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Carlo
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Severini
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Unit
of Vector-borne Diseases and International Health, Department of
Infectious, Parasitic and Immunomediated Diseases Istituto
Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299
00161
Rome
ITALY
Tel.:
(+39.06) 49902303
Fax:
(+39.06) 49903561
E-mail:
severini@iss.it
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Studi e formazione:
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1982:
Biology degree at the Department of Human and Animal Biology,
University “La Sapienza” of Rome, Italy
1985:
PhD in Evolutionary Biology at the Department of Human and
Animal Biology, University “La Sapienza” of Rome, Italy;
1990:
Master in Medical Entomology, Institut Pasteur, Paris
1991:
WHO Certificate in Malaria and Planning Malaria Control (Thailand/Italy)
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Incarichi, attività didattica
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1986-1988:
Consultant, Directorate General for Development Cooperation,
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperative Malaria Control
Project in Burkina Faso (Africa)
1988-1990:
Head of a Cooperative Malaria Control Project in Madagascar
(Africa), Directorate General for Development Cooperation,
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
1991-to
present: Researcher scientist, Unit
of Vector-borne Diseases and International Health, Department of
Infectious, Parasitic and Immunomediated Diseases, Istituto
Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
2000 - 2005
Scientific co-ordinator of the project supported by European
Commission, entitled
“Resurgence of
Plasmodium vivax Malaria in the Newly Independent States:
Development of Innovative Tools for Monitoring Parasite
Populations Spreading, to Potentiate Surveillance and Control of
Malaria Outbreaks” (Copernicus-2 RDT Project Contract n°
ICA2-CT-2000-10046, acronym VIVAXNIS)
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Sintesi delle
attività
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Current
research interest:
Biochemical and molecular investigation in Medical Entomology
and Protozoology
Identification
and characterization of gene/protein associated with
parasites-vectors interactions
Molecular
diagnosis and genotyping of human malaria plasmodia
Molecular
basis of drug resistance in Plasmodium
falciparum and Plasmodium
vivax
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Pubblicazioni recenti selezionate
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2008,
Menegon M, Sannella AR, Majori G, Severini C. Detection of novel point mutations in the Plasmodium
falciparum ATPase6 candidate gene for resistance to
artemisinins Parasitology
International, 57: 233-235
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2008,
Torcia
MG,
Santarlasci
V,
Cosmi
L,
Clemente
A,
Maggi
L,
Mangano
VD,
Verra
F,
Bancone
G,
Nebie
I,
Sirima
BS,
Liotta
F,
Frosali
F,
Angeli
R,
Severini
C,
Sannella
AR, Bonini
P,
Lucibello M, Maggi E, Garaci E, Coluzzi M, Cozzolino F,
Annunziato F, Romagnani S,
Modiano D. Functional
deficit of T regulatory cells in Fulani, an ethnic group
with low susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of
America, 105: 646-51
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2008,
Sannella AR, Casini A, Gabbiani C, Messori L, Bilia AR,
Vincieri FF, Majori G, Severini C. New
Uses for Old Drugs. Auranofin,
a clinically established antiarthritic metallodrug, exhibits
potent antimalarial effects in vitro: mechanistic and
pharmacological implications. FEBS Letters, 582:
844-847
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2007,
Sannella AR, Messori L, Casini A, Vincieri F, Bilia AR,
Majori G, Severini C. Antimalarial properties of
green tea. Biochemical
and biophysical research communications, 353:177-181.
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2006,
Severini
C,
Menegon M, Sannella AR, Paglia MG, Narciso P, Matteelli A,
Gulletta M, Caramello P, Canta F, Xayavong MV, Moura INS,
Pieniazek NJ, Taramelli D, Majori G. Prevalence of pfcrt
point mutations and level of chloroquine resistance in
plasmodium falciparum isolates from Africa. Infection, Genetics and Evolution,
6: 262-268.
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