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  1. A case of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever imported in Greece: Contact tracing and management of exposed healthcare workers

    Article • Journal of Infection Prevention, June 2019, SAGE Publications

    Helena Maltezou

  2. Transportation capacity for patients with highly infectious diseases in Europe: a survey in 16 nations

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, April 2019, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  3. Knowledge about influenza and adherence to the recommendations for influenza vaccination of pregnant women after an educational intervention in Greece

    Article • Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Helena Maltezou, Dimitris Loutradis

  4. Vaccination of healthcare workers: is mandatory vaccination needed?

    Article • Expert Review of Vaccines, December 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Helena Maltezou, Caterina Ledda

  5. Meningococcal disease awareness and meningoccocal vaccination among Greek students planning to travel abroad

    Article • International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, June 2017, De Gruyter

    Helena Maltezou

  6. Vaccination and malaria prophylaxis among Greek international travelers to Asian destinations

    Article • Journal of Infection and Public Health, January 2015, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  7. Vaccinations and malaria prophylaxis for long-term travellers travelling from Greece: A prospective, questionnaire-based analysis

    Article • Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, November 2014, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  8. Vaccination coverage and susceptibility against vaccine-preventable diseases of healthcare students in Athens, Greece

    Article • Vaccine, September 2014, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  9. Immunization of healthcare providers: A critical step toward patient safety

    Article • Vaccine, August 2014, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  10. Vaccination policies for healthcare workers in Europe

    Article • Vaccine, August 2014, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  11. Prevention of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections in European hospitals: moving beyond policies

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, August 2014, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  12. Vaccination of healthcare personnel: Spotlight on groups with underlying conditions

    Article • Vaccine, July 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Sabine Wicker, Helena Maltezou

  13. Pre-travel preparation practices among business travellers to tropical and subtropical destinations: Results from the Athens International Airport Survey

    Article • Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, July 2014, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  14. Vaccine-preventable diseases in Europe: where do we stand?

    Article • Expert Review of Vaccines, June 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Helena Maltezou

  15. Typhoid Vaccination for International Travelers From Greece Visiting Developing Countries

    Article • Journal of Travel Medicine, March 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Helena Maltezou

  16. Ηepatitis A and enteric fever in Greece, 2004–2011: A cross-sectional analysis

    Article • Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, March 2014, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  17. Action Plan to combat infections due to carbapenem-resistant, Gram-negative pathogens in acute-care hospitals in Greece

    Article • Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, March 2014, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou, Dr George L Daikos

  18. Answers linked to Maltezou HC, Ftika L, Theodoridou M. Nosocomial pertussis in neonatal units. J Hosp Infect 2013;85:243–248.

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, March 2014, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  19. The role and utilisation of public health evaluations in Europe: a case study of national hand hygiene campaigns

    Article • BMC Public Health, February 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Helena Maltezou

  20. Questions linked to Maltezou HC, Ftika L, Theodoridou M. Nosocomial pertussis in neonatal units. J Hosp Infect 2013;85:243–248.

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, February 2014, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  21. Prescription of antibiotics and knowledge about antibiotic costs among physicians working in tertiary-care hospitals

    Article • Journal of Chemotherapy, January 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Helena Maltezou

  22. Vaccination and Malaria Prevention among International Travelers Departing from Athens International Airport to African Destinations

    Article • Journal of Tropical Medicine, January 2014, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Helena Maltezou

  23. Preparedness of paediatric international travellers departing from Athens, Greece: an 18‐month airport‐based survey

    Article • Acta Paediatrica, December 2013, Wiley

    Helena Maltezou

  24. Prescription of antibiotics and awareness of antibiotic costs by paediatricians in two hospitals in Greece

    Article • Journal of Chemotherapy, December 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Helena Maltezou

  25. Antibiotic prescription and knowledge about antibiotic costs of physicians in primary health care centers in Greece

    Article • American Journal of Infection Control, December 2013, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  26. Nosocomial pertussis in neonatal units

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, December 2013, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  27. Impact of Postpartum Influenza Vaccination of Mothers and Household Contacts in Preventing Febrile Episodes, Influenza-like Illness, Healthcare Seeking, and Administration of Antibiotics in Young Infants During the 2012-2013 Influenza Season

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, September 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Helena Maltezou

  28. Factors associated with IgG positivity to Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in the area with the highest seroprevalence in Greece

    Article • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, September 2013, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  29. Outbreak of pan-susceptible Klebsiella pneumoniae in a neonatal intensive care unit

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, August 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Helena Maltezou

  30. Measles in health-care settings

    Article • American Journal of Infection Control, July 2013, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  31. Vaccinations for international travellers travelling from Greece

    Article • Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, July 2013, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  32. Answers linked to Ftika L, Maltezou H. Viral haemorrhagic fevers in healthcare settings. J Hosp Infect 2013;83:185–192

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, June 2013, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  33. Paediatric malaria in Greece in the era of global population mobility

    Article • Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, May 2013, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  34. Questions linked to Ftika L, Maltezou H. Viral haemorrhagic fevers in healthcare settings. J Hosp Infect 2013;83:185–192

