List of works - Alfredo Focà

A case report of Schistosoma haematobium infection in a pregnant migrant raises concerns about lack of screening policies

scientific article published on July 2016

An unusual case of brain abscess by Gemella morbillorum.

scientific article

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

scientific article published on 17 September 2008

Back to the origin of HCV 2c subtype and spreading to the Calabria region (Southern Italy) over the last two centuries: a phylogenetic study

scientific article published on 25 June 2014

Bartonella quintana lipopolysaccharide effects on leukocytes, CXC chemokines and apoptosis: a study on the human whole blood and a rat model.

scientific article published on June 2003

Bartonella quintana-induced apoptosis inhibition of human endothelial cells is associated with p38 and SAPK/JNK modulation and with stimulation of mitosis

scientific article

Challenging clinical cases in HCV infection

scientific article

Control of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii outbreak in an intensive care unit of a teaching hospital in Southern Italy.

scientific article

Depression of lymphocyte activity during cutaneous leishmaniasis: a case report

scientific article published on 02 June 2018

Detection of Natural Resistance-Associated Substitutions by Ion Semiconductor Technology in HCV1b Positive, Direct-Acting Antiviral Agents-Naïve Patients

scientific article published on 27 August 2016

Diagnosis and follow-up of Bartonella henselae infection in the spleen of an immunocompetent patient by real-time quantitative PCR.

scientific article published on 21 March 2013

Discussion on critical points for a tailored therapy to cure hepatitis C virus infection

Eleven-Year Distribution Pattern of Hepatitis C Virus in Southern Italy ⬇️

scientific article published on August 9, 2012

Evaluation of cardiac function by global longitudinal strain before and after treatment with sofosbuvir-based regimens in HCV infected patients

scientific article published on 16 October 2018

Evolution of glomerular filtration rates and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin during treatment with direct acting antivirals.

scientific article published on 24 April 2018

Giardia lamblia infection in patients with irritable bowel syndrome and dyspepsia: a prospective study

scientific article

Gut inflammation and immunity: what is the role of the human gut virome?

scientific article

Hepatitis C virus genotype 4d in Southern Italy: reconstruction of its origin and spread by a phylodynamic analysis

scientific article published on October 2012

Hepatitis C virus infection in an endemic area of Southern Italy 14 years later: evidence for a vanishing infection

scientific article published on 28 November 2012

Human papillomavirus type 16 E5 protein induces expression of beta interferon through interferon regulatory factor 1 in human keratinocytes

scientific article

Identification of human papillomavirus type 16 variants circulating in the Calabria region by sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of HPV16 from cervical smears

scientific article published on 20 December 2018

Impact of interleukin-10, soluble CD25 and interferon-γ on the prognosis and early diagnosis of bacteremic systemic inflammatory response syndrome: a prospective observational study

scientific article

Implications of hepatitis C virus subtype 1a migration patterns for virus genetic sequencing policies in Italy

scientific article

In vitro Bartonella quintana infection modulates the programmed cell death and inflammatory reaction of endothelial cells

scientific article published on February 2003

Increase of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Decrease of MCP-1 and Some Updated Epidemiology Aspects of Cystic Echinococcosis Human Cases in Calabria Region.

scientific article published on 14 January 2018

Interleukin 27 polymorphisms in HCV RNA positive patients: is there an impact on response to interferon therapy?

scientific article

Is neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin useful in hepatitis C virus infection?

scientific article published on July 2016

Lipopolysaccharides: From Erinyes to Charites ⬇️

scientific article published on May 14, 2012

Molecular identification of Bartonella quintana infection using species-specific real-time PCR targeting transcriptional regulatory protein (bqtR) gene

scientific article published on 28 July 2011

Multiple abscesses of the left brain hemisphere due to Listeria monocytogenes in an immunocompromised patient: a case report.

scientific article published on December 2012

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma: review of the literature with a focus on therapeutical implications.

scientific article published on September 2015

Patterns of multi-drug resistant bacteria at first culture from patients admitted to a third level University hospital in Calabria from 2011 to 2014: implications for empirical therapy and infection control

scientific article published on June 2017

Phenotypic and genotypic evaluation of slime production by conventional and molecular microbiological techniques

scientific article

Present, old and future strategies for anti-HCV treatment in patients infected by genotype-1: estimation of the drug costs in the Calabria Region in the era of the directly acting antivirals

scientific article

Prevalence of parasitic infections in migrants: do official symptom-driven guidelines apply to the current situation?

scientific article published on 01 December 2018

Procalcitonin neutralizes bacterial LPS and reduces LPS-induced cytokine release in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells

scientific article

Professional Acquisition of M. bovis in Calabria Region (Southern Italy): A Challenging Case of Osteomyelitis in a Migrant Patient from Bulgaria

scientific article published on 14 July 2015

Real-life 3D therapy failure: Analysis of NS5A 93H RAS plus 108 K polymorphism in complex with ombitasvir by molecular modeling.

scientific article published on 25 March 2018

Receptor recognition of and immune intracellular pathways for Veillonella parvula lipopolysaccharide

scientific article published on 14 October 2009

Sepsis 2016 Paris: Paris, France. 6-8 December 2016.

scientific article published on 6 December 2016

Shotgun proteomic analysis of two Bartonella quintana strains

scientific article published on 15 March 2013

Six years genotype distribution of Human Papillomavirus in Calabria Region, Southern Italy: a retrospective study.

scientific article

Soluble CD14 Subtype-A New Biomarker in Predicting the Outcome of Critically Ill Septic Patients

scientific article published on 7 April 2017

Temperature-dependent regulation of the Ochrobactrum anthropi proteome.

scientific article

The Janus face of Bartonella quintana recognition by Toll-like receptors (TLRs): a review

scientific article published on 08 September 2008

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

scientific article

Typing of Ochrobactrum anthropi clinical isolates using automated repetitive extragenic palindromic-polymerase chain reaction DNA fingerprinting and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometry

scientific article

Update on different aspects of HCV variability: focus on NS5B polymerase

scientific article

Update on epidemiology of HCV in Italy: focus on the Calabria Region

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Utility of Molecular Identification and Quantitation of Bartonella Species with Species-Specific Real-Time PCR for Monitoring Treatment Response: A Case Series.

scientific article published on 31 May 2018

Virological Mechanisms in the Coinfection between HIV and HCV

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List of works by Alfredo Focà

A case report of Schistosoma haematobium infection in a pregnant migrant raises concerns about lack of screening policies

An unusual case of brain abscess by Gemella morbillorum.

