Ravinetto R, Bottieau E. Fusco D, Marrone R, Van Den Broucke S, Tarrafeta-Sayas M, Rinaldi L, Losada-Galván I, Calleri G and Albonico M. Inequitable access to medicines for neglected tropical diseases in Europe: health system vulnerabilities and a call for coordinated action. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe 2026;63: 101616

 

Capuozzo S, Maurelli M P, Marrone S, Celano B, Martone G, Vitiello P, Hammami I, Bosco A, Ciuca L, Cringoli G, Sansone C, Rinaldi L. A dedicated deep learning workflow for automatic Fasciola hepatica and Calicophoron daubneyi egg detection using the Kubic FLOTAC microscope. International Journal for Parasitology, 2025.

 

Purkiss J, Pepe P, Poplawski N A K, Maurelli M P, Gualdieri L, Rinaldi L, Giorgi E. Combining country indicators and individual variables to predict soil-transmitted helminth infections among migrant populations: a case study from southern Italy. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2025; 19 (6):e0012577.

 

Pace A, Pepe P, Fabbricino M, Mignano V, Ciuca L, Rinaldi L, Dipineto L. Giardia and Campylobacter: fifteen years (2010–2024) of waterborne outbreaks in Europe. Food and Waterborne Parasitology, 2025; 41:e00299.

 

Maurelli MP, Pepe P, Gualdieri L, Bosco A, Cringoli G, Rinaldi L. Improving diagnosis of intestinal parasites towards a migrant-friendly health system. Current Tropical Medicine Reports, 2023; 10:17–25.

 

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Cringoli G, Amadesi A, Maurelli MP, Celano B, Piantadosi G, Bosco A, Ciuca L, Cesarelli M, Bifulco P, Montresor A, Rinaldi L. The Kubic FLOTAC microscope (KFM): a new compact digital microscope for helminth egg counts. Parasitology, 2020; 1-8.

Montresor A, Mupfasoni D, Mikhailov A, Mwinzi P, Lucianez A, Jamsheed M, Gasimov E, Warusavithana S, Yajima A, Bisoffi Z, Buonfrate D, Steinmann P, Utzinger J, Levecke B, Vlaminck J, Cools P, Vercruysse J, Cringoli G, Rinaldi L, Blouin B, Gyorkos TW. The global progress of soil-transmitted helminthiases control in 2020 and World Health Organization targets for 2030. PLoS Negl Trop Dis., 2020;14(8): e0008505.

Bergquist R, Rinaldi L. Covid-19: Pandemonium in our time. Geospat Health., 2020;15(1).

Levecke B, Cools P, Albonico M, Ame S, Angebault C, Ayana M, Behnke JM, Bethony JM, Cringoli G, Dana D, Guillard B, Viet Hoa NT, Kang G, Kattula D, Keiser J, Kotze AC, Matoso LF, Maurelli MP, McCarthy JS, Mekonnen Z, Mirams G, Montresor A, Oliveira RC, Periago MV, Pinto SA, Rinaldi L, Sayasone S, Sumo L, Tchuem-Tchuenté LA, Cam Thach DT, Thomas E, Zeynudin A, Verweij JJ, Vlaminck J, Vercruysse J. Identifying thresholds for classifying moderate-to-heavy soil-transmitted helminth intensity infections for FECPAKG2, McMaster, Mini-FLOTAC and qPCR. PLoS Negl Trop Dis., 2020; 14(7): e0008296.

Vlaminck J, Cools P, Albonico M, Ame S, Ayana M, Cringoli G, Dana D, Keiser J, Maurelli MP, Matoso LF, Montresor A, Mekonnen Z, Mirams G, Corrêa-Oliveira R, Pinto SA, Rinaldi L, Sayasone S, Thomas E, Vercruysse J, Verweij JJ, Levecke B. Therapeutic efficacy of albendazole against soil-transmitted helminthiasis in children measured by five diagnostic methods. PLoS Negl Trop Dis., 2019; 13(8): e0007471.

