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Rapporto di attività 2024

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Pubblicazioni scientifiche

2025

Pichler et al. “Tracking pyrethroid resistance in arbovirus mosquito vectors: mutations I1532T and F1534C in Aedes albopictus across Europe”. Parasites & Vectors, 2025;18:506.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-025-07130-1

Ravasi, D., Parrondo Monton, D., Steigmiller, K., Tanadini, M., Campana, V., & Flacio, E. (2025). Optimising VectoMax® FG application frequency for mosquito control in urban catch basins. Journal of the European Mosquito Control Association (published online ahead of print 2025).
https://doi.org/10.52004/2054930x-20251029

Sylvie Flämig, Antoine Gander, Eleonora Flacio, Inventory of Culicidae in and around the Grande Cariçaie Nature Reserves at Lake Neuchâtel, Western Switzerland. Alpine Entomology 9 2025, 103–111.
https://doi.org/10.3897/alpento.9.165260.suppl1

Parrondo Monton, D., Ravasi, D., Campana, V. et al. Effectiveness of the sterile insect technique in controlling Aedes albopictus as part of an integrated control measure: evidence from a first small-scale field trial in Switzerland. Infect Dis Poverty 14, 90 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-025-01360-2

Daniele Da Re, Giovanni Marini, Carmelo Bonannella, Fabrizio Laurini, Mattia Manica, Nikoleta Anicic, Alessandro Albieri, Paola Angelini, Daniele Arnoldi, Federica Bertola, Beniamino Caputo, Claudio De Liberato, Alessandra della Torre, Eleonora Flacio, Alessandra Franceschini, Francesco Gradoni, Përparim Kadriaj, Valeria Lencioni, Irene Del Lesto, Francesco La Russa, Riccardo Paolo Lia, Fabrizio Montarsi, Domenico Otranto, Gregory L’Ambert, Annapaola Rizzoli, Pasquale Rombolà, Federico Romiti, Gionata Stancher, Alessandra Torina, Enkelejda Velo, Chiara Virgillito, Fabiana Zandonai & Roberto Rosà. 2025. “Modelling the seasonal dynamics of Aedes albopictus populations using a spatio-temporal stacked machine learning model”.Scientific Reports volume 15, Article number: 3750 (2025). https://rdcu.be/d73Zd

David T. Dyjack, Sandra Gewehr, Eleonora Flacio. Communicating Environmental Health Science Effectively to the Public. Journal of Environmental Health. Vol. 87, Issue 8, 2025 (April 01). https://doi.org/10.70387/001c.133855

2024
Damiana Ravasi, Manuela Schnyder, Valeria Guidi, Tim Haye, Diego Parrondo Monton e Eleonora Flacio. 2024. “Exploring Emerging Challenges: Survey on Phlebotomine Sand Flies and Leishmania infantum at the Northern Endemic Border in Europe”. Pathogens 2024, 13(12), 1074; https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens13121074

Ravasi Damiana, Pantelis Topalis, Arianna Puggioli, Chiara Leo, Eleonora Flacio, George Papagiannakis, Fabrizio Balestrino, Margherita Martelli, e Romeo Bellini. 2024. «Random mutations induced by a sub-sterilizing dose of gamma ray on Aedes albopictus male pupae and transmission to progeny». Acta Tropica 256 (agosto):107271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107271

Da Re D, Marini G, Bonannella C, Laurini F, Manica M, Anicic N, Albieri A, Angelini P, Arnoldi D, Blaha M, Bertola F, Caputo B, De Liberato C, Della Torre A, Flacio E, Franceschini A, Gradoni F, Kadriaj P, Lencioni V, Del Lesto I, La Russa F, Lia RP, Montarsi F, Otranto D, L’Ambert G, Rizzoli A, Rombolà P, Romiti F, Stancher G, Torina A, Velo E, Virgillito C, Zandonai F, Rosà R. VectAbundance: a spatio-temporal database of Aedes mosquitoes observations. Sci Data. 2024 Jun 15;11(1):636. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03482-y

