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First name(s) / Surname(s) Anna Lucia Bellacicco
Address(es) Via Zuccararo 7 – 70126 BARI - Italia
Telephone(s) +39 0805491313 Mobile: +39 3477088157
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E-mail a.bellacicco@hotmail.it
Nationality Italian
Desired employment /
Occupational field
Date of birth 22 july 1972
Gender Female
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Veterinary with experience in the microbiology field
Work experience
Dates 02/2012-01/2013
Occupation or position held Collaborator, section of Virology
Main activities and responsibilities Diagnosis of infectious diseases of small and large animals using serological and virological methods.
Name and address of employer Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Dell’abruzzo e del Molise – Via Campo Boario - 64100 Teramo
Dates 02/2009–02/2011
Occupation or position held Post-doctoral fellow, Section of Infectious Diseases- Department of Veterinary Public Health
Main activities and responsibilities Working in research team on application of common serological, virological and molecular methods for
diagnosis of infectious diseases of small and large animals. I have been involved also in research
projects on viral infectious diseases.
Name and address of employer Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari - Via Casamassima, Km 3 – 70010 Valenzano (BA)
Italy
Dates 12/2005–12/2008
Occupation or position held Pre-doctoral fellow, Section of Infectious Diseases- Department of Veterinary Public Health
Main activities and responsibilities Working in research team on application of common serological, virological and molecular methods for
diagnosis of infectious diseases of small and large animals.
Name and address of employer Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari - Via Casamassima, Km 3 – 70010 Valenzano (BA)
Italy
Type of business or sector Virology and bacteriology
Dates 09/2005–10/2005: contract in the project “Pianificazione, organizzazione e gestione di animali urbani
(domestici e sinantropici) con interventi sostenibili a basso impatto ambientale nella città di Bari”;
Occupation or position held Collaborator, Section of Infectious Diseases - Department of Veterinary Public Health
Main activities and responsibilities Processing of fecal samples
Name and address of employer Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari Via Casamassima, Km 3 – 70126 Valenzano (BA)
Italy
Type of business or sector Virology and bacteriology
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Dates 06/2005 – 07/2005: contract in the project IZS PB 005/2002 “Valutazione della diffusione ambientale di
Bacillus anthracis in alcune aree italiane attraverso l’analisi della presenza di anticorpi antifattori tossici
in animali da pascolo”;
Occupation or position held Collaborator, Section of Infectious Diseases- Department of Veterinary Public Health
Main activities and responsibilities Collection of serum samples
Name and address of employer Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari - Via Casamassima, Km 3 – 70126 Valenzano (BA)
Italy
Type of business or sector Bacteriology
Dates 01/2005 – 02/2005: contract in the project IZS ME 011/03 “Sperimentazione sull’impiego di fagi litici per
il controllo delle infezioni batteriche con particolare riferimento a Escherichia coli O157:H7” financed by
Ministero della salute;
Occupation or position held Collaborator, Section of Infectious Diseases- Department of Veterinary Public Health
Main activities and responsibilities Collection of samples
Name and address of employer Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari - Via Casamassima, Km 3 – 70126 Valenzano (BA)
Italy
Type of business or sector Bacteriology
Education and training
Dates 02/2009-02/2011
Title of qualification awarded Post-doctorate
Principal subjects/occupational skills Rotavirus analysis
covered
Name and type of organisation Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari – Valenzano (BA) Italy
providing education and training
Level in national or international Post-doc
classification
Dates 2005-2008
Title of qualification awarded PhD
Principal subjects/occupational skills Thesis Title: ‘L’infezione da CpHV-1 nella capra come modello animale per l’impiego di molecole
covered antivirali’ (translation: CpHV-1 infection in goats as a model to study antiviral molecules)
Name and type of organisation Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari – Valenzano (BA) Italy
providing education and training
Level in national or international
classification
PhD
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Dates 2004
Title of qualification awarded Graduated in Veterinary Medicine
Principal subjects/occupational skills
covered
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
Level in national or international
classification
Knowledge in Veterinary Medicine.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari – Valenzano (BA) Italy
Doctoral degree-
Dates 1987-1991
Title of qualification awarded High school
Principal subjects/occupational skills
covered
Scientific Knowledge, Math, History, Italian Literature.
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
Liceo Scientifico “G. Salvemini”- Via Caldarola-70126 Bari (BA)-Italy,
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Level in national or international
classification
Personal skills and
competences
Mother tongue(s) Italian
Other language(s)
Self-assessment
European level (*)
English
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Understanding Speaking Writing
Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production
B1 Independent user B2 Independent user A2 Basic user A2 Basic user B1 Independent user
(*) Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Social skills and competences During the PhD and the post-doc I have worked in a team where multi-ethnic persons were present.
Organisational skills and
competences
Good sense of organization developed during my laboratory experience
Computer skills and competences Good command of Microsoft Office TM tools and surf in Net.
