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  1. Natural NS5A inhibitor resistance associated substitutions in hepatitis C virus genotype 1 infected patients from Italy

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, March 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Saladini

  2. Comparative analysis of different cell systems for Zika virus (ZIKV) propagation and evaluation of anti-ZIKV compounds in vitro

    Article • Virus Research, January 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Saladini

  3. Structure-Based Identification of HIV-1 Nucleocapsid Protein Inhibitors Active against Wild-Type and Drug-Resistant HIV-1 Strains

    Article • ACS Chemical Biology, December 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Francesco Saladini

  4. The HIV-1 integrase E157Q polymorphism per se does not alter susceptibility to raltegravir and dolutegravir in vitro

    Article • AIDS, October 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Francesco Saladini

  5. Development of an internally controlled quantitative PCR to measure total cell-associated HIV-1 DNA in blood

    Article • Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM), September 2017, De Gruyter

    Ilaria Vicenti, Dr Francesco Saladini

  6. Agreement between an in-house replication competent and a reference replication defective recombinant virus assay for measuring phenotypic resistance to HIV-1 protease, reverse transcriptase, and integrase inhibitors

    Article • Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, March 2017, Wiley

    Dr Francesco Saladini

  7. Phenotypic investigation in HIV-1 drug resistance testing

    Article • Future Virology, November 2016, Future Medicine

    Dr Francesco Saladini

  8. Discovery and Structure-Based Optimization of 2-Ureidothiophene-3-carboxylic Acids as Dual Bacterial RNA Polymerase and Viral Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors

    Article • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, August 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Francesco Saladini

  9. Human DDX3 protein is a valuable target to develop broad spectrum antiviral agents

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 2016, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Francesco Saladini

  10. HIV-1 A1 Subtype Epidemic in Italy Originated from Africa and Eastern Europe and Shows a High Frequency of Transmission Chains Involving Intravenous Drug Users

    Article • PLoS ONE, January 2016, PLOS

    Dr Francesco Saladini

  11. Low-cost simultaneous detection of CCR5-delta32 and HLA-B*5701 alleles in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infected patients by selective multiplex endpoint PCR

    Article • Journal of Virological Methods, November 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Saladini

  12. Prevalence of HIV-1 Subtypes and Drug Resistance-Associated Mutations in HIV-1-Positive Treatment-Naive Pregnant Women in Pointe Noire, Republic of the Congo (Kento-Mwana Project)

    Article • AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, August 2015, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr Francesco Saladini

  13. Frequent Detection of Antiretroviral Drug Resistance in HIV-1-Infected Orphaned Children Followed at a Donor-Funded Rural Pediatric Clinic in Dodoma, Tanzania

    Article • AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, April 2015, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr Francesco Saladini

  14. Two Distinct Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 1a Clades Have Different Geographical Distribution and Association With Natural Resistance to NS3 Protease Inhibitors

    Article • Open Forum Infectious Diseases, March 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Francesco Saladini

  15. Feasibility and Reproducibility of HIV-1 Genotype Resistance Test in Very-Low-Level Viremia

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, November 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Francesco Saladini

  16. Discordances with HIV-1 RNA quantitative determinations by three commercial assays in Pointe Noire, Republic of Congo

    Article • Journal of Virological Methods, July 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Saladini

  17. Stability of unfrozen whole blood DNA for remote genotypic analysis of HIV-1 coreceptor tropism

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, October 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francesco Saladini

  18. Prevalence of HIV-1 integrase mutations related to resistance to dolutegravir in raltegravir naïve and pretreated patients

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, October 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Saladini

  19. Near Full-Length Sequence Analysis of HIV Type 1 BF Recombinants from Italy

    Article • AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, March 2012, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr Francesco Saladini

  20. Naturally occurring hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3/4A protease inhibitor resistance-related mutations in HCV genotype 1-infected subjects in Italy

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, January 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Francesco Saladini

  21. A novel methodology for large-scale phylogeny partition

    Article • Nature Communications, May 2011, Nature

    Dr Francesco Saladini

  22. Changing patterns in HIV-1 non-B clade prevalence and diversity in Italy over three decades*

    Article • HIV Medicine, September 2010, Wiley

    Dr Francesco Saladini

  23. Detection of residual human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase K103N minority species in plasma RNA and peripheral blood mononuclear cell DNA following discontinuation of non-nucleoside therapy

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, July 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Saladini

  24. Impact of Remote versus Local Sampling on Sensitivity of Genotypic Antiretroviral Resistance Testing

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2010, ASM Journals

    Dr Francesco Saladini

  25. Impact of extensive HIV-1 variability on molecular diagnosis in the Congo basin

    Article • Journal of Clinical Virology, April 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Saladini

  26. Recombination analysis and structure prediction show correlation between breakpoint clusters and RNA hairpins in the pol gene of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 unique recombinant forms

    Article • Journal of General Virology, December 2008, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Francesco Saladini

  27. Correction

    Article • AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, November 2008, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr Francesco Saladini

  28. Identification of a Possible Ancestor of the Subtype A1 HIV Type 1 Variant Circulating in the Former Soviet Union

    Article • AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, October 2008, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr Francesco Saladini

  29. Three-Class-Resistant Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Variant in a Drug-Naive Heterosexual Couple

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2008, ASM Journals

    Dr Francesco Saladini

  30. Use of Peripheral Blood DNA for Genotype Antiretroviral Resistance Testing in Drug-Naive HIV-Infected Subjects

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, June 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Francesco Saladini

  31. Natural Variability in the HR-1 and HR-2 Domains of HIV Type 1 gp41 from Different Clades Circulating in Italy

    Article • AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, April 2007, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr Francesco Saladini