Student Publications

Kyriakopoulou Z, Dedepsidis E, Pliaka V, Tsakogiannis D, Ruether IGA, KrikelisA, Markoulatos P. 2011. Complete nucleotide sequence analysis of the VPIgenomic region of Echoviruses 6 isolated from sewage in Greece revealed 98% similarity with Echoviruses 6 that were characterized from an aseptic meningitis outbreak I year later. Clinical microbiology and infection, 17 (8): 1170-1173. PMID: 21489045 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03381.x

Pliaka V, Filliponi ME, Kyriakopoulou Z, Ruether IG, Tsakogiannis D,Gartzonika C, Levidiotou-Stefanou S, Markoulatos P. 2011. Retrospective molecular and phenotypic analysis of poliovirus vaccine strains isolated in Greece. ClinMicrobiol Infect. 17(10):1554-1562. PMID: 21375661 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03470.x

Pliaka V, Achilleos C, Kyriakopoulou Z, Tsakogiannis D, Ruether IG, Gartzonica C, Levidiotou-Stefanou S, Markoulatos P. 2010. Determination of antigenic properties of vaccine derived poliovirus strains. Vaccine. 29(1):26-33. PMID: 20974307 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.10.028

Kyriakopoulou Z, Dedepsidis E, Pliaka V, Tsakogiannis D, Pratti A, LevidiotouStefanou S, Markoulatos P. 2010. Full-genome sequence analysis of a multirecombinant echovirus 3 strain isolated from sewage in Greece. J ClinMicrobiol. 48(5):1513-1519. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00475-09

Pliaka V, Dedepsidis E, Kyriakopoulou Z, Mpirli K, Tsakogiannis D, Pratti A, Levidiotou-Stefanou S, Markoulatos P. 2010. A new RT-PCR assay for the identification of the predominant recombination types in 2C and 3D genomic regions of vaccine-derived poliovirus strains. Mol Cell Probes. 24(3):115-123. PMID: 19948215 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2009.11.003

Pliaka V, Kyriakopoulou Z, Tsakogiannis D, Ruether IG, Gartzonika C,Levidiotou-Stefanou S, Krikelis A, Markoulatos P. 2010. Correlation of mutations and recombination with growth kinetics of poliovirus vaccine strains. Eur J ClinMicrobiol Infect Dis. 29(12):1513-1523, PMID: 20820837 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-010-1033-9