Other skills and competences I like all sports in particular football and bike. I like to travel.
Driving licence Category B
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Publication 1. Tempesta M., Camero M., Bellacicco A.L., Tarsitano E., Crescenzo G., Thiry J., Martella V.,
Decaro N., Elia G., Neyts J., Thiry E., Buonavoglia C. (2007). Potent inhibition of genital
herpesvirus infection in goats by cidofovir. Antiviral Therapy,12(6), 977-979.
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2. Corrente M., Normanno G., Martella V., Bellacicco A.L., Quaglia N.C., Dambrosio A.,
Buonavoglia D., D’Abramo M., Buonavoglia C. (2007). Comparison of methods for the detection
of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus isolates from food products. Letters in Applied
Microbiology, 45, 535-539.
3. Elia G., Tarsitano E., Camero M., Bellacicco A.L., Buonavoglia D., Campolo M., Decaro N., Thiry
J., Tempesta M. (2008). Development of real-time PCR for the detectionand quantitation of
caprine herpesvirus 1 in goats. Journal of Virological Methods, 148, 155-160.
4. Cavalli A., Martella V., Desario C., Camero M., Bellacicco A.L., De Palo P., Decaro N., Elia G.,
Buonavoglia C. (2008). Evaluation of the antigenic relationships among the canine parvovirus
(CPV-2) variants. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 15(3), 534-539.
5. Martella V., Banyai K., Lorusso E., Bellacicco A.L., Decaro N., Mari V., Saif L., Costantini V.,
Pezzotti G., Lavazza A., Buonavoglia C. (2008). Genetic heterogeneity of porcine enteric
caliciviruses identified from diarrhoeic piglets. Virus Genes, 36, 365-373.
6. Greco G., Corrente M., Buonavoglia D., Campanile G., Di Palo R., Martella V., Bellacicco A.L.,
D’Abramo M., Buonavoglia C. (2008). Epizootic abortion related to infections by Chlamydophila
abortus and Chlamydophila pecorum in water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis). Theriogenology, 69,
1061-1069.
7. Tempesta M., Crescenzo G., Camero M., Bellacicco A.L., Tarsitano E., Decaro N., Neyts J.,
Martella V., Buonavoglia C. (2008). Assessing the efficacy of cidofovir against herpesvirusinduced
genital lesions in goats using different therapeutic regimens. Antimicrobial agents and
chemotherapy, 52(11), 4064-4068.
8. Marinaro M., Bellacicco A.L., Camero M., Tarsitano E., Cassone A., Tempesta M.,
Buonavoglia C. (2009) Caprine herpesvirus-1-specific IgG subclasses in naturally and
experimentally infected goats. Veterinary Microbiology, 138, 266-272.
9. Corrente M., D’Abramo M., Latronico F., Greco M.F., Bellacicco A.L., Greco G., Martella V.,
Buonavoglia D. (2009). Methicillin-resistant coagulase negative staphylococci isolated from
horses. New Microbiologica, 32, 311-314.
10. Marinaro M., Bellacicco A.L., Tarsitano E., Camero M., Colao V., Tempesta M., Buonavoglia C.
(2010). Detection of caprine herpesvirus1-specific antibodies in goat sera using an enzyme-linked
immunosorbent assay and serum neutralization test. J Vet Diagn Invest, 22(2), 245-248.
11. Marinaro M., Mari V., Bellacicco A.L., Tarsitano E., Elia G., Losurdo M., Rezza G., Buonavoglia
C., Decaro N. (2010). Prolonged depletion of circulating CD4+ T lymphocytes and acute
monocytosis after pantropic canine coronavirus infection in dogs. Virus Res, 152, 73-78.
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Additional information 12. Tarsitano E., Camero M., Bellacicco A.L., Decaro N., Martella V., Buonavoglia C., Tempesta M.
(2010) Glycoprotein C Gene of Caprine Herpesvirus Type 1 Contains Short Sequence Repeats
(SSR). The Open Virology Journal, 4, 85-87.
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13. Camero M., Crescenzo G., Marinaro M., Tarsitano E., Bellacicco A.L., Armenise C., Buonavoglia
C., Tempesta M. (2010). Cidofovir does not prevent caprine herpesvirus 1 neural latency in goats.
Antiviral Therapy, 15(5), 785-788.
14. Decaro N., Amorisco F., Desario C., Lorusso E., Camero M., Bellacicco A.L., Sciarretta R.,
Lucente M.S., Martella V., Buonavoglia C. (2010). Development and validation of a real-time PCR
assay for specific and sensitive detection of canid herpesvirus 1. Journal of Virological Methods,
169, 176-180.
15. Martella V, Moschidou P, Lorusso E, Mari V, Camero M, Bellacicco A.L., Losurdo M, Pinto P,
Desario C, Banyai K, Elia G, Decaro N, Buonavoglia C. (2011) Detection and characterization of
astroviruses in dogs. Journal of General Virology. [Epub ahead of print].
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