Scientific Research Novelties

Here below are listed some of the groundbreaking scientific researches reported by Prof. Mario Principato in Medical and Veterinary Entomology and Acarology.

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1) He discovers and describes a new mite of the gen. Demodex, which he deems to be one of the causes of men hair loss. (Publication n. 213 )

2) He discovers and describes a new genre and three new species of parasitic mites that cause mange on birds. (Publication n. 233 )

3) He discovers and realize a new analitic method to diagnose scabies from distance, the “Scabies test“.(Publication n. 222 )

4) He is the first to discover and to describe the parasitic association of Pyemotes ventricosus with woodworms, which is a cause of dermatitis in humans. (Publication n. 70 )

5) He discovers and points out, for the first time in Italy, the entrance of a new dangerous fly that causes myasis (Wohlfahrtia magnifica), causing vulvovaginitis in ruminants. (Publication n. 79 )

6) He is the first one to discover and to describe the sanitary role of mixed colonies of mites in aged hams. (Publication n. 157 )

7) He discovers and formulates the first food “Coating agent” that is able to protect food aged products from mites. (Publication n. 244) (Publication n. 245)

8) He is the first one to discover and describe the “Human Glycyphagosis”, a dermatitis caused by the mite: Glycyphagus domesticus. (Publication n. 122 )

9) He is the first one to discover and describe the pathogenic role of the mite Sancassania berlesei in cases of vulvovaginitis in women. (Publication n. 160 )

10) He is the first one to discover and to realize and innovative method to detect traces of pathogenic arthropods from environmental dust and he patents the EDPA® (Esame Diretto delle Polveri Ambientali).

11) He is the first one to discover and to identify some primitive insects in the Dunarobba Forest. (Publication n. 127)

12) He is the first one to discover the role of batteric reservoir of Demodex brevis in the pilosebaceous complex of the skin of individuals affected by seborrheic alopecia. (Publication n. 104 )

13) He is the first one to discover the role of the indoor environment in the spread of the infestation of human pediculosis. (Publication n. 91)

14) He discovers and describes the morphological variability of Sarcoptes scabiei in the relation of the anatomic localization of the parasite. (Publication n. 74 )

15) He studied and described for the first time, under the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), the anterior thoracic and post abdominal spiracles of six italian species of Gasterophilus. (Publication n. 32) (Publication n. 36)

16) He described and classified for the first time the lesions caused by Gasterophilus in the digestive apparatus of horses. (Publication n. 31)

17) He personally creates the largest and most spectacular entomological exposition, embalming over 22.000 specimens of insects and aracnida from all over the world, bought by “mail” when coputer did not exist at that time.

18) He discovers and describes, for the first time, the immature stages of the mite Laminosioptes cysticola, which determines the nodular acariasis in poultry. (Publication n. 44)

19) He describes, for the first time, the “Dermatophaga Mange in poultry” caused by the mite Epidermoptes bilobatus. (Publication n. 16 )

20) He describes, for the first time, the notoedric mange in amsters, studying some colonies of Notoedres muris and isolating the intradermic galleries in the skin layer of the rodent. (Publication n. 19)

21) He experimentally transfers the fox’s scabies into the rabbit to demostrate that Sarcoptes scabiei can adapt, also morphologically, to a zoologically distant host. (Publication n. 25)

22) He studied, for the first time, the skin acariasis of pigeons caused by Hypodectes propus. (Publication n. 30)

23) He describes the ocular demodicosis in humans, for the first time. (Publication n. 33)

24) For the first time, he studied, the jaws of the larvae III of six Italian species of Gasterophilus, comparatively, coming up with a new key of identification. (Publication n. 14) (Publication n. 27)

25) He describes, for the first time, the cystic acariasis of passeriformes caused by the mite Harpyrhymchus nidulans. (Publication n. 60)

26) For the first time, he studied, described and documented, the Oral Gasterophilosis of horses. (Publication n. 64) (Publication n. 65)

27) He describes the pulmonary porocephalosis caused by Armillifer armillatus in pythons, pointing out the risks of zoonosis in humans, for the first time. (Publication n. 78)

28) He discloses the parasitic origin of “Broken tail” (Coda spezzata) of rearing pheasants, for the first time. (Publication n. 88)

29) He describes three cases of human hypodermosis, for the first time in Italy. (Publication n. 99)

30) He studied, for the first time, the acaricidal effect, with healing outcome, of the essential oil Ylang ylang, on the mange caused by Knemidocoptica in parakeet at terminal stage. (Publication n. 103)

31) For the first time in Italy, he describes three cases of human gasterophylosis. (Publication n. 111)

32) He discovers and describes, for the first time, the “pre-adult” stage of the mite Demodex brevis, isolated from the pilosebaceous complex of the skin of the head of a man affected by seborrheic alopecia. (Publication n. 124) (Publication n. 125)

33) He describes, for the first time, the indoor strophuloid dermatitis caused by Solenopsis fugax in humans. (Publication n. 141)

34) He describes, for the first time, the strophuloid dermatitis caused by stings of the mite Pronematus davisi, never reported in Italy before. (Publication n. 142)

35) He describes, for the first time, the demodicosis of the human ear canal. (Publication n. 144)

36) He points out, for the first time, the tick Argas transgariepinus as an agent of human dermatitis. (Publication n. 145 )

37) He points out and describes, for the first time, cases of indoor dermatitis in humans, caused by stings of Reduvius personatus. (Publication n. 148 )

38) He studied and experimented on himself the time of penetration into the skin by the mite causing scabies and its resistance in the environment. (Publication n. 149) (Publication n. 150)

39) He describes, for the first time, the otoacariasis of Turdus caused Neocheyletiella megaphallos, new species of the Italian fauna. (Publication n. 152)

40) He describes, for the first time, the human dermatitis caused by Allepyris ruficrus. (Publication n. 176)

41) He describes, for the first time, the human dermatitis, indoor and outdoor, caused by Tydeus molestus, new species for the Italian fauna. (Publication n. 189) (Publication n. 195)

42) He describes, for the first time, recurring cases of indoor human dermatitis caused by Cephalonomia gallicola. (Publication n. 165)

43) He describes, for the first time, the nodular duodenitis of equus caused by Gasterophilus meridionalis, new species for the Italian fauna. (Publication n. 166)

44) He describes a new mite that parasites cats: Euschoengastia donaldi. (Publication n. 168)

45) He describes, for the first time, a rare case of human scabies caused by Notoedres cati (typical mite in cats), unusually contracted by a dog. (Publication n. 180)

46) He describes, for the first time, a human dermatitis caused by Metopoplax ditomoides. (Publication n. 184)

47) He describes, for the first time in Italy, the indoor human dermatitis caused by Monomorium destructor. (Publication n. 203)

48) He describes, for the first time in Italy, the indoor human dermatitis caused by Ornithonyssus bacoti. (Publication n. 204)

49) He describes, for the first time, the indoor human dermatitis caused Bryobia praetiosa larvae. (Publication n. 243)

50) He describes, for the first time, the indoor human dermatitis caused by Aeroglyphus robustus. (Publication n. 221)

51) He describes, for the first time, the indoor human dermatitis caused by Proctolaelaps pigmaeus. (Publication n. 229)

52) He describes, for the first time, the indoor human dermatitis caused by Phytonemus pallidus. (Publication n. 232)

53) He describes the indoor human dermatitis caused by Monomoriun salomonis, new species in Italy. (Publication n. 242)