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G. La Rosa is affiliated with the Istituto Superiore di Sanità in Italy and has a significant research presence in the fields of Medicine and Infectious Diseases. Their scholarly contributions span areas including Biomedical Engineering, Hepatology, Molecular Biology, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

Their research focuses primarily on topics related to viral infections and diagnostic methods. Key areas of work include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Biosensors and Analytical Detection
  • Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology
  • COVID-19 diagnosis using AI
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques

G. La Rosa has contributed extensively to scientific literature, with notable recent publications including:

  • First detection of SARS-CoV-2 in untreated wastewaters in Italy, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Coronavirus in water environments: Occurrence, persistence and concentration methods - A scoping review, 2020, Water Research
  • SARS-CoV-2 has been circulating in northern Italy since December 2019: Evidence from environmental monitoring, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

The researcher works often with several frequent coauthors, including Elisabetta Suffredini, Carolina Veneri, Pamela Mancini, Giusy Bonanno Ferraro, and M. Iaconelli.

G. La Rosa publishes primarily in venues such as The Science of The Total Environment, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Food and Environmental Virology, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Best Publications

  • Coronavirus in water environments: Occurrence, persistence and concentration methods - A scoping review.

    Giuseppina La Rosa;Lucia Bonadonna;Luca Lucentini;Sebastien Kenmoe

  • SARS-CoV-2 from faeces to wastewater treatment: What do we know? A review.

    Paola Foladori;Francesca Cutrupi;Nicola Segata;Serena Manara

  • Hosts and habitats of Trichinella spiralis and Trichinella britovi in Europe.

    E. Pozio;L. Rinaldi;G. Marucci;V. Musella

  • Biological characterization of Trichinella isolates from various host species and geographical regions.

    E. Pozio;G. La Rosa;P. Rossi;K. D. Murrell

  • Quantitative real-time PCR of enteric viruses in influent and effluent samples from wastewater treatment plants in Italy

    Giuseppina La Rosa;Manoochehr Pourshaban;Marcello Iaconelli;Michele Muscillo

  • Trichinella papuae n.sp. (Nematoda), a new non-encapsulated species from domestic and sylvatic swine of Papua New Guinea.

    E Pozio;I.L Owen;G La Rosa;L Sacchi

  • Trichinella zimbabwensis n.sp. (Nematoda), a new non-encapsulated species from crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) in Zimbabwe also infecting mammals

    E Pozio;C.M Foggin;G Marucci;G La Rosa

  • Emerging and potentially emerging viruses in water environments

    Giuseppina La Rosa;Marta Fratini;Simonetta della Libera;Marcello Iaconelli

  • Trichinella pseudospiralis outbreak in France.

    S. Ranque;B. Faugère;E. Pozio;G. La Rosa

  • Random amplified polymorphic DNA fingerprints of the eight taxa of Trichinella and their comparison with allozyme analysis.

    C. Bandi;G. la Rosa;M. G. Bardin;G. Damiani

  • Environmental and human influence on the ecology of Trichinella spiralis and Trichinella britovi in Western Europe.

    E. Pozio;G. La Rosa;F. J. Serrano;J. Barrat

  • Surveillance of hepatitis A virus in urban sewages and comparison with cases notified in the course of an outbreak, Italy 2013

    Giuseppina La Rosa;Simonetta Della Libera;Marcello Iaconelli;Anna Rita Ciccaglione

  • Trichinella papuae and Trichinella zimbabwensis induce infection in experimentally infected varans, caimans, pythons and turtles.

    E Pozio;G Marucci;A Casulli;L Sacchi

  • Molecular Detection of Hepatitis E Virus in Sewage Samples

    Giuseppina La Rosa;Manoochehr Pourshaban;Marcello Iaconelli;Valentina Spuri Vennarucci

  • One-year Surveillance of Human Enteric Viruses in Raw and Treated Wastewaters, Downstream River Waters, and Drinking Waters.

    M. Iaconelli;M. Muscillo;S. Della Libera;M. Fratini

  • Hepatitis A and E Viruses in Wastewaters, in River Waters, and in Bivalve Molluscs in Italy

    M. Iaconelli;G. Purpari;S. Della Libera;S. Petricca

  • Random amplified polymorphic DNA technique for the identification of Trichinella species.

    C. Bandi;G. La Rosa;S. Comincini;G. Damiani

  • Hepatitis E virus in Italy: molecular analysis of travel-related and autochthonous cases.

