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How Protein Surfaces Induce Anomalous Dynamics of Hydration Water by Pizzitutti, Francesco, Marchi, Massimo, Sterpone, Fabio, Rossky, Peter J

“…Water around biomolecules slows down with respect to pure water, and both rotation and translation exhibit anomalous time dependence in the hydration shell…”
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CystiHuman: A model of human neurocysticercosis by Bonnet, Gabrielle, Pizzitutti, Francesco, Gonzales-Gustavson, Eloy A, Gabriël, Sarah, Pan, William K, Garcia, Hector H, Bustos, Javier A, Vilchez, Percy, O'Neal, Seth E

“…The Taenia solium tapeworm is responsible for cysticercosis, a neglected tropical disease presenting as larvae in the body of a host following taenia egg…”
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Out of the net: An agent-based model to study human movements influence on local-scale malaria transmission by Pizzitutti, Francesco, Pan, William, Feingold, Beth, Zaitchik, Ben, Álvarez, Carlos A, Mena, Carlos F

“…Though malaria control initiatives have markedly reduced malaria prevalence in recent decades, global eradication is far from actuality. Recent studies show…”
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Non-local validated parametrization of an agent-based model of local-scale Taenia solium transmission in North-West Peru by Francesco Pizzitutti, Gabrielle Bonnet, Eloy Gonzales-Gustavson, Sarah Gabriël, William K. Pan, Ian W. Pray, Armando E. Gonzalez, Hector H. Garcia, Seth E. O’Neal

“…The pork tapeworm, Taenia solium, is the cause of a preventable zoonotic disease, cysticercosis, affecting both pigs and humans. Continued endemic transmission…”
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Validation of a spatial agent-based model for Taenia solium transmission ("CystiAgent") against a large prospective trial of control strategies in northern Peru by Pray, Ian W, Pizzitutti, Francesco, Bonnet, Gabrielle, Gonzales-Gustavson, Eloy, Wakeland, Wayne, Pan, William K, Lambert, William E, Gonzalez, Armando E, Garcia, Hector H, O'Neal, Seth E

“…The pork tapeworm (Taenia solium) is a parasitic helminth that imposes a major health and economic burden on poor rural populations around the world. As…”
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Development of a dose-response model for porcine cysticercosis by Andrade-Mogrovejo, Daniel A, Gonzales-Gustavson, Eloy, Ho-Palma, Ana C, Prada, Joaquín M, Bonnet, Gabrielle, Pizzitutti, Francesco, Gomez-Puerta, Luis A, Arroyo, Gianfranco, O'Neal, Seth E, Garcia, Hector H, Guitian, Javier, Gonzalez, Armando

“…Taenia solium is an important cause of acquired epilepsy worldwide and remains endemic in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Transmission of this parasite is…”
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Non-local validated parametrization of an agent-based model of local-scale Taenia solium transmission in North-West Peru by Pizzitutti, Francesco, Bonnet, Gabrielle, Gonzales-Gustavson, Eloy, Gabriël, Sarah, Pan, William K, Pray, Ian W, Gonzalez, Armando E, Garcia, Hector H, O'Neal, Seth E

“…The pork tapeworm, Taenia solium, is the cause of a preventable zoonotic disease, cysticercosis, affecting both pigs and humans. Continued endemic transmission…”
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Spatial transferability of an agent-based model to simulate Taenia solium control interventions by Pizzitutti, Francesco, Bonnet, Gabrielle, Gonzales-Gustavson, Eloy, Gabriël, Sarah, Pan, William K, Gonzalez, Armando E, Garcia, Hector H, O'Neal, Seth E

“…Models can be used to study and predict the impact of interventions aimed at controlling the spread of infectious agents, such as Taenia solium, a zoonotic…”
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Study protocol: improving response to malaria in the Amazon through identification of inter-community networks and human mobility in border regions of Ecuador, Peru and Brazil by Janko, Mark M, Araujo, Andrea L, Ascencio, Edson J, Guedes, Gilvan R, Vasco, Luis E, Santos, Reinaldo O, Damasceno, Camila P, Medrano, Perla G, Chacón-Uscamaita, Pamela R, Gunderson, Annika K, O’Malley, Sara, Kansara, Prakrut H, Narvaez, Manuel B, Coombes, Carolina, Pizzitutti, Francesco, Salmon-Mulanovich, Gabriela, Zaitchik, Benjamin F, Mena, Carlos F, Lescano, Andres G, Barbieri, Alisson F, Pan, William K

