review. Pest management science. 71. 10.1002/ps.4044.

Metodi di Cattura e Abbondanza delle Popolazioni

• Manica, Mattia & Caputo, Beniamino & Screti, Alessia & Filipponi, Federico & Rosà, Roberto & Solimini, Angelo & della Torre, Alessandra & Blangiardo, Marta. (2019). Applying the N‐mixture model approach to estimate mosquito population absolute abundance from monitoring data. Journal of Applied Ecology. 56. 10.1111/1365-2664.13454.
• Manica, Mattia & Rosà, Roberto & della Torre, Alessandra & Caputo, Beniamino. (2017). From eggs to bites: Do ovitrap data provide reliable estimates of Aedes albopictus biting females?. PeerJ. 5. 10.7717/peerj.2998.
• Velo, Enkelejda & Kadriaj, Përparim & Mersini, Kujtim & Shukullari, Ada & Manxhari, Blerta & Simaku, Artan & Hoxha, Adrian & Caputo, Beniamino & Bolzoni, Luca & Rosà, Roberto & Bino, Silvia & Reiter, Paul & della Torre, Alessandra. (2016). Enhancement of Aedes albopictus collections by ovitrap and sticky adult trap. Parasites & Vectors. 9. 10.1186/s13071-016-1501-x.
• Pombi, Marco & Jacobs, Frans & Verhulst, Niels & Caputo, Beniamino & della Torre, Alessandra & Takken, Willem. (2014). Field evaluation of a novel synthetic odour blend and of the synergistic role of carbon dioxide for sampling host-seeking Aedes albopictus adults in Rome, Italy. Parasites & vectors. 7. 580. 10.1186/PREACCEPT-1656076670138938.
• Caputo, Beniamino & Ienco, Annamaria & Cianci, Daniela & Pombi, Marco & Petrarca, Vincenzo & Baseggio, Alberto & Devine, Gregor & della Torre, Alessandra. (2012). The “Auto-Dissemination” Approach: A Novel Concept to Fight Aedes albopictus in Urban Areas. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 6. e1793. 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001793.

Studi Genetici

• Pichler, Verena & Kotsakiozi, Panayiota & Caputo, Beniamino & Serini, Paola & Caccone, Adalgisa & della Torre, Alessandra. (2019). Complex interplay of evolutionary forces shaping population genomic structure of invasive Aedes albopictus in southern Europe. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 13. 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007554.
• Iovinella, Immacolata & Caputo, Beniamino & Michelucci, E. & Dani, Francesca & della Torre, Alessandra. (2015). Candidate biomarkers for mosquito age-grading identified by label-free quantitative analysis of protein expression in Aedes albopictus females. J. Proteomics.

Abitudini Nutritive

• Valerio, Laura & Marini, Francesca & Bongiorno, Gioia & Facchinelli, Luca & Pombi, Marco & Caputo, Beniamino & Maroli, Michele & della Torre, Alessandra. (2009). Host-Feeding Patterns of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Urban and Rural Contexts within Rome Province, Italy. Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.). 10. 291-4. 10.1089/vbz.2009.0007.
• Valerio, Laura & Marini, Francesca & Bongiorno, Gioia & Facchinelli, Luca & Pombi, Marco & Caputo, Beniamino & Maroli, Michele & della Torre, Alessandra. (2008). HIGH RATES OF FEEDING ON HUMANS IN THE GENERALIST BITER AEDES ALBOPICTUS IN ROME (ITALY). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 79. 204.