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  1. Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus: How Far Are We from a New Pandemic?

    Article • Veterinary Sciences, June 2025, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  2. On the Pivotal Role of Veterinarians in the Fight Against Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus, COVID-19 and Future Pandemics

    Article • Pathogens, March 2025, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  3. The “New” Disease in Congo: Lessons Learned Compared to Previous Human and Animal Epidemics

    Article • Pathogens, January 2025, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  4. Serological Diagnosis of Brucella Infection in Cetaceans by Rapid Serum Agglutination Test and Competitive ELISA with Brucella abortus and Brucella ceti as Antigens

    Article • Pathogens, January 2025, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  5. Amyloid-β and phosphorylated tau screening in bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) brains from Italy reveals distinct immunohistochemical patterns correlating with age and co-morbidity

    Article • PLOS One, November 2024, PLOS

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  6. Pathogen Prevalence in Cetaceans Stranded along the Italian Coastline between 2015 and 2020

    Article • Pathogens, September 2024, MDPI AG

    Letizia Marsili, Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  7. Central Nervous System Disorders of Marine Mammals: Models for Human Disease?

    Article • Pathogens, August 2024, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  8. Micro–Nanoplastics as Potential Carriers of Dioxins and Toxoplasma gondii in Patients with Carotid Atheromas

    Article • Parasitologia, April 2024, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  9. Measles Virus-Induced Immune Amnesia and SARS-CoV-2 Evolution

    Article • Pathogens, March 2024, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  10. Flood-Associated, Land-to-Sea Pathogens’ Transfer: A One Health Perspective

    Article • Pathogens, November 2023, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  11. Alien Crabs as Potential Hosts of Pathogens Impacting Marine Megafauna’s Health and Conservation

    Article • Pathogens, September 2023, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  12. Alien crab species as potential carriers of pathogens impacting the health and conservation status of marine megafauna

    Article • September 2023, Center for Open Science

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  13. Brucella ceti Infection in Striped Dolphins from Italian Seas: Associated Lesions and Epidemiological Data

    Article • Pathogens, August 2023, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  14. CoViD-19 and China, the story could repeat itself!

    Article • Journal of Istanbul Veterinary Sciences, April 2023, Journal of Istanbul Veterinary Sciences

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  15. Central nervous system diseases of cetaceans: A conservation challenge and a comparative pathology opportunity

    Article • Veterinary Pathology, April 2023, SAGE Publications

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  16. Tsunami-Driven Spread of Toxoplasma gondii and Other Microbial Pathogens: Implications for Cetacean Health and Conservation

    Article • Pathogens, April 2023, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  17. Tsunami-driven spread of Toxoplasma gondii and other microbial pathogens: Implications for cetacean health and conservation

    Article • April 2023, Center for Open Science

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  18. The A(H5N1) Avian Influenza Virus at the Domestic Animal-Wildlife-Human Interface

    Article • March 2023, Center for Open Science

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  19. The SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic at the Wildlife–Domestic Animal–Human Interface

    Article • Pathogens, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  20. The SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic at the Wildlife-Domestic Animal-Human Interface

    Article • January 2023, Center for Open Science

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  21. Multimodal Assessment of Bottlenose Dolphin Auditory Nuclei Using 7-Tesla MRI, Immunohistochemistry and Stereology

    Article • Veterinary Sciences, December 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  22. SARS-CoV-2 Susceptibility of Domestic Animals and Wildlife in the Media Narrative

    Article • Pathogens, November 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  23. Neuropathological Characterization of Dolphin Morbillivirus Infection in Cetaceans Stranded in Italy

    Article • Animals, February 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  24. SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility of domestic and wild mammals: is it all about the similarity of their ACE2 receptor to the human one?

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, February 2022, Royal Society Publishing

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  25. No veterinarians (yet) on the Italian covid-19 scientific committee

    Article • BMJ, July 2021, BMJ

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  26. SARS-CoV-2, a Threat to Marine Mammals? A Study from Italian Seawaters

    Article • Animals, June 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  27. COVID-19: Measles and Antibiotic Resistance Are a Matter of Concern

    Article • Pathogens, April 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  28. Atypical Toxoplasmosis in a Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) Pup

    Article • Journal of Comparative Pathology, April 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  29. SARS-CoV-2-Cholesterol Interaction: A Lot of Food for Thought

    Article • Pathogens, January 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  30. Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)1

    Article • Autophagy, January 2021, Taylor & Francis

    MD, PhD Pierre-Louis Tharaux, Joilson O. Martins, Dr. rer. nat. Marc Herb, Dr Marcia R Cominetti, Alessio Di Fonzo, Christoph Gerhardt, Dr Mustafa Sahin, Dr Cinzia Volonté, Dr Marc Etienne Poirot, Professor Paula I. Moreira, Executive Director, The Hormel Institute Robert Clarke, Prof Robert Bryson-Richardson, Professor Hyun Kyu Song, Prof Claudia Cavadas, Professor Po Sing Leung, Paula Ludovico, Javeed Shah, Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo, Dr Takeshi Noda, Professor Tullio Florio, Professor Kevin Coombs, Ning Chen, Maria Vaccaro, Dr Jorge F Quarleri, Professor hengyi xiao, Dr. Yanzhuang Wang, Prof Giacinto Bagetta, Dr. Ann M Wehman, Dr Pawan Sharma, Dr Anna Krasnodembskaya, Dr Francesca Finetti, Nicoletta Filigheddu, Professor Javier González-Gallego, Professor Günther Weindl, Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis

  31. Cetacean morbillivirus: A Land-to-Sea Journey and Back?

    Article • Virologica Sinica, May 2019, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  32. Cetacean morbillivirus, a journey from land to sea and viceversa

    Article • January 2019, Center for Open Science

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  33. Cetacean morbillivirus, a journey from land to sea and viceversa

    Article • January 2019, Center for Open Science

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  34. Cetaceans, models for human disease?

    Article • Research in Veterinary Science, August 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  35. Vibrio parahaemolyticus - and V. alginolyticus -associated meningo-encephalitis in a bottlenose dolphin ( Tursiops truncatus ) from the Adriatic coast of Italy

    Article • Research in Veterinary Science, December 2017, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  36. Candidate gene molecular markers as tools for analyzing genetic susceptibility to morbillivirus infection in stranded Cetaceans

    Article • HLA, September 2017, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  37. Cetacean mass strandings and multidisciplinary work

    Article • Chemosphere, April 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo, Letizia Marsili

  38. Coinfection by Ureaplasma spp., Photobacterium damselae and an Actinomyces-like microorganism in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) with pleuropneumonia stranded along the Adriatic coast of Italy

    Article • Research in Veterinary Science, April 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  39. Phocine Distemper Virus: Current Knowledge and Future Directions

    Article • Viruses, December 2014, MDPI AG

    Dr Simon J Goodman, Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo

  40. Cetacean Morbillivirus: Current Knowledge and Future Directions

    Article • Viruses, December 2014, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Fernandez, Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo