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Dr Smaragda Sotiraki  Laboratory of Parasitology, Veterinary Research Institute /Hellenic Agricultural Organisation-Demeter, Campus Thermi,  PO Box 60272, 57001 Thessaloniki Greece  email: sotiraki@vri.gr,smaro_sotiraki@yahoo.gr tel: +30 2310 365 373; fax: +30 2310 365 371    Dr Sotiraki is a senior researcher and leads a research group on Parasitology and Parasitic diseases at the Veterinary Research Institute and focuses her R&D activities on epidemiology of parasitic infections, integrated disease management in livestock (including antiparasitic treatments and alternatives solutions) and spread of parasitic zoonoses.    Sheholdsa Degree in Veterinary Medicine and a Doctorate in Veterinary. Parasitology (1991), both from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and conducted post-doctoral research at the Royal Agricultural & Veterinary University in Denmark between 2002 and 2004. She is also a de factomember of the European College for Veterinary Parasitology.    Dr Sotiraki has over 20 years R&D and teaching experience in parasitology and health management and he has produced oversixty peer-reviewed scientific publications in well recognised journals with a noteworthy number of citations. She has significant managerial experience in research projects. Overall, she has participated in more than 30 (coordinating most of them) major R&D programmes at National and International level, under Structural Funds and FP schemes like the FP6-MCTN “HealthHay”, the FP7-CP “LowInputBreeds” and as a Chair the FA0805 COST Action “CAPARA” and vice Chair of the COST Action “COMBAR”. She had also active participation in a significant number of international scientific conferences and is member at European level in scientific teams producing research policy. Moreover, she has important teaching experience at graduate (by teaching in Veterinary and Agricultural Universities) and post-graduate level (by supervising several Phd students).   SELECTED PUBLICATIONS       Morgan ER, Aziz NA, Blanchard A, Charlier J, Charvet C, Claerebout E, Geldhof P, Greer AW, Hertzberg H, Hodgkinson J, Höglund J, Hoste H, Kaplan RM, Martínez-Valladares M, Mitchell S, Ploeger HW, Rinaldi L, von Samson-Himmelstjerna G, Sotiraki S, Schnyder M, Skuce P, Bartley D, Kenyon F, Thamsborg SM, Vineer HR, de Waal T, Williams AR, van Wyk JA, Vercruysse J. 100 Questions in Livestock Helminthology Research.Trends Parasitol. 2019 35(1):52-71. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2018.10.006.  Trevisan C, Sotiraki S, Laranjo-González M, Dermauw V, Wang Z, Kärssin A, Cvetkovikj A, Winkler AS, Abraham A, Bobić B, Lassen B, Cretu CM, Vasile C, Arvanitis D, Deksne G, Boro I, Kucsera I, Karamon J, Stefanovska J, Koudela B, Pavlova MJ, Varady M, Pavlak M, Šarkūnas M, Kaminski M, Djurković-Djaković O, Jokelainen P, Jan DS, Schmidt V, Dakić Z, Gabriël S, Dorny P, Devleesschauwer B. Epidemiology of taeniosis/cysticercosis in Europe, a systematic review: eastern Europe. Parasit Vectors. 2018 Oct 30;11(1):569. doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-3153-5.  Legendre H, Saratsi K, Voutzourakis N, Saratsis A, Stefanakis A, Gombault P, Hoste H, Gidenne T, Sotiraki S.Coccidiostatic effects of tannin-rich diets in rabbit production. Parasitol Res. 2018 Dec;117(12):3705-3713. doi: 10.1007/s00436-018-6069-2.  Joachim A, Altreuther G, Bangoura B, Charles S, Daugschies A, Hinney B, Lindsay DS, Mundt HC, Ocak M,Sotiraki S. W A A V P guideline for evaluating the efficacy of anticoccidials in mammals (pigs, dogs, cattle, sheep). Vet Parasitol. 2018 Apr 15;253:102-119. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2018.02.029.  Bouwknegt M, Devleesschauwer B, Graham H, Robertson LJ, van der Giessen JW; The Euro-Fbp Workshop Participants. Prioritisation of food-borne parasites in Europe, 2016. Euro Surveill. 