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Alfredo Focà

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Tommaso Stroffolini; Giorgio S Barreca; Benedetto Caroleo; Giovambattista De Sarro; Alfredo Focà; Aida Giancotti; Vincenzo Guadagnino; Maria Carla Liberto; Flavia Lombardo; Nadia Marascio; Francesca Menniti-Ippolito; Maria Rapicetta; Orietta Staltari
The impact of a vaccination campaign against hepatitis B on the further decrease of hepatitis B virus infection in a southern Italian town over 14 years.
Massimo Ciccozzi; Angela Costantino; Michele Equestre; Alfredo Focà; Maria Carla Liberto; Alessandra Lo Presti; Nadia Marascio; Giulio Pisani; Angela Quirino; Gianguglielmo Zehender; Roberto Bruni; Eleonora Cella; Anna Rita Ciccaglione
Hepatitis C virus genotype 4d in Southern Italy: reconstruction of its origin and spread by a phylodynamic analysis.
C Torti; Alfredo Focà; G Carosi
Towards HCV extinction with modern HCV treatment? "Yes we can!".

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2012: Tommaso Stroffolini; Giorgio S Barreca; Benedetto Caroleo; Giovambattista De Sarro; Alfredo Focà; Aida Giancotti; Vincenzo Guadagnino; Maria Carla Liberto; Flavia Lombardo; Nadia Marascio; Francesca Menniti-Ippolito; Maria Rapicetta; Orietta Staltari
The impact of a vaccination campaign against hepatitis B on the further decrease of hepatitis B virus infection in a southern Italian town over 14 years.
European journal of internal medicine 2012;23(8):e190-2.
2012: Massimo Ciccozzi; Angela Costantino; Michele Equestre; Alfredo Focà; Maria Carla Liberto; Alessandra Lo Presti; Nadia Marascio; Giulio Pisani; Angela Quirino; Gianguglielmo Zehender; Roberto Bruni; Eleonora Cella; Anna Rita Ciccaglione
Hepatitis C virus genotype 4d in Southern Italy: reconstruction of its origin and spread by a phylodynamic analysis.
Journal of medical virology 2012;84(10):1613-9.
2012: C Torti; Alfredo Focà; G Carosi
Towards HCV extinction with modern HCV treatment? "Yes we can!".
BMC infectious diseases 2012;12 Suppl 2():S1.
2012: C Torti; F Trapasso; M Zazzi; E Zicca; R L Curia; Maria Carla Liberto; L Abenavoli; F Castelli; F Cesario; M Ciccozzi; D Corigliano; L Cosco; C Costa; M De Rosa; Alfredo Focà; G Foti; C Giraldi; R Leone; D Lucchino; N Marascio; R Masciari; Giovanni Matera; V Pisani; M Puoti; N Serrao; L Surace
Future research and collaboration: the "SINERGIE" project on HCV (South Italian Network for Rational Guidelines and International Epidemiology).
BMC infectious diseases 2012;12 Suppl 2():S9.
2012: Nadia Marascio; Giovanni Matera; Angela Quirino; Giorgio S Barreca; Benedetto Caroleo; Aida Giancotti; Angelo Giuseppe Lamberti; Maria Carla Liberto; Alfredo Focà
Eleven-year distribution pattern of hepatitis C virus in southern Italy.
Journal of pathogens 2012;2012():631095.
2012: Alfredo Focà; Maria Carla Liberto; Angela Quirino; Giovanni Matera
Lipopolysaccharides: from Erinyes to Charites.
Mediators of inflammation 2012;2012():684274.
2012: Giovanni Matera; Maria Concetta Pulicari; Angela Quirino; Linda Rametti; Maria Luz Rodríguez; Aida Giancotti; Maria Carla Liberto; Alfredo Focà
Procalcitonin neutralizes bacterial LPS and reduces LPS-induced cytokine release in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells.
BMC microbiology 2012;12():68.
