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Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Bloodstream Infections: Lowering Mortality by Antibiotic Combination Schemes and the Role of Carbapenems by DAIKOS, George L, TSAOUSI, Sophia, GEORGIADOU, Sarah, MARKOGIANNAKIS, Antonis, GOUKOS, Dimitris, SKOUTELIS, Athanasios, TZOUVELEKIS, Leonidas S, ANYFANTIS, Ioannis, PSICHOGIOU, Mina, ARGYROPOULOU, Athina, STEFANOU, Ioanna, SYPSA, Vana, MIRIAGOU, Vivi, NEPKA, Martha

“…Carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strains (CP-Kps) are currently among the most important nosocomial pathogens. An observational study was…”
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Effects of Social Distancing Measures during the First Epidemic Wave of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Infection, Greece by Sypsa, Vana, Roussos, Sotirios, Paraskevis, Dimitrios, Lytras, Theodore, Tsiodras, Sotirios, Hatzakis, Angelos

“…Greece imposed a nationwide lockdown in March 2020 to mitigate transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 during the first epidemic wave…”
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The Usage of a COVID-19 Contact Tracing Electronic Platform in Greece: Exploring Opportunities, Challenges, and Data on SARS-CoV-2 Infectivity by Bistaraki, Angeliki, Stefanopoulos, Nikolaos, Roussos, Sotirios, Sypsa, Vana

“…Introduction:Contact tracing is a core public health tool used to interrupt the transmission of pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2. To increase the effectiveness…”
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The risk of hepatocellular carcinoma decreases after the first 5 years of entecavir or tenofovir in Caucasians with chronic hepatitis B by Papatheodoridis, George V., Idilman, Ramazan, Dalekos, George N., Buti, Maria, Chi, Heng, van Boemmel, Florian, Calleja, Jose Luis, Sypsa, Vana, Goulis, John, Manolakopoulos, Spilios, Loglio, Alessandro, Siakavellas, Spyros, Keskın, Onur, Gatselis, Nikolaos, Hansen, Bettina E., Lehretz, Maria, de la Revilla, Juan, Savvidou, Savvoula, Kourikou, Anastasia, Vlachogiannakos, Ioannis, Galanis, Kostantinos, Yurdaydin, Cihan, Berg, Thomas, Colombo, Massimo, Esteban, Rafael, Janssen, Harry L.A., Lampertico, Pietro

“…Whether there is a change of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) incidence in chronic hepatitis B patients under long‐term therapy with potent nucleos(t)ide…”
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HCV elimination among people who inject drugs. Modelling pre- and post-WHO elimination era by Gountas, Ilias, Sypsa, Vana, Blach, Sarah, Razavi, Homie, Hatzakis, Angelos

“…Elimination of hepatitis C virus (HCV) among people who inject drugs (PWID) is a costly investment, so strategies should not only focus on eliminating the…”
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Food insecurity among people who inject drugs in Athens, Greece: a study in the context of ARISTOTLE programme by Sypsa, Vana, Flounzi, Eleni, Roussos, Sotirios, Hatzakis, Angelos, Benetou, Vassiliki

“…To measure the prevalence of food insecurity and explore related characteristics and behaviours among people who inject drugs (PWID). Cross-sectional analysis…”
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Evaluating the effects of second-dose vaccine-delay policies in European countries: A simulation study based on data from Greece by Barmpounakis, Petros, Demiris, Nikolaos, Kontoyiannis, Ioannis, Pavlakis, George N, Sypsa, Vana

“…The results of a simulation-based evaluation of several policies for vaccine rollout are reported, particularly focusing on the effects of delaying the second…”
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Antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 among health care workers in a country with low burden of COVID-19 by Psichogiou, Mina, Karabinis, Andreas, Pavlopoulou, Ioanna D, Basoulis, Dimitrios, Petsios, Konstantinos, Roussos, Sotirios, Pratikaki, Maria, Jahaj, Edison, Protopapas, Konstantinos, Leontis, Konstantinos, Rapti, Vasiliki, Kotanidou, Anastasia, Antoniadou, Anastasia, Poulakou, Garyphallia, Paraskevis, Dimitrios, Sypsa, Vana, Hatzakis, Angelos

