• Actions for prevention and control of health threats related to maritime transport in European Union 

      Hadjichristodoulou, C.; Mouchtouri, V. A.; Guglielmetti, P.; Lemos, C. M.; Nichols, G.; Paux, T.; Schlaich, C.; Cornejo, M. D.; Martinez, C. V.; Dionisio, M.; Rehmet, S.; Jaremin, B.; Kremastinou, J. (2013)
      Background: Actions at European Union level for International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005 implementation and maritime transport were focused on two European projects implemented between 2006 and 2011. Method: Situation ...
    • Behind the numbers and the panic of a viral pandemic: Fixed restrictive oncology guidance may jeopardize patients’ survival 

      Mauri D., Tzachanis D., Valachis A., Kamposioras K., Tolia M., Dambrosio M., Zarkavelis G., Gkoura S., Gazouli I., de Lorenzo F., Apostolidis K. (2020)
      To protect cancer patients from COVID-19exposure, prioritization strategies are being implemented at global level. Measures include use of tele-health services, deferring elective surgeries, delaying non life-saving ...
    • 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 The research is based on an unpublished archive, namely the registries of the British Executive Police ...
    • Data-driven inference of the reproduction number for COVID-19 before and after interventions for 51 European countries 

      Karnakov P., Arampatzis G., Kičić I., Wermelinger F., Wälchli D., Papadimitriou C., Koumoutsakos P. (2020)
      The reproduction number is broadly considered as a key indicator for the spreading of the COVID-19 pandemic. Its estimated value is a measure of the necessity and, eventually, effectiveness of interventions imposed in ...
    • The decision making process on public health measures related to passenger ships: the example of influenza pandemic 2009 

      Mouchtouri, V. A.; Bartlett, C. L.; Jaremin, B.; Nichols, G.; Paux, T.; Riemer, T.; Black, N.; Varela-Martinez, C.; Swaan, C. M.; Schlaich, C.; Rachiotis, G.; Kremastinou, J.; Hadjichristodoulou, C.; project, Shipsan Trainet (2010)
      Public health measures at sea ports have posed a challenge for public health competent authorities, especially in the context of the influenza pandemic of 2009. This paper discusses the response of authorities to notifications ...
    • 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 ...
    • Early COVID-19 lockdown in Greece and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a beneficial “impact” beyond any expectation 

      Papiris S.A., Bouros D., Markopoulou K., Kolilekas L., Papaioannou A.I., Tzilas V., Tzouvelekis A., Fouka E., Papakosta D., Daniil Z., Steiropoulos P., Gogali A., Papanikolaou I.C., Xyfteri A., Haritou A., Korbila I., Tomos I.P., Loukides S., Bellelli R., Kounti G., Rampiadou C., Karampitsakos T., Dimeas I., Kirgou P., Bompoki A., Vasarmidi E., Loverdos K., Antonogiannaki E.-M., Blizou M., Bouros E., Kagouridis K., Maniati M., Karakatsani A., Antoniou K.M., Manali E.D. (2021)
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    • Educating, training, and exercising for infectious disease control with emphasis on cross-border settings: An integrative review 

      De Rooij D., Belfroid E., Hadjichristodoulou C., Mouchtouri V.A., Raab J., Timen A. (2020)
      Introduction: Points of entry and other border regions educate, train, and exercise (ETEs) their staff to improve preparedness and response to cross-border health threats. However, no conclusive knowledge of these ETEs' ...
    • Epidemiology, risk factors and prognosis of cardiovascular disease in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic era: a systematic review 

      Pepera G., Tribali M.-S., Batalik L., Petrov I., Papathanasiou J. (2022)
      Background: Since the emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) from China, the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused more than five milion deaths worldwide. Several studies ...
    • Estimates of covid-19 risk factors among social strata and predictors for a vulnerability to the infection 

