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  • 2020 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Laura Villa is affiliated with the Istituto Superiore di Sanità in Italy. Their research spans multiple disciplines, with a focus on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as agricultural and biological sciences and medicine. Their work covers a range of subfields including food science, molecular medicine, infectious diseases, endocrinology, and biotechnology.

The core topics of Laura Villa's research involve:

  • Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
  • Antibiotic resistance in bacteria
  • Listeria monocytogenes in food safety
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • Pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts
  • Escherichia coli research studies

Laura Villa has published extensively, with recent papers including:

  • "The potential of using E. coli as an indicator for the surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the environment", 2021, Current Opinion in Microbiology
  • "Novel Insights and Features of the NDM-5-Producing Escherichia coli Sequence Type 167 High-Risk Clone", 2020, mSphere
  • "Antibiotic Resistance and Mobile Genetic Elements in Extensively Drug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Sequence Type 147 Recovered from Germany", 2020, Antibiotics
  • "Multiplex Real-Time Reverse-Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction Assays for Diagnostic Testing of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 and Seasonal Influenza Viruses: A Challenge of the Phase 3 Pandemic Setting", 2020, The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • "Strengthening preparedness against global health threats: A paradigm shift based on One Health approaches", 2022, One Health

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Aurora García-Fernández
  • Alessandra Carattoli
  • C. Lucarelli
  • Lisa Barco
  • Anna Maria Dionisi

Laura Villa's publications often appear in specialized journals, with several contributions in "Antibiotics," "Microorganisms," "Frontiers in Microbiology," "Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease," and "Current Opinion in Microbiology."

In 2020, Laura Villa was recognized as a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences.

Best Publications

  • In Silico Detection and Typing of Plasmids using PlasmidFinder and Plasmid Multilocus Sequence Typing

    Alessandra Carattoli;Ea Zankari;Aurora García-Fernández;Mette Voldby Larsen

  • Identification of plasmids by PCR-based replicon typing

    Alessandra Carattoli;Alessia Bertini;Laura Villa;Vincenzo Falbo

  • Replicon sequence typing of IncF plasmids carrying virulence and resistance determinants

    Laura Villa;Aurora García-Fernández;Daniela Fortini;Alessandra Carattoli

  • Multiplex PCR for detection of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance determinants, mcr-1, mcr-2, mcr-3, mcr-4 and mcr-5 for surveillance purposes.

    Ana Rita Rebelo;Valeria Bortolaia;Jette S Kjeldgaard;Susanne K Pedersen

  • Novel plasmid-mediated colistin resistance mcr-4 gene in Salmonella and Escherichia coli, Italy 2013, Spain and Belgium, 2015 to 2016.

    Alessandra Carattoli;Laura Villa;Claudia Feudi;Claudia Feudi;Ludovica Curcio

  • Whole-Genome Pyrosequencing of an Epidemic Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Strain Belonging to the European Clone II Group

    Michele Iacono;Laura Villa;Daniela Fortini;Roberta Bordoni

  • Multilocus sequence typing of IncI1 plasmids carrying extended-spectrum β-lactamases in Escherichia coli and Salmonella of human and animal origin

    Aurora García-Fernández;Giuseppina Chiaretto;Alessia Bertini;Laura Villa

  • Characterization and PCR-based replicon typing of resistance plasmids in Acinetobacter baumannii.

    Alessia Bertini;Laurent Poirel;Pauline D. Mugnier;Laura Villa

  • Replicon Typing of Plasmids Carrying CTX-M or CMY β-Lactamases Circulating among Salmonella and Escherichia coli Isolates

    Katie L. Hopkins;Ernesto Liebana;Laura Villa;Miranda Batchelor

  • Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 producing KPC-3 identified in Italy carries novel plasmids and OmpK36/OmpK35 porin variants

    Aurora García-Fernández;Laura Villa;Claudio Carta;Carolina Venditti

  • The genomics of Acinetobacter baumannii: insights into genome plasticity, antimicrobial resistance and pathogenicity.

    Francesco Imperi;Luísa C.S. Antunes;Jochen Blom;Laura Villa

  • Replicon Typing of Plasmids Encoding Resistance to Newer β-Lactams

    Alessandra Carattoli;Vivi Miriagou;Alessia Bertini;Alexandra Loli

  • Diversity, virulence, and antimicrobial resistance of the KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST307 clone.

    Laura Villa;Claudia Feudi;Daniela Fortini;Sylvain Brisse

  • Evolution of IncA/C blaCMY-2-Carrying Plasmids by Acquisition of the blaNDM-1 Carbapenemase Gene

    Alessandra Carattoli;Laura Villa;Laurent Poirel;Rémy A. Bonnin

  • Complete sequencing of an IncH plasmid carrying the blaNDM-1, blaCTX-M-15 and qnrB1 genes

    Laura Villa;Laurent Poirel;Patrice Nordmann;Claudio Carta

  • Genomics of KPC-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Sequence Type 512 Clone Highlights the Role of RamR and Ribosomal S10 Protein Mutations in Conferring Tigecycline Resistance

    Laura Villa;Claudia Feudi;Daniela Fortini;Aurora García-Fernández

  • Complete sequencing of an IncHI1 plasmid encoding the carbapenemase NDM-1, the ArmA 16S RNA methylase and a resistance–nodulation–cell division/multidrug efflux pump

    Monika Dolejska;Laura Villa;Laurent Poirel;Patrice Nordmann

  • Multiple-Antibiotic Resistance Mediated by Structurally Related IncL/M Plasmids Carrying an Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase Gene and a Class 1 Integron

    Laura Villa;Cristina Pezzella;Fabio Tosini;Paolo Visca

  • Multicopy blaOXA-58 Gene as a Source of High-Level Resistance to Carbapenems in Acinetobacter baumannii

    Alessia Bertini;Laurent Poirel;Sandrine Bernabeu;Daniela Fortini

  • The behavioural phenotype of Cornelia de Lange Syndrome: a study of 56 individuals

    Emanuele Basile;L. Villa;A. Selicorni;M. Molteni

Frequent Co-Authors

Alessandra Carattoli
Alessandra Carattoli Sapienza University of Rome
Massimo Molteni
Massimo Molteni University of Padua
Patrice Nordmann
Patrice Nordmann University of Fribourg
Laurent Poirel
Laurent Poirel University of Fribourg
Paolo Visca
Paolo Visca Roma Tre University
Vivi Miriagou
Vivi Miriagou Institut Pasteur
Nicola Petrosillo
Nicola Petrosillo National Institutes of Health
Leonidas S. Tzouvelekis
Leonidas S. Tzouvelekis National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Katie L. Hopkins
Katie L. Hopkins Public Health England
Henrik Hasman
Henrik Hasman Statens Serum Institut

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