• Air and maritime transport during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: challenges for the public health service [Flug- und Schiffsverkehr während der COVID-19-Pandemie in Deutschland: Herausforderungen für den Öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienst] 

      Kleine-Kampmann S., Schöll M., Ehlers L., Hewelt E., Götsch U., Göbels K., Ippisch S., Seidel J., Thanheiser M., Schindler B., Kalkowski M., Boldt M., Dirksen-Fischer M., von Münster T., Jeglitza M., Chmielewska J., Sangs A., Mouchtouri B., Rexroth U., an der Heiden M. (2021)
      COVID-19 has been challenging our society since January 2020. Due to global travel, the new coronavirus has rapidly spread worldwide. This article aims to provide an overview of the challenges in implementing measures in ...
    • Bioavailability and health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements in Thriasio Plain, near Athens, Greece 

      Antoniadis V., Golia E.E., Shaheen S.M., Rinklebe J. (2017)
      Elevated concentrations of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) are usually found in areas of intense industrial activity. Thriasio Plain is a plain near Athens, Greece, where most of the heavy industry of the country has ...
    • Brain diseases in changing climate 

      Ruszkiewicz J.A., Tinkov A.A., Skalny A.V., Siokas V., Dardiotis E., Tsatsakis A., Bowman A.B., da Rocha J.B.T., Aschner M. (2019)
      Climate change is one of the biggest and most urgent challenges for the 21st century. Rising average temperatures and ocean levels, altered precipitation patterns and increased occurrence of extreme weather events affect ...
    • Controversies and lessons from the history of smallpox: The case of massive vaccination in british corfu (1852) 

      Tsiamis C., Vrioni G., Dimopoulou C., Poulakou-Rebelakou E., Anoyatis-Pele D., Tsakris A. (2021)
      The study presents an anti-vaccination action in the 19th century involving both scientific and political motiva-tion. The research is based on an unpublished archive, namely the registries of the British Executive Police ...
    • Development of a competency profile for professionals involved in infectious disease preparedness and response in the air transport public health sector 

      de Rooij D., Rebel R., Raab J., Hadjichristodoulou C., Belfroid E., Timen A. (2020)
      Background Recent infectious disease outbreaks highlight the importance of competent professionals with expertise on public health preparedness and response at airports. The availability of a competency profile for this ...
    • Efficient and targeted COVID-19 border testing via reinforcement learning 

      Bastani H., Drakopoulos K., Gupta V., Vlachogiannis I., Hadjicristodoulou C., Lagiou P., Magiorkinis G., Paraskevis D., Tsiodras S. (2021)
      Throughout the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, countries have relied on a variety of ad hoc border control protocols to allow for non-essential travel while safeguarding public health, from quarantining all ...
    • European Brown hare (Lepus europaeus) as a source of emerging and re-emerging pathogens of Public Health importance: A review 

      Tsokana C.N., Sokos C., Giannakopoulos A., Birtsas P., Valiakos G., Spyrou V., Athanasiou L.V., Rodi Burriel A., Billinis C. (2020)
      European brown hare (Lepus europaeus, EBH) is probably the most important game animal in Europe throughout its historical distribution. The decline in its populations across its geographic range in Europe have been attributed ...
    • European web-based platform for recording international health regulations ship sanitation certificates: Results and perspectives 

      Mouchtouri V.A., Van Reusel D., Bitsolas N., Katsioulis A., Van den Bogaert R., Helewaut B., Steenhout I., Damman D., Dávila Cornejo M., Hadjichristodoulou C., Andrioti D., Barbouni A., Broekhuijsen J., Dirksen-Fischer M., Ferrelli R., Kairienė B., Kantonis A., Kokosharova G., Kostara E., Kunchev A., Otorepec P., Petraitis R., Pilipavicius R., Martinez C.V., Vozelevskaja N., Wagner D. (2018)
      The purpose of this study was to report the data analysis results from the International Health Regulations (2005) Ship Sanitation Certificates (SSCs), recorded in the European Information System (EIS). International sea ...
    • Exit and entry screening practices for infectious diseases among travelers at points of entry: Looking for evidence on public health impact 

