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Animal Science and Veterinary

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84
Citations
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World Ranking
52
National Ranking
2

Microbiology

D-Index
83
Citations
27270
World Ranking
972
National Ranking
20

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Microbiology in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Vito Martella is affiliated with the University of Bari Aldo Moro in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of medicine and agricultural and biological sciences, with a significant focus on infectious diseases and animal science and zoology.

Their work extensively covers subfields such as infectious diseases, genetics, epidemiology, and hepatology. Key research topics include animal virus infections studies, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, virus-based gene therapy research, viral infections and immunology research, hepatitis viruses studies and epidemiology, hepatitis B virus studies, and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research.

Martella has published numerous papers in notable scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Animals
  • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Research in Veterinary Science
  • Viruses
  • Emerging infectious diseases

Several recent key publications with their titles, year of publication, and venues are as follows:

  • Evidence of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in cats and dogs from households in Italy, 2020, Nature Communications
  • COVID-19 from veterinary medicine and one health perspectives: What animal coronaviruses have taught us, 2020, Research in Veterinary Science
  • Evidence of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in cats and dogs from households in Italy, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Virucidal and antiviral effects of Thymus vulgaris essential oil on feline coronavirus, 2021, Research in Veterinary Science
  • Possible Human-to-Dog Transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Italy, 2020, Emerging infectious diseases

Martella frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Gianvito Lanave
  • Michele Camero
  • Francesco Pellegrini
  • Barbara Di Martino
  • Nicola Decaro

The researcher's contributions emphasize viral infections in animals and relevant epidemiological aspects, particularly amid the COVID-19 pandemic context. Their interdisciplinary approach involves veterinary science and human health intersections, highlighting zoonotic transmission dynamics and coronavirus-related studies.

Best Publications

  • Uniformity of rotavirus strain nomenclature proposed by the Rotavirus Classification Working Group (RCWG).

    Jelle Matthijnssens;Max Ciarlet;Sarah M. McDonald;Houssam Attoui

  • Recommendations for the classification of group A rotaviruses using all 11 genomic RNA segments.

    Jelle Matthijnssens;Max Ciarlet;Mustafizur Rahman;Mustafizur Rahman;Houssam Attoui

  • Updated classification of norovirus genogroups and genotypes

    Preeti Chhabra;Miranda de Graaf;Gabriel I. Parra;Martin Chi-Wai Chan

  • Evidence for evolution of canine parvovirus type 2 in Italy

    Canio Buonavoglia;Vito Martella;Annamaria Pratelli;Maria Tempesta

  • Zoonotic aspects of rotaviruses

    V. Martella;Krisztián Bányai;Jelle Matthijnssens;Canio Buonavoglia

  • Proposal for a unified norovirus nomenclature and genotyping.

    Annelies Kroneman;Everardo Vega;Harry Vennema;Jan Vinjé

  • Evidence of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in cats and dogs from households in Italy.

    E. I. Patterson;G. Elia;A. Grassi;A. Giordano

  • Rotavirus disease and vaccination: impact on genotype diversity.

    Jelle Matthijnssens;Joke Bilcke;Max Ciarlet;Vito Martella

  • Canine distemper virus.

    Vito Martella;Gabrielle Elia;Canio Buonavoglia

  • Emergence of a novel GII.17 norovirus – End of the GII.4 era?

    M. de Graaf;J. van Beek;H. Vennema;A. T. Podkolzin

  • A real-time PCR assay for rapid detection and quantitation of canine parvovirus type 2 in the feces of dogs.

    Nicola Decaro;Gabriella Elia;Vito Martella;Costantina Desario

  • Canine parvovirus infection : Which diagnostic test for virus?

    Costantina Desario;Nicola Decaro;Marco Campolo;Alessandra Cavalli

  • Detection of canine distemper virus in dogs by real-time RT-PCR

    Gabriella Elia;Nicola Decaro;Vito Martella;Francesco Cirone

  • Review of group A rotavirus strains reported in swine and cattle.

    Hajnalka Papp;Brigitta László;Brigitta László;Ferenc Jakab;Balasubramanian Ganesh

  • Review of global rotavirus strain prevalence data from six years post vaccine licensure surveillance: Is there evidence of strain selection from vaccine pressure?

    Renáta Dóró;Brigitta László;Vito Martella;Eyal Leshem

  • Molecular surveillance of norovirus, 2005–16: an epidemiological analysis of data collected from the NoroNet network

    Janko van Beek;Miranda de Graaf;Haider Al-Hello;David J Allen;David J Allen;David J Allen

  • Molecular Epidemiology of Canine Parvovirus, Europe

    Nicola Decaro;Costantina Desario;Diane D. Addie;Vito Martella

  • Full Genomic Analysis of Human Rotavirus Strain B4106 and Lapine Rotavirus Strain 30/96 Provides Evidence for Interspecies Transmission

    Jelle Matthijnssens;Mustafizur Rahman;Mustafizur Rahman;Vito Martella;Yang Xuelei

  • Candidate New Rotavirus Species in Sheltered Dogs, Hungary

    Eszter Mihalov-Kovács;Ákos Gellért;Szilvia Marton;Szilvia L. Farkas

  • Canine Coronavirus Highly Pathogenic for Dogs

    Canio Buonavoglia;Nicola Decaro;Vito Martella;Gabriella Elia

  • Are Human P[14] Rotavirus Strains the Result of Interspecies Transmissions from Sheep or Other Ungulates That Belong to the Mammalian Order Artiodactyla?

    Jelle Matthijnssens;Christiaan A. Potgieter;Max Ciarlet;Viviana Parreño

  • Heterogeneity within the hemagglutinin genes of canine distemper virus (CDV) strains detected in Italy

    V. Martella;F. Cirone;G. Elia;E. Lorusso

  • Indomethacin has a potent antiviral activity against SARS coronavirus.

    Carla Amici;Antonino Di Caro;Alessandra Ciucci;Lucia Chiappa

Frequent Co-Authors

Canio Buonavoglia
Canio Buonavoglia University of Bari Aldo Moro
Nicola Decaro
Nicola Decaro University of Bari Aldo Moro
Gabriella Elia
Gabriella Elia University of Bari Aldo Moro
Krisztián Bányai
Krisztián Bányai University of Pecs
Costantina Desario
Costantina Desario University of Bari Aldo Moro
Eleonora Lorusso
Eleonora Lorusso University of Bari Aldo Moro
Antonio Lavazza
Antonio Lavazza Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna "Bruno Ubertini"
Max Ciarlet
Max Ciarlet Novartis (Switzerland)
Jelle Matthijnssens
Jelle Matthijnssens Rega Institute for Medical Research

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