Esperta nei settori di:

• Allergie Respiratorie (Congiuntivite, Rinite E Asma)
• Allergie e Intolleranze Alimentari (Breath Test Lattosio e Lattulosio)
• Allergie A Veleno Di Imenotteri (Esecuzione Di Test e Immunterapia Specifica)
• Allergie A Farmaci (Antibioitici, Fans, Anestetici Locali e Generali)
• Dermatite Da Contatto
• Dermatite Atopica
• Orticaria-Angioedema

Maturità scientifica conseguita presso Liceo Scientifico G.B. Morgagni di Roma

Laurea in medicina e Chirurgia conseguita presso Università del Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”

Specializzazione in allergologia e immunologia clinica conseguita presso Università del Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”

• House dust mite sensitization shapes the clinical expression of shellfish allergy.

  Scala E, Villella V, Abeni D, Giani M, Guerra EC, Locanto M, Meneguzzi G, Pirrotta L, Quaratino D, Zaffiro A, Caprini E, Barrale M, Brusca I, Pravettoni V, Cecchi L, Villalta D, Asero R.

  Eur Ann Allergy Clin Immunol. 2026 Mar 23. doi: 10.23822/EurAnnACI.1764-1489.434.

• The Dual Face of Wheat and Cereal Reactivity: Molecular Divergence Between Soluble and Gluten-Derived Allergens.

  Scala E, Villella V, Abeni D, Giani M, Guerra EC, Locanto M, Meneguzzi G, Pirrotta L, Quaratino D, Zaffiro A, Caprini E, Barrale M, Brusca I, Pravettoni V, Cecchi L, Villalta D, Asero R.

  Allergy. 2026 Mar;81(3):848-860. doi: 10.1111/all.70062. Epub 2025 Sep 17.

• Art v 1 and Amb a 4 Co-Sensitization Identifies Italian Patients at Risk for Mugwort-Celery-Spice Syndrome.

  Scala E, Cusa G, Villella V, Abeni D, Giani M, Guerra EC, Locanto M, Meneguzzi G, Pirrotta L, Quaratino D, Zaffiro A, Caprini E, Barrale M, Brusca I, Pravettoni V, Cecchi L, Villalta D, Aumayr M, Mittermann I, Lupinek C, Asero R.

  Allergy. 2025 Dec 22. doi: 10.1111/all.70195.

• Molecular allergens drive risk stratification and immunotherapy in Hymenoptera venom allergy.

  Scala E, Villella V, Abeni D, Giani M, Guerra EC, Locanto M, Meneguzzi G, Pirrotta L, Quaratino D, Zaffiro A, Caprini E, Asero R, Cecchi L, Villalta D, Pravettoni V.

  World Allergy Organ J. 2025 Oct 9;18(10):101128. doi: 10.1016/j.waojou.2025.101128. eCollection 2025

• Progressively Simplified Testing in the Evaluation of Nonimmediate Reactions to Penicillins.

  Romano A, Valluzzi RL, Gaeta F, Caruso C, Zaffiro A, Quaratino D, Toscano A, Van Gasse A, Ebo DG, Sabato V.

  J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2025 Aug;13(8):2103-2114. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2025.05.037. Epub 2025 May 28.

• IgE Antibody Associations With Allergic Disease Phenotypes Using ISAC and ALEX Assays.

  Scala E, Villella V, Abeni D, Giani M, Guerra EC, Locanto M, Meneguzzi G, Pirrotta L, Quaratino D, Zaffiro A, Samela T,Caprini E, Cecchi L, Villalta D, Asero R.

  Clin Exp Allergy. 2024 Dec;54(12):1013-1015. doi: 10.1111/cea.14551. Epub 2024 Jul 29.

• The Combined Use of Chronological and Morphological Criteria in the Evaluation of Immediate Penicillin Reactions: Evidence From a Large Study.

  Romano A, Valluzzi RL, Gaeta F, Caruso C, Zaffiro A, Quaratino D, Ebo D, Sabato V.J

  Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2022 Dec;10(12):3238-3248.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2022.08.045. Epub 2022 Sep 13.

