Prof. Flora De Conto

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1. 
   Human Influenza Virus Infection: A Focus on Key Host Determinants Linked to Clinical Disease Severity

   Article • Viruses, March 2026, MDPI AG

   Prof. Flora De Conto

2. 
   Emerging Arthropod-Borne Viruses Hijack the Host Cell Cytoskeleton During Neuroinvasion

   Article • Viruses, June 2025, MDPI AG

   Prof. Flora De Conto

3. 
   Highly Dynamic Cytoskeletal Networks Support Productive Viral Infection and Host Innate Immune Response Activation

   Article • Current Clinical Microbiology Reports, February 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

   Prof. Flora De Conto

4. 
   Compendium of Bifidobacterium-based probiotics: characteristics and therapeutic impact on human diseases

   Article • Microbiome Research Reports, October 2024, OAE Publishing

   Prof. Flora De Conto

5. 
   Taxonomic and metabolic development of the human gut microbiome across life stages: a worldwide metagenomic investigation

   Article • mSystems, April 2024, ASM Journals

   Prof. Flora De Conto

6. 
   RhebL1 is a restriction factor of influenza A/NWS/33 infection in A549 cells

   Article • Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark, March 2024, IMR Press

   Prof. Flora De Conto

7. 
   Avian influenza viruses co-opt the cellular cytoskeleton of mammals

   Article • Pathogens, March 2024, MDPI AG

   Prof. Flora De Conto

8. 
   Respiratory Tract Infections and Laboratory Diagnostic Methods: A Review with A Focus on Syndromic Panel-Based Assays

   Article • Microorganisms, September 2022, MDPI AG

   Prof. Flora De Conto

9. 
   A rare case of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A virus super-infection

   Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, September 2022, Elsevier

   Prof. Flora De Conto

10. 
    Human Cytomegalovirus and Human Herpesvirus 6 Coinfection of Dermal Fibroblasts Enhances the Pro-Inflammatory Pathway Predisposing to Fibrosis: The Possible Impact on Systemic Sclerosis

    Article • Microorganisms, August 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof. Flora De Conto

11. 
    Characterization of Clostridioides difficile Strains from an Outbreak Using MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry

    Article • Microorganisms, July 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof. Flora De Conto

12. 
    Detection of occult hepatitis B virus infection among subjects with isolated hepatitis B core antibodies: Results from a 3-year survey in an Italian tertiary-care hospital

    Article • Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology, May 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Flora De Conto

13. 
    Detection of potential enteric pathogens in children with severe acute gastroenteritis using the filmarray: Results from a three - years hospital-based survey in Northern Italy

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, March 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Flora De Conto

14. 
    Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitoses in a Non-Endemic Setting during a 10-Year Period (2011–2020): A Focus on Dientamoeba fragilis

    Article • Microorganisms, February 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof. Flora De Conto

15. 
    Malaria Diagnosis in Non-Endemic Settings: The European Experience in the Last 22 Years

    Article • Microorganisms, October 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof. Flora De Conto

16. 
    Rapid Identification of Escherichia coli Colistin-Resistant Strains by MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry

    Article • Microorganisms, October 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof. Flora De Conto

17. 
    Modulation of microRNome by Human Cytomegalovirus and Human Herpesvirus 6 Infection in Human Dermal Fibroblasts: Possible Significance in the Induction of Fibrosis in Systemic Sclerosis

    Article • Cells, April 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof. Flora De Conto

18. 
    Active surveillance for carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and correlation with infection in subjects attending an Italian tertiary-care hospital: a 7-year retrospective study

    Article • BMJ Open, April 2021, BMJ

    Prof. Flora De Conto

19. 
    Host-cell dependent role of phosphorylated keratin 8 during influenza A/NWS/33 virus (H1N1) infection in mammalian cells

    Article • Virus Research, April 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Flora De Conto

20. 
    Rapid Classification of Clostridioides difficile Strains Using MALDI-TOF MS Peak-Based Assay in Comparison with PCR-Ribotyping

    Article • Microorganisms, March 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof. Flora De Conto

21. 
    Detection of SARS-CoV-2 and Other Infectious Agents in Lower Respiratory Tract Samples Belonging to Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Units of a Tertiary-Care Hospital, Located in an Epidemic Area, during the Italian Lockdown

    Article • Microorganisms, January 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof. Flora De Conto

22. 
    Human respiratory viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, circulating in the winter season 2019–2020 in Parma, Northern Italy

    Article • International Journal of Infectious Diseases, January 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Flora De Conto

23. 
    Impact of Human Cytomegalovirus and Human Herpesvirus 6 Infection on the Expression of Factors Associated with Cell Fibrosis and Apoptosis: Clues for Implication in Systemic Sclerosis Development

