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RNA segment 9 exists as a duplex concatemer in an Australian strain of epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV): Genetic analysis and evidence for the presence of concatemers as a normal feature of orbivirus replication by Anthony, S.J, Darpel, K.E, Belaganahalli, M.N, Maan, N, Nomikou, K, Sutton, G, Attoui, H, Maan, S, Mertens, P.P.C

“…Abstract This paper reports a concatemeric RNA in a strain of epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) serotype 5. Sequencing showed that the concatemeric…”
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Epizootiological investigation of the most important infectious equine diseases in Greece by Mangana-Vougiouka, O, Boutsini, S, Ntousi, D, Patakakis, M, Orfanou, E, Zafiropoulou, K, Dilaveris, D, Panagiotatos, D, Nomikou, K

“…During the period 2001 to 2008, a total of 7,872 equine sera were tested at the Centre of Veterinary Institutes of Athens. Antibodies against seven infectious…”
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Differential effect of the shape of calcium alginate matrices on the physiology of immobilized neuroblastoma N2a and Vero cells: A comparative study by Kintzios, S., Yiakoumetis, I., Moschopoulou, G., Mangana, O., Nomikou, K., Simonian, A.

“…In order to investigate the effect of cell immobilization in calcium alginate gels on cell physiology, we immobilized Vero or N2a neuroblastoma cells in gels…”
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The epidemiology of sheep pox in Greece from 1987 to 2007 by Mangana, O, Kottaridi, C, Nomikou, K

“…The authors reviewthe epidemiology of sheep pox outbreaks in Greece between 1987 and 2007. It is believed that sheep pox is introduced into Greece principally…”
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Quantifying the wind dispersal of Culicoides species in Greece and Bulgaria by Ducheyne, E, De Deken, R, Bécu, S, Codina, B, Nomikou, K, Mangana-Vougiaki, O, Georgiev, G, Purse, B V, Hendickx, G

“…This paper tests the hypothesis that Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) species can be propagated by wind over long distances. Movement patterns of midges…”
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Molecular epidemiology of bluetongue virus serotype 1 isolated in 2006 from Algeria by Cêtre-Sossah, C., Madani, H., Sailleau, C., Nomikou, K., Sadaoui, H., Zientara, S., Maan, S., Maan, N., Mertens, P., Albina, E.

“…This study reports on an outbreak of disease that occurred in central Algeria during July 2006. Sheep in the affected area presented clinical signs typical of…”
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Emergence of Bluetongue Serotypes in Europe, Part 2: The Occurrence of a BTV-11 Strain in Belgium by De Clercq, K, Mertens, P, De Leeuw, I, Oura, C, Houdart, P, Potgieter, A.C, Maan, S, Hooyberghs, J, Batten, C, Vandemeulebroucke, E, Wright, I.M, Maan, N, Riocreux, F, Sanders, A, Vanderstede, Y, Nomikou, K, Raemaekers, M, Bin-Tarif, A, Shaw, A, Henstock, M, Bréard, E, Dubois, E, Gastaldi-Thiéry, C, Zientara, S, Verheyden, B, Vandenbussche, F

“…An EDTA-blood sample from a cow without clinical signs, which gave early birth to a newborn calf that died soon after delivery, was shown to be positive for…”
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Development of a novel, multi-analyte biosensor system for assaying cell division: Identification of cell proliferation/death precursor events by Kintzios, S., Marinopoulou, I., Moschopoulou, G., Mangana, O., Nomikou, K., Endo, K., Papanastasiou, I., Simonian, A.

“…A novel, miniaturized biosensor system was created by combining the electrophysiological response of immobilized cells with superoxide-sensing technology,…”
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Study on the mechanism of Bioelectric Recognition Assay: evidence for immobilized cell membrane interactions with viral fragments by Kintzios, S., Bem, F., Mangana, O., Nomikou, K., Markoulatos, P., Alexandropoulos, N., Fasseas, C., Arakelyan, V., Petrou, A.-L., Soukouli, K., Moschopoulou, G., Yialouris, C., Simonian, A.

“…The Bioelectric Recognition Assay (BERA) is a whole-cell based biosensing system that detects the electric response of cultured cells, suspended in a gel…”
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Duration of bluetongue viraemia and serological responses in experimentally infected European breeds of sheep and goats by Koumbati, M, Mangana, O, Nomikou, K, Mellor, P.S, Papadopoulos, O

“…The duration of viraemia and the serological responses were studied in two breeds of sheep and two breeds of goats, experimentally infected with bluetongue…”
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VP2-segment sequence analysis of some isolates of bluetongue virus recovered in the Mediterranean basin during the 1998-2003 outbreak by Potgieter, A.C, Monaco, F, Mangana, O, Nomikou, K, Yadin, H, Savini, G

