Antigoni Katsoulidou

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Affiliation: University of Athens
Country: Greece

Publications

  1. ncbi Development and assessment of a novel real-time PCR assay for quantitation of hepatitis D virus RNA to study viral kinetics in chronic hepatitis D
    A Katsoulidou
    National Retrovirus Reference Center, Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece
    J Viral Hepat 20:256-62. 2013
  2. ncbi Comparative evaluation of the performance of the Abbott RealTime HIV-1 assay for measurement of HIV-1 plasma viral load on genetically diverse samples from Greece
    Antigoni Katsoulidou
    National Retrovirus Reference Center, Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Athens University Medical School, Goudi, Greece
    Virol J 8:10. 2011
  3. ncbi Evaluation of the clinical sensitivity for the quantification of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA in plasma: Comparison of the new COBAS TaqMan HIV-1 with three current HIV-RNA assays--LCx HIV RNA quantitative, VERSANT HIV-1 RNA 3.0 (bDNA) and COBA
    Antigoni Katsoulidou
    Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, National Retrovirus Reference Center, Athens University Medical School, and General Hospital of Athens G. Gennimatas, Greece
    J Virol Methods 131:168-74. 2006
  4. ncbi Development of a new ultra sensitive real-time PCR assay (ultra sensitive RTQ-PCR) for the quantification of HBV-DNA
    Dimitrios Paraskevis
    Department of Hygiene Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
    Virol J 7:57. 2010
  5. ncbi Human herpesvirus 8 infection in hemodialysis patients
    Assimina Zavitsanou
    Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece
    Am J Kidney Dis 47:167-70. 2006
  6. ncbi Molecular characterization of occult hepatitis B cases in Greek blood donors
    Antigoni Katsoulidou
    Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece
    J Med Virol 81:815-25. 2009
  7. ncbi Integrating phylodynamics and epidemiology to estimate transmission diversity in viral epidemics
    Gkikas Magiorkinis
    Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
    PLoS Comput Biol 9:e1002876. 2013
  8. ncbi Incidence and patterns of hepatitis C virus seroconversion in a cohort of hemodialysis patients
    Vana Sypsa
    Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece
    Am J Kidney Dis 45:334-43. 2005
  9. ncbi Comparison of three current viral load assays for the quantitation of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA in plasma
    Antigoni Katsoulidou
    Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Athens University Medical School, 75 Mikras Asias Street, GR 115 27 Athens, Goudi, Greece
    J Virol Methods 121:93-9. 2004

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Publications9

  1. ncbi Development and assessment of a novel real-time PCR assay for quantitation of hepatitis D virus RNA to study viral kinetics in chronic hepatitis D
    A Katsoulidou
    National Retrovirus Reference Center, Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece
    J Viral Hepat 20:256-62. 2013
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  2. ncbi Comparative evaluation of the performance of the Abbott RealTime HIV-1 assay for measurement of HIV-1 plasma viral load on genetically diverse samples from Greece
    Antigoni Katsoulidou
    National Retrovirus Reference Center, Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Athens University Medical School, Goudi, Greece
    Virol J 8:10. 2011
    ..HIV-1 is characterized by increased genetic heterogeneity which tends to hinder the reliability of detection and accuracy of HIV-1 RNA quantitation assays...
  3. ncbi Evaluation of the clinical sensitivity for the quantification of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA in plasma: Comparison of the new COBAS TaqMan HIV-1 with three current HIV-RNA assays--LCx HIV RNA quantitative, VERSANT HIV-1 RNA 3.0 (bDNA) and COBA
    Antigoni Katsoulidou
    Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, National Retrovirus Reference Center, Athens University Medical School, and General Hospital of Athens G. Gennimatas, Greece
    J Virol Methods 131:168-74. 2006
    ..96). In conclusion, the new COBAS TaqMan HIV-1 test showed excellent agreement with other widely used commercially available tests for the quantitation of HIV-1 viral load...
  4. ncbi Development of a new ultra sensitive real-time PCR assay (ultra sensitive RTQ-PCR) for the quantification of HBV-DNA
    Dimitrios Paraskevis
    Department of Hygiene Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
    Virol J 7:57. 2010
    ..Improved sensitivity of HBV-DNA tests is of critical importance for the management of HBV infection. Our aim was to develop and assess a new ultra sensitive in-house real-time PCR assay for HBV-DNA quantification (ultra sensitive RTQ-PCR)...
  5. ncbi Human herpesvirus 8 infection in hemodialysis patients
    Assimina Zavitsanou
    Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece
    Am J Kidney Dis 47:167-70. 2006
    ..Our data provide indirect evidence that HHV-8 transmission in the hemodialysis setting is uncommon...
  6. ncbi Molecular characterization of occult hepatitis B cases in Greek blood donors
    Antigoni Katsoulidou
    Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece
    J Med Virol 81:815-25. 2009
    ..HBsAg diagnostic failure and low viral replication in occult HBV infection carriers could possibly be attributed to multiple changes in envelope and polymerase regions, respectively...
  7. ncbi Integrating phylodynamics and epidemiology to estimate transmission diversity in viral epidemics
    Gkikas Magiorkinis
    Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
    PLoS Comput Biol 9:e1002876. 2013
    ..We anticipate that this integrated approach will form the basis of powerful tools for describing the transmission dynamics of chronic viral diseases, and for evaluating control strategies directed against them...
  8. ncbi Incidence and patterns of hepatitis C virus seroconversion in a cohort of hemodialysis patients
    Vana Sypsa
    Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece
    Am J Kidney Dis 45:334-43. 2005
    ..CONCLUSION: On the grounds of apparent nosocomial transmission, the wide window period of HCV infection in HD patients emphasizes the need for strict adherence to specific infection-control measures in this setting...
  9. ncbi Comparison of three current viral load assays for the quantitation of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA in plasma
    Antigoni Katsoulidou
    Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Athens University Medical School, 75 Mikras Asias Street, GR 115 27 Athens, Goudi, Greece
    J Virol Methods 121:93-9. 2004
    ..96). The fitted regression line was described by the equation log10(LCx copies/ml) = 0.06 + 1.03 x log(10)(Monitor v1.5 copies/ml) with 95% CI for the estimated slope and intercept at 0.97, 1.09 and -0.16, 0.28, respectively...