2011: Maria Carla Liberto; Nadia Marascio; Giovanni Matera; Angela Quirino; Giorgio S Barreca; francesco baudi; Angelo Giuseppe Lamberti; Alfredo Focà
Molecular identification of Bartonella quintana infection using species-specific real-time PCR targeting transcriptional regulatory protein (bqtR) gene.
Molecular and cellular probes 2011;25(5-6):238-42.
2011: Valentina Muto; Emilia Stellacci; Angelo Giuseppe Lamberti; Edvige Perrotti; Aurora Carrabba; Giovanni Matera; Marco Sgarbanti; Angela Battistini; Maria Carla Liberto; Alfredo Focà
Human papillomavirus type 16 E5 protein induces expression of beta interferon through interferon regulatory factor 1 in human keratinocytes.
Journal of virology 2011;85(10):5070-80.
2009: Giovanni Matera; Valentina Muto; Maria Vinci; Emilia Zicca; Shahla Abdollahi-Roodsaz; Frank van de Veerdonk; Bart Jan Kullberg; Maria Carla Liberto; Jos W M van der Meer; Alfredo Focà; Mihai G Netea; Leo A B Joosten
Receptor recognition of and immune intracellular pathways for Veillonella parvula lipopolysaccharide.
Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI 2009;16(12):1804-9.
2009: Maria Carla Liberto; Giovanni Matera; Angela Quirino; Angelo Giuseppe Lamberti; Renata Capicotto; Rossana Puccio; Giorgio S Barreca; Emanuele Focà; Antonio Cascio; Alfredo Focà
Phenotypic and genotypic evaluation of slime production by conventional and molecular microbiological techniques.
Microbiological research 2009;164(5):522-8.
2008: Giovanni Matera; Aida Giancotti; Sonia Scalise; Maria Concetta Pulicari; Rosario Maselli; Chiara Piizzi; Girolamo Pelaia; Valentina Tancrè; Valentina Muto; Patrizia Doldo; Vincenzo Cosco; Paola Cosimo; Renata Capicotto; Angela Quirino; Rosaria Scalzo; Maria Carla Liberto; Giuseppe Parlato; Alfredo Focà
Ascaris lumbricoides-induced suppression of total and specific IgE responses in atopic subjects is interleukin 10-independent and associated with an increase of CD25(+) cells.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 2008;62(3):280-6.
2008: Giovanni Matera; Maria Carla Liberto; Leo A B Joosten; Maria Vinci; Angela Quirino; Maria Concetta Pulicari; Bart Jan Kullberg; Jos W M van der Meer; Mihai G Netea; Alfredo Focà
The Janus face of Bartonella quintana recognition by Toll-like receptors (TLRs): a review.
European cytokine network 2008;19(3):113-8.
2006: Maria Carla Liberto; Giovanni Matera; Rossana Puccio; Vincenzo Barbieri; Angela Quirino; Renata Capicotto; Vincenzo Guadagnino; Kurt Pardatscher; Alfredo Focà
An unusual case of brain abscess by Gemella morbillorum.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases 2006;59(2):126-8.
2006: Barbara Grazioli; Giovanni Matera; Costanza Laratta; Giuseppina Schipani; Giovanni Guarnieri; Ester Spiniello; Maria Imeneo; Andrea Amorosi; Alfredo Focà; Francesco Luzza
Giardia lamblia infection in patients with irritable bowel syndrome and dyspepsia: a prospective study.
World journal of gastroenterology : WJG 2006;12(12):1941-4.
2004: Maria Carla Liberto; Giovanni Matera; Angelo Giuseppe Lamberti; Giorgio S Barreca; domenico focà; Angela Quirino; Marco Soria; Alfredo Focà
Bartonella quintana-induced apoptosis inhibition of human endothelial cells is associated with p38 and SAPK/JNK modulation and with stimulation of mitosis.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 2004;50(3):159-66.
2003: Giovanni Matera; Maria Carla Liberto; Angela Quirino; Giorgio S Barreca; Angelo Giuseppe Lamberti; Michelangelo Iannone; Eliana Mancuso; Ernesto Palma; Francesco Antonio Cufari; Domenicantonio Rotiroti; Alfredo Focà
Bartonella quintana lipopolysaccharide effects on leukocytes, CXC chemokines and apoptosis: a study on the human whole blood and a rat model.
