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Overview

Enrico Girardi is affiliated with the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Austria and has a research focus predominantly in the field of Medicine, with a significant emphasis on Infectious Diseases. Their body of work includes 409 publications in Medicine, covering subfields such as Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Virology, Molecular Biology, and Neurology.

Their research explores critical topics including SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, COVID-19 clinical research studies, poxvirus research and outbreaks, herpesvirus infections and treatments, Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research, HIV/AIDS research and interventions, as well as long-term effects of COVID-19.

Prominent recent papers authored or coauthored by Girardi include the following:

  • "Epidemiological, clinical and virological characteristics of four cases of monkeypox support transmission through sexual contact, Italy, May 2022" (2022, Eurosurveillance)
  • "Monkeypox virus isolation from a semen sample collected in the early phase of infection in a patient with prolonged seminal viral shedding" (2022, The Lancet Infectious Diseases)
  • "A whole blood test to measure SARS-CoV-2-specific response in COVID-19 patients" (2020, Clinical Microbiology and Infection)
  • "Humoral and Cellular Immune Response Elicited by mRNA Vaccination Against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy Based on Current CD4 T-Lymphocyte Count" (2022, Clinical Infectious Diseases)
  • "COVID-19: viral-host interactome analyzed by network based-approach model to study pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 infection" (2020, Journal of Translational Medicine)

Frequent collaborators of Girardi include researchers Andrea Antinori, Valentina Mazzotta, Fabrizio Maggi, Emanuele Nicastri, and Francesco Vaia. The frequency of collaboration ranges from over 70 to above 140 joint publications with these colleagues.

Girardi's work is regularly published in several key venues that focus on virology and infectious diseases. The most common publication venues are:

  • Viruses (15 publications)
  • Journal of Medical Virology (10 publications)
  • International Journal of Infectious Diseases (9 publications)
  • Vaccines (9 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (9 publications)

Best Publications

  • Interferon-γ release assays for the diagnosis of active tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Martina Sester;Giovanni Sotgiu;Christoph Lange;Claudia Giehl

  • Management of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: WHO guidelines for low tuberculosis burden countries.

    Haileyesus Getahun;Alberto Matteelli;Ibrahim Abubakar;Mohamed Abdel Aziz

  • Late presentation of HIV infection: a consensus definition

    A Antinori;T Coenen;D Costagiola;N Dedes

  • Late diagnosis of HIV infection: epidemiological features, consequences and strategies to encourage earlier testing.

    Enrico Girardi;Caroline A. Sabin;Antonella D Arminio Monforte

  • Invariant natural killer T cells recognize glycolipids from pathogenic Gram-positive bacteria

    Yuki Kinjo;Petr Illarionov;José Luis Vela;Bo Pei

  • Risk Factors for Tuberculosis in HIV-lnfected Persons: A Prospective Cohort Study

    Giorgio Antonucci;Enrico Girardi;Mario C. Raviglione;Giuseppe Ippolito

  • Adenosine deaminase and interferon gamma measurements for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy: a meta-analysis.

    S. Greco;E. Girardi;R. Masciangelo;G. B. Capoccetta

  • Coinfection with hepatitis viruses and outcome of initial antiretroviral regimens in previously naive HIV-infected subjects.

    Andrea De Luca;Roberto Bugarini;Alessandro Cozzi Lepri;Massimo Puoti

  • Risk Assessment of Tuberculosis in Immunocompromised Patients. A TBNET Study

    Martina Sester;Frank van Leth;Judith Bruchfeld;Dragos Bumbacea

  • Use of a T cell-based assay for monitoring efficacy of antituberculosis therapy.

    Stefania Carrara;Donatella Vincenti;Nicola Petrosillo;Massimo Amicosante

  • Clinical and operational value of the extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis definition.

    G. B. Migliori;G. Besozzi;E. Girardi;K. Kliiman

  • Incidence of tuberculosis among HIV-Infected patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy in Europe and North America

    E. Girardi;C.A. Sabin;A. d'Arminio Monforte;B. Hogg

  • A retrospective TBNET assessment of linezolid safety, tolerability and efficacy in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

    G. B. Migliori;B. Eker;M. D. Richardson;G. Sotgiu

  • Impact of combination antiretroviral therapy on the risk of tuberculosis among persons with HIV infection

    Enrico Girardi;Giorgio Antonucci;Paola Vanacore;Marco Libanore

  • Current evidence on diagnostic accuracy of commercially based nucleic acid amplification tests for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis

    Stefania Greco;Enrico Girardi;Assunta Navarra;Cesare Saltini

  • Cytomegalovirus Coinfection Is Associated With an Increased Risk of Severe Non–AIDS-Defining Events in a Large Cohort of HIV-Infected Patients

    Miriam Lichtner;Paola Cicconi;Serena Vita;Alessandro Cozzi-Lepri

  • Delayed presentation and late testing for HIV: demographic and behavioral risk factors in a multicenter study in Italy.

    Enrico Girardi;Maria Stella Aloisi;Claudio Arici;Patrizio Pezzotti

  • TASL is the SLC15A4-associated adaptor for IRF5 activation by TLR7-9.

    Leonhard X. Heinz;JangEun Lee;Utkarsh Kapoor;Felix Kartnig

  • Impact of the HIV epidemic on the spread of other diseases: the case of tuberculosis.

    Enrico Girardi;Mario C. Raviglione;Giorgio Antonucci;Peter Godfrey-Faussett

  • QuantiFERON-TB Gold and the TST are both useful for latent tuberculosis infection screening in autoimmune diseases

    F. Bartalesi;S. Vicidomini;D. Goletti;C. Fiorelli

  • Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, Italy and Germany.

    Giovanni Battista Migliori;Johannes Ortmann;Enrico Girardi;Giorgio Besozzi

Frequent Co-Authors

Giuseppe Ippolito
Giuseppe Ippolito Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani
Delia Goletti
Delia Goletti Istituto Sperimentale Italiano Lazzaro Spallanzani
Andrea Antinori
Andrea Antinori Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani
Giulio Superti-Furga
Giulio Superti-Furga Medical University of Vienna
Antonella d'Arminio Monforte
Antonella d'Arminio Monforte University of Milan
Maria Rosaria Capobianchi
Maria Rosaria Capobianchi National Institutes of Health
Nicola Petrosillo
Nicola Petrosillo National Institutes of Health
Carlo Federico Perno
Carlo Federico Perno University of Milan
Alessandro Cozzi-Lepri
Alessandro Cozzi-Lepri University College London
Adriana Ammassari
Adriana Ammassari Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani

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