Federica Boccia
Current Organizations / Institutes
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Research Interests
Federica Boccia has a total of 9 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Aniello Anastasio
Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples Federico II, 80137 Naples, Italy
1 shared publication - Barbara Cioffi
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, 80055 Portici, Italy
1 shared publication - David H. Kingsley
USDA ARS ERRC Residue Chemistry and Predictive Microbiology Research Unit, J.W.W. Baker Center Delaware State University, Dover, DE 19901, USA
1 shared publication - Giovanna Fusco
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, 80055 Portici, Italy
1 shared publication - Giuseppina La Rosa
National Center for Water Safety (CeNSia), Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
1 shared publication - Maria Grazia Amoroso
Department of Animal Health, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, Italy
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
- Open Access
- 19 July 2019
- Published by MDPI AG in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Vol. 16 (14) , 2588
Detection of Hepatitis A Virus and Other Enteric Viruses in Shellfish Collected in the Gulf of Naples, Italy
To assess the quality of shellfish harvest areas, bivalve mollusk samples from three coastal areas of the Campania region in Southwest Italy were evaluated for viruses over a three-year period (2015–2017). Screening of 289 samples from shellfish farms and other locations by qPCR and RT-qPCR identified hepatitis A virus (HAV; 8.9%), norovirus GI (NoVGI; 10.8%) and GII (NoVGII; 39.7%), rotavirus (RV; 9.0%), astrovirus (AsV; 20.8%), sapovirus (SaV; 18.8%), aichivirus-1 (AiV-1; 5.6%), and adenovirus (AdV, 5.6%). Hepatitis E virus (HEV) was never detected. Sequence analysis identified HAV as genotype IA and AdV as type 41. This study demonstrates the presence of different enteric viruses within bivalve mollusks, highlighting the limitations of the current EU classification system for shellfish growing waters.
- 19 July 2019
- Published by MDPI AG in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Vol. 16 (14) , 2588
Open AccessDetection of Hepatitis A Virus and Other Enteric Viruses in Shellfish Collected in the Gulf of Naples, Italy
To assess the quality of shellfish harvest areas, bivalve mollusk samples from three coastal areas of the Campania region in Southwest Italy were evaluated for viruses over a three-year period (2015–2017). Screening of 289 samples from shellfish farms and other locations by qPCR and RT-qPCR identified hepatitis A virus (HAV; 8.9%), norovirus GI (NoVGI; 10.8%) and GII (NoVGII; 39.7%), rotavirus (RV; 9.0%), astrovirus (AsV; 20.8%), sapovirus (SaV; 18.8%), aichivirus-1 (AiV-1; 5.6%), and adenovirus (AdV, 5.6%). Hepatitis E virus (HEV) was never detected. Sequence analysis identified HAV as genotype IA and AdV as type 41. This study demonstrates the presence of different enteric viruses within bivalve mollusks, highlighting the limitations of the current EU classification system for shellfish growing waters.