• Feline bartonellosis. A review 

      Athanasiou, I. V.; Chatzis, M. K.; Kontou, I. V.; Kontos, V. I.; Spyrou, V. (2012)
      Bartonella infection is caused by Gram negative bacteria commonly isolated from domestic cats. Cats are the major reservoir of Bartonella henselae, B. clarridgeiae and B. koehlerae which are transmitted to humans, while ...
    • Investigation of the Role of the European Brown Hare in the Epidemiology of Bacterial Zoonotic Pathogens: A Serological and Molecular Survey in Greece 

      Tsokana C.N., Sokos C., Giannakopoulos A., Birtsas P., Athanasiou L.V., Valiakos G., Sofia M., Chatzopoulos D.C., Athanasakopoulou Z., Kantere M., Spyrou V., Rodi Burriel A., Billinis C. (2020)
      The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, and Francisella tularensis in European Brown hares (Lepus europaeus) hunter harvested during 2-year hunting periods ...
    • Molecular detection of vector-borne pathogens in Greek cats 

      Mylonakis M.E., Schreeg M., Chatzis M.K., Pearce J., Marr H.S., Saridomichelakis M.N., Birkenheuer A.J. (2018)
      Infectious diseases have been increasingly recognized in cats worldwide. The objective of this study was the molecular investigation of the prevalence of selected pathogens in healthy and sick cats from Greece, a country ...