      Mouchtouri V.A., Christoforidou E.P., der Heiden M.A., Lemos C.M., Fanos M., Rexroth U., Grote U., Belfroid E., Swaan C., Hadjichristodoulou C. (2019)
      A scoping search and a systematic literature review were conducted to give an insight on entry and exit screening referring to travelers at points of entry, by analyzing published evidence on practices, guidelines, and ...
    • Exposure assessment on aflatoxin M1 from milk and dairy products-relation to public health 

      Malissiova E., Soultani G., Tsokana K., Alexandraki M., Manouras A. (2022)
      Background-aim: Aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) contaminates milk and dairy products that are widely consumed foods. Therefore, there is increased concern for human exposure to the toxic action and the negative health effects that ...
    • Health measures to travellers and cruise ships in response to COVID-19 

      Mouchtouri V.A., Dirksen-Fischer M., Hadjichristodoulou C. (2020)
      [No abstract available]
    • Hepatitis a among refugees, asylum seekers and migrants living in hosting facilities, Greece, April to December 2016 

      Mellou K., Chrisostomou A., Sideroglou T., Georgakopoulou T., Kyritsi M., Hadjichristodoulou C., Tsiodras S. (2017)
      An increased number of hepatitis A cases among refugees, asylum seekers and migrants residing in hosting facilities in Greece were recorded between April and December 2016. In total, 177 laboratory-confirmed symptomatic ...
    • Imported Chikungunya fever case in Greece in June 2014 and public health response 

      Tsiodras S., Pervanidou D., Papadopoulou E., Kavatha D., Baka A., Koliopoulos G., Badieritakis E., Michaelakis A., Gavana E., Patsoula E., Tsimpos I., Gioksari T., Kyriazopoulou E., Vakali A., Pavli A., Maltezou H.C., Georgakopoulou T., Hadjichristodoulou C., Kremastinou J., Papa A. (2016)
      We report about the first imported case of Chikungunya fever in Greece in a Greek traveler returning from the Dominican Republic and the associated public health response. We investigated the case and performed focused ...
    • Mapping 123 million neonatal, infant and child deaths between 2000 and 2017 

