Dr Mara Rocchi
- Affiliate Researcher (Moredun) (School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine)
Publications
2026
McLellan, William, Gandy, Sara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2579-4479, Ghazoul, Jaboury, Olsthoorn, Fanny, May, Livia, Eze, Jude, Rocchi, Mara, Sprong, Hein and Gilbert, Lucy
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9139-8450
(2026)
The roles of contrasting host types on the environmental abundance of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, an emerging zoonotic pathogen.
Ecology and Evolution,
(Accepted for Publication)
Robinson, Amy L., Bianchessi, Laura, Rocchi, Mara S. and Dagleish, Mark P. (2026) A review of the pathology of herpesvirus infections in pinnipeds. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 226, pp. 42-56. (doi: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2026.01.007)
2024
Tandavanitj, Rapeepat, Setthapramote, Chayanee, De Lorenzo, Giuditta ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2736-8740, Sanchez-Velazquez, Ricardo, Clark, Jordan J., Rocchi, Mara, McInnes, Colin, Kohl, Alain
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1523-9458 and Patel, Arvind H.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4600-2047
(2024)
Virus-like particles of louping ill virus elicit potent neutralizing antibodies targeting multimers of viral envelope protein.
Vaccine, 42(9),
pp. 2429-2437.
(doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.03.008)
(PMID:38458875)
Gonzalo Nadal, V. et al. (2024) Suspected tick-borne flavivirus meningoencephalomyelitis in dogs from the UK: six cases (2021). Journal of Small Animal Practice, 65(2), pp. 132-143. (doi: 10.1111/jsap.13682) (PMID:37956993) (PMCID:PMC11497270)
2021
Olsthoorn, Fanny, Sprong, Hein, Fonville, Manoj, Rocchi, Mara, Medlock, Jolyon, Gilbert, Lucy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9139-8450 and Ghazoul, Jaboury
(2021)
Occurrence of tick-borne pathogens in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks from Wester Ross, Northwest Scotland.
Parasites and Vectors, 14(1),
430.
(doi: 10.1186/s13071-021-04946-5)
(PMID:34446082)
(PMCID:PMC8393815)
Davison, Nicholas J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7286-1836, Dagleish, Mark P., Dale, Emma-Jane, ten Doeschate, Mariel
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9377-1282, Muchowski, Jakub, Perrett, Lorraine L., Rocchi, Mara, Whatmore, Adrian M. and Brownlow, Andrew C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9885-7480
(2021)
First confirmed reports of the isolation of Brucella ceti from a Risso’s dolphin Grampus griseus and a killer whale Orcinus orca.
Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 145,
pp. 191-195.
(doi: 10.3354/dao03612)
(PMID:34263734)
Davison, Nicholas J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7286-1836, Dagleish, Mark P., ten Doeschate, Mariel
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9377-1282, Muchowski, Jakub, Perrett, Lorraine L., Rocchi, Mara, Whatmore, Adrian M. and Brownlow, Andrew
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9885-7480
(2021)
Meningoencephalitis in a common minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata associated with Brucella pinnipedialis and gamma-herpesvirus infection.
Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 144,
pp. 231-235.
(doi: 10.3354/dao03590)
(PMID:34042070)
2018
Melzi, Eleonora, Rocchi, Mara S., Entrican, Gary, Caporale, Marco and Palmarini, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7007-4070
(2018)
Immunophenotyping of sheep paraffin-embedded peripheral lymph nodes.
Frontiers in Immunology, 9,
2892.
(doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.02892)
(PMID:30619264)
(PMCID:PMC6297804)
Dagleish, M.P., Clark, J.J., Robson, C., Tucker, M., Orton, R.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-4325 and Rocchi, M.S.
(2018)
A fatal case of louping-ill in a dog: immunolocalization and full genome sequencing of the virus.
Journal of Comparative Pathology, 165,
pp. 23-32.
(doi: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2018.09.004)
(PMID:30502792)
(PMCID:PMC6302148)
2016
Melzi, Eleonora, Caporale, Marco, Rocchi, Mara, Martin, Verónica, Gamino, Virginia, di Provvido, Andrea, Marruchella, Giuseppe, Entrican, Gary, Sevilla, Noemi and Palmarini, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7007-4070
(2016)
Follicular dendritic cell disruption as a novel mechanism of virus-induced immunosuppression.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(41),
E6238-E6247.
(doi: 10.1073/pnas.1610012113)
(PMID:27671646)
(PMCID:PMC5068271)
2011
Innes, Elisabeth A., Bartley, Paul M., Rocchi, Mara, Benavidas-Silvan, Julio, Burrells, Alison, Hotchkiss, Emily, Chianini, Francesca, Canton, German and Katzer, Frank (2011) Developing vaccines to control protozoan parasites in ruminants: dead or alive? Veterinary Parasitology, 180(1-2), pp. 155-163. (doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.05.036) (PMID:21680094)
Articles
McLellan, William, Gandy, Sara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2579-4479, Ghazoul, Jaboury, Olsthoorn, Fanny, May, Livia, Eze, Jude, Rocchi, Mara, Sprong, Hein and Gilbert, Lucy
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9139-8450
(2026)
The roles of contrasting host types on the environmental abundance of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, an emerging zoonotic pathogen.
