Marina Sofia

Assistant Professor
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases of Domestic and Wild Animals

Research interests

• Microbiology
• Infectious Diseases
• Ecology of wildlife diseases
• Vector-borne diseases
• Antibiotic resistance

Curriculum vitae

Marina Sofia is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Thessaly (UTH) since April 2023. She was born in 1978, in Chalkida. She graduated in 2002 from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of UTH and possesses a doctorate degree from the same institute since 2008. She is the author and co-author of 26 scientific publications, with over 354 citations and a total h-index of 11. She has participated in more than 30 oral and poster presentations at national and international scientific conferences. She is a reviewer in 7 scientific journals.

Full Curriculum Vitae

Courses

• General Microbiology
• Diagnostic Microbiology
• Immunology
• Infectious Diseases of Animals and Related Legislation I
• Infectious Diseases of Animals and Related Legislation II
• Zoonotic diseases through One Health approach
• Selective Diseases in Wildlife

Selected Publications

• Athanasakopoulou Z, Reinicke M, Diezel C, Sofia M, Chatzopoulos DC, Braun SD, Reissig A, Spyrou V, Monecke S, Ehricht R, et al. Antimicrobial Resistance Genes in ESBL-Producing Escherichia coli Isolates from Animals in Greece. Antibiotics. 2021; 10(4):389. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10040389
• Sofia M, Giannakopoulos A, Giantsis IA, Touloudi A, Birtsas P, Papageorgiou K, Athanasakopoulou Z, Chatzopoulos DC, Vrioni G, Galamatis D, et al. West Nile Virus Occurrence and Ecological Niche Modeling in Wild Bird Species and Mosquito Vectors: An Active Surveillance Program in the Peloponnese Region of Greece. Microorganisms.2022;10(7):1328. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10071328
• Athanasakopoulou Z, Sofia M, Giannakopoulos A, Papageorgiou K, Chatzopoulos DC, Spyrou V, Petridou E, Petinaki E, Billinis C. ESBL-Producing Moellerella wisconsensis—The Contribution of Wild Birds in the Dissemination of a Zoonotic Pathogen. Animals. 2022; 12(3):340. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12030340
• Athanasakopoulou Z, Sofia M, Skampardonis V, Giannakopoulos A, Birtsas P, Tsolakos K, Spyrou V, Chatzopoulos DC, Satra M, Diamantopoulos V, et al. Indication of West Nile Virus (WNV) Lineage 2 Overwintering among Wild Birds in the Regions of Peloponnese and Western Greece. Veterinary Sciences. 2023; 10(11):661. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci10110661
• Kantere M, Athanasiou LV, Giannakopoulos A, Skampardonis V, Sofia M, Valiakos G, Athanasakopoulou Z, Touloudi A, Chatzopoulos DC, Spyrou V, et al. Risk and Environmental Factors Associated with the Presence of Canine Parvovirus Type 2 in Diarrheic Dogs from Thessaly, Central Greece. Pathogens. 2021; 10(5):590. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10050590