Browsing by Author "Zanger, Philipp"

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2017-09-28Zeitschriftenartikel

Management of a Lassa fever outbreak, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, 2016

Ehlkes, Lutz; George, Maja; Samosny, Gerhard; Burckhardt, Florian; Vogt, Manfred; Bent, Stefan; Jahn, Klaus; Zanger, Philipp

Due to rapid diagnosis and isolation of imported cases, community outbreaks of viral haemorrhagic fevers (VHF) are considered unlikely in industrialised countries. In March 2016, the first documented locally acquired ...
2023-07-27Zeitschriftenartikel

Mehrfacherfassungen von Hepatitis-B- und Hepatitis-C-Meldungen in den Gesundheitsämtern – Identifikation und statistische Schätzung

Schoeps, Anja; Bühler, Silja; Zimmermann, Ruth; Dudareva, Sandra; Zanger, Philipp; an der Heiden, Matthias

Nach Schätzungen der Weltgesundheitsorganisation sind weltweit ca. 296 Millionen Menschen mit dem Hepatitis-B-Virus (HBV) und ca. 58 Millionen Menschen mit dem Hepatitis-C-Virus (HCV) infiziert. Mehr als 1,1 Millionen ...
2019-03-15Zeitschriftenartikel

Molecular identification of the source of an uncommon tularaemia outbreak, Germany, autumn 2016

Jacob, Daniela; Köppen, Kristin; Radonić, Aleksandar; Haldemann, Berit; Zanger, Philipp; Heuner, Klaus; Grunow, Roland

Background In 2016, an uncommon outbreak of oropharyngeal tularaemia involving six human cases occurred in Germany, caused by drinking contaminated fresh must after a grape harvest. Aim We describe the details of ...
2018-05-17Zeitschriftenartikel

Negligible import of enteric pathogens by newly arrived asylum seekers and no impact on incidence of notified Salmonella and Shigella infections and outbreaks in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, January 2015 to May 2016

Ehlkes, Lutz; George, Maja; Knautz, Donald; Burckhardt, Florian; Jahn, Klaus; Vogt, Manfred; Zanger, Philipp

Introduction The 2015 refugee crisis raised concerns about an import of infectious diseases affecting the German population. Aims: To evaluate public and individual health benefits of stool screening, and explore whether ...
2019-02-21Zeitschriftenartikel

No evidence of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in stool samples of 1,544 asylum seekers arriving in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, April 2016 to March, 2017

Ehlkes, Lutz; Pfeifer, Yvonne; Werner, Guido; Ignatius, Ralf; Vogt, Manfred; Eckmanns, Tim; Zanger, Philipp; Walter, Jan

Introduction: Since 2015, increased migration from Asia and Africa to Europe has raised public health concerns about potential importation of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-PE), specifically ...