Educatjon  1944 -1956- Elementary and High School, Messina, Italy  1962 - Medical Degree summa cum laude, University of Naples  1968- Diploma of Specialist in Nervous and Mental Diseases summa cum laude, University of Naples  1970- Professorship ("Libera Docenza,,) in Virology, Rome

 Murine Virology  Antiviral Chemotherapy  Effects of inhibitors on viraI replication  Studies on the role of herpesviruses in cancer  Tumor immunology  Pathology of AIDS