      Mouliou D.S., Kotsiou O.S., Gourgoulianis K.I. (2021)
      Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has emerged as a potentially severe disease, especially for individuals presenting with certain underlying medical conditions. We analyzed the rates of comorbidities and symptoms to ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • Impact of COVID-19 on medical education: introducing homo digitalis 

      Gravas S., Ahmad M., Hernández-Porras A., Furriel F., Alvarez-Maestro M., Kumar A., Lee K.-S., Azodoh E., Mburugu P., Sanchez-Salas R., Bolton D., Gomez R., Klotz L., Kulkarni S., Tanguay S., Elliott S., de la Rosette J., the Office of Education and SIU Board of Directors (2020)
      Purpose: To determine how members of the Société Internationale d’Urologie (SIU) are continuing their education in the time of COVID-19. Methods: A survey was disseminated amongst SIU members worldwide by email. Results ...
    • The impact of the lockdown caused by the covid-19 pandemic on the fine particulate matter (Pm2.5) air pollution: The greek paradigm 

      Kotsiou O.S., Saharidis G.K.D., Kalantzis G., Fradelos E.C., Gourgoulianis K.I. (2021)
      Introduction: Responding to the coronavirus pandemic, Greece implemented the largest quarantine in its history. No data exist regarding its impact on PM2.5 pollution. We aimed to assess PM2.5 levels before, during, and ...
    • Lifestyle changes and determinants of children’s and adolescents’ body weight increase during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Greece: The COV-EAT study 

      Androutsos O., Perperidi M., Georgiou C., Chouliaras G. (2021)
      Previous studies showed that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown imposed changes in adults’ lifestyle behaviors; however, there is limited information regarding the effects on youth. The COV-EAT study aimed ...
    • Lives versus Livelihoods? Perceived economic risk has a stronger association with support for COVID-19 preventive measures than perceived health risk 

      Nisa C.F., Bélanger J.J., Faller D.G., Buttrick N.R., Mierau J.O., Austin M.M.K., Schumpe B.M., Sasin E.M., Agostini M., Gützkow B., Kreienkamp J., Abakoumkin G., Abdul Khaiyom J.H., Ahmedi V., Akkas H., Almenara C.A., Atta M., Bagci S.C., Basel S., Kida E.B., Bernardo A.B.I., Chobthamkit P., Choi H.-S., Cristea M., Csaba S., Damnjanović K., Danyliuk I., Dash A., Di Santo D., Douglas K.M., Enea V., Fitzsimons G., Gheorghiu A., Gómez Á., Grzymala-Moszczynska J., Hamaidia A., Han Q., Helmy M., Hudiyana J., Jeronimus B.F., Jiang D.-Y., Jovanović V., Kamenov Ž., Kende A., Keng S.-L., Kieu T.T.T., Koc Y., Kovyazina K., Kozytska I., Krause J., Kruglanski A.W., Kurapov A., Kutlaca M., Lantos N.A., Lemay E.P., Jr., Lesmana C.B.J., Louis W.R., Lueders A., Malik N.I., Martinez A., McCabe K.O., Mehulić J., Milla M.N., Mohammed I., Molinario E., Moyano M., Muhammad H., Mula S., Muluk H., Myroniuk S., Najafi R., Nyúl B., O’Keefe P.A., Osuna J.J.O., Osin E.N., Park J., Pica G., Pierro A., Rees J., Reitsema A.M., Resta E., Rullo M., Ryan M.K., Samekin A., Santtila P., Selim H.A., Stanton M.V., Sultana S., Sutton R.M., Tseliou E., Utsugi A., van Breen J.A., Van Lissa C.J., Van Veen K., vanDellen M.R., Vázquez A., Wollast R., Yeung V.W.-L., Zand S., Žeželj I.L., Zheng B., Zick A., Zúñiga C., Leander N.P. (2021)
      This paper examines whether compliance with COVID-19 mitigation measures is motivated by wanting to save lives or save the economy (or both), and which implications this carries to fight the pandemic. National representative ...
    • Lockdown Lives: A Longitudinal Study of Inter-Relationships Among Feelings of Loneliness, Social Contacts, and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Lockdown in Early 2020 