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, September 2020, MDPI AG

    Prof. Flora De Conto

24. 
    SARS-CoV-2 infection diagnosed only by cell culture isolation before the local outbreak in an Italian seven-week-old suckling baby

    Article • International Journal of Infectious Diseases, July 2020, Elsevier

    Prof. Flora De Conto

25. 
    Rapid microbial identification and phenotypic antimicrobial susceptibility testing directly from positive blood cultures: a new platform compared to routine laboratory methods

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, March 2020, Elsevier

    Prof. Flora De Conto

26. 
    Analysis of GII.P7 and GII.6 noroviruses circulating in Italy during 2011–2016 reveals a replacement of lineages and complex recombination history

    Article • Infection Genetics and Evolution, November 2019, Elsevier

    Prof. Flora De Conto

27. 
    Epidemiology of human respiratory viruses in children with acute respiratory tract infection in a 3-year hospital-based survey in Northern Italy

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, July 2019, Elsevier

    Prof. Flora De Conto

28. 
    Sentinel hospital-based surveillance for norovirus infection in children with gastroenteritis between 2015 and 2016 in Italy

    Article • PLOS One, December 2018, PLOS

    Prof. Flora De Conto

29. 
    A Paradigmatic Interplay between Human Cytomegalovirus and Host Immune System: Possible Involvement of Viral Antigen-Driven CD8+ T Cell Responses in Systemic Sclerosis

    Article • Viruses, September 2018, MDPI AG

    Prof. Flora De Conto

30. 
    Contribution of the FilmArray ® Gastrointestinal Panel in the laboratory diagnosis of gastroenteritis in a cohort of children: a two-year prospective study

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, July 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Flora De Conto

31. 
    High prevalence of malaria in a non-endemic setting: comparison of diagnostic tools and patient outcome during a four-year survey (2013–2017)

    Article • Malaria Journal, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Flora De Conto

32. 
    MALDI-TOF MS as a new tool for the identification of Dientamoeba fragilis

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Flora De Conto

33. 
    Mammalian Diaphanous-related formin-1 restricts early phases of influenza A/NWS/33 virus (H1N1) infection in LLC-MK2 cells by affecting cytoskeleton dynamics

    Article • Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Flora De Conto

34. 
    Evaluation of a modified meropenem hydrolysis assay on a large cohort of KPC and VIM carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae

    Article • PLOS One, April 2017, PLOS

    Prof. Flora De Conto

35. 
    Identification of different respiratory viruses, after a cell culture step, by matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS)

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2016, Nature

    Prof. Flora De Conto

36. 
    Human cytomegalovirus reactivation from latency: validation of a “switch” model in vitro

    Article • Virology Journal, October 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Flora De Conto

37. 
    Analysis of the full genome of human group C rotaviruses reveals lineage diversification and reassortment

    Article • Journal of General Virology, August 2016, Society for General Microbiology

    Prof. Flora De Conto

38. 
    Hepatitis C genotypes dynamics in Northern Italy

    Article • Archives of Virology, July 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Flora De Conto

39. 
    MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry as a potential tool for Trichomonas vaginalis identification

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, June 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Flora De Conto

40. 
    Whole genome sequencing reveals genetic heterogeneity of G3P[8] rotaviruses circulating in Italy

    Article • Infection Genetics and Evolution, June 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Flora De Conto

41. 
    Higher recovery rate of microorganisms from cerebrospinal fluid samples by the BACTEC culture system in comparison with agar culture

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, April 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Flora De Conto

42. 
    Evolving strategy for HCV testing in an Italian tertiary care hospital

    Article • Journal of Clinical Virology, April 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Flora De Conto

43. 
    Combined genetic variants of human cytomegalovirus envelope glycoproteins as congenital infection markers

    Article • Virology Journal, November 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Flora De Conto

44. 
    Identification of the novel Kawasaki 2014 GII.17 human norovirus strain in Italy, 2015

    Article • Eurosurveillance, September 2015, European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)

    Prof. Flora De Conto

45. 
    Epidemiological dynamics of norovirus GII.4 variant New Orleans 2009

    Article • Journal of General Virology, September 2015, Society for General Microbiology

    Prof. Flora De Conto

46. 
    Genetic heterogeneity and recombination in type-3 human astroviruses

    Article • Infection Genetics and Evolution, June 2015, Elsevier

    Prof. Flora De Conto

47. 
    MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry for the Detection and Differentiation of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar

    Article • PLOS One, April 2015, PLOS

    Prof. Flora De Conto

48. 
    Proteasomes regulate the microtubules in influenza A/NWS/33-infected LLC-MK2 cells

    Article • Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters, January 2015, De Gruyter

    Prof. Flora De Conto

49. 
    Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry applied to virus identification

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2014, Nature

    Prof. Flora De Conto

50. 
    Identification of Dermatophyte Species after Implementation of the In-House MALDI-TOF MS Database

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, September 2014, MDPI AG

    Prof. Flora De Conto

51. 
    Novel recombinant GII.P16_GII.13 and GII.P16_GII.3 norovirus strains in Italy

    Article • Virus Research, August 2014, Elsevier

    Prof. Flora De Conto

52. 
    Comparison of peptide nucleic acid fluorescence in situ hybridization assays with culture-based matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry for the identification of bacteria and yeasts from blood cultures and cerebrosp...