“…IntroductionUnderstanding human mobility’s role in malaria transmission is critical to successful control and elimination. However, common approaches to…”
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Evaluating the Role of Corrals and Insects in the Transmission of Porcine Cysticercosis: A Cohort Study by Gonzales-Gustavson, Eloy, Pray, Ian W, Gamboa, Ricardo, Muro, Claudio, Vilchez, Percy, Gomez-Puerta, Luis, Vargas-Calla, Ana, Bonnet, Gabrielle, Pizzitutti, Francesco, Garcia, Hector H, Gonzalez, Armando E, O'Neal, Seth E

“…The widespread dispersion of pigs infected with cysticercosis across endemic villages, low cyst burden among infected pigs, and low prevalence of taeniasis all…”
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Theoretical Investigation of the “CO in”−“CO out” Isomerization in a [2Fe−2S] Ferredoxin:  Free Energy Profiles and Redox States by Pizzitutti, Francesco, Sétif, Pierre, Marchi, Massimo

“…This paper reports on extensive molecular dynamics simulations (about 40 ns in total) in both the reduced and the oxidized states of Ferredoxin from…”
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Scenario planning for tourism management: a participatory and system dynamics model applied to the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador by Pizzitutti, Francesco, Walsh, Stephen J., Rindfuss, Ronald R., Gunter, Reck, Quiroga, Diego, Tippett, Rebecca, Mena, Carlos F.

“…This paper presents a decision-support system based on a system dynamics model designed to examine tourism management in the Galapagos Islands. A participatory…”
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Modeling asymptomatic infections and work-related human circulation as drivers of unstable malaria transmission in low-prevalence areas: A study in the Northern Peruvian Amazon by Pizzitutti, Francesco, Mena, Carlos F., Feingold, Beth, Pan, William K.

“…Despite relatively successful control campaigns, malaria remains a relevant public health problem in the Peruvian Amazon. Several studies suggest that malaria…”
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Validation of a spatial agent-based model for Taenia solium transmission by Pray, Ian W, Wakeland, Wayne, Pizzitutti, Francesco, Bonnet, Gabrielle, Lambert, William E, O'Neal, Seth E, Gonzalez, Armando E, Gonzales-Gustavson, Eloy, Pan, William K, Garcia, Hector H

“…Background The pork tapeworm (Taenia solium) is a parasitic helminth that imposes a major health and economic burden on poor rural populations around the…”
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Validation of a spatial agent-based model for Taenia solium transmission ("CystiAgent") against a large prospective trial of control strategies in northern Peru by Ian W Pray, Francesco Pizzitutti, Gabrielle Bonnet, Eloy Gonzales-Gustavson, Wayne Wakeland, William K Pan, William E Lambert, Armando E Gonzalez, Hector H Garcia, Seth E O'Neal, Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru

“…BackgroundThe pork tapeworm (Taenia solium) is a parasitic helminth that imposes a major health and economic burden on poor rural populations around the world…”
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Modelling Tourism in the Galapagos Islands: An Agent-Based Model Approach by Pizzitutti, Francesco, Mena, Carlos F, Walsh, Stephen J

“…Currently tourism is the main driver of change in the Galapagos Islands, affecting the social, terrestrial, and marine sub-systems. Tourism also has direct and…”
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A validated agent-based model to study the spatial and temporal heterogeneities of malaria incidence in the rainforest environment by Pizzitutti, Francesco, Pan, William, Barbieri, Alisson, Miranda, J Jaime, Feingold, Beth, Guedes, Gilvan R, Alarcon-Valenzuela, Javiera, Mena, Carlos F

“…The Amazon environment has been exposed in the last decades to radical changes that have been accompanied by a remarkable rise of both Plasmodium falciparum…”
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Development of a dose-response model for porcine cysticercosis by Daniel A Andrade-Mogrovejo, Eloy Gonzales-Gustavson, Ana C Ho-Palma, Joaquín M Prada, Gabrielle Bonnet, Francesco Pizzitutti, Luis A Gomez-Puerta, Gianfranco Arroyo, Seth E O'Neal, Hector H Garcia, Javier Guitian, Armando Gonzalez, Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru

“…Taenia solium is an important cause of acquired epilepsy worldwide and remains endemic in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Transmission of this parasite is…”
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Coarse-Graining the Accessible Surface and the Electrostatics of Proteins for Protein−Protein Interactions by Pizzitutti, Francesco, Marchi, Massimo, Borgis, Daniel

“…This study is concerned with the development and test of a coarse-grained representation specifically constructed for proteins and peptides, where each amino…”
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The role of loop ZA and Pro371 in the function of yeast Gcn5p bromodomain revealed through molecular dynamics and experiment by Pizzitutti, Francesco, Giansanti, Andrea, Ballario, Paola, Ornaghi, Prisca, Torreri, Paola, Ciccotti, Giovanni, Filetici, Patrizia

“…Biological experiments were combined with molecular dynamics simulations to understand the importance of amino acidic residues present in the bromodomain of…”
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