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Medical Entomology, Vector Ecology, Transgenic Mosquitoes, Mosquito Behaviour
Italy

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Employment (7)

Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico Unità Operativa Radiologia Oncologica: Rome, Lazio, IT

2020-09-01 to present | Professor (Medicine and Surgery)
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Facchinelli L

World Health Organization: Geneva, CH

2020-01-01 to present | Assessor (PQT Vector Control Products)
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Facchinelli L

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine: Liverpool, Liverpool, GB

2017-06-14 to present | Programme Manager (Vector Biology)
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Facchinelli L

Imperial College London: London, London, GB

2016-09-01 to 2017-03-31 | Consultant
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Facchinelli L

Università degli Studi di Perugia: Perugia, Umbria, IT

2013-03-01 to 2016-08-08 | Senior Post Doc (Experimental Medicine)
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Facchinelli L

Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza: Roma, Lazio, IT

2012-01-01 to 2013-02-28 | Post Doc (Public Health and Microbiology)
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Facchinelli L

University of California Davis Department of Entomology: Davis, CA, US

2007-05-01 to 2011-12-31 | Post Doc (Entomology and Nematology)
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Facchinelli L

Education and qualifications (2)

Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza: Roma, Lazio, IT

2003-10-01 to 2007-03-27 | PhD (Public Health and Microbiology)
Education
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Facchinelli L

Università degli Studi Roma Tre Dipartimento di Scienze: Roma, Lazio, IT

1996-11-01 to 2002-02-15 | MSc Biological Sciences (Department of Sciences)
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Facchinelli L

Funding (3)

Optimization of do-it-yourself indoor application of residual insecticide for arbovirus control

2022-09 to 2023-03 | Grant
Global Challenges Research Fund (London, GB)
Part of GRANT_NUMBER:

EP/X528110/1

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Facchinelli L

Indoor behaviour maps to guide arbovirus vector control

2019-11 to 2024-10 | Grant
Medical Research Council (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER:

MR/T001267/1

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Facchinelli L

Home‐based arbovirus prevention: exploiting basic mosquito behaviour to optimise insecticide delivery

2018-09 to 2019-08 | Grant
Medical Research Council (London, GB)
Part of GRANT_NUMBER:

MC_PC_16078

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Facchinelli L

Works (28)

Socioeconomic Factors and Human Knowledge and Behaviours Associated with Aedes aegypti abundance in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

2024-08-19 | Preprint
Contributors: Wendegoudi Mathias Ouedraogo; Aboubacar Sombie; Federica Guglielmo; Mamadou Serme; Hyacinthe Kobie Toe; Luca Facchinelli; Fernand Bationo; Lea Pare; Hamed S. Ouedraogo; Mafalda Viana et al.
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Mapping Aedes aegypti indoor resting behavior reveals a preference vulnerable to householder-led vector control

PNAS Nexus
2023-07-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Luca Facchinelli; Bashir Alsharif; Jeff D Jones; Agnes Matope; Rôsangela M R Barbosa; Constância F J Ayres; Philip J McCall; Ian Wilson
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Finding a Husband: Using Explainable AI to Define Male Mosquito Flight Differences

Biology
2023-03-24 | Journal article
Contributors: Yasser M. Qureshi; Vitaly Voloshin; Luca Facchinelli; Philip J. McCall; Olga Chervova; Cathy E. Towers; James A. Covington; David P. Towers
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Biology and Behaviour of Aedes aegypti in the Human Environment: Opportunities for Vector Control of Arbovirus Transmission

Viruses
2023-02-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Luca Facchinelli; Athanase Badolo; Philip J. McCall
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Building the capacity of West African countries in Aedes surveillance: inaugural meeting of the West African Aedes Surveillance Network (WAASuN)

Parasites & Vectors
2022-10-21 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1756-3305
Contributors: Facchinelli L; Samuel K. Dadzie; Jewelna Akorli; Mamadou B. Coulibaly; Koffi Mensah Ahadji-Dabla; Ibrahima Baber; Thierry Bobanga; Ali Ould Mohamed Salem Boukhary; Tiago Canelas; Luca Facchinelli et al.
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Facchinelli L

Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) against Aedes Species Mosquitoes: A Roadmap and Good Practice Framework for Designing, Implementing and Evaluating Pilot Field Trials

Insects
2021-02-24 | Journal article
Contributors: Clélia F. Oliva; Mark Q. Benedict; C Matilda Collins; Thierry Baldet; Romeo Bellini; Hervé Bossin; Jérémy Bouyer; Vincent Corbel; Luca Facchinelli; Florence Fouque et al.
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Large-cage assessment of a transgenic sex-ratio distortion strain on populations of an African malaria vector

Parasites & Vectors
2019-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1756-3305
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Facchinelli L

Analysis in a murine model points to IgG responses against the 34k2 salivary proteins from Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti as novel promising candidate markers of host exposure to Aedes mosquitoes

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2019-10-16 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1935-2735
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Facchinelli L

Containment Studies of Transgenic Mosquitoes in Disease Endemic Countries: The Broad Concept of Facilities Readiness

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
2018-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1530-3667
Part of ISSN: 1557-7759
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Facchinelli L

Maintaining Quality of Candidate Strains of Transgenic Mosquitoes for Studies in Containment Facilities in Disease Endemic Countries

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
2018-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1530-3667
Part of ISSN: 1557-7759
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Facchinelli L

Comparison of Model Predictions and Laboratory Observations of Transgene Frequencies in Continuously-Breeding Mosquito Populations

Insects
2016-09-22 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2075-4450
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Facchinelli L
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Paratransgenesis to control malaria vectors: a semi-field pilot study.

