Browsing by Subject "Health survey"

Now showing items 1-9 of 9

    • Article  

      Cancer prevalence and mortality in centenarians: A systematic review 

      Pavlidis, Nicholas; Stanta, G.; Audisio, R. A. (2012)
      Life expectancy has dramatically expanded, the global population has aged unprecedentedly and the number of centenarians has significantly increased. The analysis of autopsy series, cancer registries data, vital statistics ...
    • Article  

      Enhanced HIV-1 surveillance using molecular epidemiology to study and monitor HIV-1 outbreaks among intravenous drug users (IDUs) in Athens and Bucharest 

      Paraskeva, D.; Paraschiv, S.; Sypsa, V.; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Tsiara, Chrissa G.; Magiorkinis, Gkikas; Psichogiou, M.; Flampouris, Andreas; Mardarescu, Mariana; Niculescu, I.; Batan, Ionelia; Malliori-Minerva, Melpomeni; Otelea, D.; Hatzakis, A. (2015)
      Background: A significant increase in HIV-1 diagnoses was reported among Injecting Drug Users (IDUs) in the Athens (17-fold) and Bucharest (9-fold) metropolitan areas starting 2011. Methods: Molecular analyses were conducted ...
    • Article  

      Estimating HIV incidence and number of undiagnosed individuals living with HIV in the European union/ European economic area, 2015 

      Pharris, Anastasia; Quinten, C.; Noori, T.; Amato-Gauci, A. J.; Sighem, A. van; Schmid, D.; Rueckerl, I.; Zangerle, R.; Sasse, A.; Beckhoven, D. van; Denauw, F.; Varleva, T.; Georgieva, V.; Blazic, T. N.; Pavlic, J.; Begovac, J.; Koliou, M.; Hadjihannas, L.; Demetriou, A.; Maly, M.; Šikolová, V.; Cowan, Susan; Fouchard, J.; Rüütel, K.; Pääsukene, A. L.; Liitsola, K.; Salminen, M.; Brummer-Korvenkontio, H.; Cazein, F.; Pillonel, J.; Lot, F.; Comboroure, J.-C.; Gunsenheimer-Bartmeyer, Barbara; Heiden, M. A. Der; Kupfer, G.; Marcus, U.; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Paraskeva, D.; Konte, Vasileia; Dudas, M.; Szalay, K.; Briem, H.; Sigmundsdottir, G.; Igoe, D.; O’Donnell, K.; Hurley, C.; Lyons, F.; Suligoi, B.; Caraglia, A.; Konova, S.; Erne, S.; Caplinskiene, I.; Fischer, A.; Hoffmann, P.; Melillo, J. M.; Melillo, T.; Coul, Eline Op de; David, S.; Blystad, H.; Myrberg, A. J.; Rosinska, M.; Wawer, I.; Mansinho, K.; Martins, H. C.; Melillo, T.; Mardarescu, Mariana; Truska, P.; Mikas, J.; Klavs, I.; Diaz, Alejandro; Nuñez, O.; Castillo, O.; Avdicova, Maria; Sonnerborg, A.; Kirwan, P.; Chau, C.; Okala, S.; Brown, A.; Delpech, Valerie (2016)
      Since 2011, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) incidence appears unchanged in the European Union/ European Economic Area with between 29,000 and 33,000 new cases reported annually up to 2015. Despite evidence that HIV ...
    • Article  

      HIV epidemiology in Greece 

      Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Paraskeva, D.; Hatzakis, A. (2008)
      Greece has experienced early the effect of HIV/AIDS on morbidity and mortality. The era of highly active antiretroviral therapy has alleviated many of the consequences of the epidemic, however, HIV infection remains an ...
    • Article  

      HIV-1 outbreak among injecting drug users in Greece, 2011: A preliminary report 

      Paraskeva, D.; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Tsiara, Chrissa G.; Paraskeva, D.; Antoniadou, Anastasia; Lazanas, Marios; Gargalianos, Panagiotis; Psychogiou, M.; Malliori-Minerva, Melpomeni; Kremastinou, Jenny; Hatzakis, A. (2011)
      A significant increase (more than 10-fold) in the number of newly diagnosed HIV-1 infections among injecting drug users (IDUs) was observed in Greece during the first seven months of 2011. Molecular epidemiology results ...
    • Article  

      Milder form of heat-related symptoms and thermal sensation: a study in a Mediterranean climate 

      Pantavou, K. G.; Lykoudis, Spyridon P.; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K. (2016)
      Mild heat-related health effects and their potential association with meteorological and personal parameters in relation to subjective and objective thermal sensation were investigated. Micrometeorological measurements and ...
    • Article  

      Surveillance data on paediatric HIV infection and AIDS in Greece. 

      Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Konte, Vasileia; Masgala, Aikaterini; Eleni, E.; Tsantes, Argirio E.; Paraskeva, D. (2004)
      In Greece, HIV/AIDS surveillance is conducted by the Hellenic Centre for Infectious Diseases Control. The AIDS case reporting system was implemented in 1984, followed by notification of HIV infections in 1998. This article ...
    • Article  

      Surveillance of HIV exposure and postexposure prophylaxis among health care workers in Greece 

      Konte, Vasileia; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Raftopoulos, V.; Pylli, M.; Tsiara, Chrissa G.; Makri, Efraxia; Paraskeva, D. (2007)
      Objective: Many developed countries have implemented surveillance systems for monitoring occupational exposure to HIV. The aim of the present study was to analyze surveillance data on HIV postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) for ...
    • Article  

      Towards a convenient way to practice Medical Oncology 

      Pavlidis, Nicholas (2007)