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2017-10-31ZeitschriftenartikelA large proportion of people who inject drugs are susceptible to hepatitis B: Results from a bio-behavioural study in eight German cities Haussig, Joana M.; Nielsen, Stine; Gassowski, Martyna; Bremer, Viviane; Marcus, Ulrich; Wenz, Benjamin; Bannert, Norbert; Bock, Claus-Thomas; Zimmermann, RuthBackground: People who inject drugs (PWID) are at high risk of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection by sharing needles and drug use paraphernalia. In Germany, no routine surveillance of HBV prevalence and vaccination ...
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2014-08-14ZeitschriftenartikelA multicentre sero-behavioural survey for hepatitis B and C, HIV and HTLV among people who inject drugs in Germany using respondent driven sampling Zimmermann, Ruth; Marcus, Ulrich; Schäffer, Dirk; Leicht, Astrid; Wenz, Benjamin; Nielsen, Stine; Santos-Hövener, Claudia; Ross, Stefan; Stambouli, Oumaima; Ratsch, Boris A.; Bannert, Norbert; Bock, Thomas; Kücherer, Claudia; Hamouda, OsamahBackground: People who inject drugs are at high risk for hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV. HTLV was reported by neighboring countries to be prevalent in this population, but the situation for Germany is unclear. To ...
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2013-05-26ZeitschriftenartikelAngebote der Beratungsstellen zu sexuell übertragbaren Infektionen und HIV und diesbezügliche Datenerhebung in deutschen Gesundheitsämtern im Jahr 2012 Altmann, Mathias; Nielsen, Stine; Hamouda, Osamah; Bremer, VivianeBeratungsstellen der deutschen Gesundheitsämter zu sexuell übertragbare Infektionen (STI) und HIV sammeln routinemäßig Daten. Ziel des hier beschriebenen Projekts war es, einen Überblick über die gegenwärtigen Angebote der ...
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2016-09-01ZeitschriftenartikelConcordance between self-reported and measured HIV and hepatitis C virus infection status among people who inject drugs in Germany Nielsen, Stine; Gassowski, Martyna; Wenz, Benjamin; Bannert, Norbert; Bock, Thomas; Kücherer, Claudia; Ross, Stefan; Bremer, Viviane; Marcus, Ulrich; Zimmermann, RuthBackground: People who inject drugs (PWID) are disproportionately affected by both HIV and hepatitis C infection (HCV). Awareness of infection status is essential to ensure linkage to appropriate healthcare for those ...
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2011-04-06ZeitschriftenartikelDesperately seeking diarrhoea: outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome caused by emerging sorbitol-fermenting shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H-, Germany, 2009 Nielsen, Stine; Frank, Christina; Fruth, Angelika; Spode, Anke; Prager, Rita; Graff, A.; Plenge-Bönig, A.; Loos, S.; Lütgehetmann, M.; Müller-Wiefel, D. E.; Werber, DirkInfection with sorbitol-fermenting Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H- (sf STEC O157:H-) is rare, but emerging in Europe. The pathogen is typically isolated from paediatric patients with life-threatening haemolytic ...
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2016-06-14Berichte und sonstige TexteDrogen und chronische Infektionskrankheiten in Deutschland - DRUCK-Studie Infektions- und Verhaltenssurvey bei injizierenden Drogengebrauchenden in Deutschland - Abschlussbericht: 01.02.2016Bremer, Viviane; Cai, Wei; Gassowski, Martyna; Haußig, Joana; Marcus, Ulrich; Nielsen, Stine; Zimmermann, RuthHintergrund: Bei intravenös (i.v.) konsumierenden Drogengebrauchenden (IVD) sind Infektionen mit dem Humanen Immundefizienz-Virus (HIV), Hepatitis C (HCV) und Hepatitis B (HBV) deutlich stärker als in der Allgemeinbevölkerung ...
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2010-02-17ZeitschriftenartikelFood-borne norovirus-outbreak at a military base, Germany, 2009 Wadl, Maria; Scherer, Kathrin; Nielsen, Stine; Diedrich, Sabine; Ellerbroek, Lüppo; Frank, Christina; Gatzer, Renate; Hoehne, Marina; Johne, Reimar; Klein, Günter; Koch, Judith; Schulenburg, Jörg; Thielbein, Uta; Stark, Klaus; Bernard, HelenBackground: Norovirus is often transmitted from person-to-person. Transmission may also be food-borne, but only few norovirus outbreak investigations have identified food items as likely vehicles of norovirus transmission ...
