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Donato Traversa

Donato Traversa

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Animal Science and Veterinary
Italy
2023

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
58
Citations
11435
World Ranking
383
National Ranking
14

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Donato Traversa is affiliated with the University of Teramo in Italy and has a substantial body of research within the interdisciplinary fields of medicine, agricultural and biological sciences, and environmental science. Their research output spans various domains focusing on parasite biology, host interactions, and infectious diseases.

Their recent publications include work on parasitic and infectious diseases affecting animals, with notable papers such as:

  • Felid Cardiopulmonary Nematodes: Dilemmas Solved and New Questions Posed (2021, Pathogens)
  • Angiostrongylosis in Animals and Humans in Europe (2021, Pathogens)
  • Cat Respiratory Nematodes: Current Knowledge, Novel Data and Warranted Studies on Clinical Features, Treatment and Control (2021, Pathogens)
  • Cytauxzoon sp. and Hepatozoon spp. in Domestic Cats: A Preliminary Study in North-Eastern Italy (2021, Pathogens)
  • Feline lungworms in Greece: copromicroscopic, molecular and serological study (2020, Parasitology Research)

The key research areas covered in their work include parasite biology and host interactions, helminth infection and control, mollusks and parasites studies, parasitic diseases research and treatment, vector-borne infectious diseases, parasites and host interactions, and viral infections and vectors.

Travedsa's studies primarily appear in the following publication venues:

  • Pathogens
  • Veterinary Parasitology
  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Animals
  • The Veterinary Nurse

Their research collaborations frequently involve co-authors who have contributed significantly to their joint work. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Simone Morelli
  • Angela Di Cesare
  • Mariasole Colombo
  • Anastasia Diakou
  • Antonio Frangipane di Regalbono

Travedsa's primary subfields of study reflect a focus on various aspects of parasitology, infectious diseases, ecology, and insect science. This multidisciplinary approach underpins the broader fields of study in medicine, agricultural and biological sciences, and environmental science.

Best Publications

  • Canine and feline cardiopulmonary parasitic nematodes in Europe: emerging and underestimated

    Donato Traversa;Angela Di Cesare;Gary Conboy

  • Vector-borne helminths of dogs and humans in Europe.

    Domenico Otranto;Filipe Dantas-Torres;Filipe Dantas-Torres;Emanuele Brianti;Donato Traversa

  • Pet roundworms and hookworms: A continuing need for global worming

    Donato Traversa

  • Environmental contamination by canine geohelminths

    Donato Traversa;Antonio Frangipane di Regalbono;Angela Di Cesare;Francesco La Torre

  • Anthelmintic resistance to ivermectin and moxidectin in gastrointestinal nematodes of cattle in Europe

    Thomas Geurden;Christophe Chartier;Jane Fanke;Antonio Frangipane di Regalbono

  • A review of dicrocoeliosis of ruminants including recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment.

    D Otranto;D Traversa

  • Anthelmintic resistance in cyathostomin populations from horse yards in Italy, United Kingdom and Germany

    Donato Traversa;Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna;Janina Demeler;Piermarino Milillo

  • Thelazia eyeworm: an original endo- and ecto-parasitic nematode

    Domenico Otranto;Donato Traversa

  • Feline aelurostrongylosis and canine angiostrongylosis: A challenging diagnosis for two emerging verminous pneumonia infections

    Donato Traversa;Carlo Guglielmini

  • Are we paying too much attention to cardio-pulmonary nematodes and neglecting old-fashioned worms like Trichuris vulpis ?

    Donato Traversa

  • Dicrocoeliosis of ruminants: a little known fluke disease

    Domenico Otranto;Donato Traversa

  • Current status and epidemiological observation of Thelazia callipaeda (Spirurida, Thelaziidae) in dogs, cats and foxes in Italy: a "coincidence" or a parasitic disease of the Old Continent?

    Domenico Otranto;Ezio Ferroglio;Riccardo P Lia;Donato Traversa

  • Anthelmintic resistance and multidrug resistance in sheep gastro-intestinal nematodes in France, Greece and Italy.

    Thomas Geurden;Herve Hoste;Philippe Jacquiet;Donato Traversa

  • Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of neosporosis in beef and dairy cattle in Italy

    Domenico Otranto;Andi Llazari;Gabriella Testini;Donato Traversa

  • Thelazia callipaeda (Spirurida, Thelaziidae) in wild animals: Report of new host species and ecological implications

    Domenico Otranto;Filipe Dantas-Torres;Egidio Mallia;Peter M. DiGeronimo

  • Biology of Thelazia callipaeda (Spirurida, Thelaziidae) eyeworms in naturally infected definitive hosts.

    D. Otranto;R. P. Lia;V. Buono;D. Traversa

  • Feline lungworms: what a dilemma

    Donato Traversa;Angela Di Cesare

  • Sometimes Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus) Cannot Find Their Way Back to the High Seas: A Multidisciplinary Study on a Mass Stranding

    Sandro Mazzariol;Giovanni Di Guardo;Antonio Petrella;Letizia Marsili

  • Troglostrongylus brevior and Troglostrongylus subcrenatus (Strongylida: Crenosomatidae) as agents of broncho-pulmonary infestation in domestic cats

    Emanuele Brianti;Gabriella Gaglio;Salvatore Giannetto;Giada Annoscia

  • Thelazia callipaeda (Spirurida, Thelaziidae) of carnivores and humans: morphological study by light and scanning electron microscopy.

    D Otranto;R P Lia;D Traversa;S Giannetto

Frequent Co-Authors

Angela Di Cesare
Angela Di Cesare University of Teramo
Domenico Otranto
Domenico Otranto University of Bari Aldo Moro
Raffaella Iorio
Raffaella Iorio University of Teramo
Barbara Paoletti
Barbara Paoletti University of Teramo
Annunziata Giangaspero
Annunziata Giangaspero University of Foggia
Riccardo Paolo Lia
Riccardo Paolo Lia University of Bari Aldo Moro
Fabrizia Veronesi
Fabrizia Veronesi University of Perugia
Gioia Capelli
Gioia Capelli Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie
Roland Schaper
Roland Schaper Independent Scientist / Consultant, Germany

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