International immunopharmacology 2003;3(6):853-64.
2003: Maria Carla Liberto; Giovanni Matera; Angelo Giuseppe Lamberti; Giorgio S Barreca; Angela Quirino; Alfredo Focà
In vitro Bartonella quintana infection modulates the programmed cell death and inflammatory reaction of endothelial cells.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 2003;45(2):107-15.
2001: Alfredo Focà; Giovanni Matera; Giorgio S Barreca; F Gagliardi; G Apuzzo; L Guaglianone
Imported malaria in pregnancy due to Plasmodium falciparum.
Journal of travel medicine 2001;8(6):331-2.
2001: Giovanni Matera; Maria Carla Liberto; F Larussa; Giorgio S Barreca; Alfredo Focà
Human myiasis: an unusual imported infestation in Calabria, Italy.
Journal of travel medicine 2001;8(2):103-4.
2000: Giorgio S Barreca; Giovanni Matera; M De Majo; Angelo Giuseppe Lamberti; Maria Carla Liberto; Alfredo Focà
Early detection of Leishmania promastigotes in dog bone marrow cultures by acridine orange stain.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 2000;37(4):247-51.
2000: Francesco Luzza; Maria Mancuso; Maria Imeneo; A Contaldo; Laura Giancotti; Lucia Pensabene; Patrizia Doldo; Maria Carla Liberto; Pietro Strisciuglio; Alfredo Focà; Stefano Guandalini; Francesco Pallone
Evidence favouring the gastro-oral route in the transmission of Helicobacter pylori infection in children.
European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology 2000;12(6):623-7.
1999: Adriana Arena; Maria Carla Liberto; Daniela Iannello; AB Capozza; Alfredo Focà
Altered cytokine production after human herpes virus type 6 infection.
The new microbiologica 1999;22(4):293-300.
1998: Francesco Luzza; Maria Imeneo; M Maletta; G Paluccio; Steven Nisticò; F Perticone; Alfredo Focà; Francesco Pallone
Suggestion against an oral-oral route of transmission for Helicobacter pylori infection: a seroepidemiological study in a rural area.
Digestive diseases and sciences 1998;43(7):1488-92.
1998: Vincenzo Guadagnino; Tommaso Stroffolini; Alfredo Focà; Benedetto Caroleo; L Loiacono; Aida Giancotti; Francesca Menniti-Ippolito; Marcello Piazza
Hepatitis C virus infection in family setting.
European journal of epidemiology 1998;14(3):229-32.
1998: Alfredo Focà; M C Berlinghieri; Giorgio S Barreca; P M Placanica; R Diana; Maria Carla Liberto; Giovanni Matera
Kinetics of IL-8, MIP-1 alpha, TNF alpha, IL-1 beta, IL-1ra and IL-10 in human whole blood samples triggered by smooth and rough LPS.
The new microbiologica 1998;21(2):123-30.
1997: Tommaso Stroffolini; Vincenzo Guadagnino; Paola Chionne; B Procopio; E G Mazzuca; F Quintieri; P Scerbo; Aida Giancotti; Steven Nisticò; Alfredo Focà; Maria Elena Tosti; Maria Rapicetta
A population based survey of hepatitis B virus infection in a southern Italian town.
Italian journal of gastroenterology and hepatology 1997;29(5):415-8.
1997: Vincenzo Guadagnino; Tommaso Stroffolini; Maria Rapicetta; Angela Costantino; Loreta A Kondili; Francesca Menniti-Ippolito; Benedetto Caroleo; C Costa; G Griffo; L Loiacono; V Pisani; Alfredo Focà; Marcello Piazza
Prevalence, risk factors, and genotype distribution of hepatitis C virus infection in the general population: a community-based survey in southern Italy.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 1997;26(4):1006-11.
