• 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 ...
    • Considerations on the Current Universal Vaccination Policy against Hepatitis A in Greece after Recent Outbreaks 

      Mellou, K.; Sideroglou, T.; Papaevangelou, V.; Katsiaflaka, A.; Bitsolas, N.; Verykouki, E.; Triantafillou, E.; Baka, A.; Georgakopoulou, T.; Hadjichristodoulou, C. (2015)
      Greece is the only European Union member state that in 2008 included hepatitis A (HAV) vaccine in the routine national childhood immunization program (NCIP). Given that the resources allocated to public health have ...
    • 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 ...
    • Evaluation of underreporting of salmonellosis and shigellosis hospitalised cases in Greece, 2011: results of a capture-recapture study and a hospital registry review 

      Mellou, K.; Sideroglou, T.; Kallimani, A.; Potamiti-Komi, M.; Pervanidou, D.; Lillakou, E.; Georgakopoulou, T.; Mandilara, G.; Lambiri, M.; Vatopoulos, A.; Hadjichristodoulou, C. (2013)
      Background: Salmonellosis and shigellosis are mandatorily notifiable diseases in Greece. Underreporting of both diseases has been postulated but there has not been any national study to quantify it. The objective of this ...
    • Field Application of SD Bioline Malaria Ag Pf/Pan Rapid Diagnostic Test for Malaria in Greece 

      Tseroni, M.; Pervanidou, D.; Tserkezou, P.; Rachiotis, G.; Pinaka, O.; Baka, A.; Georgakopoulou, T.; Vakali, A.; Dionysopoulou, M.; Terzaki, I.; Marka, A.; Detsis, M.; Evlampidou, Z.; Mpimpa, A.; Vassalou, E.; Tsiodras, S.; Tsakris, A.; Kremastinou, J.; Hadjichristodoulou, C.; Project, Malwest (2015)
      Greece, a malaria-free country since 1974, has experienced re-emergence of Plasmodium vivax autochthonous malaria cases in some agriculture areas over the last three years. In early 2012, an integrated control programme ...
    • 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 ...
    • A large waterborne gastroenteritis outbreak in central Greece, March 2012: challenges for the investigation and management 

      Mellou, K.; Katsioulis, A.; Potamiti-Komi, M.; Pournaras, S.; Kyritsi, M.; Katsiaflaka, A.; Kallimani, A.; Kokkinos, P.; Petinaki, E.; Sideroglou, T.; Georgakopoulou, T.; Vantarakis, A.; Hadjichristodoulou, C. (2014)
      In March 2012, there was an unusual increase of gastroenteritis cases in a district with 37264 inhabitants in central Greece. It was estimated that more than 3600 people developed symptoms. A 1:1 case-control study showed ...
    • Re-emergence of animal rabies in northern Greece and subsequent human exposure, October 2012-March 2013 

      Tsiodras, S.; Dougas, G.; Baka, A.; Billinis, C.; Doudounakis, S.; Balaska, A.; Georgakopoulou, T.; Rigakos, G.; Kontos, V.; Efstathiou, P.; Tsakris, A.; Hadjichristodoulou, C.; Kremastinou, J. (2013)
      Greece has been rabies-free since 1987 with no human cases since 1970. During 2012 to 2013, rabies has re-emerged in wild and domestic animals in northern Greece. By end March 2013, rabies was diagnosed in 17 animals ...
    • 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 ...