    Giuseppina La Rosa;Michele Muscillo;Valentina Spuri Vennarucci;Anna Rosa Garbuglia

  • Trichinella reference centre

    E. Pozio;G. La Rosa;P. Rossi

  • High prevalence of anti-hepatitis E virus antibodies among blood donors in central Italy, February to March 2014.

    Claudia Lucarelli;Enea Spada;Gloria Taliani;Paola Chionne

  • Trichinella pseudospiralis populations of the Palearctic region and their relationship with populations of the Nearctic and Australian regions.

    G. La Rosa;G. Marucci;D.S. Zarlenga;E. Pozio

  • Detection of genogroup IV noroviruses in environmental and clinical samples and partial sequencing through rapid amplification of cDNA ends.

    G. La Rosa;M. Pourshaban;M. Iaconelli;M. Muscillo

  • Molecular identification of natural hybrids between Trichinella nativa and Trichinella T6 provides evidence of gene flow and ongoing genetic divergence.

    G. La Rosa;G. Marucci;D.S. Zarlenga;A. Casulli

  • Detection and molecular characterization of noroviruses from five sewage treatment plants in central Italy.

    G. La Rosa;M. Iaconelli;M. Pourshaban;M. Muscillo

  • Detection and Quantification of Human Adenoviruses in Surface Waters by Nested PCR, TaqMan Real-Time PCR and Cell Culture Assays

    M Muscillo;M Pourshaban;M Iaconelli;S Fontana

  • The impact of anthropogenic pressure on the virological quality of water from the Tiber River, Italy

    G. La Rosa;I. Sanseverino;S. Della Libera;M. Iaconelli

  • GIV Noroviruses in Wastewaters and in Stool Specimens from Hospitalized Patients.

    M. Muscillo;M. Fratini;R. Graffeo;M. Sanguinetti

  • Cytokine Profile Induced by Cryptosporidium Antigen in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells from Immunocompetent and Immunosuppressed Persons with Cryptosporidiosis

    M. A. Gomez Morales;G. La Rosa;A. Ludovisi;A. Mochi Onori

  • Molecular detection and genetic diversity of norovirus genogroup IV: a yearlong monitoring of sewage throughout Italy

    Giuseppina La Rosa;Marcello Iaconelli;Manoochehr Pourshaban;Marta Fratini

  • Oncogenic Papillomavirus and Polyomavirus in Water Environments: Is There a Potential for Waterborne Transmission?

    M. Fratini;P. Di Bonito;G. La Rosa

  • Genetic heterogeneity of bovine viral diarrhoea virus in Italy.

    E Falcone;P Cordioli;M Tarantino;M Muscillo

  • Human bocavirus in children with acute gastroenteritis in Albania.

    G. La Rosa;S. Della Libera;M. Iaconelli;D. Donia

  • Enteric viruses, somatic coliphages and Vibrio species in marine bathing and non-bathing waters in Italy.

    L. Bonadonna;R. Briancesco;E. Suffredini;A. Coccia

  • Detection of Norovirus GII.17 Kawasaki 2014 in Shellfish, Marine Water and Underwater Sewage Discharges in Italy.

    G La Rosa;S Della Libera;M Iaconelli;Y T R Proroga

  • Environmental surveillance of human enteric viruses in wastewaters, groundwater, surface water and sediments of Campania Region

    Barbara Cioffi;Marina Monini;Michela Salamone;Roberta Pellicanò

  • Detection of Trichinella spiralis in a horse during routine examination in Italy

    E. Pozio;A. Tamburrini;L. Sacchi;M.A.Gomez Morales

  • Molecular and biological characterization of poliovirus 3 strains isolated in adriatic seawater samples

    Michele Muscillo;Giuseppina La Rosa;Annalaura Carducci;Laura Cantiani

  • Enteric virus pollution of Tyrrhenian areas

    A. M. Patti;F. A. Aulicino;A. L. Santi;M. Muscillo

  • Detection of Human Bocavirus Species 2 and 3 in Bivalve Shellfish in Italy.

    G. La Rosa;G. Purpari;A. Guercio;S. Di Bella

Frequent Co-Authors

Edoardo Pozio
Edoardo Pozio Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Adriano Casulli
Adriano Casulli Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Gianluca Marucci
Gianluca Marucci Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Claudio Bandi
Claudio Bandi University of Milan
Claudio Genchi
Claudio Genchi University of Milan
Dante S. Zarlenga
Dante S. Zarlenga Agricultural Research Service
Maria Teresa Manfredi
Maria Teresa Manfredi University of Milan
Peter Deplazes
Peter Deplazes University of Zurich
Danny B. Pence
Danny B. Pence Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Jenny Knapp
Jenny Knapp Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon

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