2023
Anicic Nikoleta, Klaus Steigmiller, Claude Renaux, Damiana Ravasi, Matteo Tanadini, e Eleonora Flacio. 2023. «Optical Recognition of the Eggs of Four Aedine Mosquito Species (Aedes albopictus, Aedes geniculatus, Aedes japonicus, and Aedes koreicus)». PloS One 18 (11): e0293568. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293568

Monton D. Parrondo, G. Würsch, L. G. Tanadini, M. T. Wyman, P. J. Haverkamp, e E. Flacio. 2023. «Evaluation of the Manhole Physical Pest Management System UNFO-PLS for Mosquito Control in Southern Switzerland». Journal of the European Mosquito Control Association 1 (aop): 1–8. https://doi.org/10.52004/JEMCA2022.0007

Ravasi D., D. Parrondo Monton, M. Tanadini, V. Campana, e E. Flacio. 2023. «Efficacy of Biological Larvicide VectoMax® FG against Aedes albopictus and Culex pipiens under Field Conditions in Urban Catch Basins». Journal of the European Mosquito Control Association 1 (aop): 1–10. https://brill.com/view/journals/jemc/42/1/article-p51_5.xml

Veronesi Eva, Anca Paslaru, Julia Ettlin, Damiana Ravasi, Eleonora Flacio, Matteo Tanadini, e Valeria Guidi. 2023. «Estimating the Impact of Consecutive Blood Meals on Vector Competence of Aedes albopictus for Chikungunya Virus». Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) 12 (6): 849. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12060849

2022
Cazzin Stefania, Nicole Liechti, Damian Jandrasits, Eleonora Flacio, Christian Beuret, Olivier Engler, e Valeria Guidi. 2023. «First Detection of West Nile Virus Lineage 2 in Mosquitoes in Switzerland, 2022». Pathogens 12 (12): 1424. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12121424

Ravasi D, Mangili F, Huber D, Cannata M, Strigaro D, Flacio E. The effects of microclimatic winter conditions in urban areas on the risk of establishment for Aedes albopictus. Sci Rep. 2022 Sep 24;12(1):15967. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20436-9

Ravasi D, Mangili F, Huber D, Azzimonti L, Engeler L, Vermes N, Del Rio G, Guidi V, Tonolla M, Flacio E. Risk-Based Mapping Tools for Surveillance and Control of the Invasive Mosquito Aedes albopictus in Switzerland. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Mar 9;19(6):3220. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063220

Pichler V, Caputo B, Valadas V, Micocci M, Horvath C, Virgillito C, Akiner M, Balatsos G, Bender C, Besnard G, Bravo-Barriga D, Bueno-Mari R, Collantes F, Delacour-Estrella S, Dikolli E, Falcuta E, Flacio E, García-Pérez AL, Kalan K, Kavran M, L’Ambert G, Lia RP, Marabuto E, Medialdea R, Melero-Alcibar R, Michaelakis A, Mihalca A, Mikov O, Miranda MA, Müller P, Otranto D, Pajovic I, Petric D, Rebelo MT, Robert V, Rogozi E, Tello A, Zitko T, Schaffner F, Pinto J, Della Torre A. Geographic distribution of the V1016G knockdown resistance mutation in Aedes albopictus: a warning bell for Europe. Parasit Vectors. 2022 Aug 5;15(1):280. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-022-05407-3

Južnič-Zonta Ž, Sanpera-Calbet I, Eritja R, Palmer JRB, Escobar A, Garriga J, Oltra A, Richter-Boix A, Schaffner F, Della Torre A, Miranda MÁ, Koopmans M, Barzon L, Bartumeus Ferre F; Mosquito Alert Digital Entomology Network; Mosquito Alert Community. Mosquito alert: leveraging citizen science to create a GBIF mosquito occurrence dataset. GigaByte. 2022 May 30;2022:gigabyte54. https://doi.org/10.46471/gigabyte.54