2018 Mar;23(9). doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.9.17-0016 Charlier J, Thamsborg SM, Bartley DJ, Skuce PJ, Kenyon F, Geurden T, Hoste H, Williams AR, Sotiraki S, Hoglund J, Chartier C, Geldhof P, van Dijk J, Rinaldi L, Morgan ER, von Samson-Himmelstjerna G, Vercruysse J, Claerebout E. Mind the gaps in research on the control of gastrointestinal nematodes of farmed ruminants and pigsTransbound Emerg Dis. 2017 Nov 10. doi: 10.1111/tbed.12707.  Laranjo-Gonzalez M, Devleesschauwer B, Trevisan C, Allepuz A, Sotiraki S, Abraham A, Afonso MB, Blocher J, Cardoso L, Correia da Costa JM, Dorny P, Gabriel S, Gomes J, Gomez-Morales M, Jokelainen P, Kaminski M, Krt B, Magnussen P, Robertson LJ, Schmidt V, Schmutzhard E, Smit GSA, et al. Epidemiology of taeniosis/cysticercosis in Europe, a systematic review: Western Europe. Parasit Vectors. 2017 10(1):349. doi: 10.1186/s13071-017-2280-8.  Kostopoulou D, Claerebout E, Arvanitis D, Ligda P, Voutzourakis N, Casaert S, Sotiraki S Abundance, zoonotic potential and risk factors of intestinal parasitism amongst dog and cat populations: The scenario of Crete, Greece. Parasit Vectors. 2017 2510(1):43. doi: 10.1186/s13071-017-1989-8. DevleesschauwerB, AllepuzA, DermauwV, JohansenMV, Laranjo-GonzálezM, SmitGS, SotirakiS, TrevisanC, WardropNA, DornyP, GabriëlS. Taenia solium in Europe: Still endemic?Acta Tropica2017 165, 96-99 Chaligiannis, I., Musella, V., Rinaldi, L., Cringoli, G., de la Fuente, J., Papa, A., Sotiraki, S. Species diversity and spatial distribution of ixodid ticks on small ruminants in Greece (2016) Parasitology Research, 115 (12), pp. 4673-4680.  Saratsis A, Voutzourakis N, Theodosiou T, Stefanakis A, Sotiraki S.The effect of sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) and carob pods (Ceratonia siliqua) feeding regimes on the control of lamb coccidiosis. Parasitol Res. 2016 Feb 26.  Hoste H, Torres-Acosta JF, Sandoval-Castro CA, Mueller-Harvey I, Sotiraki S, Louvandini H, Thamsborg SM, Terrill TH.Tannin containing legumes as a model for nutraceuticals against digestive parasites in livestock.Vet Parasitol. 2015 Aug 15, 212, (1-2), 5-17 Chaligiannis I, Maillard S, Boubaker G, Spiliotis M, Saratsis A, Gottstein B, Sotiraki S. Echinococcus granulosus infection dynamics in livestock of Greece.Acta Trop. 2015 Oct;150:64-70. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.06.021.  Kostopoulou D, Casaert S, Tzanidakis N, van Doorn D, Demeler J, von Samson-Himmelstjerna G, Saratsis A, Voutzourakis N, Ehsan A, Doornaert T, Looijen M, De Wilde N, Sotiraki S, Claerebout E, Geurden T. The occurrence and genetic characterization of Cryptosporidium and Giardiaspecies in foals in Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany and Greece.Vet Parasitol. 2015 Jul 30; 211 (3-4), 170-174 Tzanidakis N, Sotiraki S, Claerebout E, Ehsan A, Voutzourakis N, Kostopoulou D, Stijn C, Vercruysse J, Geurden T.Occurrence and molecular characterization of Giardia duodenalisand Cryptosporidiumspp. in sheep and goats reared under dairy husbandry systems in Greece.Parasite. 2014;21:45. doi: 10.1051/parasite/2014048. Epub 2014 Sep 5. Tzanidakis, N., Maksimov, P., Conraths, F.J., Kiossis, E., Brozos, C., Sotiraki, S., Schares, G. Toxoplasma gondiiin sheep and goats:Seroprevalence and potential risk factors under dairy husbandry practices (2012) Veterinary Parasitology, 190 (3-4), pp. 340-348.  Papa, A., Chaligiannis, I., Xanthopoulou, K., Papaioakim, M., Papanastasiou, S., Sotiraki, S. Ticks parasitizing humans in Greece(2011) Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 11 (5), pp. 539-542.  Sotiraki S, Brozos C, Samartzi F, Schares G,Kiossis E, Conraths FJNeospora caninuminfection in Greek dairy cattle herds detected by two antibody assays in individual milk samples. 2008,Veterinary Parasitology, 152(1-2):79-84