University of Messina (Italy)
Small animal vector-borne diseases, feline medicine, feline infectious diseases, clinical immunology, epidemiology.
Ordine dei Medici Veterinari della provincia di Reggio Calabria
Società Italiana delle Scienze Veterinarie
International Society of Feline Medicine
Cornell Feline Health Center
Associazione Italiana Veterinari Patologia Felina
Associazione Italiana Veterinari Piccoli Animali (honour member)
World Association for the Advance in Veterinary Parasitology
ca. 200 papers published in peer reviewed journals, bookchapter, oral presentations and lectures as invited speaker at National and International Congresses.
TICKS AND ASSOCIATED PATHOGENS COLLECTED FROM CATS IN SICILY AND CALABRIA (ITALY), Pennisi M.G., Persichetti M.F., Serrano L., Altet L., Reale S., Guolotta L., Solano-Gallego L., Parasit Vectors, 8:512, 2015
LEISHMANIOSIS OF COMPANION ANIMALS IN EUROPE: AN UPDATE. Pennisi M.G., Vet Parasitol, 208: 35-47, 2015
PAPULAR DERMATITIS DUE TO LEISHMANIA INFANTUM INFECTION IN SEVENTEEN DOGS: DIAGNOSTIC FEATURES , EXTENT OF INFECTION AND TREATMENT OUTCOME. Lombardo G., Pennisi M.G., Lupo T., Chicharro C., Solano-Gallego L. , Parasit Vectors, 7:120, 2014
FELINE LEISHMANIOSIS IN ITALY: RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF 24 CLINICAL CASES. World Leish 5, Porto de Galinhas, Pernambuco, Brazil, May 13-17, 2013, Abstract Book,
LEISHMANIOSIS IN CATS: ABCD GUIDELINES ON PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT. Pennisi M.G., Hartmann K., Lloret A., Addie D., Belak S., Boucraut-Baralon C. et al., J Feline Med Surg, 17: 638-642
DETECTION OF LEISHMANIA INFANTUM DNA BY REAL-TIME PCR IN CANINE ORAL AND CONJUNCTIVAL SWABS AND COMPARISON WITH OTHER DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES. Lombardo G., Pennisi M.G., Lupo T., Migliazzo A., Caprì A., Solano-Gallego L., Vet Parasitol, 184: 10-17, 2012
DIRECTIONS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS, CLINICAL STAGING, TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF CANINE LEISHMANIOSIS. Vet Parasitol, 165: 1-18, 2009
CLINICAL EFFICAY OF TWO DIFFERENT DRUG COMBINATIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANINE LEISHMANIASIS. Pennisi M.G., Lo Giudice S., Masucci M., De Majo M., Reale S., Vitale F. Vet Res Commun, 32 (Suppl 1):S303-S305
CANINE LIESHMANIOSIS – NEW CONCEPTS AND INSIGHTS ON AN EXPANDING ZOONOSIS: PART TWO. Miró G., Cardoso L., Pennisi M.G., Oliva G., Baneth G. Trends Parasitol, 24:371-377, 2008
INFECTION OF SANDFLIES BY A CAT NATURALLY INFECTED WITH LEISHMANIA INFANTUM. M. Maroli, M.G. Pennisi, T. Di Muccio, C. Khoury, L. Gradoni, M. Gramiccia. Vet Parasitol, 145: 357-360, 2007
Leishmania infantum characterization from three cases of feline leishmaniAsis in Sicily (Italy). M. Gramiccia, T. Di Muccio, F. Vitale, S. Caracappa, M.G. Pennisi. Proceedings of the third world congress on Leishmaniasis, Palermo-Terrasini Sicily 10-15 April 2005, 146
Efficacy of the treatment of dogs with leishmaniosis with a combination of metronidazole and spiramycin. Pennisi MG, De Majo M, Masucci M, Britti D, Vitale F, Del Maso R. Vet Rec, 156(11):346-9, 2005. Erratum in Vet Rec 2005. 156:653
REAL TIME PCR IN DOGS TREATED FOR LEISHMANIASIS WITH ALLOPURINOL Pennisi M.G., Reale S., Lo Giudice S., Masucci M., Caracappa S., Vitale M., Vitale F., Vet Res Commun, 29 Suppl 2:301-303
CASE REPORT OF LEISHMANISIS IN FOUR CATS. Pennisi M.G., Venza M., Reale S., Vitale F., Lo Giudice S. Veterinary Research Communications, 28 Suppl. 1, 363-36, 2004
CANINE LEISHMANIASIS IN THE NEWBORN PUPPY. Masucci M., De Majo M., Contarino R.B., Borruto G., Vitale F., Pennisi M.G. Veterinary Research Communications, 27 Suppl. 1 (2003) 771-774
A HIGH PREVALENCE OF FELINE LEISHMANIASIS IN SOUTHERN ITALY. Pennisi M.G. in Canine leishmaniasis: moving towards a solution. Proceedings of the second International Canine Leishmaniasis Forum. Sevilla , Spain 2002, 39-48
TROMBOSI AORTICA IN UN CANE CON LEISHMANIOSI . De Majo M., Masucci M., Pennisi M.G., Meli F., Mazzullo G., Galofaro V. Obiettivi e Documenti Veterinari, 22 (5): 49-53, 2001
STUDIO DELL’INFEZIONE DA LEISHMANIA MEDIANTE PCR IN GATTI CHE VIVONO IN ZONA ENDEMICA. Pennisi M.G. , Maxia L. , Vitale F . , Masucci M. , Borruto G. , Caracappa S. Atti S.I.S.Vet., 54:,215-216, 2000
PRESENZA DI ANTICORPI ANTI-LEISHMANIA IN GATTI FIV+ CHE VIVONO IN ZONA ENDEMICA. Pennisi M.G., Masucci M., Catarsini O. Atti S.I.S.Vet., 52: 265-266, 1998