      Burstein R., Henry N.J., Collison M.L., Marczak L.B., Sligar A., Watson S., Marquez N., Abbasalizad-Farhangi M., Abbasi M., Abd-Allah F., Abdoli A., Abdollahi M., Abdollahpour I., Abdulkader R.S., Abrigo M.R.M., Acharya D., Adebayo O.M., Adekanmbi V., Adham D., Afshari M., Aghaali M., Ahmadi K., Ahmadi M., Ahmadpour E., Ahmed R., Akal C.G., Akinyemi J.O., Alahdab F., Alam N., Alamene G.M., Alene K.A., Alijanzadeh M., Alinia C., Alipour V., Aljunid S.M., Almalki M.J., Al-Mekhlafi H.M., Altirkawi K., Alvis-Guzman N., Amegah A.K., Amini S., Amit A.M.L., Anbari Z., Androudi S., Anjomshoa M., Ansari F., Antonio C.A.T., Arabloo J., Arefi Z., Aremu O., Armoon B., Arora A., Artaman A., Asadi A., Asadi-Aliabadi M., Ashraf-Ganjouei A., Assadi R., Ataeinia B., Atre S.R., Quintanilla B.P.A., Ayanore M.A., Azari S., Babaee E., Babazadeh A., Badawi A., Bagheri S., Bagherzadeh M., Baheiraei N., Balouchi A., Barac A., Bassat Q., Baune B.T., Bayati M., Bedi N., Beghi E., Behzadifar M., Behzadifar M., Belay Y.B., Bell B., Bell M.L., Berbada D.A., Bernstein R.S., Bhattacharjee N.V., Bhattarai S., Bhutta Z.A., Bijani A., Bohlouli S., Breitborde N.J.K., Britton G., Browne A.J., Nagaraja S.B., Busse R., Butt Z.A., Car J., Cárdenas R., Castañeda-Orjuela C.A., Cerin E., Chanie W.F., Chatterjee P., Chu D.-T., Cooper C., Costa V.M., Dalal K., Dandona L., Dandona R., Daoud F., Daryani A., Das Gupta R., Davis I., Davis Weaver N., Davitoiu D.V., De Neve J.-W., Demeke F.M., Demoz G.T., Deribe K., Desai R., Deshpande A., Desyibelew H.D., Dey S., Dharmaratne S.D., Dhimal M., Diaz D., Doshmangir L., Duraes A.R., Dwyer-Lindgren L., Earl L., Ebrahimi R., Ebrahimpour S., Effiong A., Eftekhari A., Ehsani-Chimeh E., El Sayed I., El Sayed Zaki M., El Tantawi M., El-Khatib Z., Emamian M.H., Enany S., Eskandarieh S., Eyawo O., Ezalarab M., Faramarzi M., Fareed M., Faridnia R., Faro A., Fazaeli A.A., Fazlzadeh M., Fentahun N., Fereshtehnejad S.-M., Fernandes J.C., Filip I., Fischer F., Foigt N.A., Foroutan M., Francis J.M., Fukumoto T., Fullman N., Gallus S., Gebre D.G., Gebrehiwot T.T., Gebremeskel G.G., Gessner B.D., Geta B., Gething P.W., Ghadimi R., Ghadiri K., Ghajarzadeh M., Ghashghaee A., Gill P.S., Gill T.K., Golding N., Gomes N.G.M., Gona P.N., Gopalani S.V., Gorini G., Goulart B.N.G., Graetz N., Greaves F., Green M.S., Guo Y., Haj-Mirzaian A., Haj-Mirzaian A., Hall B.J., Hamidi S., Haririan H., Haro J.M., Hasankhani M., Hasanpoor E., Hasanzadeh A., Hassankhani H., Hassen H.Y., Hegazy M.I., Hendrie D., Heydarpour F., Hird T.R., Hoang C.L., Hollerich G., Rad E.H., Hoseini-Ghahfarokhi M., Hossain N., Hosseini M., Hosseinzadeh M., Hostiuc M., Hostiuc S., Househ M., Hsairi M., Ilesanmi O.S., Imani-Nasab M.H., Iqbal U., Irvani S.S.N., Islam N., Islam S.M.S., Jürisson M., Balalami N.J., Jalali A., Javidnia J., Jayatilleke A.U., Jenabi E., Ji J.S., Jobanputra Y.B., Johnson K., Jonas J.B., Shushtari Z.J., Jozwiak J.J., Kabir A., Kahsay A., Kalani H., Kalhor R., Karami M., Karki S., Kasaeian A., Kassebaum N.J., Keiyoro P.N., Kemp G.R., Khabiri R., Khader Y.S., Khafaie M.A., Khan E.A., Khan J., Khan M.S., Khang Y.-H., Khatab K., Khater A., Khater M.M., Khatony A., Khazaei M., Khazaei S., Khazaei-Pool M., Khubchandani J., Kianipour N., Kim Y.J., Kimokoti R.W., Kinyoki D.K., Kisa A., Kisa S., Kolola T., Kosen S., Koul P.A., Koyanagi A., Kraemer M.U.G., Krishan K., Krohn K.J., Kugbey N., Kumar G.A., Kumar M., Kumar P., Kuupiel D., Lacey B., Lad S.D., Lami F.H., Larsson A.O., Lee P.H., Leili M., Levine A.J., Li S., Lim L.-L., Listl S., Longbottom J., Lopez J.C.F., Lorkowski S., Magdeldin S., Abd El Razek H.M., Abd El Razek M.M., Majeed A., Maleki A., Malekzadeh R., Malta D.C., Mamun A.A., Manafi N., Manda A.