First Data on WGS-Based Typing and Antimicrobial Resistance of Human Enteritidis Isolates in Greece.

subsp. serotype Enteritidis ( Enteritidis) is one of the major causes of foodborne infections and is responsible for many national and multi-country foodborne outbreaks worldwide. In Greece, human salmonellosis is a mandatory notifiable disease, with laboratory surveillance being on a voluntary basis.

History repeats itself: consumption of a local traditional roast pork meat recipe leads to Salmonella ser. Give cases in Greece.

Introduction: An outbreak of gastroenteritis due to Salmonella Give, a very rarely identified serotype in human isolates in Greece, occurred in participants of a religious festival in a rural area of southern Greece, in September 2022. The objectives of this study were to describe the outbreak in terms of epidemiology, identify the vehicle of transmission of the foodborne pathogen and recommend prevention measures.

Methods: The outbreak was linked to the consumption of a local traditional recipe of roasted pork meat served by a street food vendor.

Gastroenteritis Outbreaks after Contamination of Water Supply Systems: Public Health Response Gaps and Challenges, Greece, 2004-2023.

Background: waterborne disease outbreaks (WGDOs) following the contamination of drinking water remain a public health concern.

Methods: The current study aims to assess the occurrence and identify gaps in the notification and investigation of WGDOs in Greece. Data for 2004-2023 were retrieved and summarized.

A Community Waterborne Bovismorbificans Outbreak in Greece.

Background: In August 2022, the Hellenic National Public Health Organisation was notified about a gastroenteritis outbreak in town A in Southern Greece. Investigations aimed to identify the source and implement control measures.

Methods: Case definition categories were used in a 1:3 case-control study.

A Point Source Gastroenteritis Outbreak in a High School Putatively Due to : Timely Investigation Is Everything.

On May 28, 2021, several gastroenteritis cases were reported among students and staff of a high school on a Greek island. Lunches were delivered daily at the school by a catering company. We conducted a retrospective cohort study.

Waterborne outbreak in a rural area in Greece during the COVID-19 pandemic: contribution of community pharmacies.

Introduction: On 15 June 2020, the National Public Health Organization was informed about the identification of two cases of Escherichia coli Ο157 infection in a small town in the Peloponnese Region in Greece and we suspected an outbreak.

Methods: We asked the local pharmacist to assist us to verify the outbreak by providing the daily number of over-the-counter anti-diarrheal drugs sold from 20 May 2020 onwards. The pharmacist asked customers with gastroenteritis to submit stool samples at the local hospital.

The Rising Burden of Salmonellosis Caused by Monophasic Typhimurium (1,4,[5],12:i:-) in Greece and New Food Vehicles.

Monophasic is of increasing importance worldwide. Here we present the available data regarding monophasic from 2007 to 2019 in Greece, in order to assess its public health impact. Surveillance data, data on antimicrobial resistance, molecular typing by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), and results of the investigation of monophasic .

Impact of Control Programmes in Poultry on Human Burden in Greece.

Since 2008, veterinary authorities in Greece have implemented national control programmes (NSCPs) targeting (SE) and (ST) in poultry. We assessed the effect of the programs on the reported number of human isolates. Using monthly data for 2006-2017, we defined two groups (SE, ST) and one control group with serotypes unrelated to poultry or eggs.

Public health and clinical implications of multidrug-resistant shigellosis cases in a reception centre for refugees/migrants, Greece, October-December 2019.

From October to December 2019, 18 shigellosis cases (median age: 4.3 years, range: 0-21) were identified in the Reception Center for refugees/migrants on the Greek island of Samos. Fifteen cases (83.

Foodborne Outbreak during an Athletic Event in Northern Greece, June 2019.

Background: Food safety is a major public health consideration during athletic events. On 27 June 2019, the Hellenic National Public Health Organization was notified of a cluster of gastroenteritis cases among athletes of four of the 47 teams participating at the Panhellenic Handball Championship for children.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study among the members of the four teams was performed.

Parental presence and distraction during painful childhood procedures.

Aim: To investigate the effect of parental presence and the distraction of the attention by a toy in children undergoing a painful procedure.

Methods: A randomised study with two experimental groups and one control group-130 children (64 girls and 66 boys), mean age 8.3 years (range 7-10 years) were randomly assigned to one of the three groups from September 2006 to March 2007: the parent presence group, the toy group, the control group.

Parents' satisfaction concerning their child's hospital care.

Aim: To explore parents' satisfaction concerning their child's care during hospitalization and its determinants.

Methods: A descriptive, non-experimental correlational design was used. The data collection was based on interviews using a 63 item questionnaire, the Swedish Pyramid Questionnaire.