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Luca Rossi is affiliated with the University of Turin in Italy and focuses research within the broad fields of Medicine and Environmental Science. Their work explores key subfields such as Infectious Diseases, Ecology, Parasitology, Genetics, and Small Animals. The scientist's research concentrates on topics related to dermatological diseases and infestations, wildlife ecology and conservation, helminth infection and control, vector-borne infectious diseases, viral infections and vectors, parasitic diseases research and treatment, and bird parasitology and diseases.

Recent significant publications by Luca Rossi include the following:

  • Antimicrobial Potential of Polyphenols: Mechanisms of Action and Microbial Responses-A Narrative Review, 2025, Antioxidants
  • Sarcoptic mange: An emerging panzootic in wildlife, 2021, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Ticks climb the mountains: Ixodid tick infestation and infection by tick-borne pathogens in the Western Alps, 2020, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Zoonotic Episodes of Scabies: A Global Overview, 2022, Pathogens
  • Dirofilaria immitis in wolves recolonizing northern Italy: are wolves competent hosts?, 2020, Parasites & Vectors

Luca Rossi has frequently published in the following academic venues:

  • Animals
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Veterinary Sciences
  • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Collaboration plays a role in Luca Rossi's research output, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Barbara Moroni
  • Laura Tomassone
  • Jorge Ramón Lopez-Olvera
  • Aitor Garcia-Vozmediano
  • Pier Giuseppe Meneguz

Best Publications

  • The northward spread of leishmaniasis in Italy: evidence from retrospective and ongoing studies on the canine reservoir and phlebotomine vectors

    Michele Maroli;Luca Rossi;Raffaella Baldelli;Gioia Capelli

  • 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

  • Canine Leishmaniasis, Italy

    Ezio Ferroglio;Michele Maroli;Silvia Gastaldo;Walter Mignone

  • Sarcoptic Mange: An Emerging Panzootic in Wildlife.

    Luis E Escobar;Scott Carver;Paul C Cross;Luca Rossi

  • 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

  • Descriptive epidemiology of a scabies epidemic in chamois in the Dolomite Alps, Italy

    L. Rossi;C. Fraquelli;U. Vesco;R. Permunian

  • The epizootiology of sarcoptic mange in chamois, Rupicapra rupicapra, from Italian Western Alps.

    Luca Rossi;Pier Giuseppe Meneguz;P. De Martin;M. Rodolfi

  • Ribosomal and mitochondrial DNA sequence variation in Sarcoptes mites from different hosts and geographical regions.

    F Berrilli;S D'Amelio;L Rossi

  • Survey of canine dirofilariasis in Vojvodina, Serbia

    Aleksandar Tasić;Luca Rossi;Suzana Tasić;Natasa Miladinović-Tasić

  • Disentangling the effects of recombination, selection, and demography on the genetic variation at a major histocompatibility complex class II gene in the alpine chamois

    S. Mona;B. Crestanello;S. Bankhead-Dronnet;E. Pecchioli

  • Sarcoptes-World Molecular Network (Sarcoptes-WMN): integrating research on scabies

    Samer Alasaad;Shelley Walton;Luca Rossi;Set Bornstein

  • Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in lymph nodes of wild boar (Sus scrofa) by a target-amplified test system.

    E. Bollo;E. Ferroglio;V. Dini;W. Mignone

  • Sarcoptes scabiei: Specific immune response to sarcoptic mange in the Iberian ibex Capra pyrenaica depends on previous exposure and sex

    Mathieu Sarasa;Luisa Rambozzi;Luca Rossi;Pier G. Meneguz

  • Ticks climb the mountains: Ixodid tick infestation and infection by tick-borne pathogens in the Western Alps

    Aitor Garcia-Vozmediano;Aleksandra Iwona Krawczyk;Hein Sprong;Luca Rossi

  • Paratuberculosis in red deer (Cervus elaphus hippelaphus) in the western Alps.

    P. Nebbia;P. Robino;E. Ferroglio;L. Rossi

  • Host taxon-derived Sarcoptes mite in European wild animals revealed by microsatellite markers

    Roberto Rasero;Luca Rossi;Dominga Soglia;Sandra Maione

  • Is ITS-2 rDNA suitable marker for genetic characterization of Sarcoptes mites from different wild animals in different geographic areas?

    S. Alasaad;D. Soglia;V. Spalenza;S. Maione

  • Biotin-avidin amplified ELISA for detection of antibodies to Sarcoptes scabiei in chamois (Rupicapra spp.).

    Luisa Rambozzi;Arianna Menzano;Santiago Lavin;Luca Rossi

  • The curse of the prey: Sarcoptes mite molecular analysis reveals potential prey-to-predator parasitic infestation in wild animals from Masai Mara, Kenya

    Francis Gakuya;Luca Rossi;Jackson Ombui;Ndichu Maingi

  • Habitat selection in translocated gregarious ungulate species: An interplay between sociality and ecological requirements

    Laura Scillitani;Gaëlle Darmon;Andrea Monaco;Giampaolo Cocca

  • Temporal stability in the genetic structure of Sarcoptes scabiei under the host-taxon law: empirical evidences from wildlife-derived Sarcoptes mite in Asturias, Spain

    Samer Alasaad;Samer Alasaad;Samer Alasaad;Álvaro Oleaga;Rosa Casais;Luca Rossi

  • Sarcoptic-mange detector dogs used to identify infected animals during outbreaks in wildlife

    Samer Alasaad;Samer Alasaad;Samer Alasaad;Roberto Permunian;Francis Gakuya;Matthew N. Mutinda

  • Detection of Leishmania infantum DNA mainly in Rhipicephalus sanguineus male ticks removed from dogs living in endemic areas of canine leishmaniosis.

    Laia Solano-Gallego;Luca Rossi;Anna Maria Scroccaro;Fabrizio Montarsi

  • Evaluation of three enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for sarcoptic mange diagnosis and assessment in the Iberian ibex, Capra pyrenaica

    Arián Ráez-Bravo;José Enrique Granados;Emmanuel Serrano;Emmanuel Serrano;Debora Dellamaria

  • International meeting on sarcoptic mange in wildlife, June 2018, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

    Francisca Astorga;Francisca Astorga;Scott Carver;Emily S. Almberg;Giovane R. Sousa

Frequent Co-Authors

Samer Alasaad
Samer Alasaad Spanish National Research Council
Ezio Ferroglio
Ezio Ferroglio University of Turin
Ramón C. Soriguer
Ramón C. Soriguer Spanish National Research Council
Emmanuel Serrano
Emmanuel Serrano Autonomous University of Barcelona
Santiago Lavín
Santiago Lavín Autonomous University of Barcelona
Oscar Cabezón
Oscar Cabezón Autonomous University of Barcelona
Ignasi Marco
Ignasi Marco Autonomous University of Barcelona
Xing-Quang Zhu
Xing-Quang Zhu Shanxi Agricultural University
Stefano D'Amelio
Stefano D'Amelio Sapienza University of Rome
Gabriella Cancrini
Gabriella Cancrini Sapienza University of Rome

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