Danesi Patrizia
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Role | Veterinarian |
| Structure | SCS4 – Diseases under Surveillance and Specialist Diagnostics Parasitology and Mycology Laboratory |
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| Phone | +34 049 8084902 | |
| pdanesi@izsvenezie.it |
Professional profile
Patrizia Danesi is a senior veterinary officer at the SCS4 – Diseases under Surveillance and Specialist Diagnostics Unit of the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IZSVe).
She graduated in Veterinary Medicine in 2002 from the University of Bologna. In 2007, she obtained a diploma in Medical Mycology from the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France. This was followed by a specialization degree in Breeding, Hygiene, Pathology of Aquatic Species and Control of Derived Products (2009, University of Padua) and a PhD in Animal Pathology and Health (2014, University of Bari).
She has been the Head of the Parasitology and Mycology Laboratory at IZSVe since 2016, after having worked as a researcher in the same laboratory from 2005 to 2016.
Her research interests mainly focus on veterinary mycology, specifically the development of rapid diagnostic methods for fungal diseases and the molecular characterization of fungal pathogens of animal and environmental origin. Additionally, within the field of mycology, she studies the role of animals as sentinels for exposure to environmental fungal pathogens. Dermatophytes, Cryptococcus, Pneumocystis, and Prototheca are the primary fungal pathogens under study.
She also oversees diagnostic and research activities in parasitology, focusing on Echinococcus multilocularis in wild animals, as well as the study of Giardia and Cryptosporidium.