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, August 2014, Elsevier

    Prof. Flora De Conto

53. 
    Intestinal parasitoses in a tertiary-care hospital located in a non-endemic setting during 2006–2010

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, May 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Flora De Conto

54. 
    High frequency of cultivable human subgroup F adenoviruses in stool samples from a paediatric population admitted to hospital with acute gastroenteritis

    Article • Journal of Medical Microbiology, March 2014, Society for General Microbiology

    Prof. Flora De Conto

55. 
    A 22-Year Survey of Leishmaniasis Cases in a Tertiary-Care Hospital in an Endemic Setting

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, March 2014, MDPI AG

    Prof. Flora De Conto

56. 
    Identification of Borrelia Species after Creation of an In-House MALDI-TOF MS Database

    Article • PLOS One, February 2014, PLOS

    Prof. Flora De Conto

57. 
    Epidemiological and molecular features of norovirus infections in Italian children affected with acute gastroenteritis

    Article • Epidemiology and Infection, January 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Prof. Flora De Conto

58. 
    Leptospira species and serovars identified by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry after database implementation

    Article • BMC Research Notes, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Flora De Conto

59. 
    MLB1 Astrovirus in Children with Gastroenteritis, Italy

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 2014, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Prof. Flora De Conto

60. 
    Evidence of VP7 and VP4 intra-lineage diversification in G4P[8] Italian human rotaviruses

    Article • Virus Genes, December 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Flora De Conto

61. 
    Evaluation of the TRCRtest NV-W for norovirus detection in stools by the Transcription-Reverse Transcription Concerted method

    Article • Journal of Virological Methods, November 2013, Elsevier

    Prof. Flora De Conto

62. 
    Toll-like receptor 4 is involved in the cell cycle modulation and required for effective human cytomegalovirus infection in THP-1 macrophages

    Article • Virology, May 2013, Elsevier

    Prof. Flora De Conto

63. 
    MALDI-TOF MS analysis of human and animal Brachyspira species and benefits of database extension

    Article • Journal of Proteomics, January 2013, Elsevier

    Prof. Flora De Conto

64. 
    Accurate identification of the six human Plasmodium spp. causing imported malaria, including Plasmodium ovale wallikeri and Plasmodium knowlesi

    Article • Malaria Journal, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Flora De Conto

65. 
    Dynamic microtubules favour influenza A virus infection

    Article • PLOS One, July 2012, PLOS

    Prof. Flora De Conto

66. 
    Hepatitis C virus core antigen: Analytical performances, correlation with viremia and potential applications of a quantitative, automated immunoassay

    Article • Journal of Clinical Virology, August 2011, Elsevier

    Prof. Flora De Conto

67. 
    Differential infectious entry of human influenza A/NWS/33 virus (H1N1) in mammalian kidney cells

    Article • Virus Research, January 2011, Elsevier

    Prof. Flora De Conto

68. 
    Cell-cycle-dependent localization of human cytomegalovirus UL83 phosphoprotein in the nucleolus and modulation of viral gene expression in human embryo fibroblasts in vitro

    Article • Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, January 2011, Wiley

    Prof. Flora De Conto

69. 
    Modulatory effect of rRNA synthesis and ppUL83 nucleolar compartmentalization on human cytomegalovirus gene expression in vitro

    Article • Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, October 2009, Wiley

    Prof. Flora De Conto

70. 
    An outbreak of norovirus infection in an Italian residential-care facility for the elderly

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, January 2009, Elsevier

    Prof. Flora De Conto

71. 
    The actin cytoskeleton restricts influenza virus replication in a host-dependent way

    Article • Archives of Virology, May 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Flora De Conto

72. 
    EPISODIO EPIDEMICO DI GASTROENTERITE DA NOROVIRUS DI SOSPETTA ORIGINE ALIMENTARE IN UNA CASA DI RIPOSO.

    Article • Microbiologia Medica, September 2007, PAGEPress Publications

    Prof. Flora De Conto

73. 
    Control of human cytomegalovirus gene expression by differential histone modifications during lytic and latent infection of a monocytic cell line

    Article • Gene, December 2006, Elsevier

    Prof. Flora De Conto

74. 
    Molecular epidemiology of norovirus infections in sporadic cases of viral gastroenteritis among children in Northern Italy

