Department of Animal Science
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Vasiliki Spyrou

Professor

Diseases of animals

Research Interests

Microbiology, Infectious diseases of farm and wild animals

Curriculum Vitae

Dr Vasssiliki Spyrou, was qualified as a Veterinarian from the School of Veterinary Medicine of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece in 1994. In 2002 she was awarded a PhD thesis in “Veterinary Microbiology & Infectious Diseases” at the same University. She is a Professor of Infectious Diseases at the Department of Animal Science of the University of Thessaly.

She has a research experience of 26 years in animal infectious diseases. The research interests focuses on the study of microorganisms that cause disease in animals and can be transmitted from animals to humans, on the identification and molecular characterization of infectious agents, on the development of programs for the molecular epidemiological surveillance of infectious animal diseases,. She has 60 refereed publications.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vassiliki_Spyrou

Courses

  • Microbiology – Infectious diseases
  • Hygiene and safety of agricultural practices – Public Health
  • Animal Production and Public Health

Selected publications

  • Spyrou, V., Papanastasopoulou, M., Koumbati, M., Nikolakaki, S., Koptopoulos, G. (2005). Molecular analysis of the proviral DNA of equine infectious anemia virus in mules in Greece. Virus Research 107: 63-72.
  •  Spyrou, V., Maurice, H., Billinis, C., Papanastassopoulou, M., Nielen, M., Koenen, F., Papadopoulos, O. (2004). Transmission and pathogenicity of Encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) among rats. Veterinary Research, 35: 113-122.
  • Spyrou, V., Stamatis, C., Birtsas, P., Psychas, V., Manolakou, K., Billinis, C., Mamuris, Z. (2013). Evidence for European brown hare syndrome virus introduction with translocated brown hares (Lepus europaeus): Implications for management of restocking operations. Wildlife Research, 40 (7), pp. 545-551.
  • Billinis, C., Athanasiou, L.V., Valiakos, G., Mamuris, Z., Birtsas, P., Spyrou, V. (2013). Phylogenetic analysis of canine distemper viruses from red foxes, Greece. Veterinary Record, 173 (8), p. 194.
  • Liaskos C, Spyrou V, Athanasiou LV, Orfanidou T, Mavropoulos A, Rigopoulou EI, Amiridis GS, Shoenfeld Y, Billinis C, Bogdanos DP. Crohn’s disease-specific anti-CUZD1 pancreatic antibodies are absent in ruminants with paratuberculosis. Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol. 2015 Jun;39(3):384-390.
  • Kyriakis CS, Papatsiros VG, Athanasiou LV, Valiakos G, Brown IH, Simon G, Van Reeth K, Tsiodras S, Spyrou V, Billinis C. Serological Evidence of Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Virus Infections in Greek Swine. Zoonoses Public Health. 2016, 63 (5): 370-373.
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