List of works by Paola Stefanelli

Analogous IgG subclass response to pertussis toxin in vaccinated children, healthy or affected by whooping cough

scientific article published on 01 May 2003

Bordetella pertussis in infants hospitalized for acute respiratory symptoms remains a concern.

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Bordetella pertussis-infected human monocyte-derived dendritic cells undergo maturation and induce Th1 polarization and interleukin-23 expression.

scientific article published on March 2005

Cefixime and ceftriaxone susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Italy from 2006 to 2010.

scientific article published on 3 October 2011

Cell‐Mediated Immunity and Antibody Responses toBordetella pertussisAntigens in Children with a History of Pertussis Infection and in Recipients of an Acellular Pertussis Vaccine

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Changing antimicrobial resistance profiles among Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates in Italy, 2003 to 2012.

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Changing epidemiology of Infant Meningococcal Disease after the introduction of meningococcal serogroup C vaccine in Italy, 2006-2014.

scientific article published on 16 June 2015

Characterisation of invasive meningococcal isolates from Italian children and adolescents

scientific article published in January 2007

Chlamydia trachomatis genotypes in school adolescents, Italy

scientific article published on 05 May 2015

Circulating levels of interleukin-17A and interleukin-23 are increased in patients with gonococcal infection

scientific article published on 30 November 2010

Climate, demographic factors and geographical variations in the incidence of invasive meningococcal disease in Italy

scientific article published on 13 October 2014

Detection of resistance to rifampicin and decreased susceptibility to penicillin in Neisseria meningitidis by real-time multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay

Differential in vitro expression of the brkA gene in Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis clinical isolates

scientific article published on September 2006

Disseminated gonococcal infection in an immunocompetent patient caused by an imported Neisseria gonorrhoeae multidrug-resistant strain.

scientific article published on October 2006

Draft Genome Sequence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Sequence Type 1407, a Multidrug-Resistant Clinical Isolate

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Draft Genome Sequence of a Bordetella pertussis Strain with the Virulence-Associated Allelic Variant ptxP3, Isolated in Italy

scientific article published on 10 September 2015

Emergence in Italy of a Neisseria meningitidis clone with decreased susceptibility to penicillin.

scientific article published on August 2004

Epidemiological and Molecular Characterization of Invasive Meningococcal Disease in Italy, 2008/09-2012/13.

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Epidemiological characteristics of COVID-19 cases in Italy and estimates of the reproductive numbers one month into the epidemic

scientific article published on 11 April 2020

Evaluation of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) for identification and clustering of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

scientific article published on 24 July 2015

Evaluation of the national surveillance system for invasive meningococcal disease, Italy, 2015-2018

scientific article published on 08 January 2021

Genome-based study of a spatio-temporal cluster of invasive meningococcal disease due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C, clonal complex 11.

scientific article published on 24 May 2016

Genomic analysis of Neisseria meningitidis carriage isolates during an outbreak of serogroup C clonal complex 11, Tuscany, Italy.

scientific article published on 28 May 2019

Increased incidence of invasive meningococcal disease of serogroup C / clonal complex 11, Tuscany, Italy, 2015 to 2016.

scientific article published on March 2016

Interlaboratory comparison of agar dilution and Etest methods for determining the MICs of antibiotics used in management of Neisseria meningitidis infections

scientific article published on November 2003

Interlaboratory standardization of the sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay designed for MATS, a rapid, reproducible method for estimating the strain coverage of investigational vaccines

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Inventory of the proteins in Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B strain MC58.

