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Overview

Smaragda Sotiraki is affiliated with the Hellenic Agricultural Organization in Greece and has contributed extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Medicine. Their research portfolio includes significant work in parasitology, small animals, animal science and zoology, infectious diseases, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

Their scholarly output spans various topics, with a focus on helminth infection and control, parasitic infections and diagnostics, coccidia and coccidiosis research, parasitic infections in humans and animals, vector-borne infectious diseases, congenital anomalies and fetal surgery, and research on leishmaniasis.

Some recent publications include:

  • Increasing importance of anthelmintic resistance in European livestock: creation and meta-analysis of an open database (2020) published in Parasite
  • Anthelmintic resistance in ruminants: challenges and solutions (2022) published in Advances in Parasitology/Advances in parasitology
  • Unveiling the incidences and trends of the neglected zoonosis cystic echinococcosis in Europe: a systematic review from the MEmE project (2022) published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Cryptosporidium and Giardia in surface water and drinking water: Animal sources and towards the use of a machine-learning approach as a tool for predicting contamination (2020) published in Environmental Pollution
  • Surveillance of foodborne parasitic diseases in Europe in a One Health approach (2021) published in Parasite Epidemiology and Control

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Smaragda Sotiraki include:

  • Παναγιώτα Λίγδα
  • Laura Rinaldi
  • Edwin Claerebout
  • Anastasios Saratsis
  • Katerina Saratsi

Their publications are often featured in a number of recurring scientific venues such as:

  • Parasite
  • Food Control
  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Experimental Parasitology
  • Veterinary Parasitology

Best Publications

  • Tannin containing legumes as a model for nutraceuticals against digestive parasites in livestock.

    H. Hoste;H. Hoste;J.F.J. Torres-Acosta;C.A. Sandoval-Castro;I. Mueller-Harvey

  • Composition differences between organic and conventional meat: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis

    Średnicka-Tober D;Barański M;Seal C;Sanderson R

  • Increasing importance of anthelmintic resistance in European livestock: creation and meta-analysis of an open database

    Hannah Rose Vineer;Eric R. Morgan;Hubertus Hertzberg;David J. Bartley

  • Higher PUFA and n -3 PUFA, conjugated linoleic acid, α -tocopherol and iron, but lower iodine and selenium concentrations in organic milk: a systematic literature review and meta- and redundancy analyses

    Dominika Średnicka-Tober;Marcin Barański;Chris J. Seal;Roy Sanderson

  • Goat-nematode interactions: think differently.

    Hervé Hoste;Smaragda Sotiraki;Serge Yan Landau;Frank Jackson

  • Anthelmintic resistance and multidrug resistance in sheep gastro-intestinal nematodes in France, Greece and Italy.

    Thomas Geurden;Herve Hoste;Philippe Jacquiet;Donato Traversa

  • Anthelmintic activity of some Mediterranean browse plants against parasitic nematodes.

    F Manolaraki;S Sotiraki;A Stefanakis;V Skampardonis

  • Abundance, zoonotic potential and risk factors of intestinal parasitism amongst dog and cat populations: The scenario of Crete, Greece

    Despoina Kostopoulou;Despoina Kostopoulou;Edwin Claerebout;Dimitrios Arvanitis;Panagiota Ligda;Panagiota Ligda

  • Toxoplasma gondii in sheep and goats: seroprevalence and potential risk factors under dairy husbandry practices

    Nikolaos Tzanidakis;Pavlo Maksimov;Franz J. Conraths;Evaggelos Kiossis

  • Mind the gaps in research on the control of gastrointestinal nematodes of farmed ruminants and pigs

    Johannes Charlier;SM Thamsborg;DJ Bartley;PJ Skuce

  • Clinical and laboratory study of rosacea in northern Greece.

    E Lazaridou;Z Apalla;S Sotiraki;NG Ziakas

  • Factors affecting the frequency of ear canal and face infestation by Otodectes cynotis in the cat.

    S.T Sotiraki;A.F Koutinas;L.S Leontides;K.K Adamama-Moraitou

  • Hydatidosis-echinococcosis in Greece.

    S Sotiraki;C Himonas;P Korkoliakou

  • Occurrence and molecular characterization of Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium spp. in sheep and goats reared under dairy husbandry systems in Greece.

    Nikolaos Tzanidakis;Smaragda Sotiraki;Edwin Claerebout;Amimul Ehsan

  • Epidemiology of taeniosis/cysticercosis in Europe, a systematic review: Western Europe.

    Minerva Laranjo-González;Brecht Devleesschauwer;Chiara Trevisan;Alberto Allepuz

  • 100 Questions in livestock helminthology research

    Eric R. Morgan;Nor-Azlina A. Aziz;Alexandra Blanchard;Johannes Charlier

  • Anisakidae infection in fish of the Aegean Sea.

    Ilias Chaligiannis;Marco Lalle;Edoardo Pozio;Smaragda Sotiraki

  • The epizootiology of gastrointestinal nematode parasites in Greek dairy breeds of sheep and goats

    E Papadopoulos;G Arsenos;S Sotiraki;C Deligiannis

  • Cryptosporidium and Giardia in surface water and drinking water: Animal sources and towards the use of a machine-learning approach as a tool for predicting contamination

    Panagiota Ligda;Edwin Claerebout;Despoina Kostopoulou;Antonios Zdragas

  • A review of comparative aspects of myiasis in goats and sheep in Europe

    Smaragda Sotiraki;Martin J.R. Hall

  • Epidemiology of Taenia saginata taeniosis/cysticercosis: a systematic review of the distribution in the Middle East and North Africa

    Anastasios Saratsis;Smaragda Sotiraki;Uffe Christian Braae;Uffe Christian Braae;Brecht Devleesschauwer

  • Combination of RT-PCR and proteomics for the identification of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in ticks.

    Isabel G. Fernández de Mera;Ilias Chaligiannis;Angélica Hernández-Jarguín;Margarita Villar

Frequent Co-Authors

Hervé Hoste
Hervé Hoste Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Anna Papa
Anna Papa Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Edwin Claerebout
Edwin Claerebout Ghent University
Pierre Dorny
Pierre Dorny Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp
Laura Rinaldi
Laura Rinaldi University of Naples Federico II
Eric R. Morgan
Eric R. Morgan Queen's University Belfast
Martin J. R. Hall
Martin J. R. Hall Natural History Museum
Lucy J. Robertson
Lucy J. Robertson Norwegian University of Life Sciences
José de la Fuente
José de la Fuente University of Castilla-La Mancha
Stijn Casaert
Stijn Casaert Ghent University

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