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Giovanni Di Perri

Giovanni Di Perri

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Biology and Biochemistry

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58
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13724
World Ranking
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393

Overview

Giovanni Di Perri is affiliated with the University of Turin in Italy and has a research focus primarily in the field of medicine, with significant contributions to infectious diseases. Their work spans several subfields, including infectious diseases, epidemiology, molecular biology, public health, and environmental and occupational health. Additionally, some research intersects with plant science.

The scientist has produced a notable body of work in topics relating to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, including COVID-19 clinical research studies and SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing. Other research topics include antibiotic resistance in bacteria, tuberculosis research and epidemiology, plant virus research studies, and mosquito-borne diseases and control.

Giovanni Di Perri has published research in various scientific venues. Frequent publication platforms include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • Eurosurveillance
  • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • PLoS ONE

Several recent papers illustrate the scope of their work. These include:

  • "Postmortem Findings in Italian Patients With COVID-19: A Descriptive Full Autopsy Study of Cases With and Without Comorbidities," 2020, The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • "Differential diagnosis of illness in patients under investigation for the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), Italy, February 2020," 2020, Eurosurveillance
  • "Incidence of bacterial and fungal bloodstream infections in COVID-19 patients in intensive care: An alarming 'collateral effect,'" 2020, Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
  • "Investigation of Nasal/Oropharyngeal Microbial Community of COVID-19 Patients by 16S rDNA Sequencing," 2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "COVID-19 disease-Temporal analyses of complete blood count parameters over course of illness, and relationship to patient demographics and management outcomes in survivors and non-survivors: A longitudinal descriptive cohort study," 2020, PLoS ONE

Collaborative efforts are a significant aspect of Di Perri's research. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Maria Rosaria Capobianchi
  • Giuseppe Ippolito
  • Francesco Messina
  • Concetta Castilletti
  • Martina Rueca

Best Publications

  • Dolutegravir in Antiretroviral-Experienced Patients With Raltegravir- and/or Elvitegravir-Resistant HIV-1: 24-Week Results of the Phase III VIKING-3 Study

    Antonella Castagna;Franco Maggiolo;Giovanni Penco;David Wright

  • 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak: A new challenge.

    Tommaso Lupia;Silvia Scabini;Simone Mornese Pinna;Giovanni Di Perri

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

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

  • Pilot prospective open, single-arm multicentre study on off-label use of tocilizumab in patients with severe COVID-19.

    Savino Sciascia;Franco Aprà;Alessandra Baffa;Simone Baldovino

  • NATURALLY ACQUIRED-IMMUNITY TO PLASMODIUM-FALCIPARUM

    Karen P. Day;Kevin Marsh

  • Consensus document on controversial issues for the treatment of infections of the central nervous system: bacterial brain abscesses.

    Massimo Arlotti;Paolo Grossi;Federico Pea;Giustino Tomei

  • Impairment in kidney tubular function in patients receiving tenofovir is associated with higher tenofovir plasma concentrations.

    Sonia Rodríguez-Nóvoa;Pablo Labarga;Antonio D'avolio;Pablo Barreiro

  • Which agents should we use for the treatment of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis?

    Giovanni Di Perri;Stefano Bonora

  • Low-frequency drug-resistant HIV-1 and risk of virological failure to first-line NNRTI-based ART: a multicohort European case–control study using centralized ultrasensitive 454 pyrosequencing

    Alessandro Cozzi-Lepri;Marc Noguera-Julian;Francesca Di Giallonardo;Rob Schuurman

  • Simplification to coformulated elvitegravir, cobicistat, emtricitabine, and tenofovir versus continuation of ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitor with emtricitabine and tenofovir in adults with virologically suppressed HIV (STRATEGY-PI): 48 week results of a randomised, open-label, phase 3b, non-inferiority trial

    Jose R Arribas;Gilles Pialoux;Joseph Gathe;Giovanni Di Perri

  • A UHPLC-MS/MS method for the quantification of direct antiviral agents simeprevir, daclatasvir, ledipasvir, sofosbuvir/GS-331007, dasabuvir, ombitasvir and paritaprevir, together with ritonavir, in human plasma.

    Alessandra Ariaudo;Fabio Favata;Amedeo De Nicolò;Marco Simiele

  • Transbronchial biopsy in the diagnosis of pulmonary infiltrates in immunocompromised patients.

    Angelo Cazzadori;Giovanni Di Perri;Giuseppe Todeschini;Roberto Luzzati

  • New HPLC-MS method for the simultaneous quantification of the antileukemia drugs imatinib, dasatinib, and nilotinib in human plasma.

    Silvia De Francia;Antonio D’Avolio;Francesca De Martino;Elisa Pirro

  • Tocilizumab for patients with COVID-19 pneumonia. The single-arm TOCIVID-19 prospective trial.

    Francesco Perrone;Maria Carmela Piccirillo;Paolo Antonio Ascierto;Carlo Salvarani

  • HPLC-MS method for the simultaneous quantification of the new HIV protease inhibitor darunavir, and 11 other antiretroviral agents in plasma of HIV-infected patients

    Antonio D’Avolio;Marco Siccardi;Mauro Sciandra;Baietto Lorena

  • Genetic Variants of ABCC10, a Novel Tenofovir Transporter, Are Associated With Kidney Tubular Dysfunction

    Sudeep P. Pushpakom;Sudeep P. Pushpakom;Neill J. Liptrott;Neill J. Liptrott;Sonia Rodríguez-Nóvoa;Pablo Labarga

  • Coronavirus disease 2019 and first-trimester spontaneous abortion: a case-control study of 225 pregnant patients.

    Stefano Cosma;Andrea R. Carosso;Jessica Cusato;Fulvio Borella

  • Nevirapine versus atazanavir/ritonavir, each combined with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate/emtricitabine, in antiretroviral-naive HIV-1 patients: the ARTEN Trial.

    Vicente Soriano;Keikawus Arasteh;Horacio Migrone;Thomas Lutz

  • Impact of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy on the Presenting Features and Outcome of Patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome-Related Kaposi Sarcoma

    Guglielmo Nasti;Ferdinando Martellotta;Massimiliano Berretta;Maurizio Mena

  • Comparative histopathological study of pulmonary tuberculosis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected and non-infected patients

    G. Di Perri;A. Cazzadori;S. Vento;S. Bonora

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlo Federico Perno
Carlo Federico Perno University of Milan
Massimo Andreoni
Massimo Andreoni University of Rome Tor Vergata
Andrea Antinori
Andrea Antinori Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani
David Back
David Back University of Liverpool
Adriano Lazzarin
Adriano Lazzarin Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Massimo Galli
Massimo Galli University of Milan
Marta Boffito
Marta Boffito Imperial College London
Saye Khoo
Saye Khoo University of Liverpool
Giuliano Rizzardini
Giuliano Rizzardini ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco
Antonella d'Arminio Monforte
Antonella d'Arminio Monforte University of Milan

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