Browsing by Subject "Disease transmission"

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      Cancer and pregnancy: Poena magna, not anymore 

      Pentheroudakis, George; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2006)
      Cancer diagnosed during pregnancy constitutes a difficult clinical condition with a devastating impact on the patient's somatic and psychosocial health and possibly on foetal integrity. This circumstance also raises several ...
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      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 ...
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      High-burden epidemics in Greece in the era of economic crisis. Early signs of a public health tragedy 

      Bonovas, Stefanos; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K. (2012)
      Background. Economic hardships have unleashed epidemics of infectious diseases in many countries in the past. In the era of the current financial crisis in Greece, it is interesting to assess the preliminary evidence ...
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      Migration and HIV epidemic in Greece 

      Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Arvanitis, Michail; Masgala, Aikaterini; Paraskeva, D. (2005)
      Background: Over the last decade, Greece has experienced a massive influx of migrants from countries in South Eastern/Central Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. This study aimed to estimate the percentage and the ...
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      New technologies in predicting, preventing and controlling emerging infectious diseases 

      Christaki, Eirini (2015)
      Surveillance of emerging infectious diseases is vital for the early identification of public health threats. Emergence of novel infections is linked to human factors such as population density, travel and trade and ecological ...
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      Post-exposure prophylaxis after non-occupational exposure to HIV in Greece 

      Raftopoulos, V.; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Konte, Vasileia; Pylli, M.; Tsiara, Chrissa G.; Makri, Efraxia; Paraskeva, D. (2008)
      Aim: To assess the use of post-exposure prophylaxis after a non-occupational exposure to HIV in Greece. Methods: We analysed the data that were reported to the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention by physicians ...
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      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 ...
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      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 ...