Typhoid fever
Outbreak of salmonella from infected eggs in Europe – Τhe situation in Greece
To date, no cases of food poisoning have been recorded in Greece from Salmonela enteritidis ST11, which was recently detected in EU countries and cost the lives of two people from the consumption of raw eggs, as Mr.
The inspiring journey of ancient Athenian plague victim Myrtis
When Myrtis was brought back to virtual life in 2010, her image and story was shared on social media around the world.
İzmir’s 155-year-old quarantine island to be restored
A tender has been launched for the restoration of 16 buildings located on "Quarantine Island," one of the three quarantine islands registered in the world in the Aegean province of İzmir's Urla district.
The island, which spans an area of 323,000 square meters, was converted into a quarantine center amid an epidemic 155 years ago.
The grand illusion: Local solutions for global problems
In the summer of 430 BCE, a ship from Egypt arrived in Piraeus with an uninvited guest on board: "the plague." The symptoms of this yet-to-be-identified disease - hypotheses range from typhoid fever to viral hemorrhagic fever - are described by the historian Thucydides, who was infected and survived.
Pioneering quarantine health station on İzmir island to become museum?
The worldâs only protected quarantine station on an island, on Karantina in the western Turkish province of Ä°zmir, is awaiting the attention of the Culture and Tourism Ministry to become a health museum A center on Karantina Island, facing Urla in the western district of Ä°zmir, is the worldâs only protected quarantine station on an island, and it is now waiting to be converted into