-L., Mansourian M., Martins-Melo F.R., Masaka A., Massenburg B.B., Maulik P.K., Mayala B.K., Mazidi M., McKee M., Mehrotra R., Mehta K.M., Meles G.G., Mendoza W., Menezes R.G., Meretoja A., Meretoja T.J., Mestrovic T., Miller T.R., Miller-Petrie M.K., Mills E.J., Milne G.J., Mini G.K., Mir S.M., Mirjalali H., Mirrakhimov E.M., Mohamadi E., Mohammad D.K., Darwesh A.M., Mezerji N.M.G., Mohammed A.S., Mohammed S., Mokdad A.H., Molokhia M., Monasta L., Moodley Y., Moosazadeh M., Moradi G., Moradi M., Moradi Y., Moradi-Lakeh M., Moradinazar M., Moraga P., Morawska L., Mosapour A., Mousavi S.M., Mueller U.O., Muluneh A.G., Mustafa G., Nabavizadeh B., Naderi M., Nagarajan A.J., Nahvijou A., Najafi F., Nangia V., Ndwandwe D.E., Neamati N., Negoi I., Negoi R.I., Ngunjiri J.W., Thi Nguyen H.L., Nguyen L.H., Nguyen S.H., Nielsen K.R., Ningrum D.N.A., Nirayo Y.L., Nixon M.R., Nnaji C.A., Nojomi M., Noroozi M., Nosratnejad S., Noubiap J.J., Motlagh S.N., Ofori-Asenso R., Ogbo F.A., Oladimeji K.E., Olagunju A.T., Olfatifar M., Olum S., Olusanya B.O., Oluwasanu M.M., Onwujekwe O.E., Oren E., Ortega-Altamirano D.D.V., Ortiz A., Osarenotor O., Osei F.B., Osgood-Zimmerman A.E., Otstavnov S.S., Owolabi M.O., Mahesh P.A., Pagheh A.S., Pakhale S., Panda-Jonas S., Pandey A., Park E.-K., Parsian H., Pashaei T., Patel S.K., Pepito V.C.F., Pereira A., Perkins S., Pickering B.V., Pilgrim T., Pirestani M., Piroozi B., Pirsaheb M., Plana-Ripoll O., Pourjafar H., Puri P., Qorbani M., Quintana H., Rabiee M., Rabiee N., Radfar A., Rafiei A., Rahim F., Rahimi Z., Rahimi-Movaghar V., Rahimzadeh S., Rajati F., Raju S.B., Ramezankhani A., Ranabhat C.L., Rasella D., Rashedi V., Rawal L., Reiner Jr R.C., Renzaho A.M.N., Rezaei S., Rezapour A., Riahi S.M., Ribeiro A.I., Roever L., Roro E.M., Roser M., Roshandel G., Roshani D., Rostami A., Rubagotti E., Rubino S., Sabour S., Sadat N., Sadeghi E., Saeedi R., Safari Y., Safari-Faramani R., Safdarian M., Sahebkar A., Salahshoor M.R., Salam N., Salamati P., Salehi F., Zahabi S.S., Salimi Y., Salimzadeh H., Salomon J.A., Sambala E.Z., Samy A.M., Santric Milicevic M.M., Jose B.P.S., Saraswathy S.Y.I., Sarmiento-Suárez R., Sartorius B., Sathian B., Saxena S., Sbarra A.N., Schaeffer L.E., Schwebel D.C., Sepanlou S.G., Seyedmousavi S., Shaahmadi F., Shaikh M.A., Shams-Beyranvand M., Shamshirian A., Shamsizadeh M., Sharafi K., Sharif M., Sharif-Alhoseini M., Sharifi H., Sharma J., Sharma R., Sheikh A., Shields C., Shigematsu M., Shiri R., Shiue I., Shuval K., Siddiqi T.J., Silva J.P., Singh J.A., Sinha D.N., Sisay M.M., Sisay S., Sliwa K., Smith D.L., Somayaji R., Soofi M., Soriano J.B., Sreeramareddy C.T., Sudaryanto A., Sufiyan M.B., Sykes B.L., Sylaja P.N., Tabarés-Seisdedos R., Tabb K.M., Tabuchi T., Taveira N., Temsah M.-H., Terkawi A.S., Tessema Z.T., Thankappan K.R., Thirunavukkarasu S., To Q.G., Tovani-Palone M.R., Tran B.X., Tran K.B., Ullah I., Usman M.S., Uthman O.A., Vahedian-Azimi A., Valdez P.R., van Boven J.F.M., Vasankari T.J., Vasseghian Y., Veisani Y., Venketasubramanian N., Violante F.S., Vladimirov S.K., Vlassov V., Vos T., Vu G.T., Vujcic I.S., Waheed Y., Wakefield J., Wang H., Wang Y., Wang Y.-P., Ward J.L., Weintraub R.G., Weldegwergs K.G., Weldesamuel G.T., Westerman R., Wiysonge C.S., Wondafrash D.Z., Woyczynski L., Wu A.-M., Xu G., Yadegar A., Yamada T., Yazdi-Feyzabadi V., Yilgwan C.S., Yip P., Yonemoto N., Lebni J.Y., Younis M.Z., Yousefifard M., Yousof H.-A.S.A., Yu C., Yusefzadeh H., Zabeh E., Moghadam T.Z., Bin Zaman S., Zamani M., Zandian H., Zangeneh A., Zerfu T.A., Zhang Y., Ziapour A., Zodpey S., Murray C.J.L., Hay S.I. (2019)
      Since 2000, many countries have achieved considerable success in improving child survival, but localized progress remains unclear. To inform efforts towards United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3.2—to end preventable ...
    • Modeling and forecasting the covid-19 temporal spread in Greece: An exploratory approach based on complex network defined splines 