“…Greece is a country with limited spread of SARS-CoV-2 and cumulative infection attack rate of 0.12% (95% CI 0.06-0.26). Health care workers (HCWs) are a…”
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A hepatitis C outbreak preceded the HIV outbreak among persons who inject drugs in Athens, Greece: Insights from a mathematical modelling study by Gountas, Ilias, Sypsa, Vana, Papatheodoridis, George, Paraskevis, Dimitrios, Kalamitsis, George, Anagnostou, Olga, Antaraki, Argiro, Fotiou, Anastasios, Hatzakis, Angelos

“…People who inject drugs (PWID) comprise one of the major transmission risk groups for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV). In 2011,…”
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Outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 in naturally infected mink farms: Impact, transmission dynamics, genetic patterns, and environmental contamination by Chaintoutis, Serafeim C, Thomou, Zoi, Mouchtaropoulou, Evangelia, Tsiolas, George, Chassalevris, Taxiarchis, Stylianaki, Ioanna, Lagou, Maria, Michailidou, Sofia, Moutou, Evangelia, Koenen, Jacobus Johannes Hendrik, Dijkshoorn, Jacoba Wilhelmina, Paraskevis, Dimitrios, Poutahidis, Theofilos, Siarkou, Victoria I, Sypsa, Vana, Argiriou, Anagnostis, Fortomaris, Paschalis, Dovas, Chrysostomos I

“…SARS-CoV-2 infection outbreaks in minks have serious implications associated with animal health and welfare, and public health. In two naturally infected mink…”
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Ongoing HIV transmission following a large outbreak among people who inject drugs in Athens, Greece (2014–20) by Roussos, Sotirios, Paraskevis, Dimitrios, Psichogiou, Mina, Kostaki, Evangelia Georgia, Flountzi, Eleni, Angelopoulos, Theodoros, Chaikalis, Savvas, Papadopoulou, Martha, Pavlopoulou, Ioanna D., Malliori, Meni, Hatzitheodorou, Eleni, Pylli, Magdalini, Tsiara, Chrissa, Paraskeva, Dimitra, Beloukas, Apostolos, Kalamitsis, George, Hatzakis, Angelos, Sypsa, Vana

“…Background and Aims The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) outbreak among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Athens, Greece in 2011–13 was the largest recent…”
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Living in Roma Settlements in Greece: Self-Perceived Health Status, Chronic Diseases and Associated Social Determinants of Health by Petraki, Ioanna, Kalpourtzi, Natasa, Terzidis, Agapios, Gavana, Magda, Vantarakis, Apostolos, Rachiotis, Georgios, Karakosta, Argiro, Sypsa, Vana, Touloumi, Giota, Hprolipsis Study Group

“…We aimed to assess the self-perceived health status and the presence of chronic diseases of adult Roma living in settlements in Greece, and to explore…”
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Economic recession and emergence of an HIV-1 outbreak among drug injectors in Athens metropolitan area: a longitudinal study by Paraskevis, Dimitrios, Nikolopoulos, Georgios, Fotiou, Anastasios, Tsiara, Chrissa, Paraskeva, Dimitra, Sypsa, Vana, Lazanas, Marios, Gargalianos, Panagiotis, Psichogiou, Mina, Skoutelis, Athanasios, Wiessing, Lucas, Friedman, Samuel R, Jarlais, Don C D E S, Terzidou, Manina, Kremastinou, Jenny, Malliori, Meni, Hatzakis, Angelos

“…During 2011, a dramatic increase (1600%) of reported HIV-1 infections among injecting drug users (IDUs) was noted in Athens, Greece. We herein assess the…”
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Incidence of primary hepatitis C infection among people who inject drugs during 2012–2020 in Athens, Greece by Roussos, Sotirios, Bagos, Christos, Angelopoulos, Theodoros, Chaikalis, Savvas, Cholongitas, Evangelos, Savvanis, Spyridon, Papadopoulos, Nikolaos, Kapatais, Andreas, Chounta, Athina, Ioannidou, Panagiota, Deutsch, Melani, Manolakopoulos, Spilios, Sevastianos, Vasileios, Papageorgiou, Maria‐Vasiliki, Vlachogiannakos, Ioannis, Mela, Maria, Elefsiniotis, Ioannis, Vrakas, Spyridon, Karagiannakis, Dimitrios, Pliarchopoulou, Fani, Psichogiou, Mina, Paraskevis, Dimitrios, Vickerman, Peter, Malliori, Meni, Kalamitsis, Georgios, Papatheodoridis, Georgios, Hatzakis, Angelos, Sypsa, Vana