    Article • Journal of Medical Virology, January 2006, Wiley

    Prof. Flora De Conto

75. 
    DUE CASI FATALI DI ENTERITE DA ROTAVIRUS.

    Article • Microbiologia Medica, September 2005, PAGEPress Publications

    Prof. Flora De Conto

76. 
    Broadly Reactive Nested Reverse Transcription-PCR Using an Internal RNA Standard Control for Detection of Noroviruses in Stool Samples

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2005, ASM Journals

    Prof. Flora De Conto

77. 
    RNA-dependent nuclear matrix contains a 33 kb globin full domain transcript as well as prosomes but no 26S proteasomes

    Article • Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, January 2005, Wiley

    Prof. Flora De Conto

78. 
    DIAGNOSI DI INFEZIONE DA VIRUS DELL’APPARATO RESPIRATORIO: TRE METODI A CONFRONTO.

    Article • Microbiologia Medica, June 2004, PAGEPress Publications

    Prof. Flora De Conto

79. 
    METODI TRADIZIONALI E MOLECOLARI A CONFRONTO NELLA DIAGNOSI DI INFEZIONE VIRALE

    Article • Microbiologia Medica, June 2004, PAGEPress Publications

    Prof. Flora De Conto

80. 
    DIAGNOSI RAPIDA DI INFEZIONE DA ADENOVIRUS UMANI MEDIANTE REAZIONE POLIMERASICA A CATENA DI TIPO NESTED.

    Article • Microbiologia Medica, June 2004, PAGEPress Publications

    Prof. Flora De Conto

81. 
    EPISODIO EPIDEMICO NOSOCOMIALE DI ENTERITE SOSTENUTO DA NOROVIRUS IN PAZIENTI PEDIATRICI RICOVERATI.

    Article • Microbiologia Medica, June 2004, PAGEPress Publications

    Prof. Flora De Conto

82. 
    LA MICROSCOPIA ELETTRONICA QUALE UTILE SUPPORTO PER LA DIAGNOSI DI INFEZIONE DA VIRUS ENTERICI

    Article • Microbiologia Medica, June 2004, PAGEPress Publications

    Prof. Flora De Conto

83. 
    CARATTERIZZAZIONE MOLECOLARE DI CEPPI DI NOROVIRUS IDENTIFICATI A PARMA NEL CORSO DEL 2002

    Article • Microbiologia Medica, June 2004, PAGEPress Publications

    Prof. Flora De Conto

84. 
    Evaluation of a total hepatitis C virus (HCV) core antigen assay for the detection of antigenaemia in anti-HCV positive individuals

    Article • Journal of Medical Virology, January 2004, Wiley

    Prof. Flora De Conto

85. 
    Human cytomegalovirus proteins PP65 and IEP72 are targeted to distinct compartments in nuclei and nuclear matrices of infected human embryo fibroblasts

    Article • Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, November 2003, Wiley

    Prof. Flora De Conto

86. 
    PREVALENZA DI INFEZIONE DA NOROVIRUS NELL’AREA DI PARMA.

    Article • Microbiologia Medica, June 2003, PAGEPress Publications

    Prof. Flora De Conto

87. 
    VALUTAZIONE DEL SAGGIO ENTEROVIRUS NUCLISENS EASYQ REAL-TIME NASBA SU CAMPIONI CLINICI

    Article • Microbiologia Medica, June 2003, PAGEPress Publications

    Prof. Flora De Conto

88. 
    INCIDENZA DELLE INFEZIONI DA VIRUS RESPIRATORIO SINCIZIALE IN UN CAMPIONE DI PAZIENTI DI ETA’ PEDIATRICA.

    Article • Microbiologia Medica, June 2003, PAGEPress Publications

    Prof. Flora De Conto

89. 
    In the Nucleus and Cytoplasm of Chicken Erythroleukemic Cells, Prosomes Containing the p23K Subunit Are Found in Centers of Globin (Pre-)mRNA Processing and Accumulation

    Article • Experimental Cell Research, August 1999, Elsevier

    Prof. Flora De Conto

90. 
    Modification of cytoskeleton and prosome networks in relation to protein synthesis in influenza A virus-infected LLC-MK2 cells

    Article • Virus Research, September 1997, Elsevier

    Prof. Flora De Conto

91. 
    Visualization of Prosomes (MCP-Proteasomes), Intermediate Filament and Actin Networks by “Instantaneous Fixation” Preserving the Cytoskeleton

    Article • Journal of Structural Biology, June 1997, Elsevier

    Prof. Flora De Conto

92. 
    ProsomeCytodistribution Relative to Desmin and Actin Filaments in Dividing C2.7 Myoblasts and during Myotube Formationin Vitro

    Article • Experimental Cell Research, May 1997, Elsevier

    Prof. Flora De Conto