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Antonino Di Caro

Unicamillus International Medical University in Rome
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[HTML][HTML] Molecular mechanisms of Ebola virus pathogenesis: focus on cell death

L Falasca, C Agrati, N Petrosillo, A Di Caro… - Cell Death & …, 2015 - nature.com
Ebola virus (EBOV) belongs to the Filoviridae family and is responsible for a severe disease
characterized by the sudden onset of fever and malaise accompanied by other non-specific …

Real-time, portable genome sequencing for Ebola surveillance

…, AMD Johnston, D Wilson, E Hutley, E Smit, A Di Caro… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
The Ebola virus disease epidemic in West Africa is the largest on record, responsible for over
28,599 cases and more than 11,299 deaths 1 . Genome sequencing in viral outbreaks is …

Ebolavirus and Marburgvirus: insight the Filoviridae family

…, J Heptonstall, MR Capobianchi, A Di Caro… - Molecular aspects of …, 2008 - Elsevier
Ebolavirus and Marburgvirus (belonging to the Filoviridae family) emerged four decades
ago and cause epidemics of haemorrhagic fever with high case-fatality rates. The genome of …

Virus genomes reveal factors that spread and sustained the Ebola epidemic

…, M Cotten, J D'Ambrozio, S Dellicour, A Di Caro… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
The 2013–2016 West African epidemic caused by the Ebola virus was of unprecedented
magnitude, duration and impact. Here we reconstruct the dispersal, proliferation and decline of …

[HTML][HTML] Temporal and spatial analysis of the 2014–2015 Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa

…, S Becker, K Stoecker, M Gabriel, H Raoul, A Di Caro… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
West Africa is currently witnessing the most extensive Ebola virus (EBOV) outbreak so far
recorded 1 , 2 , 3 . Until now, there have been 27,013 reported cases and 11,134 deaths. The …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging infections—an increasingly important topic: review by the emerging infections task force

…, M Koopmans, N Beeching, A Di Caro… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objectives This paper review trends in emerging infections and the need for increased clinical
and laboratory surveillance. Methods Factors that contributed to the emergence of recent …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental treatment with favipiravir for Ebola virus disease (the JIKI Trial): a historically controlled, single-arm proof-of-concept trial in Guinea

…, R Thom, R Kerber, M Gabriel, A Di Caro… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a highly lethal condition for which no specific
treatment has proven efficacy. In September 2014, while the Ebola outbreak was at its peak, the …

Microbial translocation predicts disease progression of HIV-infected antiretroviral-naive patients with high CD4+ cell count

…, A Antinori, A Costantini, A Giacometti, A di Caro… - Aids, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: We investigated the significance of microbial translocation measured on average
3 years after HIV seroconversion in driving disease progression in HIV+ untreated patients …

[HTML][HTML] Unique human immune signature of Ebola virus disease in Guinea

…, K Stoecker, E Fleischmann, T Strecker, A Di Caro… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Despite the magnitude of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa, there is still
a fundamental lack of knowledge about the pathophysiology of EVD 1 . In particular, very …

Postmortem findings in Italian patients with COVID-19: a descriptive full autopsy study of cases with and without comorbidities

…, D Colombo, E Lalle, A Di Caro… - The Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Descriptions of the pathological features of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19)
caused by the novel zoonotic pathogen severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 …