Scientific publications & peer-reviewed articles

Publications in journals

• • Bansaghi S, Járay T, Gulyás G et al. Microbiome of a cruise ship: Analysis of the microbiome found on surfaces and crew members’ hands [version 1; peer review: 2 not approved]. Open Res Europe 2025, 5:153 (https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.19710.1)
  • Bansaghi S, Klein J and EU HEALTHY SAILING collective. IMPROVING HAND HYGIENE IN CRUISE SHIP: AN INTERVENTION STUDY [version 3; peer review: 3 approved, 1 approved with reservations]. Open Res Europe 2026, 5:279 (https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.20172.3)
  • Popa C, Nistor F, Lupu S. Gender Bias Assessment in Project Implementation Framework. Societies. 2025; 15(6):169. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc15060169
  • Neumann JA, Zimmermann J, Frese M, Dirksen-Fischer M, Kleine-Kampmann S, Harth V, Heidrich J; EU HEALTHY SAILING project. Infectious diseases on passenger ships: Port preparedness and response – A narrative systematic review. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2025 Sep-Oct;67:102886. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2025.102886. Epub 2025 Aug 6. PMID: 40780504. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40780504/
  • Sarkawt Hama, Prashant Kumar, Ho Yin Wickson Cheung, Ana Paula Mendes Emygdio, John Ewer, Zhaozhi Wang, Edwin R. Galea, Angus Grandison, Fuchen Jia, Niko Siilin, Pierfrancesco Lepore, Exhaled CO2 and aerosol dispersion on a cruise ship: Airflow and infection risk insights, Science of The Total Environment, Volume 1010,2026, 181112,ISSN 0048-9697,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.181112.  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969725027524
  • Szava Bansaghi, Gábor Gulyás, Tamás Járay, Dóra Tombácz, Zsolt Boldogkői & Jörn Klein. Effect of long-lasting antimicrobial surface sprays in real-life environment. BMC Infect Dis (2026). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-026-12732-w
  • Johannes A. Neumann, Jette Zimmermann, Marie Frese, Martin Dirksen-Fischer, Scarlett Kleine-Kampmann, Volker Harth, Jan Heidrich,
    Infectious diseases on passenger ships: Port preparedness and response – A narrative systematic review, Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, Volume 67, 2025, 102886, ISSN 1477-8939, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2025.102886. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1477893925000924)
  • Alfredo De Bellis, PhD , Andrea Bizzotto, MSc , Lemonia Anagnostopoulou MPH , Leonidas Kourentis MPH , Valentina Marziano, PhD , Varvara Mouchtouri, PhD , Stefano Merler, MSc , Giorgio Guzzetta, PhD. Mitigating norovirus spread on cruise ships: A model-based assessment of diagnostic timing and isolation. Journal of Travel Medicine, taaf059, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taaf059
  • Prashant Kumar, Sarkawt Hama, Ho Yin Wickson Cheung, Christos Hadjichristodoulou, Varvara A. Mouchtouri, Lemonia Anagnostopoulos, Leonidas Kourentis, Zhaozhi Wang, Edwin R. Galea, John Ewer, Angus Grandison, Fuchen Jia, Niko Siilin. Airborne pathogen monitoring and dispersion modelling on passenger ships: A review. Volume 980, 2025, 179571, ISSN 0048-9697, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179571
  • Andrea Bizzotto, Alfredo De Bellis, Valentina Marziano, Varvara A. Mouchtouri, Leonidas Kourentis, Lemonia Anagnostopoulos, Christos Hadjichristodoulou, Stefano Merler, Giorgio Guzzetta. Forecasting norovirus cases on cruise ships to support outbreak management on board.  Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease. Volume 65, May–June 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2025.102850
  • Sheila Siame, Despoina Andrioti Bygvraa, Lynn M. Hulse Hulse, Varvara Mouchtouri, Christos Hadjichristodoulou. Factors influencing the occurrence of infectious diseases among crew members on board cruise ships: a systematic review. International Maritime Health, ISSN 1641-9251, eISSN 2081-3252, 10.5603/imh.98558
  • Ho Yin Wickson Cheung, Prashant Kumar, Sarkawt Hama, Ana Paula Mendes Emygdio, Yingyue Wei, Lemonia Anagnostopoulos, John Ewer, Valerio Ferracci, EdwinR. Galea, Angus Grandison, Christos Hadjichristodoulou, Fuchen Jia, Pierfrancesco Lepore, Lidia Morawska, Varvara A. Mouchtouri, Niko Siilin, Zhaozhi Wang, the HEALTHY SAILING project. Monitoring of indoor air quality at a large sailing cruise ship to assess ventilation performance and disease transmission risk. Science of The Total Environment, Volume 962, 2025, 178286, ISSN 0048 9697, doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.178286
  • Lemonia Anagnostopoulos, Sotirios Vasileiadis, Leonidas Kourentis, Zacharoula Bogogiannidou, Ioanna Voulgaridi, Gordon Nichols, Fani Kalala, Matthaios Speletas, Christos Hadjichristodoulou, Varvara A. Mouchtouri & the EU HEALTHY SAILING project. Scoping review of infectious disease prevention, mitigation and management in passenger ships and at ports: mapping the literature to develop comprehensive and effective public health measures. Tropical Medicine and Health (2025) 53:3, doi.org/10.1186/s41182-025-00681-0
  • Bansaghi S, Klein J. Evaluation of the antimicrobial effect of a far-uv radiation lamp in a real-life environment. Infect Prev Pract. 2024, 100390, ISSN 2590-0889. doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2024.100390
  • Mouchtouri VA, Kourentis L, Anagnostopoulos L, Koureas M, Kyritsi M, Kontouli KM, Kalala F, Speletas M, Hadjichristodoulou C. Interventional Study of Nonpharmaceutical Measures to Prevent COVID-19 Aboard Cruise Ships. Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 May;30(5):1030-1033. doi: 10.3201/eid3005.231364. PMID: 38666667; PMCID: PMC11060450.