2021
Kubacki Jakub, Isabelle Hardmeier, Weihong Qi, Eleonora Flacio, Mauro Tonolla, e Cornel Fraefel. 2021. «Complete Genome Sequence of a Rhabdovirus Strain from Culex Mosquitos Collected in Southern Switzerland». Microbiology Resource Announcements 10 (1). https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.01234-20

Ravasi Damiana, Diego Parrondo Monton, Matteo Tanadini, e Eleonora Flacio. 2021. «Effectiveness of integrated Aedes albopictus management in southern Switzerland». Parasites & Vectors 14 (1): 405. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04903-2

Strigaro D., Cannata M., Ravasi D., Flacio E., Antonovic M. (2021). A sensor network based on IoT and istSOS to analyze the catch basin environment in the context of the Ae. Albopictus expansion in Switzerland. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume XLVI-4/W2-2021.

Ravasi Damiana, Francesca Mangili, David Huber, Laura Azzimonti, Lukas Engeler, Nicola Vermes, Giacomo Del Rio, Valeria Guidi, Mauro Tonolla, e Eleonora Flacio. 2022. «Risk-Based Mapping Tools for Surveillance and Control of the Invasive Mosquito Aedes Albopictus in Switzerland». International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19 (6): 3220. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063220

2020
Bellini Romeo, Antonios Michaelakis, Dušan Petrić, Francis Schaffner, Bulent Alten, Paola Angelini, Carles Aranda, et al. 2020. «Practical Management Plan for Invasive Mosquito Species in Europe: I. Asian Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus)». Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease 35: 101691. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101691

Fouque Florence, Valeria Guidi, Mario Lazzaro, Damiana Ravasi, Gladys Martinetti-Lucchini, Giorgio Merlani, Mauro Tonolla, e Eleonora Flacio. 2020. «Emerging Aedes-Borne Infections in Southern Switzerland: Preparedness Planning for Surveillance and Intervention». Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease 37: 101748. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101748

Kubacki Jakub, Eleonora Flacio, Weihong Qi, Valeria Guidi, Mauro Tonolla, e Cornel Fraefel. 2020. «Viral Metagenomic Analysis of Aedes Albopictus Mosquitos from Southern Switzerland». Viruses 12 (9): 929. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12090929

Kubacki Jakub, Isabelle Hardmeier, Weihong Qi, Eleonora Flacio, Mauro Tonolla, e Cornel Fraefel. 2021. «Complete Genome Sequence of a Rhabdovirus Strain from Culex Mosquitos Collected in Southern Switzerland». Microbiology Resource Announcements 10 (1). https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.01234-20

Müller Pie, Lukas Engeler, Laura Vavassori, Tobias Suter, Valeria Guidi, Martin Gschwind, Mauro Tonolla, e Eleonora Flacio. 2020. «Surveillance of Invasive Aedes Mosquitoes along Swiss Traffic Axes Reveals Different Dispersal Modes for Aedes Albopictus and Ae. Japonicus». PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 14 (9): e0008705. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008705

Ravasi D., D. Parrondo Monton, V. Guidi, e E. Flacio. 2020. «Evaluation of the Public Health Risk for Autochthonous Transmission of Mosquito-Borne Viruses in Southern Switzerland». Medical and Veterinary Entomology 34 (2): 244–50. https://doi.org/10.1111/mve.12421

2019
Ravasi D., Parrondo Monton, D., Guidi, V., and Flacio, E. 2019. «Evaluation of the Public Health Risk for Autochthonous Transmission of Mosquito-Borne Viruses in Southern Switzerland». Medical and Veterinary Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mve.12421

Sherpa S. et al. 2019. «Predicting the Success of an Invader: Niche Shift versus Niche Conservatism». Ecology and Evolution 9 (22): 12658–75. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5734

Flämig S. & E. Flacio. “Monitoraggio faunistico dei culicidi nella riserva naturale del lago di Muzzano”, Report, LMA, Bellinzona, 13.06.2019.

Flämig S. & E. Flacio. “Inventory of Culicidae in and around the nature reserve Grande Cariçaie 2019”; Report, LMA, Bellinzona, 31.01.2019.