“…One of the World Health Organization's targets for the 2030 viral hepatitis elimination strategy is to reduce new hepatitis C (HCV) infections. In Athens,…”
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Impact of Hepatitis B Virus Infection on the Progression of AIDS and Mortality in HIV-Infected Individuals: A Cohort Study and Meta-Analysis by Nikolopoulo, Georgios K., Paraskevis, Dimitrios, Hatzitheodorou, Eleni, Moschidis, Zissis, Sypsa, Vana, Zavitsanos, Xenophon, Kalapothaki, Victoria, Hatzakis, Angelos

“…Background. The effect of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection on the natural history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease remains uncertain. Therefore,…”
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Trends in COVID-19 Vaccination Intent, Determinants and Reasons for Vaccine Hesitancy: Results from Repeated Cross-Sectional Surveys in the Adult General Population of Greece during November 2020-June 2021 by Sypsa, Vana, Roussos, Sotirios, Engeli, Vasiliki, Paraskevis, Dimitrios, Tsiodras, Sotirios, Hatzakis, Angelos

“…Vaccine hesitancy is a major barrier to achieving large-scale COVID-19 vaccination. We report trends in vaccination intention and associated determinants from…”
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Sexual Mixing and HIV Transmission Potential Among Greek Men Who have Sex with Men: Results from SOPHOCLES by Bowman, Benjamin, Psichogyiou, Mina, Papadopoulou, Martha, Sypsa, Vana, Khanna, Aditya, Paraskevis, Dimitrios, Chanos, Sophocles, Friedman, Samuel R., Hatzakis, Angelos, Schneider, John

“…HIV incidence among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Greece remains unchanged despite effective response to a recent outbreak among people who inject drugs…”
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Securing wider EU commitment to the elimination of hepatitis C virus by Wedemeyer, Heiner, Tergast, Tammo L., Lazarus, Jeffrey V., Razavi, Homie, Bakoyannis, Kostas, Baptista‐Leite, Ricardo, Bartoli, Marco, Bruggmann, Philip, Buşoi, Cristian‐Silviu, Buti, Maria, Carballo, Manuel, Castera, Laurent, Colombo, Massimo, Coutinho, Rodrigo Sousa, Dadon, Yuval, Esmat, Gamal, Esteban, Rafael, Farran, Joan Colom, Gillyon‐Powell, Mark, Goldberg, David, Hutchinson, Sharon, Janssen, Harry L. A., Kalamitsis, George, Kondili, Loreta A., Lambert, John S., Marinho, Rui Tato, Maticic, Mojca, Patricello, Aldo, Peck‐Radosavljevic, Markus, Pol, Stanislas, Poljak, Mario, Pop, Cora, Sokol, Tomislov, Sypsa, Vana, Tözün, Nurdan, Younossi, Zobair, Aghemo, Alessio, Papatheodoridis, George V., Hatzakis, Angelos

“…In 2016, the Hepatitis B and C Public Policy Association (HepBCPPA), gathered all the main stakeholders in the field of hepatitis C virus (HCV) to launch the…”
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Hepatitis B, C and human immunodeficiency virus knowledge among the general greek population: results from the Hprolipsis nationwide survey by Kaskafetou, Sylvia, Karakosta, Argiro, Sypsa, Vana, Kalpourtzi, Natasa, Gavana, Magda, Vantarakis, Apostolos, Rachiotis, George, Chlouverakis, Grigoris, Trypsianis, Grigoris, Voulgari, Paraskevi V, Alamanos, Yannis, Papatheodoridis, George, Touloumi, Giota, Terzidis, Agis, Antypas, Tzanetos, Psara, Christina, Rozenberg, Theofilos, Kantzanou, Maria

“…Background Although several studies on hepatitis B (HBV), C (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection have been conducted in Greece, little is…”
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Homelessness and Other Risk Factors for HIV Infection in the Current Outbreak Among Injection Drug Users in Athens, Greece by Sypsa, Vana, Paraskevis, Dimitrios, Malliori, Meni, Nikolopoulos, Georgios K, Panopoulos, Anastasios, Kantzanou, Maria, Katsoulidou, Antigoni, Psichogiou, Mina, Fotiou, Anastasios, Pharris, Anastasia, Van De Laar, Marita, Wiessing, Lucas, Jarlais, Don Des, Friedman, Samuel R, Hatzakis, Angelos

“…Objectives. We examined HIV prevalence and risk factors among injection drug users (IDUs) in Athens, Greece, during an HIV outbreak. Methods. We used…”
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