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Article

Aspects of Tuberculosis in Greece over the Last Century: Historical Perspectives and Today’s Challenges

by
Aimilios Pliatsikas
1,
Georgia Vrioni
1,
Joseph Papaparaskevas
1,
Constantinos Tsiamis
2 and
Athanasios Tsakris
1,*
1
Department of Microbiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece
2
Laboratory of Public and One Health Crises Management, Department of Public and One Health, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 43100 Karditsa, Greece
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Acta Microbiol. Hell. 2024, 69(4), 245-257; https://doi.org/10.3390/amh69040023
Submission received: 4 September 2024 / Revised: 6 October 2024 / Accepted: 30 October 2024 / Published: 5 November 2024
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Abstract

Tuberculosis has had a long-standing prevalence in Greece over the last century, going hand in hand with the country’s overall socioeconomic situation. The current study explores aspects of tuberculosis in Greece since the interwar period and up to the present. Apparently, ignorance of the nature of the disease coupled with false medical perceptions sealed the fate of patients while unwittingly influencing public opinion and making societies hostile toward patients. Such paradigms are of great and timeless value for the cohesion and functioning of societies, not excluding modern ones. Although the present-day situation in Greece is utterly different from that in the previous century, considering the limited number of cases and minimal impact of the disease, new challenges have emerged, such as the under-reporting of cases, the emergence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, latent tuberculosis or the management of large refugee flows in the Eastern Mediterranean involving citizens from countries with a high prevalence of the disease. On the other hand, the study of tuberculosis is nowadays more urgent than ever, given the global concerns regarding the future of the disease in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has put enormous pressure on national health systems.
Keywords: tuberculosis; Greece; history; public health tuberculosis; Greece; history; public health

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Pliatsikas, A.; Vrioni, G.; Papaparaskevas, J.; Tsiamis, C.; Tsakris, A. Aspects of Tuberculosis in Greece over the Last Century: Historical Perspectives and Today’s Challenges. Acta Microbiol. Hell. 2024, 69, 245-257. https://doi.org/10.3390/amh69040023

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Pliatsikas A, Vrioni G, Papaparaskevas J, Tsiamis C, Tsakris A. Aspects of Tuberculosis in Greece over the Last Century: Historical Perspectives and Today’s Challenges. Acta Microbiologica Hellenica. 2024; 69(4):245-257. https://doi.org/10.3390/amh69040023

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Pliatsikas, Aimilios, Georgia Vrioni, Joseph Papaparaskevas, Constantinos Tsiamis, and Athanasios Tsakris. 2024. "Aspects of Tuberculosis in Greece over the Last Century: Historical Perspectives and Today’s Challenges" Acta Microbiologica Hellenica 69, no. 4: 245-257. https://doi.org/10.3390/amh69040023

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Pliatsikas, A., Vrioni, G., Papaparaskevas, J., Tsiamis, C., & Tsakris, A. (2024). Aspects of Tuberculosis in Greece over the Last Century: Historical Perspectives and Today’s Challenges. Acta Microbiologica Hellenica, 69(4), 245-257. https://doi.org/10.3390/amh69040023

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