Giulia Fiorenza

Provenance and competence for CHIKV and DENV of Aedes albopictus populations

Aedes albopictus is one of the world’s most hazardous invasive species, increasingly implicated in the autochthonous transmission of Chikungunya (CHIKV) and Dengue (DENV) viruses in newly colonized areas. Since invading the Mediterranean Basin several in the early 1980s, recurren...

Friends or foes: Unraveling the tsetse fly-Spiroplasma symbiosis

Tsetse flies ( Glossina spp.) transmit African trypanosomes, the causative agents of human African and African animal trypanosomiases (HAT and AAT, respectively). These neglected tropical diseases impose significant public health and economic burdens across sub-Saharan Africa. Tr...