Background Efficient and reliable surveillance and notification systems are vital for
monitoring public health and disease outbreaks. However, most surveillance and notification …

Abstract Background and objectives Non-Cystic Fibrosis (CF) bronchiectasis is common in
Greece but little attention has been paid to the investigation of its aetiology, clinical …

Objectives Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is re-emerging in endemic areas. The
epidemiological, clinical, laboratory, and treatment outcome characteristics in a large cohort …

From 16 November 2009 to 22 January 2010, Taiwan investigated 23 clusters of mass
psychogenic illness after vaccination (MPIV) in the nationwide in-school vaccination …

We conducted a sco** review of literature to improve our understanding of the accuracy of
infectious disease monitoring in migrants in the Europe. We searched PubMed for papers …

This study investigates the completeness of the reporting of infectious diseases in the
prefecture of Achaia, western Greece in the period of 1999-2004. We collected hospital …

SETTING: A hospital referral center for childhood tuberculosis (TB). OBJECTIVE: To
evaluate the epidemiological and clinical features of childhood TB in the Greater Athens …

Surveillance is an integral part of tuberculosis (TB) control. Greece has a low TB notification
rate, but there are doubts about underreporting. Examining anti-TB drug consumption is a …

The Greek National Reference Laboratory for Mycobacteria is a major source of tuberculosis
(TB)-related data for Greece, where the TB burden and epidemiology still need to be better …

Background: Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is the most severe form of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis infection. Our aim was to analyze the epidemiology, clinical features, diagnostic …