Precedenti
Engler Olivier, Giovanni Savini, Anna Papa, Jordi Figuerola, Martin H. Groschup, Helge Kampen, Jolyon Medlock, et al. 2013. «European Surveillance for West Nile Virus in Mosquito Populations». International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 10 (10): 4869–95. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph10104869

Flacio Eleonora, Lukas Engeler, Mauro Tonolla, Peter Lüthy, e Nicola Patocchi. 2015. «Strategies of a Thirteen Year Surveillance Programme on Aedes Albopictus (Stegomyia Albopicta) in Southern Switzerland». Parasites & Vectors 8:208. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-0793-6

Flacio Eleonora, Lukas Engeler, Mauro Tonolla, e Pie Müller. 2016. «Spread and establishment of Aedes albopictus in southern Switzerland between 2003 and 2014: an analysis of oviposition data and weather conditions». Parasit Vectors 9 (1): 304. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1577-3

Flacio Eleonora, Anya Rossi-Pedruzzi, Evelin Bernasconi-Casati, e Nicola Patocchi. 2014. «Culicidae fauna from Canton Ticino and report of three new species for Switzerland». Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Gesell. 87:163–82.

Guidi Valeria, Begoña Feijoó Fariña, Eleonora Flacio, Lukas Engeler, Peter Lüthy, e Mauro Tonolla. 2014. «Fate and mosquitocidal activity of VectoMax CG in the urban environment of the city of Chiasso». Bellinzona: Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, SUPSI.

Neteler Markus, Markus Metz, Duccio Rocchini, Annapaola Rizzoli, Eleonora Flacio, Luca Engeler, Valeria Guidi, Peter Lüthy, e Mauro Tonolla. 2013. «Is Switzerland suitable for the invasion of Aedes albopictus?» PLoS ONE 8 (12): e82090. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082090

Ravasi Damiana, Valeria Guidi, Eleonora Flacio, Peter Lüthy, Karl Perron, Samuel Lüdin, e Mauro Tonolla. 2018. «Investigation of Temperature Conditions in Swiss Urban and Suburban Microhabitats for the Overwintering Suitability of Diapausing Aedes Albopictus Eggs». Parasites & Vectors 11 (1): 212. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2803-y

Suter Tobias, Mônica Maria Crespo, Mariana Francelino de Oliveira, Thaynan Sama Alves de Oliveira, Maria Alice Varjal de Melo-Santos, Cláudia Maria Fontes de Oliveira, Constância Flávia Junqueira Ayres, et al. 2017. «Insecticide susceptibility of Aedes albopictus and Ae. aegypti from Brazil and the Swiss-Italian border region». Parasites & Vectors 10 (1): 431. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2364-5

Suter Tobias, Eleonora Flacio, Begoña F. Fariña, Lukas Engeler, Mauro Tonolla, e Pie Müller. 2015. «First report of the invasive mosquito species Aedes koreicus in the Swiss-Italian border region». Parasites & Vectors 8 (1): 402. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1010-3

Suter Tobias T., Eleonora Flacio, Begoña Feijoó Fariña, Lukas Engeler, Mauro Tonolla, Lêda N. Regis, Maria A. V. de Melo Santos, e Pie Müller. 2016. «Surveillance and Control of Aedes albopictus in the Swiss-Italian Border Region: Differences in Egg Densities between Intervention and Non-intervention Areas». PLoS Negl Trop Dis 10 (1): e0004315. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004315

Wymann MN, Flacio E, Radczuweit S, Patocchi N, Luthy P. Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) – a threat for Switzerland? Euro Surveill. 2008 Mar 6;13(10):8058. doi: 10.2807/ese.13.10.08058-en. PMID: 18445441.

Flacio Eleonora, Peter Lüthy, Nicola Patocchi, Flavio Guidotti, Mauro Tonolla, e Raffaele Peduzzi. 2004. «Primo ritrovamento di Aedes albopictus in Svizzera». Boll Soc ticin sci nat 92 (1): 141–42.