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Overview

Anna Papa is affiliated with Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their subfields of study include:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Molecular Biology
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Epidemiology

The main topics of their work cover a range of areas related to infectious diseases and public health challenges, including:

  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases

Anna Papa has published research papers in multiple venues. The most frequent publishing outlets for their work are:

  • Eurosurveillance
  • Viruses
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica
  • Preprints.org

Selected recent publications include:

  • "Laboratory readiness and response for novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in expert laboratories in 30 EU/EEA countries, January 2020" published in 2020 in Eurosurveillance
  • "ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Nairoviridae" published in 2020 in Journal of General Virology
  • "Association Between Upper Respiratory Tract Viral Load, Comorbidities, Disease Severity, and Outcome of Patients With SARS-CoV-2 Infection" published in 2020 in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • "Children and Adolescents With SARS-CoV-2 Infection" published in 2020 in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
  • "Transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 within families with children in Greece: A study of 23 clusters" published in 2020 in Journal of Medical Virology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Anna Papa include:

  • Styliani Pappa
  • Katerina Tsioka
  • Emmanuel Roilides
  • Symeon Metallidis
  • Sotirios Tsiodras

In addition to journal articles, Anna Papa has contributed to book publications, including a title published by Universidad de Sevilla in 2020 entitled "Guía del Proyecto Quammelot: Formación online de profesores sobre educación intercultural y aprendizaje de alumnado inmigrante y menores inmigrantes no acompañados".

Best Publications

  • Driving forces for changes in geographical distribution of Ixodes ricinus ticks in Europe

    Jolyon M. Medlock;Kayleigh M. Hansford;Antra Bormane;Marketa Derdakova

  • Tick-Pathogen Interactions and Vector Competence: Identification of Molecular Drivers for Tick-Borne Diseases

    José de la Fuente;José de la Fuente;Sandra Antunes;Sarah Bonnet;Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz;Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz;Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz

  • Tick-borne virus diseases of human interest in Europe.

    R.N. Charrel;H. Attoui;A.M. Butenko;J.C. Clegg

  • Taxonomy of the order Bunyavirales : update 2019

    Abulikemu Abudurexiti;Scott Adkins;Daniela Alioto;Sergey V. Alkhovsky

  • Emergence of Toscana Virus in Europe

    Rémi N. Charrel;Pierre Gallian;José-María Navarro-Marí;Loredana Nicoletti

  • A clear and present danger tick borne diseases in Europe

    Paul Heyman;Christel Cochez;Agnetha Hofhuis;Joke van der Giessen

  • 2020 taxonomic update for phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales

    Jens H. Kuhn;Scott Adkins;Daniela Alioto;Sergey V. Alkhovsky

  • Genetic characterization of West Nile virus lineage 2, Greece, 2010.

    Anna Papa;Tamás Bakonyi;Kyriaki Xanthopoulou;Ana Vázquez

  • West Nile virus in Europe: emergence, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention

    Vittorio Sambri;M Capobianchi;R Charrel;M Fyodorova

  • Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Albania, 2001

    A. Papa;S. Bino;A. Llagami;B. Brahimaj

  • Cytokine levels in Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever.

    Anna Papa;Silva Bino;Enkelejda Velo;Arjan Harxhi

  • Outbreak of West Nile Virus Infection in Greece, 2010

    Kostas Danis;Anna Papa;George Theocharopoulos;Georgios Dougas

  • Geographical and temporal distribution of SARS-CoV-2 clades in the WHO European Region, January to June 2020.

    Erik Alm;Eeva K Broberg;Thomas Connor;Emma B Hodcroft

  • European surveillance for West Nile virus in mosquito populations.

    Olivier Engler;Giovanni Savini;Anna Papa;Jordi Figuerola

  • Ongoing outbreak of West Nile virus infections in humans in Greece, July-August 2010.

    A Papa;K Danis;A Baka;A Bakas

  • Laboratory readiness and response for novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in expert laboratories in 30 EU/EEA countries, January 2020.

    Chantal B.E.M. Reusken;Eeva K. Broberg;Bart Haagmans;Adam Meijer

  • Epidemiology of Hantavirus infections in humans: a comprehensive, global overview.

    Dionysios Christos Watson;Maria Sargianou;Anna Papa;Paraskevi Chra

  • Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Bulgaria.

    Anna Papa;Iva Christova;Evangelia Papadimitriou;Antonis Antoniadis

  • Genetic detection and isolation of crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever virus, Kosovo, Yugoslavia.

    Anna Papa;Bojana Boźović;Vassiliki Pavlidou;Evangelia Papadimitriou

  • A five-year perspective on the situation of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and status of the hantavirus reservoirs in Europe, 2005-2010.

    P Heyman;C S Ceianu;I Christova;N Tordo

  • Detection of West Nile virus lineage 2 in mosquitoes during a human outbreak in Greece

    A. Papa;K. Xanthopoulou;S. Gewehr;S. Mourelatos

  • Diagnostic Assays for Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever

    Jessica Vanhomwegen;Maria João Alves;Tatjana Avšič Zupanc;Silvia Bino

  • Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Greece

    Anna Papa;Persefoni Sidira;Victor Larichev;Ludmila Gavrilova

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthias Niedrig
Matthias Niedrig Robert Koch Institute
Rémi N. Charrel
Rémi N. Charrel Aix-Marseille University
Chantal Reusken
Chantal Reusken National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
Roger Hewson
Roger Hewson London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Helena C. Maltezou
Helena C. Maltezou Hellenic Center for Disease Control & Prevention
Marion Koopmans
Marion Koopmans Erasmus University Rotterdam
Smaragda Sotiraki
Smaragda Sotiraki Hellenic Agricultural Organization
José de la Fuente
José de la Fuente University of Castilla-La Mancha
Tatjana Avšič-Županc
Tatjana Avšič-Županc University of Ljubljana
Martin Beer
Martin Beer Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut

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