Cools P, Vlaminck J, Albonico M, Ame S, Ayana M, José Antonio BP, Cringoli G, Dana D, Keiser J, Maurelli MP, Maya C, Matoso LF, Montresor A, Mekonnen Z, Mirams G, Corrêa-Oliveira R, Pinto SA, Rinaldi L, Sayasone S, Thomas E, Verweij JJ, Vercruysse J, Levecke B. Diagnostic performance of a single and duplicate Kato-Katz, Mini-FLOTAC, FECPAKG2 and qPCR for the detection and quantification of soil-transmitted helminths in three endemic countries. PLoS Negl Trop Dis., 2019; 13(8): e0007446.

Vlaminck J, Cools P, Albonico M, Ame S, Ayana M, Bethony J, Cringoli G, Dana D, Keiser J, Maurelli MP, Montresor A, Mekonnen Z, Mirams G, Corrêa-Oliveira R, Prichard R, Rashwan N, Rinaldi L, Sayasone S, Thomas E, Verweij JJ, Vercruysse J, Levecke B. Comprehensive evaluation of stool-based diagnostic methods and benzimidazole resistance markers to assess drug efficacy and detect the emergence of anthelmintic resistance: A Starworms study protocol. PLoS Negl Trop Dis., 2018; 12(11): e0006912.

Cringoli G, Maurelli MP, Levecke B, Bosco A, Vercruysse J, Utzinger J, Rinaldi L. The Mini-FLOTAC technique for the diagnosis of helminth and protozoan infections in humans and animals. Nat Protoc., 2017; 12(9):1723-32.

Gualdieri L, Piemonte M, Alfano S, Maffei R, Della Pepa ME, Rinaldi L, Galdiero M, Galdiero M, Cringoli G. Immigrants living in an urban milieu with sanitation in Southern Italy: persistence and transmission of intestinal parasites. Parasitol Res., 2016; 115(3):1315-23.

Coulibaly JT, Ouattara M, Becker SL, Lo NC, Keiser J, N’Goran EK, Ianniello D, Rinaldi L, Cringoli G, Utzinger J. Comparison of sensitivity and faecal egg counts of Mini-FLOTAC using fixed stool samples and Kato-Katz technique for the diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni and soil-transmitted helminths. Acta Trop., 2016; 164:107-16.

Barda B, Albonico M, Ianniello D, Ame SM, Keiser J, Speich B, Rinaldi L, Cringoli G, Burioni R, Montresor A, Utzinger J. How long can stool samples be fixed for an accurate diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminth infection using Mini-FLOTAC? PLoS Negl Trop Dis., 2015; 9(4): e0003698.

Barda B, Cajal P, Villagran E, Cimino R, Juarez M, Krolewiecki A, Rinaldi L, Cringoli G, Burioni R, Albonico M. Mini-FLOTAC, Kato-Katz and McMaster: three methods, one goal; highlights from north Argentina. Parasit Vectors., 2014; 7(1):271.

Barda B, Zepherine H, Rinaldi L, Cringoli G, Burioni R, Clementi M, Albonico M, 2013. Mini-FLOTAC and Kato-Katz: helminth eggs watching on the shore of lake Victoria. Parasit Vectors., 2013; 6: 220.

Barda B, Rinaldi L, Ianniello D, Zepherine H, Salvo F, Sadutshang T, Cringoli G, Clementi M, Albonico M. Mini-FLOTAC, an innovative direct diagnostic technique for intestinal parasitic infections: experience from the field. PLOS Negl Trop Dis., 2013; 8: e2344.

Albonico M, Rinaldi L, Sciascia S, Morgoglione ME, Piemonte M, Maurelli MP, Musella V, Utzinger J, Ali SM, Ame SM, Cringoli G. Comparison of different copromicroscopic methods to assess albendazole efficacy against soil-transmitted helminth infections. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg., 2013; 107(8):493-501.

