Biography:

Francesca Gucciardi studied at the University of Palermo and graduated in 2012. She is Sspecialist in Microbiology and Virology at the Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties “G. D'Alessandro”, University of Palermo (Italy). She is researcher at the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia (Italy) and her research areas include zoonotic agents, vector-borne pathogens, development of methods for serological and molecular diagnosis