      van Breen J.A., Kutlaca M., Koç Y., Jeronimus B.F., Reitsema A.M., Jovanović V., Agostini M., Bélanger J.J., Gützkow B., Kreienkamp J., Abakoumkin G., Khaiyom J.H.A., 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., Damnjanovic K., Danyliuk I., Dash A., Di Santo D., Douglas K.M., Enea V., Faller D.G., Fitzsimons G., Gheorghiu A., Gómez Á., Hamaidia A., Han Q., Helmy M., Hudiyana J., Jiang D.-Y., Kamenov Ž., Kende A., Keng S.-L., Kieu T.T.T., Kovyazina K., Kozytska I., Krause J., Kruglanski A.W., Kurapov A., Lantos N.A., Lemay E.P., Jr., Lesmana C.B.J., Louis W.R., Lueders A., Malik N.I., Martinez A., McCabe K., Mehulić J., Milla M.N., Mohammed I., Molinario E., Moyano M., Muhammad H., Mula S., Muluk H., Myroniuk S., Najafi R., Nisa C.F., Nyúl B., O’Keefe P.A., Olivas Osuna J.J., Osin E.N., Park J., Pica G., Pierro A., Rees J., Resta E., Rullo M., Ryan M.K., Samekin A., Santtila P., Sasin E., Schumpe B.M., Selim H.A., Stanton M.V., Sultana S., Sutton R.M., Tseliou E., Utsugi A., van Lissa C.J., van Veen K., vanDellen M.R., Vázquez A., Wollast R., Wai-Lan Yeung V., Zand S., Žeželj I.L., Zheng B., Zick A., Zúñiga C., Leander N.P. (2022)
      We examine how social contacts and feelings of solidarity shape experiences of loneliness during the COVID-19 lockdown in early 2020. From the PsyCorona database, we obtained longitudinal data from 23 countries, collected ...
    • Low seropositivity for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among healthcare workers after the first COVID-19 pandemic wave in Greece 

      Galanis P., Kaitelidou D., Prezerakos P., Kotsiopoulos I., Siskou O., Konstantakopoulou O., Hadjichristodoulou C., Tsiodras S. (2021)
      Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) seropositivity among healthcare workers (HCWs) in Greece and to identify high-risk groups in healthcare facilities. ...
    • Mass gathering preparedness: The experience of the Athens 2004 olympic and Para-Olympic games 

      Hadjichristodoulou, C.; Mouchtouri, V.; Soteriades, E. S.; Vaitsi, V.; Kolonia, V.; Vasilogiannacopoulos, A. P.; Kremastinou, J. (2005)
      Planning for environmental health management of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games included assessment of the capacity and deficiencies of relevant public health agencies in Athens and the other four Olympic cities with 17 ...
    • Nationwide survey in greece about knowledge, risk perceptions, and preventive behaviors for covid-19 during the general lockdown in april 2020 

      Mouchtouri V.A., Agathagelidou E., Kofonikolas K., Rousou X., Dadouli K., Pinaka O., Agathocleous E., Anagnostopoulou L., Chatziligou C., Christoforidou E.P., Chalntoupi T., Kalomoiris L., Kapoula C., Kokkinou V., Constantinides A., Konstantinou P., Kostara E., Kourentis L., Lantou A., Lempidakis G., Liasidi P.-N., Michalakis C., Panagiotou D., Panteliadou F., Papadoulis V., Papantoniou G., Psatha M., Ragias D., Ringa V., Syrakouli A., Skoutari Α., Stergiadou S., Theodorou A., Tzika V., Lagiou A., Dardavesis T., Prezerakos P., Hadjichristodoulou C. (2020)
      Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of the Greek general population toward coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) during the lockdown period in April 020, to examine ...