      Demertzis K., Tsiotas D., Magafas L. (2020)
      Within the complex framework of anti-COVID-19 health management, where the criteria of diagnostic testing, the availability of public-health resources and services, and the applied anti-COVID-19 policies vary between ...
    • Perceived importance of public health risks in greece: a nationwide survey of the adult population 

      Tzortzi A., Kapetanstrataki M., Rachiotis G., Evangelopoulou V., Leventou E., Behrakis P. (2021)
      The current study is the first to examine the perceptions of the Greek public towards selected health risks and prioritize perceived risk importance and the needs to be addressed for public health promotion. Participants ...
    • Predictors of adherence to public health behaviors for fighting COVID-19 derived from longitudinal data 

      Schumpe B.M., Van Lissa C.J., Bélanger J.J., Ruggeri K., Mierau J., Nisa C.F., Molinario E., Gelfand M.J., Stroebe W., Agostini M., Gützkow B., Jeronimus B.F., Kreienkamp J., Kutlaca M., Lemay E.P., Jr, Reitsema A.M., vanDellen M.R., Abakoumkin G., Abdul Khaiyom J.H., Ahmedi V., Akkas H., Almenara C.A., Atta M., Bagci S.C., Basel S., Berisha Kida E., Bernardo A.B.I., Buttrick N.R., Chobthamkit P., Choi H.-S., Cristea M., Csaba S., Damnjanović K., Danyliuk I., Dash A., Di Santo D., Douglas K.M., Enea V., Faller D., Fitzsimons G.J., Gheorghiu A., Gómez Á., Hamaidia A., Han Q., Helmy M., Hudiyana J., Jiang D.-Y., Jovanović V., Kamenov Z., Kende A., Keng S.-L., Kieu T.T.T., Koc Y., Kovyazina K., Kozytska I., Krause J., Kruglanski A.W., Kurapov A., Lantos N.A., Lesmana C.B.J., Louis W.R., Lueders A., Malik N.I., Martinez A.P., McCabe K.O., Mehulić J., Milla M.N., Mohammed I., Moyano M., Muhammad H., Mula S., Muluk H., Myroniuk S., Najafi R., Nyúl B., O’Keefe P.A., Olivas Osuna J.J., Osin E.N., Park J., Pica G., Pierro A., Rees J.H., Resta E., Rullo M., Ryan M.K., Samekin A., Santtila P., Sasin E., Selim H.A., Stanton M.V., Sultana S., Sutton R.M., Tseliou E., Utsugi A., van Breen J.A., Van Veen K., Vázquez A., Wollast R., Yeung V.W.-L., Zand S., Žeželj I.L., Zheng B., Zick A., Zúñiga C., Leander N.P. (2022)
      The present paper examines longitudinally how subjective perceptions about COVID-19, one’s community, and the government predict adherence to public health measures to reduce the spread of the virus. Using an international ...
    • Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Swine: Implications for Public Health 

      Papatsiros V.G., Athanasiou L.V., Kostoulas P., Giannakopoulos A., Tzika E., Billinis C. (2021)
      Toxoplasmosis, due to Toxoplasma gondii, is a parasitic disease with global importance. Among livestock, chronic T. gondii infection has been reported in higher rates in pigs and small ruminants, but with subclinical ...