Publications

the seroprevalence of ten zoonoses in two villages of crete, greece.	the seroprevalence and incidence of 10 zoonoses due to rickettsia typhi, r. conorii, coxiella burnetii, burcella sp., borrelia sp., toxoplasma sp., leishmania sp., entamoeba histolytica, echinococcus granulosus and fasciola hepatica were studied in an animal husbandry and a farming village in crete, greece. the serum conversion incidence of each infectious agent was determined by testing 2 blood samples, collected in 1985 and in 1987. the surveillance was conducted using detailed transparent map ...	1995	8549708
[endemic typhus imported to norway].	murine typhus, caused by rickettsia typhi, is an important zoonosis in all parts of the world. the disease is transmitted from rodents to humans by fleas. in this article we describe the first three cases of serologically proven murine typhus imported into norway during the 1990s. the patients were norwegian tourists who had visited respectively guinea-bissau, crete and thailand. they all became acutely ill with fever, chills and severe headache 1-10 days after return to norway. none of them had ...	1997	9265302
rickettsia typhi infection in childhood.	rickettsia typhi infection (murine typhus) is generally underdiagnosed in childhood, as clinical presentations are often non-specific. we present the manifestations in nine children hospitalized in the department of paediatrics of the university hospital, heraklion, crete, over a 3-y period from 1998 to 2000. titres > 1:400 for igm and >1:960 for igg and/or a fourfold increase in a second sample were considered strongly suggestive of acute infection. children presented with prolonged fever, hepa ...	2002	11883820
fourteen-year seroepidemiological study of zoonoses in a greek village.	a seroepidemiological study carried out in a high-risk village in crete in 1985-1987 and 1998 showed that although the awareness of the people concerning zoonoses had increased during this period, the situation did not improve: there was a significant increase of the spread of seroprevalence in time and space of coxiella burnetii, rickettsia typhi, brucella sp., and entamoeba histolytica. toxoplasma gondii, rickettsia conorii, borrelia burgdorferi, echinococcus granulosus, leishmania sp., and fa ...	2002	12135274
murine typhus in greece: epidemiological, clinical, and therapeutic data from 83 cases.	over a period of 5 years (1993-97), 83 cases of murine typhus were identified and studied in the city of chania, on the island of crete. of these cases, 4.8% were registered in 1993, 19.3% in 1994, 47.0% in 1995, 10.8% in 1996, and 18.1% in 1997. the greatest incidence of the disease occurred during the third trimester of the year. direct contact with rats was noted in 45 (54.2%) of 83 patients. two strains of rickettsia typhi were isolated in cell cultures. the predominant clinical manifestatio ...	2002	12174771
childhood encephalitis in crete, greece.	this study included all 18 cases of children hospitalized for encephalitis in the referral university hospital of heraklion, crete, greece, during the 5-year period from 2000 to 2004. encephalitis was attributed to viral infection (echovirus, herpes simplex virus 1, varicella-zoster virus, cytomegalovirus, and influenza a) in eight children and to bacteria (mycoplasma pneumoniae, group a beta-hemolytic streptococcus, and rickettsia typhi) in a further five cases. multiple hyperintense brain lesi ...	2006	17005114
murine typhus in children: clinical and laboratory features from 41 cases in crete, greece.		2009	19374652