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2020-01-10ZeitschriftenartikelHigh prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection and low level of awareness among people who recently started injecting drugs in a cross-sectional study in Germany, 2011–2014: missed opportunities for hepatitis C testing Enkelmann, Julia; Gassowski, Martyna; Nielsen, Stine; Wenz, Benjamin; Roß, Stefan; Marcus, Ulrich; Bremer, Viviane; Zimmermann, Ruth; DRUCK Study groupBackground In Germany, risk of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is highest among people who inject drugs (PWID). New injectors (NI) are particularly vulnerable for HCV-acquisition, but little is known about health seeking ...
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2016-09-05ZeitschriftenartikelHigh variability of HIV and HCV seroprevalence and risk behaviours among people who inject drugs: results from a cross-sectional study using respondent-driven sampling in eight German cities (2011–14) Wenz, Benjamin; Nielsen, Stine; Gassowski, Martyna; Santos-Hövener, Claudia; Cai, Wei; Ross, Stefan; Bock, Thomas; Ratsch, Boris-Alexander; Kücherer, Claudia; Bannert, Norbert; Bremer, Viviane; Hamouda, Osamah; Marcus, Ulrich; Zimmermann, RuthBackground: People who inject drugs (PWID) are at increased risk of acquiring and transmitting HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV) due to sharing injection paraphernalia and unprotected sex. To generate seroprevalence data on HIV ...
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2019-01-08ZeitschriftenartikelHistory of detention and the risk of hepatitis C among people who inject drugs in Germany Gassowski, Martyna; Nielsen, Stine; Bannert, Norbert; Bock, Claus-Thomas; Bremer, Viviane; Ross, R. Stefan; Wenz, Benjamin; Marcus, Ulrich; Zimmermann, RuthObjectives The aim of this study was to investigate the association between detention experience and hepatitis C virus (HCV) status, the role of duration and frequency of detention, and whether risk behaviours practiced ...
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2016-10-26ZeitschriftenartikelPrevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in women, heterosexual men and MSM visiting HIV counselling institutions in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany - should Chlamydia testing be scaled up? Lallemand, Anne; Bremer, Viviane; Jansen, Klaus; Nielsen, Stine; Münstermann, Dieter; Lucht, Andreas; Tiemann, CarstenBackground: Patients asking for a free anonymous HIV test may have contracted other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as Chlamydia trachomatis, yet Chlamydia prevalence in that population is unknown. This study ...
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2020-07-07ZeitschriftenartikelPrevalence of hepatitis C in the adult population of Bulgaria: a pilot study Sperle, Ida; Nielsen, Stine; Gassowski, Martyna; Naneva, Zlatina; Perchemlieva, Tanya; Amato‑Gauci, Andrew; an der Heiden, Matthias; Bremer, Viviane; Golkocheva‑Markova, Elitsa; Hristov, Kristiyan; Kaneva, Elena; Simeonova, Yanita; Tenev, Tencho; Varleva, Tonka; Duffell, Erika; Zimmermann, RuthObjective This study piloted a European technical protocol for conducting chronic hepatitis C prevalence surveys in the general population. The pilot study took place in the Bulgarian city of Stara Zagora in 2018, and ...
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2016-11-21ZeitschriftenartikelSTI tests and proportion of positive tests in female sex workers attending local public health departments in Germany in 2010/11 Bremer, Viviane; Haar, Karin; Gassowski, Martyna; Hamouda, Osamah; Nielsen, StineBackground: In Germany, local public health departments (LPHD) are required to offer low-threshold access to confidential counselling and testing for sexually transmitted infections (STI) for sex workers. We collected ...
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2020-02BuchTechnical protocol for hepatitis C prevalence surveys in the general population SPHERE-C ProjectSperle-Heupel, Ida; Gassowski, Martyna; Nielsen, Stine; an der Heiden, Matthias; Bremer, Viviane; Gößwald, Antje; Marcus, Ulrich; Schlaud, Martin; Zimmermann, Ruth
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2011-08-11ZeitschriftenartikelWhat is the evidence for giving chemoprophylaxis to children or students attending the same preschool, school or college as a case of meningococcal disease? Hellenbrand, Wiebke; Hanquet, G.; Heuberger, S.; Nielsen, Stine; Stefanoff, P.; Stuart, J.M.We performed a systematic literature review to assess the effectiveness of chemoprophylaxis for contacts of sporadic cases of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in educational settings. No studies directly compared IMD ...