2016-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Mancini MV; Spaccapelo R; Damiani C; Accoti A; Tallarita M; Petraglia E; Rossi P; Cappelli A; Capone A; Peruzzi G et al.
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Facchinelli L via Europe PubMed Central

Role of Lysozymes of Anopheles Mosquitoes in Plasmodium Development

Human and Mosquito Lysozymes
2015 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9783319094311
Part of ISBN: 9783319094328
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Facchinelli L

Stimulating Anopheles gambiae swarms in the laboratory: application for behavioural and fitness studies.

2015 | Journal article
Contributors: Facchinelli L; Valerio L; Lees RS; Oliva CF; Persampieri T; Collins CM; Crisanti A; Spaccapelo R; Benedict MQ
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Facchinelli L via Europe PubMed Central

A regulatory structure for working with genetically modified mosquitoes: lessons from Mexico.

2014-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Ramsey JM; Bond JG; Macotela ME; Facchinelli L; Valerio L; Brown DM; Scott TW; James AA
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Facchinelli L via Europe PubMed Central

Field cage studies and progressive evaluation of genetically-engineered mosquitoes.

2013 | Journal article
Contributors: Facchinelli L; Valerio L; Ramsey JM; Gould F; Walsh RK; Bond G; Robert MA; Lloyd AL; James AA; Alphey L et al.
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Facchinelli L via Europe PubMed Central

Regulation of Aedes aegypti population dynamics in field systems: quantifying direct and delayed density dependence.

2013-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Walsh RK; Aguilar CL; Facchinelli L; Valerio L; Ramsey JM; Scott TW; Lloyd AL; Gould F
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Facchinelli L via Europe PubMed Central

Mathematical models as aids for design and development of experiments: the case of transgenic mosquitoes.

2012-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Robert MA; Legros M; Facchinelli L; Valerio L; Ramsey JM; Scott TW; Gould F; Lloyd AL
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Facchinelli L via Europe PubMed Central

Dispersal of male Aedes aegypti in a coastal village in southern Mexico.

2012-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Valerio L; Facchinelli L; Ramsey JM; Bond JG; Scott TW
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Facchinelli L via Europe PubMed Central

Evidence of polyandry for Aedes aegypti in semifield enclosures.

2012-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Helinski ME; Valerio L; Facchinelli L; Scott TW; Ramsey J; Harrington LC
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Facchinelli L via Europe PubMed Central

Assessing the impact of density dependence in field populations of Aedes aegypti.

2011-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Walsh RK; Facchinelli L; Ramsey JM; Bond JG; Gould F
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Facchinelli L via Europe PubMed Central

Development of a semi-field system for contained field trials with Aedes aegypti in southern Mexico.

2011-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Facchinelli L; Valerio L; Bond JG; Wise de Valdez MR; Harrington LC; Ramsey JM; Casas-Martinez M; Scott TW
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Facchinelli L via Europe PubMed Central

Host-feeding patterns of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in urban and rural contexts within Rome province, Italy.

2010-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Valerio L; Marini F; Bongiorno G; Facchinelli L; Pombi M; Caputo B; Maroli M; Della Torre A
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Facchinelli L via Europe PubMed Central

Distribution of 'promoter' sandflies associated with incidence of classic Kaposi's sarcoma.

2009-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Ascoli V; Senis G; Zucchetto A; Valerio L; Facchinelli L; Budroni M; Dal Maso L; Coluzzi M
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Facchinelli L via Europe PubMed Central

Evaluation of a sticky trap for collecting Aedes (Stegomyia) adults in a dengue-endemic area in Thailand.

2008-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Facchinelli L; Koenraadt CJ; Fanello C; Kijchalao U; Valerio L; Jones JW; Scott TW; della Torre A
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Facchinelli L via Europe PubMed Central

Development of a novel sticky trap for container-breeding mosquitoes and evaluation of its sampling properties to monitor urban populations of Aedes albopictus.

2007-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Facchinelli L; Valerio L; Pombi M; Reiter P; Costantini C; Della Torre A
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Facchinelli L via Europe PubMed Central

Kaposi's sarcoma, human herpesvirus 8 infection and the potential role of promoter-arthropod bites in northern Sweden.

2006-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Ascoli V; Facchinelli L; Valerio L; Manno D; Coluzzi M
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Facchinelli L via Europe PubMed Central

Distribution of mosquito species in areas with high and low incidence of classic Kaposi's sarcoma and seroprevalence for HHV-8.

2006-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Ascoli V; Facchinelli L; Valerio L; Zucchetto A; Dal Maso L; Coluzzi M
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Facchinelli L via Europe PubMed Central

Peer review (9 reviews for 3 publications/grants)

Review activity for Gates open research. (1)
Review activity for Parasites & vectors. (7)
Review activity for Parasitology research. (1)