1997: Francesco Luzza; Maria Imeneo; M Maletta; G Paluccio; Aida Giancotti; F Perticone; Alfredo Focà; Francesco Pallone
Seroepidemiology of Helicobacter pylori infection and hepatitis A in a rural area: evidence against a common mode of transmission.
Gut 1997;41(2):164-8.
1997: Adriana Arena; Maria Carla Liberto; AB Capozza; Alfredo Focà
Productive HHV-6 infection in differentiated U937 cells: role of TNF alpha in regulation of HHV-6.
The new microbiologica 1997;20(1):13-20.
1996: Giovanni Matera; M C Berlinghieri; F Foti; Giorgio S Barreca; Alfredo Focà
Effect of RO 23-9424, cefotaxime and fleroxacin on functions of human polymorphonuclear cells and cytokine production by human monocytes.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 1996;38(5):799-807.
1996: RL Oliveri; Giovanni Matera; Alfredo Focà; Mario Zappia; Umberto Aguglia; A Quattrone
Polyradiculoneuropathy with cerebrospinal fluid albuminocytological dissociation due to neurobrucellosis.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 1996;23(4):833-4.
1996: G De Sarro; Maria Carla Liberto; M C Berlinghieri; Alfredo Focà; Marcello Aragona; R Cavaliere; E Gulletta
Impairment of immunological functions in genetically epilepsy-prone rats.
General pharmacology 1996;27(4):643-6.
1995: Giovanni Matera; M C Berlinghieri; Giorgio S Barreca; Alfredo Focà
In vitro effects of novel glycopeptide antibiotics on the reactivity of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of S. minnesota R595.
The new microbiologica 1995;18(3):325-9.
1993: Alfredo Focà; Giovanni Matera; M C Berlinghieri
Inhibition of endotoxin-induced interleukin 8 release by teicoplanin in human whole blood.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology 1993;12(12):940-4.
1993: Alfredo Focà; Giovanni Matera; M C Berlinghieri
Inhibition of endotoxin activity by antibiotics.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 1993;31(5):799.
1992: Alfredo Focà; Giovanni Matera; M C Berlinghieri; Maria Carla Liberto; G B De Sarro
Teicoplanin reduces in-vitro reactivity and murine lethality of Salmonella minnesota R595 lipopolysaccharide.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 1992;29(4):443-6.
1991: Giovanni Matera; Maria Carla Liberto; M C Berlinghieri; Alfredo Focà
Biological effects of Veillonella parvula and Bacteroides intermedius lipopolysaccharides.
Microbiologica 1991;14(4):315-23.
1991: Alfredo Focà; Giovanni Matera; Daniela Iannello; M C Berlinghieri; Maria Carla Liberto
Aminoglycosides modify the in vitro metachromatic reaction and murine generalized Shwartzman phenomenon induced by Salmonella minnesota R595 lipopolysaccharide.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1991;35(10):2161-4.
1991: Maria Carla Liberto; M C Berlinghieri; Gaetano Muleo; Stefano Molica; Alfredo Focà
Cefixime does not affect polymorphonuclear cell and monocyte functions from chronic lymphoid leukemia patients and from healthy donors.
Journal of chemotherapy (Florence, Italy) 1991;3 Suppl 1():131-5.
1991: Maria Carla Liberto; Maria Carbone; M T Fera; M C Berlinghieri; R Puccio; Alfredo Focà; M De Luca; A Casini
Cefixime shows good effects on group A and group B beta-haemolytic streptococci.
Drugs under experimental and clinical research 1991;17(6):305-8.
1990: Alfredo Focà; Maria Carla Liberto; M C Berlinghieri; Giovanni Matera; R Puccio; Maria Carbone; M T Fera
In vitro activity of cefixime: correlation index between MIC and disc diffusion test.
Drugs under experimental and clinical research 1990;16(4):175-9.
1989: Domenica Altavilla; M C Berlinghieri; S Seminara; Daniela Iannello; Alfredo Focà; P Mastroeni
Different effects of bacterial lipopolysaccharide on superoxide anion production by macrophages from normal and tumor-bearing rats.
Immunopharmacology 1989;17(2):99-106.
