• Acquired carbapenemases in Gram-negative bacterial pathogens: detection and surveillance issues 

      Miriagou, V.; Cornaglia, G.; Edelstein, M.; Galani, I.; Giske, C. G.; Gniadkowski, M.; Malamou-Lada, E.; Martinez-Martinez, L.; Navarro, F.; Nordmann, P.; Peixe, L.; Pournaras, S.; Rossolini, G. M.; Tsakris, A.; Vatopoulos, A.; Canton, R. (2010)
      Acquired carbapenemases are emerging resistance determinants in Gram-negative pathogens, including Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other Gram-negative non-fermenters. A consistent number of acquired ...
    • The state of hepatitis B and C in the mediterranean and balkan countries: Report from a summit conference 

      Hatzakis, A.; Van Damme, P.; Alcorn, K.; Gore, C.; Benazzouz, M.; Berkane, S.; Buti, M.; Carballo, M.; Cortes Martins, H.; Deuffic-Burban, S.; Dominguez, A.; Donoghoe, M.; Elzouki, A. N.; Ben-Alaya Bouafif, N.; Esmat, G.; Esteban, R.; Fabri, M.; Fenton, K.; Goldberg, D.; Goulis, I.; Hadjichristodoulou, T.; Hatzigeorgiou, T.; Hamouda, O.; Hasurdjiev, S.; Hughes, S.; Kautz, A.; Malik, M.; Manolakopoulos, S.; Matičič, M.; Papatheodoridis, G.; Peck, R.; Peterle, A.; Potamitis, G.; Prati, D.; Roudot-Thoraval, F.; Reic, T.; Sharara, A.; Shennak, M.; Shiha, G.; Shouval, D.; Sočan, M.; Thomas, H.; Thursz, M.; Tosti, M.; Trépo, C.; Vince, A.; Vounou, E.; Wiessing, L.; Manns, M. (2013)
      The burden of disease due to chronic viral hepatitis constitutes a global threat. In many Balkan and Mediterranean countries, the disease burden due to viral hepatitis remains largely unrecognized, including in high-risk ...
    • Substantially increased faecal carriage of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a tertiary Greek hospital after a 4 year time interval 

      Sofianou, D.; Pournaras, S.; Giosi, M.; Polyzou, A.; Maniatis, A. N.; Tsakris, A. (2004)
      Objectives: In a tertiary Greek hospital with no documented vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) infections, a cross-sectional study was conducted in order to determine the degree of VRE faecal carriage among adult ...
    • Surveillance and Early Warning of West Nile Virus Lineage 2 Using Backyard Chickens and Correlation to Human Neuroinvasive Cases 

      Chaintoutis, S. C.; Dovas, C. I.; Danis, K.; Gewehr, S.; Mourelatos, S.; Hadjichristodoulou, C.; Papanastassopoulou, M. (2015)
      In 2010, a West Nile virus (WNV) epidemic was reported in Central Macedonia, Northern Greece, with 197 neuroinvasive disease (WNND) cases in humans. The following 3years, WNV spreads to new areas of Greece and human cases ...
    • West Nile Virus State of the Art Report of MALWEST Project 

      Marka, A.; Diamantidis, A.; Papa, A.; Valiakos, G.; Chaintoutis, S. C.; Doukas, D.; Tserkezou, P.; Giannakopoulos, A.; Papaspyropoulos, K.; Patsoula, E.; Badieritakis, E.; Baka, A.; Tseroni, M.; Pervanidou, D.; Papadopoulos, N. T.; Koliopoulos, G.; Tontis, D.; Dovas, C. I.; Billinis, C.; Tsakris, A.; Kremastinou, J.; Hadjichristodoulou, C.; Project, Malwest (2013)
      During the last three years Greece is experiencing the emergence of West Nile virus (WNV) epidemics. Within this framework, an integrated surveillance and control programme (MALWEST project) with thirteen associate partners ...