• Assessment of Antibody Responses in Local and Immigrant Residents of Areas with Autochthonous Malaria Transmission in Greece 

      Piperaki, E. T.; Mavrouli, M.; Tseroni, M.; Routsias, J.; Kallimani, A.; Veneti, L.; Georgitsou, M.; Chania, M.; Georgakopoulou, T.; Hadjichristodoulou, C.; Tsakris, A. (2015)
      Greece has been officially malaria free since 1974. However, from 2009 to 2012, several locally acquired, cases of Plasmodium vivax malaria were detected, in immigrants and in Greek citizens. In this study, the antibody ...
    • Epidemiology of human leishmaniasis in Greece, 1981-2011 

      Gkolfinopoulou, K.; Bitsolas, N.; Patrinos, S.; Veneti, L.; Marka, A.; Dougas, G.; Pervanidou, D.; Detsis, M.; Triantafillou, E.; Georgakopoulou, T.; Billinis, C.; Kremastinou, J.; Hadjichristodoulou, C. (2013)
      Leishmaniasis is endemic and mandatorily notifiable in Greece. Epidemiological surveillance data for leishmaniasis in Greece between 1981 and 2011 are presented. In 1998, the notification system began distinguishing between ...
    • Laboratory and surveillance studies following a suspected Dengue case in Greece, 2012 

      Papa, A.; Gavana, E.; Detsis, M.; Terzaki, E.; Veneti, L.; Pervanidou, D.; Georgakopoulou, T.; Marangos, M.; Koliopoulos, G.; Baka, A.; Tsiodras, S.; Tsakris, A.; Hadjichristodoulou, C. (2015)
      Objectives: To describe the laboratory assays used to investigate a suspected dengue case in summer 2012 in western Greece and to report the public health response. Design of methods: Samples from the patient were tested ...
    • West Nile virus outbreak in humans, Greece, 2012: third consecutive year of local transmission 

      Pervanidou, D.; Detsis, M.; Danis, K.; Mellou, K.; Papanikolaou, E.; Terzaki, I.; Baka, A.; Veneti, L.; Vakali, A.; Dougas, G.; Politis, C.; Stamoulis, K.; Tsiodras, S.; Georgakopoulou, T.; Papa, A.; Tsakris, A.; Kremastinou, J.; Hadjichristodoulou, C. (2014)
      In 2010, the first outbreak of West Nile virus (WNV) infection in Greece was recorded, the largest in Europe since 1996. After 2010, outbreaks continued to occur in different areas of the country. Enhanced surveillance was ...