Steinmann P, Cringoli G, Bruschi F, Matthys B, Lohourignon LK, Castagna B, Maurelli MP, Morgoglione ME, Utzinger J, Rinaldi L. FLOTAC for the diagnosis of Hymenolepis infection: proof-of-concept and comparing diagnostic accuracy with other methods. Parasitol Res., 2012; 111: 749-54.

Jeandron A, Rinaldi L, Abdyldaieva G, Usubalieva J, Steinmann P, Cringoli G, Utzinger J. Human infections with Dicrocoelium dendriticum in Kyrgyzstan: The tip of the Iceberg? J Parasitol., 2011; 97: 1170-72.

Knopp S, Speich B, Hattendorf J, Rinaldi L, Mohammed KA, Khamis IS, Mohammed AS, Albonico M, Rollinson D, Marti H, Cringoli G, Utzinger J. Diagnostic Accuracy of Kato-Katz and FLOTAC for Assessing Anthelmintic Drug Efficacy. PLoS Negl Trop Dis., 2011; 5: e1036.

Becker SL, Lohourignon LK, Speich B, Rinaldi L, Knopp S, N’goran EK, Cringoli G, Utzinger J. Comparison of the flotac-400 dual technique and the formalin-ether concentration technique for diagnosis of human intestinal protozoon infection. J Clin Microbiol., 2011; 49: 2183-90.

Gualdieri L, Rinaldi L, Petrullo L, Morgoglione ME, Maurelli MP, Musella V, Piemonte M, Caravano L, Coppola MG, Cringoli G. Intestinal parasites in immigrants in the city of Naples (southern Italy). Acta Trop., 2011; 117: 196-201.

Jeandron A, Abdyldaieva G, Usubalieva J, Ensink JH, Cox J, Matthys B, Rinaldi L, Cringoli G, Utzinger J. Accuracy of the Kato-Katz, adhesive tape and FLOTAC techniques for helminth diagnosis among children in Kyrgyzstan. Acta Trop., 2010; 116: 185-92.

Speich B, Knopp S, Mohammed KA, Khamis IS, Rinaldi L, Cringoli G, Rollinson D, Utzinger J. Comparative cost assessment of the Kato-Katz and FLOTAC techniques for soil-transmitted helminth diagnosis in epidemiological surveys. Parasit Vectors., 2010; 3: 71.

Glinz D, Silué KD, Knopp S, Lohourignon LK, Yao KP, Steinmann P, Rinaldi L, Cringoli G, N’Goran EK, Utzinger J. Comparing diagnostic accuracy of Kato-Katz, Koga agar plate, ether-concentration, and FLOTAC for Schistosoma mansoni and soil-transmitted helminths. PLoS Negl Trop Dis., 2010; 4: e754.

Cringoli G, Rinaldi L, Maurelli MP, Utzinger J. FLOTAC: new multivalent techniques for qualitative and quantitative copromicroscopic diagnosis of parasites in animals and humans. Nat Protoc., 2010; 5: 503-15.

Knopp S, Glinz D, Rinaldi L, Mohammed KA, N’goran EK, Stothard JR, Marti H, Cringoli G, Rollinson D, Utzinger J. FLOTAC: A promising technique for detecting helminth eggs in human faeces. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg., 2009; 103: 1190-94.

Knopp S, Rinaldi L, Khamis IS, Stothard JR, Rollinson D, Maurelli MP, Steinmann P, Marti H, Cringoli G, Utzinger J. A single FLOTAC is more sensitive than triplicate Kato-Katz for the diagnosis of low-intensity soil-transmitted helminth infections. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg., 2009; 103: 347-54.

Utzinger J, Rinaldi L, Lohourignon LK, Rohner F, Zimmermann MB, Tschannen AB, N’goran EK, Cringoli G. FLOTAC: a new sensitive technique for the diagnosis of hookworm infections in humans. Trans R Soc of Trop Med Hyg., 2008; 102: 84-90.