  • Sheila Siame, Despoina Andrioti Bygvraa, Delér Shakely, Lynn M Hulse, Varvara Mouchtouri and Christos Hadjichristodoulou for the HEALTHY SAILING project consortium
    Behavioural aspects among Cruise Ships Passengers affecting the Spread of Infectious Diseases including COVID-19: A Systematic Review. Oceanography & Fisheries Open Access Journal, DOI: 10.19080/OFOAJ.2023.17.555953

Publications in conference proceedings

• • Kourentis, L., Mouchtouri, V. A., Lianos, A., Kontouli, K. M., Anagnostopoulos, L., Bogogiannidou, Z., Voulgaridi, I., Martínez, C. V., Guerrero Vadillo, M., Riccardo, F., Pezzotti, P., Lepore, P., Gazikas, V. & Hadjichristodoulou, C. (2025). Syndromic surveillance for the passenger shipping sector. Population Medicine, 7(1), A21.
    https://www.populationmedicine.eu/Syndromic-surveillance-for-the-passenger-shipping-sector,208034,0,2.html#ungrouped
  • Papageorgas Chrelias, G., Anagnostopoulou, L., Avakian, I., Voulgaridi, I., Kalala, F., Bogogiannidou, Z., Varela Martínez, C., Campagna, A., Dionisio, M., Georgalis, L., Hadjichristodoulou, C. & Mouchtouri, V. A. (2025). Development of evidence-based vaccination guidelines for infectious disease prevention on large passenger ships. Population Medicine, 7(1), A14.
    https://www.populationmedicine.eu/Development-of-evidence-based-vaccination-guidelines-for-infectious-disease-prevention,208110,0,2.html#ungrouped
  • Kourentis, L., Reppa, S., Papataxiarhis, V., Anagnostopoulos, L., Hadjichristodoulou, C. & Mouchtouri, V. A. (2025). Development of an artificial intelligence water safety plan tool for large passenger ships. Population Medicine, 7(1), A19. https://www.populationmedicine.eu/Development-of-an-artificial-intelligence-water-safety-plan-tool-for-large-passenger,207980,0,2.html
  • Vasileiadis, S., Anagnostopoulos, L., Kourentis, L., Voulgaridi, I., Rataj, R., Zädow, C., Lepore, P., Kolb, J. & Mouchtouri, V. A. (2025). Challenges in cleaning and disinfection on board large passenger vessels. Population Medicine, 7(1), A22.
    https://www.populationmedicine.eu/Challenges-in-cleaning-and-disinfection-on-board-large-passenger-vessels,208037,0,2.html#ungrouped
  • Athanasiadis, S. C., Chatzimichelakis, S., Vosinakis, G., Skepetari, N., Dionysiou, D., Ouzounglou, E., Amditis, A., Kourentis, L., Anagnostopoulos, L., Hadjichristodoulou, C. & Mouchtouri, V. A. (2025). Ιntegrated E-Surveillance System (E-SS) for health threats for passengers and crew members. Population Medicine, 7(1), A34.
    https://www.populationmedicine.eu/-ntegrated-E-Surveillance-System-E-SS-for-health-threats-for-passengers-and-crew,207906,0,2.html#ungrouped
  • Bansaghi, S., Klein, J. & Project, E. H. S. (2025). How the positioning of handrub dispensers affects passengers’ hand hygiene behavior. Population Medicine, 7(1), A31.
