Simone Falzoi

Dr. Simone Falzoi

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Academic Career Length

15Years (2012-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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16 March 2012 in Plant Ecology
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EBElena Barni
Elena Barni
Giovanni BacaroGiovanni Bacaro
Giovanni Bacaro
SFSimone Falzoi
Simone Falzoi
FSFederico Spanna
Federico Spanna
CSConsolata Siniscalco
Consolata Siniscalco

6 August 2019 in Weather
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SFSimone Falzoi
Simone Falzoi
EGEmily Gleeson
Emily Gleeson
KLKeith Lambkin
Keith Lambkin
JZJesko Zimmermann
Jesko Zimmermann
RMRicha Marwaha
Richa Marwaha
SFSimona Fratianni
Simona Fratianni

1 December 2020 in One Health
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GMGiovenale Moirano
Giovenale Moirano
SZS. Zanet
S. Zanet
EGEmanuele Giorgi
Emanuele Giorgi
EBE. Battisti
E. Battisti
SFSimone Falzoi
Simone Falzoi
MMM. Maule
M. Maule
Historically, leishmaniasis in Italy was constrained to areas with Mediterranean climate. In the last 20 years, sand fly vectors (Phlebotomus perniciosus), cases of canine leishmaniasis (CanL) and cases of human visceral leishmaniasis (VL) have been observed in Northern Italian regions, traditionally classified as cold areas unsuitable for sand fly survival. We aim to evaluate through a One-Health approach the risk of endemic transmission of Leishmania infantum in the Piedmont Region, Northern Italy. We collected environmental, entomological, animal, and human data. We applied a geostatistical binomial model to map the probability of P. perniciosus presence in the study area, using selected environmental parameters as predictors. We evaluated the spatial relationship between the probability of P. perniciosus presence and the geographical distribution of CanL and VL cases observed between 1999 and 2013. Between 1999 and 2003, 142 sampling sets (17%) out of 839 resulted positive for P. perniciosus. Elevation, degree of slope, normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and summer temperatures were associated with positive sampling sets. During the study period, 164 (13.6%) of Piedmont municipalities reported at least one autochthonous case of CanL, while 89 VL cases were observed in 54 municipalities (4.5%). We observed an association between municipalities affected by autochthonous CanL cases and the estimated probability of P. perniciosus presence (Odds Ratio for 10% increase of probability: 2.66; 95% confidence intervals (CI): 2.16–3.37). We found that human VL incident cases were positively associated with the probability of the municipality of residence of being endemic for CanL (Incidence Rate Ratio for 10% increase of probability: 1.49; 95% CI 1.02–2.16). Using a One-Health approach, we quantified the spatial association between the distribution of P. perniciosus, municipalities endemic for CanL and incident cases of human VL, suggesting that the disease has become endemic in the Piedmont region.

1 June 2016 in Ecological Modelling
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SBSimone Bregaglio
Simone Bregaglio
FOFrancesca Orlando
Francesca Orlando
EFEmanuela Forni
Emanuela Forni
TGTommaso De Gregorio
Tommaso De Gregorio
SFSimone Falzoi
Simone Falzoi
RCRoberto Confalonieri
Roberto Confalonieri

2 October 2014 in International Journal of Pest Management
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SFSimone Falzoi
Simone Falzoi
FLFederico Lessio
Federico Lessio
FSFederico Spanna
Federico Spanna
Alberto AlmaAlberto Alma
Alberto Alma

27 February 2016 in Aerobiologia
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CNCristina Novara
Cristina Novara
SFSimone Falzoi
Simone Falzoi
VMValentina La Morgia
Valentina La Morgia
FSFederico Spanna
Federico Spanna
CSConsolata Siniscalco
Consolata Siniscalco