• Correlation of mutations and recombination with growth kinetics of poliovirus vaccine strains 

      Pliaka, V.; Kyriakopoulou, Z.; Tsakogiannis, D.; Ruether, I. G. A.; Gartzonika, C.; Levidiotou-Stefanou, S.; Krikelis, A.; Markoulatos, P. (2010)
      Attenuated strains of Sabin poliovirus vaccine replicate in the human gut and, in rare cases, may cause vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis (VAPP). The genetic instability of Sabin strains constitutes one of the ...
    • Determination of antigenic properties of vaccine derived poliovirus strains 

      Pliaka, V.; Achilleos, C.; Kyriakopoulou, Z.; Tsakogiannis, D.; Ruether, I. G. A.; Gartzonica, C.; Levidiotou-Stefanou, S.; Markoulatos, P. (2010)
      In this study, the immunity level of the southern Greek population in the 1-10-year, 11-20-year, 21-30-year and 31-40-year age groups with regard to Sabin vaccine strains and a collection of 11 recombinant and three ...