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Kostas Danis
Researcher at European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Publications - 57
Citations - 2584
Kostas Danis is an academic researcher from European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. The author has contributed to research in topics: Outbreak & Vaccination. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 53 publications receiving 1970 citations. Previous affiliations of Kostas Danis include Centers for Disease Control and Prevention & Hellenic Centre for Diseases Control and Prevention.
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Outbreak of West Nile Virus Infection in Greece, 2010
Kostas Danis,Anna Papa,George Theocharopoulos,G Dougas,Maria Athanasiou,Marios Detsis,Agoritsa Baka,Theodoros Lytras,Kassiani Mellou,Stefanos Bonovas,Takis Panagiotopoulos +10 more
TL;DR: During 2010, an outbreak of West Nile virus infection occurred in Greece, a total of 197 patients with neuroinvasive disease were reported, of whom 33 (17%) died, emphasizing the need for prevention of this infection in persons with these risk factors.
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Cluster of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the French Alps, February 2020.
Kostas Danis,Olivier Epaulard,Olivier Epaulard,Thomas Bénet,Alexandre Gaymard,Séphora Campoy,Elisabeth Botelho-Nevers,Maude Bouscambert-Duchamp,Guillaume Spaccaferri,Florence Ader,Alexandra Mailles,Zoubida Boudalaa,Violaine Tolsma,Julien Berra,Sophie Vaux,Emmanuel Forestier,Caroline Landelle,Caroline Landelle,Erica Fougere,Alexandra Thabuis,Philippe Berthelot,Raphael Veil,Daniel Lévy-Bruhl,Christian Chidiac,Bruno Lina,Bruno Coignard,C. Saura +26 more
TL;DR: The occurrence in this cluster of one asymptomatic case with similar viral load as a symptomatic patient, suggests transmission potential of asymPTomatic individuals and underscores the need for close monitoring of the clinical evolution of suspect Covid-19 cases.
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Ongoing outbreak of West Nile virus infections in humans in Greece, July-August 2010.
Anna Papa,Kostas Danis,Agoritsa Baka,A Bakas,G Dougas,Theodore Lytras,Georgios Theocharopoulos,D Chrysagis,E Vassiliadou,F Kamaria,A Liona,Kassiani Mellou,G Saroglou,T Panagiotopoulos +13 more
TL;DR: The reoccurrence of human cases in two consecutive years and the spread of the virus in new areas suggest that West Nile virus is established in Greece, and its transmission may continue to occur in the future.
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High impact of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities, suggestion for monitoring in the EU/EEA, May 2020.
Kostas Danis,L. Fonteneau,Scarlett Georges,Côme Daniau,Sibylle Bernard-Stoecklin,Lisa Domegan,Lisa Domegan,Joan O'Donnell,Siri Helene Hauge,Sara Dequeker,Eline Vandael,Johan Van der Heyden,Françoise Renard,Natalia Bustos Sierra,Enrico Ricchizzi,Birgitta Schweickert,Nicole Schmidt,Muna Abu Sin,Tim Eckmanns,José-Artur Paiva,Elke Schneider +20 more
TL;DR: Residents in long-term care facilities (LTCF) are a vulnerable population group that represents 30–60% of all COVID-19 deaths in many European countries, and countries implement local and national testing, infection prevention and control, and monitoring programmes for CO VID-19 in LTCF in order to identify clusters early.
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Autochthonous Plasmodium vivax malaria in Greece, 2011.
Kostas Danis,Agoritsa Baka,Annick Lenglet,W. Van Bortel,Irene Terzaki,Maria Tseroni,Marios Detsis,Evangelos G. Papanikolaou,A Balaska,Sandra Gewehr,G Dougas,Theologia Sideroglou,A Economopoulou,Nikos Vakalis,Sotirios Tsiodras,Stefanos Bonovas,Jenny Kremastinou +16 more
TL;DR: Conditions favouring locally acquired transmission of malaria, including the presence of competent vectors and migrants from endemic countries exist in Greece, underscoring the need for the development of an integrated preparedness and response plan for malaria prevention.