A5061860980- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
- Animal Virus Infections Studies
- Virus-based gene therapy research
- Legionella and Acanthamoeba research
- Infection Control and Ventilation
- Fecal contamination and water quality
- Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
- Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
- Water Treatment and Disinfection
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Biosensors and Analytical Detection
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection
- Risk Perception and Management
- Management, Economics, and Public Policy
- Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
University of Pisa
2016-2025
University of Catania
2020
University of Sassari
2019
Politecnico di Milano
2016
In Italy, the phenomenon of vaccine hesitancy has increased with time and represents a complex problem that requires continuous monitoring. Misinformation on media social seems to be one determinants since, for instance, 42.8 percent Italian citizens used internet obtain information in 2016. This article reports quantitative analysis 560 YouTube videos related link between vaccines autism or other serious side effects children. The revealed most were negative tone annual number uploaded...
BackgroundThe airborne spreading of enteric viruses can occur through the aerosol and droplets produced by toilet flushing. These contaminate surrounding environment, but few data exist to estimate risk exposure infection. For this reason environmental monitoring air selected surfaces was carried out in 2 toilets an office building 3 a hospital before after cleaning operations.MethodsTo reveal presence norovirus, enterovirus, rhinovirus, human rotavirus, Torque teno virus quantify adenovirus...
Biological risk assessment in occupational settings currently is based on either qualitative or semiquantitative analysis. In this study, a quantitative microbial (QMRA) has been applied to estimate the human adenovirus (HAdV) health due bioaerosol exposure wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). A stochastic QMRA model was developed considering HAdV as index pathogen, using its concentrations different areas and published dose⁻response relationship for inhalation. sensitivity analysis employed...
This study adds insight regarding the occurrence and spread of SARS-CoV-2 Variants Concern (VOCs) Interest (VOIs) in Italy October November 2022, by testing urban wastewater collected throughout country. A total 332 samples were from 20 Italian Regions/Autonomous Provinces (APs) within framework national environmental surveillance. Of these, 164 first week 168 November. ∼1600 bp fragment spike protein was sequenced Sanger (for individual samples) long-read nanopore sequencing pooled...
Abstract During the COVID-19 pandemic, wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) and clinical surveillance have been used as tools for analyzing circulation of SARS-CoV-2 in community, but both approaches can be strongly influenced by some sources variability. From challenging perspective integrating environmental data, we performed a correlation analysis between concentrations raw sewage incident cases areas served medium-size wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) from 2021 to 2023. To this aim,...
Municipal and agricultural wastewater contain a variety of microorganisms in particular enteric viruses. For the reuse this treated it is important to ensure efficiency purification treatments disinfection practices, that have often been insufficient lower viral load below risk level. reason, for routine analysis recycled waters, research into pathogenic viruses (e.g. HAV) classical bacterial parameters (E. coli, enterococci Salmonella) has be associated with specific indicators such as...
The awareness of citizens concerning the health risks caused by environmental pollution is growing, but studies on determinants pro-environmental behaviors have rarely examined health-related aspects. In this study, we investigated these using data from a large survey among Italian university students (15 Universities: 4778 filled questionnaires). Besides aspects, represented risk perception and functional literacy, considered social demographic characteristics (gender, area residence,...

 Background: From November 2015 to January 2016, the routine air monitoring showed a peak of pollution (in particular PM10) that caused alarm in many Italian cities and was widely reported by mass media. After some weeks from this alarm, we tried evaluate citizen awareness interest towards together with their positive behaviors, using different information sources.
 Methods: September March parallel number exceedances PM10 Italy evaluated press coverage, average monthly searches...
Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA) methodology, which has already been applied to drinking water and food safety, may also be risk assessment management at the workplace. The present study developed a preliminary QMRA model assess microbial that is associated with inhaling bioaerosols are contaminated human adenovirus (HAdV). This air contamination data from different occupational settings, including wastewater systems, solid waste landfills, toilets in healthcare settings...
Besides the predominant ways of transmission SARS-CoV-2 (namely, contacts and large droplets) airborne one is increasingly taken into consideration as a result latest research findings. Nevertheless, this possibility has been already suggested by previous studies on other coronaviruses including SARS-CoV MERS-CoV. To describe state art transmission, systematic review was carried out using PRISMA methodology. Overall, 64 papers were selected classified three main groups: laboratory...
It is well known that workers involved in the management of solid waste are at risk exposure to bioaerosol, which generally studied relation bacteria, fungi, and endotoxins. However, date, there have been no reports on incidence work-related infectious diseases. To determine if occupational viruses occurs upon waste-related activities, monitoring was carried out a landfill, recycling plant, an incineration collection vehicles. Air surfaces were sampled analyzed for torque teno virus (TTV),...
Introduction Genotoxic biomarkers have been studied largely in adult population, but few studies so far investigated them children exposed to air pollution. Children are a high-risk group as regards the health effects of pollution and some suggest that early exposure during childhood can play an important role development chronic diseases adulthood. The objective project is evaluate associations between concentration urban pollutants biological effect children, propose model for estimating...