1988: Domenica Altavilla; M C Berlinghieri; Alfredo Focà; James A Cook
Effect of bacterial endotoxin on lipoxygenase and cyclo-oxygenase metabolites by rat neutrophils and correlation with cellular functional parameters.
Research in experimental medicine. Zeitschrift für die gesamte experimentelle Medizin einschliesslich experimenteller Chirurgie 1988;188(1):9-17.
1987: Alfredo Focà; M Carbone; P Mastroeni
In vitro study of synergistic activity between netilmicin and tobramycin combined with ceftriaxone versus Pseudomonas and Serratia species.
Chemioterapia : international journal of the Mediterranean Society of Chemotherapy 1987;6(2 Suppl):123-4.
1985: C Geraci; Stefania Stefani; Alfredo Focà; giovanna stassi; Pietro E Varaldo; P Cipriani; A Giordano
Susceptibility of some Staphylococcus species to aminoglycosides.
Chemioterapia : international journal of the Mediterranean Society of Chemotherapy 1985;4(6):436-8.
1985: Alfredo Focà; Giovanni Matera; P Mastroeni; A P Caputi
Evidence that prostaglandins within preoptic area (POA) may mediate the antidipsogenic effect of Escherichia coli endotoxin in the rat.
Circulatory shock 1985;17(2):137-45.
1984: Antonella Saija; F Mondello; Giuseppe Trimarchi; Alfredo Focà; G Costa; P Mastroeni; A P Caputi
Shigella sonnei endotoxin reduces arterial blood pressure but does not alter pituitary pro-opiocortin cleavage and corticosterone release in the rat.
Research communications in chemical pathology and pharmacology 1984;45(2):313-6.
1984: Maria Carbone; M T Fera; G Stassi; C Zamboni; Alfredo Focà
Adherence of Staphylococcus strains to human urinary and buccal epithelial cells.
Giornale di batteriologia, virologia ed immunologia 1984;77(7-12):125-30.
1984: C Zamboni; C Fava; M T Fera; Alfredo Focà
In vitro susceptibility of Salmonella strains to cefotetan and other cephalosporins.
Bollettino dell'Istituto sieroterapico milanese 1984;63(1):37-41.
1984: Alfredo Focà; D Rotiroti; P Mastroeni; G Nisticò
Effects of tetanus toxin after intracerebral microinjection are antagonized by drugs enhancing GABAergic transmission in adult fowls.
Neuropharmacology 1984;23(2A):155-8.
1983: Alfredo Focà; D Altavilla; F Mondello; P Nicoletta; G Miragliotta; P Mastroeni; A P Caputi
Cardiovascular responses of conscious rats to acute intravenous and intracerebroventricular administration of Shigella sonnei endotoxin.
Research communications in chemical pathology and pharmacology 1983;42(2):213-22.
1983: P Mastroeni; G Stassi; Alfredo Focà; L Samperi
[Kinetics of antibacterial and antimycotic activity of an antiseptic solution on various substrates].
Nuovi annali d'igiene e microbiologia 1983;34(1):63-78.
1983: M S Leonardi; D Gazzara; C Fava; Alfredo Focà; P Mastroeni
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for streptokinase antibodies.
Diagnostic immunology 1983;1(2):64-7.
1983: Alfredo Focà; P Nicoletta; Giovanni Matera; P Mastroeni; A P Caputi
Antidipsogenic effect of endotoxin in the rat.
Circulatory shock 1983;11(4):341-50.
1982: Alfredo Focà; D Altavilla; F Mondello; D Fumarola; A P Caputi
Cardiovascular effects of Shigella sonnei endotoxin in the rat.
Research communications in chemical pathology and pharmacology 1982;38(2):221-33.
1981: D Rotiroti; Alfredo Focà; P Mastroeni; D Fumarola; G Nisticò
Behavioural and body temperature effects of meningococcal lipopolysaccharide after intraventricular injection in adult fowls Gallus domesticus.
Research communications in chemical pathology and pharmacology 1981;33(3):395-402.