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Long-Term Predominance of a Rare Meningococcal Phenotype in a Small Geographical Area

scientific article published on 21 August 2003

Low vaccine coverage among children born to HIV infected women in Niamey, Niger

scientific article published on 03 August 2015

Meningococcal B vaccine antigen FHbp variants among disease-causing Neisseria meningitidis B isolates, Italy, 2014-2017

scientific article published on 11 November 2020

Meningococcal serogroup Y disease in Europe: Continuation of high importance in some European regions in 2013

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Molecular analysis of tetracycline-resistant gonococci: rapid detection of resistant genotypes using a real-time PCR assay

scientific article published in September 2008

Molecular characterization of Neisseria meningitidis B:NT:P1.14/162 clonal complex responsible of invasive meningococcal disease in the north of Italy

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Molecular characterization of nitrite reductase gene (aniA) and gene product in Neisseria meningitidis isolates: is aniA essential for meningococcal survival?

scientific article published in September 2008

Multicenter study for defining the breakpoint for rifampin resistance in Neisseria meningitidis by rpoB sequencing

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae triggers the PGE2/IL-23 pathway and promotes IL-17 production by human memory T cells

scientific article published on 20 April 2012

Neisseria meningitidis rifampicin resistant strains: analysis of protein differentially expressed ⬇️

scientific article published on September 24, 2010

Neisseria meningitidis serogroup X sequence type 2888, Italy

scientific article published on February 2010

Pericarditis Caused by Hyperinvasive Strain of Neisseria meningitidis, Sardinia, Italy, 2015.

scientific article published on June 2016

Persistent occurrence of serogroup Y/sequence type (ST)-23 complex invasive meningococcal disease among patients aged five to 14 years, Italy, 2007 to 2013.

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Pertussis in infants less than 6 months of age and household contacts, Italy, April 2014

scientific article published in January 2015

Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in parts of Italy: detection of a multiresistant cluster circulating in a heterosexual network.

scientific article published in October 2008

Polymerase chain reaction for the identification of Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis.

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Predicted strain coverage of a meningococcal multicomponent vaccine (4CMenB) in Europe: a qualitative and quantitative assessment

scientific article published on 13 February 2013

Prediction of decreased susceptibility to penicillin of Neisseria meningitidis strains by real-time PCR

scientific article published on October 2003

Purification and characterization of an immunodominant 36 kDa antigen present on the cell surface of Clostridium difficile

scientific article published on 01 October 1992

Rifampicin-resistant meningococci causing invasive disease: detection of point mutations in the rpoB gene and molecular characterization of the strains

scientific article published in February 2001

Role of immune sera in the in-vitro phagocytosis of Bordetella pertussis strains

scientific article published on March 2002

Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae among high-school participants using the Versant CT/GC DNA 1.0 assay (kinetic PCR).

scientific article published in July 2014

Serogroup C meningococci in Italy in the era of conjugate menC vaccination

scientific article published on 22 August 2009

Serotype Distribution, Antibiotic Susceptibility, and Genetic Relatedness ofNeisseria meningitidisStrains Recently Isolated in Italy

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Significant gene order and expression differences in Bordetella pertussis despite limited gene content variation

scientific article published in April 2006

Sustained efficacy during the first 6 years of life of 3-component acellular pertussis vaccines administered in infancy: the Italian experience

scientific article published in November 2001

T-cell immune response assessment as a complement to serology and intranasal protection assays in determining the protective immunity induced by acellular pertussis vaccines in mice.

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Target gene sequencing to characterize the penicillin G susceptibility of Neisseria meningitidis

scientific article published on 21 May 2007

Target gene sequencing to define the susceptibility of Neisseria meningitidis to ciprofloxacin

scientific article published on 28 January 2013

The use of vaccine antigen characterization, for example by MATS, to guide the introduction of meningococcus B vaccines.

scientific article published on May 2012

Time trend analysis (2009-2016) of antimicrobial susceptibility in Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated in Italy following the introduction of the combined antimicrobial therapy

scientific article published on 14 December 2017

Trend of ciprofloxacin resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains isolated in Italy and analysis of the molecular determinants

scientific article published on August 2010

Twenty years of surveillance of Invasive Meningococcal Diseases in Puglia, Italy

scientific article published on October 2015

Typing and surface charges of the variable loop regions of PorB from Neisseria meningitidis.

scientific article published on 9 May 2016

Update on antimicrobial susceptibility and genotype of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated in Italy

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Vaccine coverage and determinants of incomplete vaccination in children aged 12-23 months in Dschang, West Region, Cameroon: a cross-sectional survey during a polio outbreak

scientific article published on 10 July 2015

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