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Overview

Simone M. Cacciò is affiliated with the Istituto Superiore di Sanità in Italy, focusing on research in the fields of immunology, microbiology, and medicine. Their work primarily investigates parasitology and infectious diseases, with additional interests in molecular biology, ecology, and forensic pathology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to parasitic infections and diagnostics, amoebic infections and treatments, as well as Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research. Other areas of research include genomics and phylogenetic studies, viral gastroenteritis epidemiology, parasitic infections in humans and animals, and Toxoplasma gondii studies.

Their research output includes publications in several frequent venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Microbial Genomics, Parasites & Vectors, and Molecular Biology and Evolution.

Recent notable papers associated with Simone M. Cacciò include:

  • Intestinal Blastocystis is linked to healthier diets and more favorable cardiometabolic outcomes in 56,989 individuals from 32 countries (2024, Cell)
  • Transmission of Cryptosporidium Species Among Human and Animal Local Contact Networks in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Multicountry Study (2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases)
  • Comparative genomics revealed adaptive admixture in Cryptosporidium hominis in Africa (2020, Microbial Genomics)
  • Ready-to-eat salads and berry fruits purchased in Italy contaminated by Cryptosporidium spp., Giardia duodenalis, and Entamoeba histolytica (2022, International Journal of Food Microbiology)
  • Update on Giardia: Highlights from the seventh International Giardia and Cryptosporidium Conference (2020, Parasite)

Collaborations are frequent with several co-authors, including Anna Rosa Sannella, Christian Klotz, Paolo Vatta, Rachel M. Chalmers, and Swapnil Tichkule, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach and network in infectious disease research.

Best Publications

  • Unravelling Cryptosporidium and Giardia epidemiology

    Simone M. Cacciò;R.C. Andrew Thompson;Jim McLauchlin;Huw V. Smith

  • Zoonotic potential of Giardia.

    Una Ryan;Simone M. Cacciò

  • Genetic heterogeneity at the beta-giardin locus among human and animal isolates of Giardiaduodenalis and identification of potentially zoonotic subgenotypes.

    Marco Lalle;Edoardo Pozio;Gioia Capelli;Fabrizio Bruschi

  • Molecular epidemiology of giardiasis

    Simone M. Cacciò;Una Ryan

  • Sequence analysis of the beta-giardin gene and development of a polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism assay to genotype Giardia duodenalis cysts from human faecal samples.

    Simone M Cacciò;Marzia De Giacomo;Edoardo Pozio

  • Identification of zoonotic genotypes of Giardia duodenalis.

    Hein Sprong;Simone M. Cacciò;Joke W. B. van der Giessen

  • Multilocus genotyping of Giardia duodenalis reveals striking differences between assemblages A and B.

    Simone Mario Caccio;Relja Beck;Relja Beck;Marco Lalle;Albert Marinculić

  • Molecular characterization of a non-Babesia divergens organism causing zoonotic babesiosis in Europe.

    Barbara L. Herwaldt;Simone M. Cacciò;Filippo Gherlinzoni;Horst Aspöck

  • Variation in Giardia: towards a taxonomic revision of the genus.

    Paul T. Monis;Simone M. Caccio;R.C. Andrew Thompson

  • Cryptosporidium and Giardia as foodborne zoonoses

    H.V. Smith;S.M. Cacciò;N. Cook;R.A.B. Nichols

  • Molecular characterization of human isolates of Giardia duodenalis from Ethiopia

    Tesfaye Gelanew;Marco Lalle;Asrat Hailu;Edoardo Pozio

  • Diversity of Babesia and Theileria species in symptomatic and asymptomatic dogs in Croatia

    Relja Beck;Lea Vojta;Vladimir Mrljak;Albert Marinculic

  • Molecular characterisation of Babesia canis canis and Babesia canis vogeli from naturally infected European dogs.

    Simone M. Cacciò;Boris Antunovic;Annabella Moretti;Vittorio Mangili

  • Human cryptosporidiosis in Europe

    S.M. Cacciò;R.M. Chalmers

  • Tools for investigating the environmental transmission of Cryptosporidium and Giardia infections in humans

    Huw V. Smith;Simone M. Cacciò;Andy Tait;Jim McLauchlin

  • Giardia Cysts in Wastewater Treatment Plants in Italy

    Simone M. Cacciò;Marzia De Giacomo;Francesca A. Aulicino;Edoardo Pozio

  • Pathogenic Mechanisms of Cryptosporidium and Giardia

    Gabriela Certad;Gabriela Certad;Eric Viscogliosi;Magali Chabé;Simone M. Cacciò

  • Host specificity in the Giardia duodenalis species complex

    Simone M. Cacciò;Marco Lalle;Staffan G. Svärd

  • Large-scale comparative metagenomics of Blastocystis , a common member of the human gut microbiome

    Francesco Beghini;Edoardo Pasolli;Tin Duy Truong;Lorenza Putignani

  • Genotyping of Giardia duodenalis from humans and dogs from Mexico using a β-giardin nested polymerase chain reaction assay

    Marco Lalle;Enedina Jimenez-Cardosa;Simone M. Cacciò;Edoardo Pozio

  • Molecular epidemiology of human cryptosporidiosis.

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Frequent Co-Authors

Edoardo Pozio
Edoardo Pozio Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Huw V. Smith
Huw V. Smith Stobhill Hospital
R.C.A. Thompson
R.C.A. Thompson Murdoch University
Ronald Fayer
Ronald Fayer United States Department of Agriculture
Hein Sprong
Hein Sprong Wageningen University & Research
Rachel M. Chalmers
Rachel M. Chalmers Singleton Hospital
Giovanni Widmer
Giovanni Widmer Tufts University
Edward Siński
Edward Siński University of Warsaw
Elvira Ares-Mazás
Elvira Ares-Mazás University of Santiago de Compostela
Robin B. Gasser
Robin B. Gasser University of Melbourne

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