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Marina L. Meli is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences with a focus on infectious diseases and animal health.

The main areas of study in their work include Infectious Diseases, Animal Science and Zoology, Genetics, Parasitology, and Virology. Their research covers significant topics such as Animal Virus Infections Studies, Virus-based gene therapy research, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, Vector-borne infectious diseases, Viral Infections and Vectors, and SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing.

Marina L. Meli has published extensively in various scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Viruses
  • Tierärztliche Praxis Ausgabe K Kleintiere / Heimtiere
  • Pathogens
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The scientist's recent papers demonstrate a focus on viral infections in domestic animals, especially cats. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Curing Cats with Feline Infectious Peritonitis with an Oral Multi-Component Drug Containing GS-441524," 2021, Viruses
  • "Detection and Genome Sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 in a Domestic Cat with Respiratory Signs in Switzerland," 2021, Viruses
  • "SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Dogs and Cats from Southern Germany and Northern Italy during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic," 2021, Viruses
  • "SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Antibody Response in a Symptomatic Cat from Italy with Intestinal B-Cell Lymphoma," 2021, Viruses
  • "Long-term follow-up of cats in complete remission after treatment of feline infectious peritonitis with oral GS-441524," 2023, Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Marina L. Meli collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Regina Hofmann-Lehmann
  • Andrea M. Spiri
  • Katrin Hartmann
  • Michèle Bergmann
  • Sandra Felten

The scientist's research demonstrates an interdisciplinary approach combining virology, veterinary medicine, and molecular biology to examine viral infections in animals, with notable emphasis on COVID-19 related studies and feline infectious diseases.

Best Publications

  • Feline Infectious Peritonitis Still an Enigma

    A. Kipar;A. Kipar;M. L. Meli

  • Sequence Analysis of the msp4 Gene of Anaplasma phagocytophilum Strains

    José de la Fuente;José de la Fuente;Robert F Massung;Susan J Wong;Frederick K Chu

  • Prevalence, Risk Factor Analysis, and Follow-Up of Infections Caused by Three Feline Hemoplasma Species in Cats in Switzerland

    Barbara Willi;Felicitas S. Boretti;Claudia Baumgartner;Séverine Tasker

  • Identification, molecular characterization, and experimental transmission of a new hemoplasma isolate from a cat with hemolytic anemia in Switzerland.

    Barbara Willi;Felicitas S. Boretti;Valentino Cattori;Séverine Tasker

  • Quantitation of feline leukaemia virus viral and proviral loads by TaqMan real-time polymerase chain reaction.

    Ravi Tandon;Valentino Cattori;Maria Alice Gomes-Keller;Marina L. Meli

  • Distinct Host Species Correlate with Anaplasma phagocytophilum ankA Gene Clusters

    Wiebke Scharf;Sonja Schauer;Felix Freyburger;Miroslav Petrovec

  • Concurrent infections with vector-borne pathogens associated with fatal hemolytic anemia in a cattle herd in Switzerland

    Regina Hofmann-Lehmann;Marina L. Meli;Ute M. Dreher;Enikö Gönczi

  • Genetic diversity of anaplasma species major surface proteins and implications for anaplasmosis serodiagnosis and vaccine development

    José de la Fuente;Ala Lew;Hans Lutz;Marina L. Meli

  • Sites of feline coronavirus persistence in healthy cats

    Anja Kipar;Marina L. Meli;Keith E. Baptiste;Laurel J. Bowker

  • Feline coronavirus serotypes 1 and 2: seroprevalence and association with disease in Switzerland.

    Maya Kummrow;Marina L. Meli;Michael Haessig;Enikoe Goenczi

  • Feline leukemia virus and other pathogens as important threats to the survival of the critically endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus).

    Marina L. Meli;Valentino Cattori;Fernando Martínez;Guillermo López

  • High viral loads despite absence of clinical and pathological findings in cats experimentally infected with feline coronavirus (FCoV) type I and in naturally FCoV-infected cats.

    M Meli;A Kipar;A Kipar;C Müller;K Jenal

  • From Haemobartonella to hemoplasma: molecular methods provide new insights.

    Barbara Willi;Felicitas S. Boretti;Séverine Tasker;Marina L. Meli

  • Birds as potential reservoirs of tick-borne pathogens: first evidence of bacteraemia with Rickettsia helvetica

    Sándor Hornok;Dávid Kováts;Tibor Csörgő;Marina L Meli

  • Serologic Cross-Reactivity between Anaplasma marginale and Anaplasma phagocytophilum

    U M Dreher;J de la Fuente;J de la Fuente;Regina Hofmann-Lehmann;Marina L Meli

  • Establishment of a real-time RT-PCR for the determination of absolute amounts of IGF-I and IGF-II gene expression in liver and extrahepatic sites of the tilapia.

    Antje Caelers;Giorgi Berishvili;Marina L. Meli;Elisabeth Eppler

  • Real-Time PCR Investigation of Potential Vectors, Reservoirs, and Shedding Patterns of Feline Hemotropic Mycoplasmas

    Barbara Willi;Felicitas S. Boretti;Marina L. Meli;Marco V. Bernasconi

  • Worldwide occurrence of feline hemoplasma infections in wild felid species

    Barbara Willi;Claudia Filoni;José L. Catão-Dias;Valentino Cattori

  • Molecular Investigations of Rickettsia helvetica Infection in Dogs, Foxes, Humans, and Ixodes Ticks

    Felicitas S. Boretti;Andrea Perreten;Marina L. Meli;Valentino Cattori

  • Prevalence and geographical distribution of canine hemotropic mycoplasma infections in Mediterranean countries and analysis of risk factors for infection

    Marilisa Novacco;Marina L. Meli;Fabio Gentilini;Fulvio Marsilio

  • Molecular investigation of hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) and fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) as potential vectors of rickettsial and mycoplasmal agents.

    Sándor Hornok;Marina L. Meli;Andrea Perreten;Róbert Farkas

Frequent Co-Authors

Regina Hofmann-Lehmann
Regina Hofmann-Lehmann University of Zurich
Hans Lutz
Hans Lutz University of Zurich
Sándor Hornok
Sándor Hornok University of Veterinary Medicine
Anja Kipar
Anja Kipar University of Zurich
Róbert Farkas
Róbert Farkas University of Veterinary Medicine
José de la Fuente
José de la Fuente University of Castilla-La Mancha
Ueli Braun
Ueli Braun University of Zurich
Fernando J. Martinez
Fernando J. Martinez University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Miklós Gyuranecz
Miklós Gyuranecz Institute for Veterinary Medical Research
Peter Deplazes
Peter Deplazes University of Zurich

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