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, May 2013, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  35. Infections Caused by Carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative Pathogens in Hospitalized Children

    Article • The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, April 2013, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Helena Maltezou, Dr George L Daikos

  36. Viral haemorrhagic fevers in healthcare settings

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, March 2013, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  37. Attitudes toward mandatory occupational vaccinations and vaccination coverage against vaccine-preventable diseases of health care workers in primary health care centers

    Article • American Journal of Infection Control, January 2013, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  38. Personal Protective Equipment Management and Policies: European Network for Highly Infectious Diseases Data from 48 Isolation Facilities in 16 European Countries

    Article • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, October 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Helena Maltezou

  39. Knowledge and practice of malaria prophylaxis among travel medicine consultants in Greece

    Article • Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, September 2012, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  40. Consecutive Serratia marcescens multiclone outbreaks in a neonatal intensive care unit

    Article • American Journal of Infection Control, September 2012, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  41. Acceptance of a post-partum influenza vaccination (cocooning) strategy for neonates in Greece

    Article • Vaccine, August 2012, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  42. Attitudes Regarding Occupational Vaccines and Vaccination Coverage Against Vaccine-preventable Diseases Among Healthcare Workers Working in Pediatric Departments in Greece

    Article • The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, June 2012, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Helena Maltezou

  43. Biosecurity Measures in 48 Isolation Facilities Managing Highly Infectious Diseases

    Article • Biosecurity and Bioterrorism Biodefense Strategy Practice and Science, June 2012, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Helena Maltezou

  44. Oseltamivir Pharmacokinetics and Clinical Experience in Neonates and Infants during an Outbreak of H1N1 Influenza A Virus Infection in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, May 2012, ASM Journals

    Helena Maltezou

  45. Paediatric international travellers from Greece: Characteristics and pre-travel recommendations

    Article • Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, May 2012, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  46. Safety and Pharmacokinetics of Oseltamivir for Prophylaxis of Neonates Exposed to Influenza H1N1

    Article • The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, May 2012, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Helena Maltezou

  47. Influenza A/H1N1/2009 outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, May 2012, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  48. Extremely low risk for acquisition of a respiratory viral infection in the emergency room of a large pediatric hospital during the winter season

    Article • Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, March 2012, Wiley

    Helena Maltezou

  49. Attitudes towards mandatory vaccination and vaccination coverage against vaccine-preventable diseases among health-care workers in tertiary-care hospitals

    Article • Journal of Infection, March 2012, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  50. Post‒cataract surgery endophthalmitis outbreak caused by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Article • American Journal of Infection Control, February 2012, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  51. Seroepidemiological study of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Greece, 2009–2010

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, February 2012, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  52. Infection control management of patients with suspected highly infectious diseases in emergency departments: data from a survey in 41 facilities in 14 European countries

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Helena Maltezou

  53. Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever: epidemiological trends and controversies in treatment

    Article • BMC Medicine, December 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Helena Maltezou

  54. Vaccination policies for health-care workers in acute health-care facilities in Europe

    Article • Vaccine, November 2011, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  55. Descriptive analysis of malaria prophylaxis for travellers from Greece visiting malaria-endemic countries

    Article • Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, November 2011, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  56. Seroepidemiological study of pandemic influenza H1N1 following the 2009–2010 wave in Greece

    Article • Vaccine, September 2011, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  57. Legal aspects of public health: How law frames communicable disease control in Greece

    Article • Journal of Public Health Policy, August 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Helena Maltezou

  58. Estimation of Seroprevalence of the Pandemic H1N1 2009 Influenza Virus Using a Novel Virus-Free ELISA Assay for the Detection of Specific Antibodies

    Article • Viral Immunology, June 2011, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Helena Maltezou

  59. Travelling to Greece for the summer 2011 Special Olympics

    Article • Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, May 2011, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  60. Vaccination of health-care workers against influenza: our obligation to protect patients

    Article • Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, March 2011, Wiley

    Helena Maltezou

  61. Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Northeastern Greece

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 2011, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Helena Maltezou

  62. Knowledge and practices about rabies among travel medicine consultants in Greece

    Article • Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, January 2011, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  63. Guillain–Barré syndrome and Fisher syndrome: Case definitions and guidelines for collection, analysis, and presentation of immunization safety data

    Article • Vaccine, January 2011, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  64. Leishmaniasis, an emerging infection in travelers

    Article • International Journal of Infectious Diseases, December 2010, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  65. Determinants of intention to get vaccinated against novel (pandemic) influenza A H1N1 among health-care workers in a nationwide survey

    Article • Journal of Infection, September 2010, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  66. Attitudes towards vaccination against seasonal influenza of health-care workers in primary health-care settings in Greece

    Article • Vaccine, August 2010, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  67. Fatal Mediterranean spotted fever in Greece

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, June 2010, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  68. Malaria and travellers visiting friends and relatives

    Article • Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, May 2010, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  69. Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever: Risk for emergence of new endemic foci in Europe?