Ecology and Evolution,
(Accepted for Publication)
Robinson, Amy L., Bianchessi, Laura, Rocchi, Mara S. and Dagleish, Mark P. (2026) A review of the pathology of herpesvirus infections in pinnipeds. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 226, pp. 42-56. (doi: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2026.01.007)
Tandavanitj, Rapeepat, Setthapramote, Chayanee, De Lorenzo, Giuditta ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2736-8740, Sanchez-Velazquez, Ricardo, Clark, Jordan J., Rocchi, Mara, McInnes, Colin, Kohl, Alain
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1523-9458 and Patel, Arvind H.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4600-2047
(2024)
Virus-like particles of louping ill virus elicit potent neutralizing antibodies targeting multimers of viral envelope protein.
Vaccine, 42(9),
pp. 2429-2437.
(doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.03.008)
(PMID:38458875)
Gonzalo Nadal, V. et al. (2024) Suspected tick-borne flavivirus meningoencephalomyelitis in dogs from the UK: six cases (2021). Journal of Small Animal Practice, 65(2), pp. 132-143. (doi: 10.1111/jsap.13682) (PMID:37956993) (PMCID:PMC11497270)
Olsthoorn, Fanny, Sprong, Hein, Fonville, Manoj, Rocchi, Mara, Medlock, Jolyon, Gilbert, Lucy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9139-8450 and Ghazoul, Jaboury
(2021)
Occurrence of tick-borne pathogens in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks from Wester Ross, Northwest Scotland.
Parasites and Vectors, 14(1),
430.
(doi: 10.1186/s13071-021-04946-5)
(PMID:34446082)
(PMCID:PMC8393815)
Davison, Nicholas J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7286-1836, Dagleish, Mark P., Dale, Emma-Jane, ten Doeschate, Mariel
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9377-1282, Muchowski, Jakub, Perrett, Lorraine L., Rocchi, Mara, Whatmore, Adrian M. and Brownlow, Andrew C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9885-7480
(2021)
First confirmed reports of the isolation of Brucella ceti from a Risso’s dolphin Grampus griseus and a killer whale Orcinus orca.
Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 145,
pp. 191-195.
(doi: 10.3354/dao03612)
(PMID:34263734)
Davison, Nicholas J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7286-1836, Dagleish, Mark P., ten Doeschate, Mariel
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9377-1282, Muchowski, Jakub, Perrett, Lorraine L., Rocchi, Mara, Whatmore, Adrian M. and Brownlow, Andrew
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9885-7480
(2021)
Meningoencephalitis in a common minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata associated with Brucella pinnipedialis and gamma-herpesvirus infection.
Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 144,
pp. 231-235.
(doi: 10.3354/dao03590)
(PMID:34042070)
Melzi, Eleonora, Rocchi, Mara S., Entrican, Gary, Caporale, Marco and Palmarini, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7007-4070
(2018)
Immunophenotyping of sheep paraffin-embedded peripheral lymph nodes.
Frontiers in Immunology, 9,
2892.
(doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.02892)
(PMID:30619264)
(PMCID:PMC6297804)
Dagleish, M.P., Clark, J.J., Robson, C., Tucker, M., Orton, R.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-4325 and Rocchi, M.S.
(2018)
A fatal case of louping-ill in a dog: immunolocalization and full genome sequencing of the virus.
Journal of Comparative Pathology, 165,
pp. 23-32.
(doi: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2018.09.004)
(PMID:30502792)
(PMCID:PMC6302148)
Melzi, Eleonora, Caporale, Marco, Rocchi, Mara, Martin, Verónica, Gamino, Virginia, di Provvido, Andrea, Marruchella, Giuseppe, Entrican, Gary, Sevilla, Noemi and Palmarini, Massimo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7007-4070
(2016)
Follicular dendritic cell disruption as a novel mechanism of virus-induced immunosuppression.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(41),
E6238-E6247.
(doi: 10.1073/pnas.1610012113)
(PMID:27671646)
(PMCID:PMC5068271)
Innes, Elisabeth A., Bartley, Paul M., Rocchi, Mara, Benavidas-Silvan, Julio, Burrells, Alison, Hotchkiss, Emily, Chianini, Francesca, Canton, German and Katzer, Frank (2011) Developing vaccines to control protozoan parasites in ruminants: dead or alive? Veterinary Parasitology, 180(1-2), pp. 155-163. (doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.05.036) (PMID:21680094)