• Detection of negative and positive RNA strand of poliovirus Sabin 1 and echovirus E19 by a stem-loop reverse transcription PCR 

      Fikatas A., Dimitriou T.G., Kyriakopoulou Z., Moschonas G.D., Amoutzias G.D., Mossialos D., Gartzonika C., Levidiotou-Stefanou S., Markoulatos P. (2017)
      In this report a strand specific RT-PCR was established for the detection of the replicative negative RNA strand of poliovirus sabin 1 (Sabin1) and Echovirus 19 (E19) strains. The key for the successful conduction of the ...
    • The role of tissue oxygen tension in dengue virus replication 

      Frakolaki E., Kaimou P., Moraiti M., Kalliampakou K.I., Karampetsou K., Dotsika E., Liakos P., Vassilacopoulou D., Mavromara P., Bartenschlager R., Vassilaki N. (2018)
      Low oxygen tension exerts a profound effect on the replication of several DNA and RNA viruses. In vitro propagation of Dengue virus (DENV) has been conventionally studied under atmospheric oxygen levels despite that in ...