“…The complete nucleotide sequences of the VP2 segments of bluetongue virus (BTV) isolates recovered from Italy, Greece and Israel, from 1998 to 2003, were…”
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Sheep poxvirus identification from clinical specimens by PCR, cell culture, immunofluorescence and agar gel immunoprecipitation assay by Mangana-Vougiouka, O, Markoulatos, P, Koptopoulos, G, Nomikou, K, Bakandritsos, N, Papadopoulos, P

“…Some 40 clinical specimens of skin lesions from sheep pox suspected cases were investigated by four different diagnostic assays: PCR, virus isolation in lamb…”
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Detection of sheep poxvirus in skin biopsy samples by a multiplex polymerase chain reaction by Markoulatos, P, Mangana-Vougiouka, O, Koptopoulos, G, Nomikou, K, Papadopoulos, O

“…The development of a multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method with amplification of capripoxvirus in a single-step procedure from skin biopsies using…”
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Sheep poxvirus identification by PCR in cell cultures by Mangana-Vougiouka, O., Markoulatos, P., Koptopoulos, G., Nomikou, K., Bakandritsos, N., Papadopoulos, O.

“…A simple, rapid and specific diagnostic polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method was developed for sheep poxvirus identification. The primers used were from the…”
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Sequence analysis of bluetongue virus serotype 8 from the Netherlands 2006 and comparison to other European strains by Maan, Sushila, Maan, Narender S, Ross-smith, Natalie, Batten, Carrie A, Shaw, Andrew E, Anthony, Simon J, Samuel, Alan R, Darpel, Karin E, Veronesi, Eva, Oura, Chris A.L, Singh, Karam P, Nomikou, Kyriaki, Potgieter, Abraham C, Attoui, Houssam, van Rooij, Eugene, van Rijn, Piet, De Clercq, Kris, Vandenbussche, Frank, Zientara, Stéphan, Bréard, Emmanuel, Sailleau, Corinne, Beer, Martin, Hoffman, Bernd, Mellor, Philip S, Mertens, Peter P.C

“…Abstract During 2006 the first outbreak of bluetongue ever recorded in northern Europe started in Belgium and the Netherlands, spreading to Luxemburg, Germany…”
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The epidemiology of sheep pox in Greece from 1987 to 2007: EN- -FR- L'épidémiologie de la clavelée en grèce entre 1987 et 2007 -ES- Epidemiología de la viruela ovina en Grecia desde 1987 hasta 2007 by MANGANA-VOUGIOUKA, O., KOTTARIDI, C., NOMIKOU, K.

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Laboratory diagnosis of contagious ecthyma: Comparison of different PCR protocols with virus isolation in cell culture by Kottaridi, Christine, Nomikou, Kiki, Lelli, Rossella, Markoulatos, Panayotis, Mangana, Olga

“…A new polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for rapid diagnosis of contagious ecthyma was designed and applied to 21 clinical samples from Greece. This assay,…”
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Epizootiological investigation of the most important infectious equine diseases in Greece: EN- Epizootiological investigation of the most important infectious equine diseases in Greece -FR- Étude épidémiologique sur les principales maladies infectieuses des équidés en Grèce -ES- Investigación epizootiológica de las más importantes enfermedades infecciosas equinas en Grecia by MANGANA-VOUGIOUKA, O., BOUTSINI, S., NTOUSI, D., PATAKAKIS, M., ORFANOU, E., ZAFIROPOULOU, K., DILAVERIS, D., PANAGIOTATOS, D., NOMIKOU, K.

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Engineering of the membrane of fibroblast cells with virus-specific antibodies: A novel biosensor tool for virus detection by Moschopoulou, Georgia, Vitsa, Katerina, Bem, Frederic, Vassilakos, Nikos, Perdikaris, Antonis, Blouhos, Petros, Yialouris, Costas, Frosyniotis, Dimitris, Anthopoulos, Ioannis, Mangana, Olga, Nomikou, Kiki, Rodeva, Velichka, Kostova, Dimitrina, Grozeva, Stanislava, Michaelides, Alexandros, Simonian, Alex, Kintzios, Spiridon

“…A novel concept for the assay of viral antigens is described. The methodological approach is based on a membrane-engineering process involving the…”
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Molecular epidemiology of bluetongue virus serotype 4 isolated in the Mediterranean Basin between 1979 and 2004 by Breard, Emmanuel, Sailleau, Corinne, Nomikou, Kyriaki, Hamblin, Chris, Mertens, Peter P.C., Mellor, Philip S., El Harrak, Medhi, Zientara, Stephan

“…The nucleotide sequences of genome segments 2, 7, 8, 9 and 10, coding for viral proteins (VP) and non-structural proteins (NS)—VP2, VP7, NS2, VP6 and NS3/NS3A,…”
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