    Article • Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, May 2010, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  70. Novel (pandemic) influenza A H1N1 in healthcare facilities: Implications for prevention and control

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, March 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Helena Maltezou

  71. Drug Resistance in Visceral Leishmaniasis

    Article • Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, January 2010, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Helena Maltezou

  72. Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Greece: a public health perspective

    Article • International Journal of Infectious Diseases, November 2009, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  73. Panton–Valentine leukocidin-positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus outbreak among healthcare workers in a long-term care facility

    Article • International Journal of Infectious Diseases, November 2009, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  74. Antiviral Agents for Influenza: Molecular Targets, Concerns of Resistance, and New Treatment Options

    Article • Current Drug Targets, October 2009, Bentham Science Publishers

    Helena Maltezou

  75. Pre-travel counselling in Greece for travellers visiting friends and relatives

    Article • Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, September 2009, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  76. EuroNHID checklists for the assessment of high-level isolation units and referral centres for highly infectious diseases: results from the pilot phase of a European survey

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, August 2009, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  77. Infection control in the management of highly pathogenic infectious diseases: consensus of the European Network of Infectious Disease

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, May 2009, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  78. Metallo-β-lactamases in Gram-negative bacteria: introducing the era of pan-resistance?

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, May 2009, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  79. Outbreak of infections due to KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a hospital in Crete (Greece)

    Article • Journal of Infection, March 2009, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  80. Nosocomial influenza: Need to vaccinate health-care workers

    Article • Vaccine, January 2009, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  81. Contact tracing and serosurvey among healthcare workers exposed to Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Greece

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, January 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Helena Maltezou

  82. Contact tracing and serosurvey among healthcare workers exposed to Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Greece

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, January 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Helena Maltezou

  83. Travel‐Acquired Leptospirosis: Table 1

    Article • Journal of Travel Medicine, November 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Helena Maltezou

  84. Visceral Leishmaniasis: Advances in Treatment

    Article • Recent Patents on Anti-Infective Drug Discovery, November 2008, Bentham Science Publishers

    Helena Maltezou

  85. Evaluation of a rapid antigen detection test in the diagnosis of streptococcal pharyngitis in children and its impact on antibiotic prescription

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, September 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Helena Maltezou

  86. Nosocomial influenza: new concepts and practice

    Article • Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, August 2008, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Helena Maltezou

  87. Influenza vaccination acceptance among health-care workers: A nationwide survey

    Article • Vaccine, March 2008, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  88. Strategies to increase influenza vaccine uptake among health care workers in Greece

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, January 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Helena Maltezou

  89. Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever

    Article • Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, October 2007, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Helena Maltezou

  90. Answers linked to: Vorou R, Remoudaki HD, Maltezou HC. Nosocomial scabies. J Hosp Infect 2007;65:9–14.

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, June 2007, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  91. Factors influencing influenza vaccination rates among healthcare workers in Greek hospitals

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, June 2007, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  92. Questions linked to: Vorou R, Remoudaki HD, Maltezou HC. Nosocomial scabies. J Hosp Infect 2007;65:9–14.

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, May 2007, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  93. Nosocomial scabies

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, January 2007, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  94. Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, February 2006, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  95. A fourth dose of DTPa-IPV vaccine given to 4–6 year old children in Italy and Sweden following primary vaccination at 3, 5 and 11–12 months of age

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, March 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Helena Maltezou

  96. Legionella and Q fever community acquired pneumonia in children

    Article • Paediatric Respiratory Reviews, January 2004, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  97. Nosocomial influenza in children

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, October 2003, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  98. Q fever in children

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, November 2002, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  99. Visceral leishmaniasis in paediatrics

    Article • Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, June 2002, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Helena Maltezou

  100. Comparison of isepamicin with amikacin for the empirical treatment of febrile neutropenic children with malignancies

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, October 2001, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  101. HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME ASSOCIATED WITH COXIELLA BURNETII INFECTION

    Article • The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, August 2001, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Helena Maltezou

  102. Acute Diarrhoea in Children Treated in an Outpatient Setting in Athens, Greece

    Article • Journal of Infection, August 2001, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  103. Lack of association between Kawasaki syndrome and infection with Rickettsia conorii, Rickettsia typhi, Coxiella burnetii or Ehrlichia phagocytophila group

    Article • The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, July 2001, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Helena Maltezou

  104. Visceral Leishmaniasis during Childhood in Southern Greece

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, November 2000, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Helena Maltezou

  105. Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis in children

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, October 2000, BMJ

    Helena Maltezou

  106. Viral infections in children undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplant

    Article • The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, April 2000, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Helena Maltezou

  107. Isepamicin versus amikacin for the treatment of acute pyelonephritis in children

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, February 2000, Elsevier

    Helena Maltezou

  108. Nontuberculous mycobacterial lymphadenitis in children

    Article • The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, November 1999, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Helena Maltezou

  109. Wound Infections after Minor Limb Lacerations

    Article • June 1999, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Helena Maltezou

  110. Dapsone for Pneumocystis carinii prophylaxis in children undergoing bone marrow transplantation

    Article • Bone Marrow Transplantation, November 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Helena Maltezou