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Panagiotis Karanis

Panagiotis Karanis

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Animal Science and Veterinary

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47
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Overview

Panagiotis Karanis is affiliated with the University of Nicosia in Cyprus. Their research primarily spans the fields of Immunology and Microbiology, Medicine, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with particular focus on Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, Endocrinology, Molecular Biology, and Animal Science and Zoology.

The scientist's work covers main topics including Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics, Amoebic Infections and Treatments, Legionella and Acanthamoeba research, Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, Parasites and Host Interactions, and Coccidia and coccidiosis research.

Panagiotis Karanis has published extensively in various journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Water and Health
  • Parasitology Research
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Microorganisms
  • Gut Pathogens

Recent publications demonstrate the breadth of their research interests and include:

  • Waterborne transmission of protozoan parasites: a review of worldwide outbreaks - an update 2017-2022 (2023) in Journal of Water and Health
  • Cryptosporidium and Cryptosporidiosis: The Perspective from the Gulf Countries (2020) in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Molecular prevalence and subtype distribution of Blastocystis sp. in Asia and in Australia (2021) in Journal of Water and Health
  • Global prevalence of Giardia duodenalis in cattle: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2022) in Preventive Veterinary Medicine
  • Global prevalence of Cryptosporidium spp. in cats: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2021) in Research in Veterinary Science

Throughout their career, Panagiotis Karanis has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Chad Schou
  • Shahira A. Ahmed
  • Giovanni De Jesus Milanez
  • Frederick Ramirez Masangkay
  • Aida Vafae Eslahi

Best Publications

  • Sensitive and specific detection of Cryptosporidium species in PCR-negative samples by loop-mediated isothermal DNA amplification and confirmation of generated LAMP products by sequencing.

    Mohammed A. Bakheit;Dena Torra;Lily A. Palomino;Oriel M.M. Thekisoe

  • Evolution of monitoring for Giardia and Cryptosporidium in water

    Artemis Efstratiou;Jerry E Ongerth;Panagiotis Karanis

  • Water-borne protozoa parasites: The Latin American perspective.

    Félix Manuel Rosado-García;Milena Guerrero-Flórez;Gabriele Karanis;María Del Carmen Hinojosa

  • Advances in serological, imaging techniques and molecular diagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii infection.

    Ali Rostami;Panagiotis Karanis;Shirzad Fallahi

  • Neglected waterborne parasitic protozoa and their detection in water.

    Judit Plutzer;Panagiotis Karanis

  • Rapid identification of Giardia duodenalis by loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) from faecal and environmental samples and comparative findings by PCR and real-time PCR methods.

    J. Plutzer;J. Plutzer;P. Karanis;P. Karanis

  • Human Subcutaneous Dirofilariasis, Russia

    Laura H. Kramer;Vladimir V. Kartashev;Giulio Grandi;Rodrigo Morchón

  • Diagnosis of Babesia caballi and Theileria equi infections in horses in Sudan using ELISA and PCR

    B. O. M. Salim;S. M. Hassan;M. A. Bakheit;A. Alhassan

  • Prevalence and distribution of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in wastewater and the surface, drinking and ground waters in the Lower Rhine, Germany.

    C. Gallas-Lindemann;I. Sotiriadou;J. Plutzer;P. Karanis

  • Combination of ARAD microfibre filtration and LAMP methodology for simple, rapid and cost-effective detection of human pathogenic Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium spp. in drinking water

    J. Plutzer;A. Törökné;P. Karanis

  • The impact of the waterborne transmission of Toxoplasma gondii and analysis efforts for water detection: an overview and update

    Panagiotis Karanis;Hebatalla M. Aldeyarbi;Marzieh E. Mirhashemi;Khalil M. Khalil

  • Molecular identification of Giardia and Cryptosporidium from dogs and cats

    Isaia Sotiriadou;Nikola Pantchev;Doreen Gassmann;Panagiotis Karanis

  • Review of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in the eastern part of Europe, 2016.

    Judit Plutzer;Brian Lassen;Brian Lassen;Pikka Jokelainen;Pikka Jokelainen;Pikka Jokelainen;Olgica Djurković-Djaković

  • The impact of water crises and climate changes on the transmission of protozoan parasites in Africa

    Shahira A Ahmed;Milena Guerrero Flórez;Panagiotis Karanis

  • Detection and genotyping of Cryptosporidium from brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) captured in an urban area of Japan.

    Akio Kimura;Akiko Edagawa;Kunihiro Okada;Atsutoshi Takimoto

  • Cryptosporidium and cryptosporidiosis: the African perspective

    Hebatalla M. Aldeyarbi;Hebatalla M. Aldeyarbi;Nadia M. T. Abu El-Ezz;Panagiotis Karanis

  • Comparison of current methods used to detect Cryptosporidium oocysts in stools.

    Shahira A. Ahmed;Panagiotis Karanis;Panagiotis Karanis

  • Cryptosporidium and cryptosporidiosis: The Asian perspective

    Mohammad-Reza Mahmoudi;Jerry E. Ongerth;Panagiotis Karanis

  • An overview of methods/techniques for the detection of Cryptosporidium in food samples

    Shahira A. Ahmed;Panagiotis Karanis;Panagiotis Karanis

  • Occurrence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in recycled waters used for irrigation and first description of Cryptosporidium parvum and C. muris in Greece

    Gregory Spanakos;Anastasia Biba;Athena Mavridou;Panagiotis Karanis

  • Giardia and Cryptosporidium spp. dissemination during wastewater treatment and comparative detection via immunofluorescence assay (IFA), nested polymerase chain reaction (nested PCR) and loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP).

    Carmen Gallas-Lindemann;Isaia Sotiriadou;Judit Plutzer;Michael J. Noack

  • Molecular prevalence and subtype distribution of Blastocystis sp. in Asia and in Australia.

    Sara Nemati;Mohammad Reza Zali;Paul Johnson;Hamed Mirjalali

  • Detection of Cryptosporidium and Giardia (oo)cysts by IFA, PCR and LAMP in surface water from Rasht, Iran.

    Mohammad-Reza Mahmoudi;Bahram Kazemi;Anita Mohammadiha;Asad Mirzaei

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerry E. Ongerth
Jerry E. Ongerth University of Wollongong
Ikuo Igarashi
Ikuo Igarashi Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Martin Kváč
Martin Kváč Czech Academy of Sciences
Mohammad Reza Zali
Mohammad Reza Zali Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Xuenan Xuan
Xuenan Xuan Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Wolfram F. Neiss
Wolfram F. Neiss University of Cologne
Lihua Xiao
Lihua Xiao South China Agricultural University
Kozo Fujisaki
Kozo Fujisaki National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Francine Pratlong
Francine Pratlong University of Montpellier
Rodrigo Morchón
Rodrigo Morchón University of Salamanca

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