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Salvatore Giannetto

Salvatore Giannetto

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Animal Science and Veterinary

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27
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2702
World Ranking
2802
National Ranking
144

Overview

Salvatore Giannetto is affiliated with the University of Messina in Italy and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Medicine. The scientist's work spans several subfields, including Ecology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Parasitology, and Genetics.

The main topics of their research encompass:

  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
  • Mollusks and Parasites Studies
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior

Salvatore Giannetto has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Gabriella Gaglio, Emanuele Brianti, Jessica Maria Abbate, Francesca Arfuso, and Ettore Napoli. Notably, Giannetto and these collaborators have contributed jointly to multiple publications within their research domains.

The scientist's publications have appeared in various venues, notably including:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Veterinary Parasitology Regional Studies and Reports
  • Journal of Helminthology

Selected recent papers authored with colleagues include:

  • Identification of trypanosomatids and blood feeding preferences of phlebotomine sand fly species common in Sicily, Southern Italy, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Ectoparasites of wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in Southern Italy, 2021, Veterinary Parasitology Regional Studies and Reports
  • Effect of different temperatures on survival and development of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus (Railliet, 1898) larvae, 2020, Journal of Helminthology

Best Publications

  • On a Cercopithifilaria sp. transmitted by Rhipicephalus sanguineus: a neglected, but widespread filarioid of dogs

    Domenico Otranto;Emanuele Brianti;Maria Stefania Latrofa;Giada Annoscia

  • Troglostrongylus brevior and Troglostrongylus subcrenatus (Strongylida: Crenosomatidae) as agents of broncho-pulmonary infestation in domestic cats

    Emanuele Brianti;Gabriella Gaglio;Salvatore Giannetto;Giada Annoscia

  • Thelazia callipaeda (Spirurida, Thelaziidae) of carnivores and humans: morphological study by light and scanning electron microscopy.

    D Otranto;R P Lia;D Traversa;S Giannetto

  • Lungworms of the genus Troglostrongylus (Strongylida: Crenosomatidae): neglected parasites for domestic cats.

    E. Brianti;S. Giannetto;F. Dantas-Torres;D. Otranto

  • Morphological and molecular data on the dermal microfilariae of a species of Cercopithifilaria from a dog in Sicily

    Domenico Otranto;Emanuele Brianti;Filipe Dantas-Torres;Stefania Weigl

  • Efficacy of a slow-release imidacloprid (10%)/ flumethrin (4.5%) collar for the prevention of canine leishmaniosis

    Emanuele Brianti;Gabriella Gaglio;Ettore Napoli;Luigi Falsone

  • Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Ixodida, Ixodidae) as intermediate host of a canine neglected filarial species with dermal microfilariae.

    E. Brianti;D. Otranto;F. Dantas-Torres;S. Weigl

  • Evidence for direct transmission of the cat lungworm Troglostrongylus brevior (Strongylida: Crenosomatidae)

    Emanuele Brianti;Gabriella Gaglio;Ettore Napoli;Luigi Falsone

  • Cystic echinococcosis in equids in Italy

    Antonio Varcasia;Giovanni Garippa;Anna Paola Pipia;Antonio Scala

  • Prevention of feline leishmaniosis with an imidacloprid 10%/flumethrin 4.5% polymer matrix collar.

    Emanuele Brianti;Luigi Falsone;Ettore Napoli;Gabriella Gaglio

  • The European wildcats (Felis silvestris silvestris) as reservoir hosts of Troglostrongylus brevior (Strongylida: Crenosomatidae) lungworms.

    L. Falsone;E. Brianti;G. Gaglio;E. Napoli

  • New insights into the ecology and biology of Acanthocheilonema reconditum (Grassi, 1889) causing canine subcutaneous filariosis.

    Emanuele Brianti;Gabriella Gaglio;Ettore Napoli;Salvatore Giannetto

  • Field Evaluation of Two Different Treatment Approaches and Their Ability to Control Fleas and Prevent Canine Leishmaniosis in a Highly Endemic Area.

    Emanuele Brianti;Ettore Napoli;Gabriella Gaglio;Luigi Falsone

  • Identification of trypanosomatids and blood feeding preferences of phlebotomine sand fly species common in Sicily, Southern Italy.

    Jessica Maria Abbate;Carla Maia;André Pereira;Francesca Arfuso

  • Human Ocular Infection with Dirofilaria repens (Railliet and Henry, 1911) in an Area Endemic for Canine Dirofilariasis

    Domenico Otranto;Emanuele Brianti;Gabriella Gaglio;Filipe Dantas-Torres

  • Effect of night time-intervals, height of traps and lunar phases on sand fly collection in a highly endemic area for canine leishmaniasis.

    Gabriella Gaglio;Emanuele Brianti;Ettore Napoli;Luigi Falsone

  • Risk for the introduction of exotic ticks and pathogens into Italy through the illegal importation of tortoises, Testudo graeca.

    E. Brianti;F. Dantas-Torres;S. Giannetto;A. Risitano

  • Leishmania infantum in wild animals in endemic areas of southern Italy.

    Jessica Maria Abbate;Francesca Arfuso;Ettore Napoli;Gabriella Gaglio

  • Persistence of human myiasis by Oestrus ovis L. (Diptera: Oestridae) among shepherds of the Etnean area (Sicily) for over 150 years.

    S Pampiglione;S Giannetto;A Virga

  • Survey on parasitic infections in wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris Schreber, 1777) by scat collection.

    Ettore Napoli;Stefano Anile;Carmelo Arrabito;Davide Scornavacca

  • Tissue damage and haematophagia due to praniza larvae (Isopoda: Gnathiidae) in some aquarium seawater teleosts.

    F. Marino;S. Giannetto;M. L. Paradiso;T. Bottari

  • Feline lungworm Oslerus rostratus (Strongylida: Filaridae) in Italy: first case report and histopathological findings

    Emanuele Brianti;Gabriella Gaglio;Ettore Napoli;Luigi Falsone

  • Use of the FLOTAC technique for the diagnosis of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus in the cat

    G. Gaglio;G. Cringoli;L. Rinaldi;E. Brianti

  • An epidemiological updating on cystic echinococcosis in cattle and sheep in Sicily, Italy.

    Salvatore Giannetto;Giovanni Poglayen;Emanuele Brianti;Corrado Sorgi

Frequent Co-Authors

Emanuele Brianti
Emanuele Brianti University of Messina
Gabriella Gaglio
Gabriella Gaglio University of Messina
Domenico Otranto
Domenico Otranto University of Bari Aldo Moro
Filipe Dantas-Torres
Filipe Dantas-Torres Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Maria Stefania Latrofa
Maria Stefania Latrofa University of Bari Aldo Moro
Giada Annoscia
Giada Annoscia University of Bari Aldo Moro
Donato Traversa
Donato Traversa University of Teramo
Odile Bain
Odile Bain Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Giuseppe Cringoli
Giuseppe Cringoli University of Naples Federico II
Antonio Varcasia
Antonio Varcasia University of Sassari

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