    https://www.populationmedicine.eu/How-the-positioning-of-handrub-dispensers-affects-passengers-hand-hygiene-behavior,207833,0,2.html#ungrouped
  • Campagna, A., Mouchtouri, V. A., Kalala, F., Avakian, I., Kourentis, L., Anagnostopoulos, L., Vasileiadis, S., Hadjichristodoulou, C., Riccardo, F., Pezzotti, P., Varela, C., Guerrero-Vadillo, M., Peñuelas, M., Heidrich, J. & Neumann, J. (2025). Specificities of medical operations in expedition vessels. Population Medicine, 7(1), A27.
    https://www.populationmedicine.eu/Specificities-of-medical-operations-in-expedition-vessels,207822,0,2.html#ungrouped
  • Anagnostopoulos, L., Vasileiadis, S., Kourentis, L., Voulgaridi, I. & Mouchtouri, V. A. (2025). Acute gastroenteritis in large passenger vessels. Population Medicine, 7(1), A15.
    https://www.populationmedicine.eu/Acute-gastroenteritis-in-large-passenger-vessels,208111,0,2.html#ungrouped
  • Anagnostopoulos, Lemonia, Ioanna Voulgaridi, Leonidas Kourentis, Maria Kyritsi, and Varvara A. Mouchtouri. (2025). “Piloting a syndromic diagnostic testing system on board a cruise ship: Assessing system performance in a passenger ship environment”. Population Medicine 7 no. 1 (2025): A16. https://www.populationmedicine.eu/Piloting-a-syndromic-diagnostic-testing-system-on-board-a-cruise-ship-Assessing-system,208115,0,2.html
  • Anagnostopoulos, L., Vasileiadis, S., Kourentis, L., Bogogiannidou, Z., Voulgaridi, I., Nichols, G., Kalala, F., Speletas, M., Hadjichristodoulou, C. & Mouchtouri, V. A. (2025). Mapping the literature for the passenger shipping industry. Population Medicine, 7(1), A17.
  • Anagnostopoulos, L., Vasileiadis, S., Kourentis, L., Voulgaridi, I. & Mouchtouri, V. A. (2025). Respiratory infections in large passenger vessels. Population Medicine, 7(1), A18.
    https://www.populationmedicine.eu/Respiratory-infections-in-large-passenger-vessels,207979,0,2.html#ungrouped
  • Anagnostopoulos, L., Vaileiadis, S. & Kourentis, L. (2025). Vector-borne diseases in large passenger vessels. Population Medicine, 7(1), A46.
    https://www.populationmedicine.eu/Vector-borne-diseases-in-large-passenger-vessels,207968,0,2.html
  • De Bellis, A., Bizzotto, A., Anagnostopoulou, L., Kourentis, L., Marziano, V., Mouchtouri, V., Merler, S. & Guzzetta, G. (2025). Reducing diagnostic delays is key for norovirus control on cruise ships. Population Medicine, 7(1), A8.
    https://www.populationmedicine.eu/Reducing-diagnostic-delays-is-key-for-norovirus-control-on-cruise-ships,208092,0,2.html
  • N. P. Ventikos, P. Sotiralis and M. Annetis, “Health Risk Assessment in Maritime Operations and Ship Design: a Framework for addressing Health-related Risks in the context of Maritime Safety Assessment,” 2023 7th International Conference on Transportation Information and Safety (ICTIS), Xi’an, China, 2023, pp. 2416-2424, doi: 10.1109/ICTIS60134.2023.10243723.
  • Ventikos NP, Sotiralis P, Annetis M, Roland F. Developing a Framework for Health Risk Assessment, by Integrating Infection and Spreading Aspects into RBD. Medical Sciences Forum. 2022; 13(1):2. https://doi.org/10.3390/msf2022013002  https://www.mdpi.com/2673-9992/13/1/2
  • Bansaghi S., Klein J. Effectiveness of antimicrobial sprays applied on frequently touched surfaces. International Conference on Prevention and Infection Control 2023
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13756-023-01276-2
  • Varvara A. Mouchtouri, Edwin Galea, Prashant Kumar, Niko Siilin, Juergen F. Kolb, Nikolaos P. Ventikos, Vassilis Papataxiarhis, Georgios Vosinakis, Jörn Klein, Christos Hadjichristodoulou, for the HEALTHY SAILING project consortium. Healthy Sailing: Prevention, Mitigation and Management of Infectious Disease on Cruise Ships and Passenger Ferries https://2024.traconference.eu/
  • Goran Vukelić, Goran Vizentin, Jörn Klein, Introducing Maritime Educational Standard for Mitigation of Infectious Diseases Spread on Large Passenger Ships. Proceedings of the 23rd International Association of Maritime Universities Conference https://aga23.samk.fi/iamu_aga23_/