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Annamaria Pratelli
Professor

Department of Veterinary Medicine
University of Bari
Piazza Umberto I, 1, 70121 Bari BA, Italy
E-mail: annamaria.pratelli@uniba.it

Education

1999 Doctor of Research in "Infectious Pathology of Goat's Owls"
1994 Graduated in Veterinary Medicine

Biography

Annamaria Pratell was born on 30/07/1969 in Santo Spirito and graduated in Veterinary Medicine in 28/01/94 with 110/110 and honours. She received the title of Doctor of research in "Infective Pathology of sheeps and goats". In 1999 invited to have a lecture “Diagnosis of canine corona virus using n-PCR” to the International Congress “Canine Infectious Diseases: from clinics to molecular pathogenesis”, Cornell University (Ithaca-USA).Since February 1, 2000 she has been employed at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Bari as an associate professor of VET-05 Infectious Diseases of Domestic Pets.


Research Interest

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Veterinary Medicine
  • Zoonoses
  • Zoonotic Diseases
  • Veterinary Diagnostics

Scientific Activities

The main research activities deal with viral infectious diseases of domestic animals, with particular regards to pets and goats and sheep. The viruses object of the main research are the viruses of carnivore (parvoviruses, coronaviruses, herpesvirus) and of ruminants (pestiviruses, herpesvirus, rotaviruses). The development of innovative diagnostic techniques, of vaccines and of inactivating agents is the main objectives of the research activity. Studies on the pathogenesis of canine coronavirus infection and of caprine herpesvirus infection carried out in vitro have provided important information on the penetration and escape modalities of the viruses from the cells.


Publications

  1. Torun, S., Yilmaz, Z., Pratelli, A., 2005.A serological evidence of minute virus of canines (MVC; canine parvovirus type-1) in dogs in Turkey. Turkey Journal of Veterinary Animal Science,29, 923-925.
  2. Pratelli A., 2006. Genetic evolution of canine coronavirus and recent advances in prophylaxis. Veterinary Research, 37, 191-200.
  3. Pratelli A., 2006. Valutazione degli anticorpi verso I coronavirus del gatto attraverso l’impiego eil confronto di tecniche sierologiche. Rassegna di Medicina Felina, 1, 15-24.
  4. Pratelli A., 2006. A high cell passages canine coronavirus vaccine for the immunization of dogs. 57th Annual Meeting of the AmericanCollege of Veterinary Pathologists and 41st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology. Hilton El Conquistador Golf & Tennis Resort, Tucson, Arizona 2-6 December 2006.
  5. Pratelli A., 2006. Comparison of serologic techniques for the assessment of antibodies against feline coronaviruses in Italy. 57th Annual Meeting of the AmericanCollege of Veterinary Pathologists and 41st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology. Hilton El Conquistador Golf & Tennis Resort, TucsonArizona, 2-6 December 2006.
  6. YeşilbağK., Yilmaz Z., ÖzkulA., Pratelli A., 2007.Aetiology role of viruses in puppies with diarrhoea.Veterinary Record, 161, 169-170.
  7. PampiglioneG., Pratelli A., 2007. Miti e leggende sui ratti: il vero e il falso su questi animali. Obiettivi e Documenti Veterinari, in press.
  8. PriestnallS. L., Pratelli A., BrownlieJ., ErlesK., 2007.Serological prevalence of canine respiratory coronavirus in SouthernItaly and epidemiological relationship with enteric canine coronavirus. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 19, 176-180.
  9. Pratelli A., 2007. High cell passaged canine coronavirus vaccine providing sterile immunity. Journal of Small Animal Practice, 48, 574-578.
  10. Pratelli A., 2007.Action of disinfectants on canine coronavirus replication in vitro. Zoonoses and Public Health, 54, 383-386.
  11. Pratelli A., 2008. Canine coronavirus inactivation with physical and chemical agents. The Veterinary Journal, 177, 71-79.
  12. Pratelli A., 2008.Comparison of serologic techniques for the detection of antibodies against feline coronaviruses. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 20, 45-50.
  13. Pratelli A., 2008. Coronavirus morphology and evolution, with special emphasis on coronaviruses of carnivores. In: Pratelli A. and Paltrinieri S. (Eds.), Resent research developments in canine and feline coronaviruses biology and diagnosis. ISBN: 978-81-7895-321-2, Research Signpost 37/661 (2),FortP.O., Trivandrum-695 023, Kerala, India, pp. 1-12.
  14. Pratelli A., 2008. Coronaviruses in dogs: an epidemiological study. In: Pratelli A. and Paltrinieri S. (Eds.), Resent research developments in canine and feline coronaviruses biology and diagnosis. ISBN: 978-81-7895-321-2, Research Signpost 37/661 (2),FortP.O., Trivandrum-695 023, Kerala, India, pp. 57-64.
  15. Pratelli A., 2008. Canine coronavirus diagnosis :virologic and serologic techniques.In: Pratelli A. and Paltrinieri S. (Eds.), Resent research developments in canine and feline coronaviruses biology and diagnosis. ISBN: 978-81-7895-321-2, Research Signpost 37/661 (2),FortP.O., Trivandrum-695 023, Kerala, India, pp. 65-72.
  16. Pratelli A., YeşilbağK., Siniscalchi M., YalcinE., Yilmaz Z., 2009.Prevalence of feline coronavirus antibodies in cats in Bursa Province, Turkey, by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Journal of Feline Medicine & Surgery, 11, 881-884.
  17. Pratelli A., 2011. Canine distemper virus: The emergence of new variants. The Veterinary Journal, 187, 290-291.
  18. Pratelli A., 2011. Entry and release of canine coronavirus from polarized epithelial cells. New Microbiologica, 34, 25-32.
  19. Pratelli A., 2011. The evolutionary processes of canine coronaviruses. Advances in Virology, ID: 562831, doi:10.1155/2011/562831.
  20. Pratelli A., Moschidou P., 2012. Host range of Canine minute virus in cell culture. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 24, 980-984, doi: 10.1177/1040638712453579.
  21. Pratelli A., Colao V., 2013. Agreement between the cell culture titrations of canine minute virus determined by two susceptibility-testing methods. TheVeterinary Journal, 197, 878-880.
  22. Pratelli A., Colao V., Losurdo M.,2014. Serological and virological detection of canine herpesvirus-1 in adult dogs with and without reproductive disorders. The Veterinary Journal, 200, 257-260.
  23. Pratelli A., Colao V., 2014. A population prevalence study on influenza infection in dogs in the South of Italy. New Microbiologica, 37, 277-283.
  24. Pratelli A., Colao V., 2015. Role of the lipid rafts in the life cycle of canine coronavirus. Journal of General Virology, 96, 331-337.
  25. Pratelli A., Colao V., 2016. Critical role of the lipid rafts in caprine herpesvirus type 1 infection in vitro. Virus Research, 211, 186-193.

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