33. 15th HRWM Symposium, Naxos, Greece, 31/5/-5/6/2009
32. Fragou E., Alamanos I., Vantarakis A., “Legionella 15th HRWM Symposium, Naxos, Greece, 31/5/-5/6/2009
31. A. Alexopoulos, C. Voidarou, S. Plessas, I. Mantzourani, A. Vantarakis, E. Bezirtzoglou.Antibiotic resistance and rodent virulence of E. coli strains isolated from river water in NE Greece, 15th HRWM Symposium, Naxos, Greece, 31/5/-5/6/2009
30. Nikolaidis C, Parasidis T., Alexandropoulou I. Kakalis C., Mandalos P. and A.Vantarakis. “Incidence of pathogens in surface water used for drinking water by Real Time PCR”, IWA, Vienna, 8-11/9/2008
29.T.Parasidis, Ε.Vorou, Μellou ,G.Theodoropoulou-Rodiou,G. Katsantridou, G. Stamatopoulou and A.Vantarakis ”Outbreak of Gastroenteritis Occurred in North-eastern Greece associated with Several Waterborne Strains of Noroviruses” 13th ICID – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia- June 19-22, 2008
28. Filipidou S., Parasidis T., Alexandropoulou I., Stavrou E., Karlou K., Vantarakis A.,“Detection of infectious pathogenic viruses in untreated and treated wastewater samples from an urbanised area.13th ICID-Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia- June 19-22, 2008
27. Fillipidou S., Parasidis T., Alexandropoulou I., Papapetropoulou M., and Vantarakis A. “Screening of enteric virus types in raw and treated sewage”, Current developments in Food and Environmental Virology, Pisa 9-11 October 2008
26. Vorou R, Mellou K, Papamichail D, Gkolfinopoulou K, Bonovas S, Dougas G, Vantarakis A., Kansouzidou-Kanakoudi A, Chatzichristodoulou C, Patrinos S, Kariofylla M, Poulis S, Panagiotopoulou D, Rostadakis D, Panagitsa A, Papadimitriou T, Pierroutsakos N.J. “Three parallel outbreaks of gastroenteritis among school populations visiting Trikala, Greece, April – May 2007” European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology (ESCAIDE), Sweden, October 18-20, 2007
25. T. Parasidis, M. Efstratiou, I. Alexandropoulou, M. Papapetropoulou, A. Vantarakis. “Development of conventional and Real Time PCR for the detection of enteroviruses and HAV in inlet samples from wastewater treatment plants”, Watermicro 2007, 14th International Symposium on Health related Water Microbiology, Tokyo, September 9-15, 2007
24. Nikolaidis C., Kakalis C., Parasidis T., Alexandropoulou I. and A. Vantarakis “Development of real-time PCR methods for the detection of E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella spp. and Campylobacter jejuni in drinking water”. Watermicro 2007, 14th International Symposium on Health related Water Microbiology, Tokyo, September 9-15, 2007
23. Mavridou A., Smeti E., Boufa P., Vagiona T., Vantarakis A., Mandilara G.,Vassiloantonopoulou G., Pappa O., Roussia V., Tzouanopoulos A., Livadara M., Aisopou I., Maraka V., Nikolaou E., Karaouli V., and A. Vatopoulos. “Equivalency testing of lactose TTC agar (ISO9308 1:2000) with 5 culture media for the detection of E.coli in water samples in Greece”. Watermicro 2007, 14th International Symposium on Health related Water Microbiology, Tokyo, September 9-15, 2007
22. Parasidis T., K. Karlou, C. Nikolaidis, M.Papapetropoulou and A.Vantarakis, «Detection of enteroviruses and HAV in sewage by Real Time PCR». First International Conference on Environmental Management, Engineering, Planning and Economics (CEMEPE), Skiathos island, Greece, June 24 to 28, 2007
21. A.Vantarakis, M. Chondrou, M. Efstratiou & M.Papapetropoulou, «Use of an AFLP technique for the discrimination of source (human or animal) of E.coli», 17th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases & 25th International Congress of Chemotherapy, ECCMID, Munich, 31 March-3 April 2007.
20. Nikolaidis C., T. Parasidis and A. Vantarakis, «Rapid detection and quantification of E. coli O157:H7 in dairy products using real-time PCR», 5th International Conference of Food Technology, Thessaloniki, March 2007
19. Zombouli A., T. Constantinidis and A.Vantarakis. «Does the use of 17025 laboratory accreditation affect the health and safety in a water microbiology laboratory?», ELINYAE, 4-6 June 2007, Athens
18. Nikolaidis C. & A.Vantarakis. «The use of geographic information system (GIS) to investigate the impact of intensive agricultural practices on drinking water quality in Evros region, NE Greece» AQUA 2006, 2nd International Conference, HELEXPO, Athens.