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

Back to the origin of HCV 2c subtype and spreading to the Calabria region (Southern Italy) over the last two centuries: a phylogenetic study

Bartonella quintana lipopolysaccharide effects on leukocytes, CXC chemokines and apoptosis: a study on the human whole blood and a rat model.

Bartonella quintana-induced apoptosis inhibition of human endothelial cells is associated with p38 and SAPK/JNK modulation and with stimulation of mitosis

Challenging clinical cases in HCV infection

Control of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii outbreak in an intensive care unit of a teaching hospital in Southern Italy.

Depression of lymphocyte activity during cutaneous leishmaniasis: a case report

Detection of Natural Resistance-Associated Substitutions by Ion Semiconductor Technology in HCV1b Positive, Direct-Acting Antiviral Agents-Naïve Patients

Diagnosis and follow-up of Bartonella henselae infection in the spleen of an immunocompetent patient by real-time quantitative PCR.

Discussion on critical points for a tailored therapy to cure hepatitis C virus infection

Eleven-Year Distribution Pattern of Hepatitis C Virus in Southern Italy ⬇️

Evaluation of cardiac function by global longitudinal strain before and after treatment with sofosbuvir-based regimens in HCV infected patients

Evolution of glomerular filtration rates and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin during treatment with direct acting antivirals.

Giardia lamblia infection in patients with irritable bowel syndrome and dyspepsia: a prospective study

Gut inflammation and immunity: what is the role of the human gut virome?

Hepatitis C virus genotype 4d in Southern Italy: reconstruction of its origin and spread by a phylodynamic analysis

Hepatitis C virus infection in an endemic area of Southern Italy 14 years later: evidence for a vanishing infection

Human papillomavirus type 16 E5 protein induces expression of beta interferon through interferon regulatory factor 1 in human keratinocytes

Identification of human papillomavirus type 16 variants circulating in the Calabria region by sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of HPV16 from cervical smears

Impact of interleukin-10, soluble CD25 and interferon-γ on the prognosis and early diagnosis of bacteremic systemic inflammatory response syndrome: a prospective observational study

Implications of hepatitis C virus subtype 1a migration patterns for virus genetic sequencing policies in Italy

In vitro Bartonella quintana infection modulates the programmed cell death and inflammatory reaction of endothelial cells

Increase of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Decrease of MCP-1 and Some Updated Epidemiology Aspects of Cystic Echinococcosis Human Cases in Calabria Region.

Interleukin 27 polymorphisms in HCV RNA positive patients: is there an impact on response to interferon therapy?

Is neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin useful in hepatitis C virus infection?

Lipopolysaccharides: From Erinyes to Charites ⬇️

Molecular identification of Bartonella quintana infection using species-specific real-time PCR targeting transcriptional regulatory protein (bqtR) gene

Multiple abscesses of the left brain hemisphere due to Listeria monocytogenes in an immunocompromised patient: a case report.

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma: review of the literature with a focus on therapeutical implications.

Patterns of multi-drug resistant bacteria at first culture from patients admitted to a third level University hospital in Calabria from 2011 to 2014: implications for empirical therapy and infection control

Phenotypic and genotypic evaluation of slime production by conventional and molecular microbiological techniques

Present, old and future strategies for anti-HCV treatment in patients infected by genotype-1: estimation of the drug costs in the Calabria Region in the era of the directly acting antivirals

Prevalence of parasitic infections in migrants: do official symptom-driven guidelines apply to the current situation?

Procalcitonin neutralizes bacterial LPS and reduces LPS-induced cytokine release in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells

Professional Acquisition of M. bovis in Calabria Region (Southern Italy): A Challenging Case of Osteomyelitis in a Migrant Patient from Bulgaria

Real-life 3D therapy failure: Analysis of NS5A 93H RAS plus 108 K polymorphism in complex with ombitasvir by molecular modeling.

Receptor recognition of and immune intracellular pathways for Veillonella parvula lipopolysaccharide

Sepsis 2016 Paris: Paris, France. 6-8 December 2016.

Shotgun proteomic analysis of two Bartonella quintana strains

Six years genotype distribution of Human Papillomavirus in Calabria Region, Southern Italy: a retrospective study.

Soluble CD14 Subtype-A New Biomarker in Predicting the Outcome of Critically Ill Septic Patients

Temperature-dependent regulation of the Ochrobactrum anthropi proteome.

The Janus face of Bartonella quintana recognition by Toll-like receptors (TLRs): a review

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

Typing of Ochrobactrum anthropi clinical isolates using automated repetitive extragenic palindromic-polymerase chain reaction DNA fingerprinting and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Update on different aspects of HCV variability: focus on NS5B polymerase

Update on epidemiology of HCV in Italy: focus on the Calabria Region

Utility of Molecular Identification and Quantitation of Bartonella Species with Species-Specific Real-Time PCR for Monitoring Treatment Response: A Case Series.

Virological Mechanisms in the Coinfection between HIV and HCV