• Evaluating Immediate Reactions to Cephalosporins: Time Is of the Essence.

  Romano A, Valluzzi RL, Caruso C, Zaffiro A, Quaratino D, Gaeta F.J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2021 Apr;9(4):1648-1657.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2020.11.032. Epub 2020 Nov 27.

• Tolerability of Cefazolin and Ceftibuten in Patients with IgE-Mediated Aminopenicillin Allergy.

  Romano A, Valluzzi RL, Caruso C, Zaffiro A, Quaratino D, Gaeta F.

  J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2020 Jun;8(6):1989-1993.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2020.02.025. Epub 2020 Mar 4.

• Reply.

  Romano A, Gaeta F, Valluzzi RL, Maggioletti M, Zaffiro A, Caruso C, Quaratino D.

  J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2016 Jan;137(1):331-332. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2015.09.024. Epub 2015 Nov 6.

• Reply: To PMID 25930196.

  Romano A, Gaeta F, Valluzzi RL, Maggioletti M, Zaffiro A, Caruso C, Quaratino D.

  J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2015 Nov;136(5):1428. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2015.06.053. Epub 2015 Sep 18.

• IgE-mediated hypersensitivity to cephalosporins: Cross-reactivity and tolerability of alternative cephalosporins.

  Romano A, Gaeta F, Valluzzi RL, Maggioletti M, Zaffiro A, Caruso C, Quaratino D.

  J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2015 Sep;136(3):685-691.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2015.03.012. Epub 2015 Apr 28.

• Natural evolution of skin-test sensitivity in patients with IgE-mediated hypersensitivity to cephalosporins.

  Romano A, Gaeta F, Valluzzi RL, Zaffiro A, Caruso C, Quaratino D.

  Allergy. 2014 Jun;69(6):806-9. doi: 10.1111/all.12390. Epub 2014 Mar 27.

• Absence of cross-reactivity to carbapenems in patients with delayed hypersensitivity to penicillins.

  Romano A, Gaeta F, Valluzzi RL, Alonzi C, Maggioletti M, Zaffiro A, Caruso C, Quaratino D.

  Allergy. 2013 Dec;68(12):1618-21. doi: 10.1111/all.12299. Epub 2013 Nov 4.

• Cross-sectional survey on immunoglobulin E reactivity in 23,077 subjects using an allergenic molecule-based microarray detection system.

  Scala E, Alessandri C, Bernardi ML, Ferrara R, Palazzo P, Pomponi D, Quaratino D, Rasi C, Zaffiro A, Zennaro D, Mari A.

  Clin Exp Allergy. 2010 Jun;40(6):911-21. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2010.03470.x. Epub 2010 Mar 1.

• Molecular allergology approach to allergic diseases in the paediatric age.

  Alessandri C, Zennaro D, Zaffiro A, Mari A.

  Ital J Pediatr. 2009 Oct 5;35(1):29. doi: 10.1186/1824-7288-35-29.

• Circulating interleukin 16 (IL-16) in children with atopic/eczema dermatitis syndrome (AEDS): a novel serological marker of disease activity.

  Frezzolini A, Paradisi M, Zaffiro A, Provini A, Cadoni S, Ruffelli M, De Pità O.

  Allergy. 2002 Sep;57(9):815-20. doi: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.2002.23687.x.

• Very delayed reactions to beta-lactam antibiotics.

  Rosso R, Mattiacci G, Bernardi ML, Guazzi V, Zaffiro A, Bellegrandi S, De Rocco MG, Bellioni-Businco B, Sirianni MC, Aiuti F, Paganelli R.

  Contact Dermatitis. 2000 May;42(5):293-5.

• Combined immediate- and delayed-type hypersensitivity to metamizole.

  Bellegrandi S, Rosso R, Mattiacci G, Zaffiro A, Di Sora F, Menzella F, Aiuti F, Paganelli R.

  Allergy. 1999 Jan;54(1):88-90. doi: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.1999.00953

• AAITO (associazione allergologi immunologi territoriali ospedalieri)