Cinzia Cantacessi

This study shows that Schistosoma mansoni infection increases insertion sequence activity in the gut microbiome of mice, suggesting enhanced microbial genome plasticity.

The paper assesses genetic diversity of soil-transmitted helminths across regions and evaluates its impact on molecular diagnostic targets using low-coverage genome sequencing and in vitro assays.

This paper develops a hybridization capture method to enrich mitochondrial genomes of soil-transmitted helminths from fecal samples, achieving high enrichment and sensitivity.

This study shows that the human whipworm's host specificity is driven by the host microbiome, using a humanized-microbiota mouse model and metagenomic analysis.