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Annapaola Rizzoli

Annapaola Rizzoli

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
55
Citations
11466
World Ranking
15010
National Ranking
463

Overview

Annapaola Rizzoli is affiliated with Fondazione Edmund Mach in Italy and has a research focus primarily within the fields of Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases, Insect Science, Parasitology, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad spectrum related to vector-borne diseases and insect biology. Key topics include:

  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Insect and Pesticide Research

Annapaola Rizzoli has contributed to several recent papers in notable journals. Selected publications include:

  • Contribution of climate change to the spatial expansion of West Nile virus in Europe, 2024, Nature Communications
  • Epidemiology of West Nile virus in Africa: An underestimated threat, 2022, PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Estimating the potential risk of transmission of arboviruses in the Americas and Europe: a modelling study, 2024, The Lancet Planetary Health
  • Tick-borne encephalitis foci in northeast Italy revealed by combined virus detection in ticks, serosurvey on goats and human cases, 2020, Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • Carbohydrate determination in honey samples by ion chromatography-mass spectrometry (HPAEC-MS), 2020, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

The frequent coauthors that have collaborated with Annapaola Rizzoli include:

  • Giovanni Marini
  • Daniele Arnoldi
  • Valentina Tagliapietra
  • Roberto Rosà
  • Giulia Mencattelli

Rizzoli's work often appears in a range of publication venues. The most frequent sources include:

  • Viruses
  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Insects
  • Parasites & Vectors

The combination of medical and biological sciences expertise equips Rizzoli to address complex questions around infectious diseases, vector ecology, and environment-driven shifts in disease risk. Their research integrates modeling, epidemiological studies, and laboratory analyses to investigate the dynamics of viral infections transmitted by insects and other vectors.

Best Publications

  • Driving forces for changes in geographical distribution of Ixodes ricinus ticks in Europe

    Jolyon M. Medlock;Kayleigh M. Hansford;Antra Bormane;Marketa Derdakova

  • Ecology of wildlife diseases

    P.J. Hudson;A.P. Rizzoli;B.T. Grenfell;J.A.P. Heesterbeek

  • Ixodes ricinus and Its Transmitted Pathogens in Urban and Peri-Urban Areas in Europe: New Hazards and Relevance for Public Health

    Annapaola Rizzoli;Cornelia Silaghi;Cornelia Silaghi;Anna Obiegala;Anna Obiegala;Ivo Rudolf

  • Lyme borreliosis in Europe.

    A Rizzoli;H C Hauffe;G Carpi;G I Vourc’h

  • Metagenomic Profile of the Bacterial Communities Associated with Ixodes ricinus Ticks

    Giovanna Carpi;Francesca Cagnacci;Nicola E. Wittekindt;Fangqing Zhao

  • Control methods against invasive Aedes mosquitoes in Europe: a review

    Frédéric Baldacchino;Beniamino Caputo;Fabrice Chandre;Andrea Drago

  • Empirical evidence for key hosts in persistence of a tick-borne disease.

    Sarah E. Perkins;Isabella M. Cattadori;Valentina Tagliapietra;Annapaola P. Rizzoli

  • The challenge of West Nile virus in Europe: knowledge gaps and research priorities

    A. Rizzoli;M.A. Jiménez-Clavero;L. Barzon;Paolo Cordioli

  • Parasites and host population dynamics.

    D. M. Tompkins;P. Arneberg;M. E. Begon;I. M. Cattadori

  • The role of host sex in parasite dynamics: field experiments on the yellow‐necked mouse Apodemus flavicollis

    Nicola Ferrari;Isabella M. Cattadori;Javier Nespereira;Annapaola Rizzoli

  • Forest structure and roe deer abundance predict tick-borne encephalitis risk in Italy.

    Annapaola Rizzoli;Heidi C. Hauffe;Valentina Tagliapietra;Markus Neteler

  • Climatic Factors Driving Invasion of the Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus) into New Areas of Trentino, Northern Italy

    David Roiz;David Roiz;Markus Neteler;Cristina Castellani;Daniele Arnoldi

  • Understanding West Nile virus ecology in Europe: Culex pipiens host feeding preference in a hotspot of virus emergence.

    Annapaola Rizzoli;Luca Bolzoni;Elizabeth Anna Chadwick;Gioia Capelli

  • Localized deer absence leads to tick amplification.

    Sarah E. Perkins;Isabella M. Cattadori;Valentina Tagliapietra;Annapaola P. Rizzoli

  • Effects of Temperature and Rainfall on the Activity and Dynamics of Host-Seeking Aedes albopictus Females in Northern Italy

    David Roiz;Roberto Rosà;Daniele Arnoldi;Annapaola Rizzoli

  • Saturation deficit and deer density affect questing activity and local abundance of Ixodes ricinus (Acari, Ixodidae) in Italy

    V. Tagliapietra;R. Rosà;D. Arnoldi;F. Cagnacci

  • Hantavirus and arenavirus antibody prevalence in rodents and humans in Trentino, Northern Italy

    Hannimari Kallio-Kokko;J. Laakkonen;A. Rizzoli;V. Tagliapietra

  • Tick infestation on roe deer in relation to geographic and remotely sensed climatic variables in a tick-borne encephalitis endemic area

    G. Carpi;F. Cagnacci;M. Neteler;A. Rizzoli

  • Identification of Ixodes ricinus blood meals using an automated protocol with high resolution melting analysis (HRMA) reveals the importance of domestic dogs as larval tick hosts in Italian alpine forests.

    Margherita Collini;Francesca Albonico;Roberto Rosà;Valentina Tagliapietra

  • Potential of remote sensing to predict species invasions A modelling perspective

    Duccio Rocchini;Veronica Andreo;Michael Förster;Carol Ximena Garzon-Lopez

Frequent Co-Authors

Heidi C. Hauffe
Heidi C. Hauffe University of Oxford
Gioia Capelli
Gioia Capelli Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie
Fabrizio Montarsi
Fabrizio Montarsi Sapienza University of Rome
Peter J. Hudson
Peter J. Hudson Pennsylvania State University
Stefano Merler
Stefano Merler Fondazione Bruno Kessler
Piero Poletti
Piero Poletti Fondazione Bruno Kessler
Francesca Cagnacci
Francesca Cagnacci Fondazione Edmund Mach
Antonio Tenorio
Antonio Tenorio Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Cornelia Silaghi
Cornelia Silaghi Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Heikki Henttonen
Heikki Henttonen Natural Resources Institute Finland

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