17. Vantarakis A., D. Venieri, G. Komninou & M. Papapetropoulou «Hybridization of F+ RNA coliphages detected in shellfish samples with Oligonucleotide probes to assess the origin of microbiological pollution of shellfish». Proceedings of 13th HRWM Symposium, 5-9 September 2005, Swansea, UK, IWA.
16. Vantarakis A., D. Venieri, G. Komninou & M. Papapetropoulou «Differentiation of faecal Escherichia coli from humans and animals by Multiple Antibiotic Resistance Analysis (MAR)» Proceedings of 13th HRWM Symposium, 5-9 September 2005, Swansea, UK, IWA
15. D.Venieri, A.Vantarakis, G. Komninou & M. Papapetropoulou, «Development and evaluation of Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA-PCR (RAPD-PCR) as a microbial source tracking method» Proceedings of 13th HRWM Symposium,5-9 September 2005, Swansea, UK, IWA
14. G.Komninou, A.Vantarakis, D. Venieri & M. Papapetropoulou, «Molecular Epidemiological Survey of Enterovirus, Adenovirus and Rotavirus in Raw Sewage by Nucleotide Sequencing Analysis» Proceedings of 13th HRWM Symposium, 5-9 September 2005, Swansea, UK, IWA.
13. D.Venieri, A.Vantarakis, G. Komninou and M. Papapetropoulou. «Multiple Antibiotic Resistance (MAR) patterns of Escherichia coli isolates to possibly identify sources of faecal contamination of water». 14th Mediterranean congress of chemotherapy & 3rd Pancyprian congress of chemotherapy & infectious diseases. Limassol, November 2004.
12. G. Brion, S. Lingeriddy, T.R.Neelakantan, Min Wang, Rosina Girones, David Lees, Annika Allard, Α.Vantarakis, «Probing Norwalk-like Virus Presence in Shellfish with Artificial Neural Networks». Proceedings of 11th International Symposium on Health-Related Water Microbiology, Cape Town, South Africa 14-19 September 2003
11. Vantarakis A., Tsibouxi A., Papapetropoulou M. (2003). Poster: Proceedings of 11th International Symposium on Health-Related Water Microbiology, Cape Town, South Africa 14-19 September 2003.
10. Komninou G., Vantarakis A., Papapetropoulou M., (2003) Poster: Proceedings of 11th International Symposium on Health-Related Water Microbiology, Cape Town, South Africa 14-19 September 2003.
9. Venieri D., Vantarakis A., Komninou G., Papapetropoulou M. (2003). Poster: «Differentiation of faecal Escherichia coli from humans and animals by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA-PCR (RAPD-PCR)». Proceedings of Symposium of Health Related Water Microbiology in Cape Town, South Africa», Proceedings of 11th International Symposium on Health-Related Water Microbiology, Cape Town, South Africa 14-19 September 2003.
8. Venieri D., Vantarakis A., Kouskouni E., Papapetropoulou M. (2003). Poster: “Antibiotic Resistance of Gram-negative bacteria isolated from drinking water of South-western Greece” 13th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Glasgow, UK 10-13 May 2003.
7. Formiga-Cruz M., Lees D.N., Henshilwood K., Allard A., Hernroth B., Vantarakis A., Papapetropoulou M., Girones R. (2002). Poster: “European study of viral pollution in shellfish: Potential indicators” 4thInternational Conference on Molluscan Shellfish Safety, Galizia, Spain, 4-8 June 2002.
6. Vantarakis Α. & Papapetropoulou Μ. Oral: “Rapid Detection of Environmental mycobacteria by PCR-REA” (2000). Proceedings of 1st World Congress of the International Water Association (IWA), Paris, France, 3-7 July 2000.
5. Vantarakis Α., Venieri D., Komninou G., M. Papapetropoulou Poster: “Detection of Salmonella and Shigella in mussels by multiplex PCR” (2000). Proceedings of 1st World Congress of the International Water Association (IWA), Paris, France, 3-7 July 2000.
4. Vantarakis A., D. Venieri, G. Komninou, M. Papapetropoulou (2000). Poster: “Development of a multiplex PCR detection of Salmonella spp. and Shigella spp. in mussels”. Proceedings of 1st World Congress of the International Water Association (IWA), Paris, France, 3-7 July 2000.
3. 2nd UK Symposium in Health related Water Microbiology, organized by University of Warwick, UK. (1997)
2. Vantarakis A. & M. Papapetropoulou Poster: “Detection of adenoviruses in a swimming pool by nested-PCR” (1996) Proceedings of 8th Symposium Health Related Water Microbiology, organized by International Association Water Quality in Majorca, Spain,
1. Vantarakis A. & M. Papapetropoulou. Oral : “Atypical Mycobacteria in hospitals water supplies” (1996) Proceedings of European Conference on Chemotherapy, organized by European Society of Chemotherapy and Infectious diseases, Athens. Bραβεύτηκε με το 2ο βραβείο του συνεδρίου