Browsing by Author "Pörtner, Kirsten"

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2021-10-28Zeitschriftenartikel

A longitudinal study on symptom duration and 60-day clinical course in non-hospitalised COVID-19 cases in Berlin, Germany, March to May, 2020

Saad, Neil J.; Moek, Felix; Steitz, Fabienne; Murajda, Lukas; Bärnighausen, Till; Zoller, Thomas; Pörtner, Kirsten; Muller, Nadine

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and has spread across the globe. As infections peaked across ...
2021-05Zeitschriftenartikel

Active Case Finding of Current Bornavirus Infections in Human Encephalitis Cases of Unknown Etiology, Germany, 2018–2020

Eisermann, Philip; Rubbenstroth, Dennis; Cadar, Daniel; Thomé-Bolduan, Corinna; Eggert, Petra; Schlaphof, Alexander; Leypoldt, Frank; Stangel, Martin; Fortwängler, Thorsten; Hoffmann, Florian; Ostermann, Andreas; Zange, Sabine; Niller, Hans-Helmut; Angstwurm, Klemens; Pörtner, Kirsten; Frank, Christina; Wilking, Hendrik; Beer, Martin; Schmidt-Chanasit, Jonas; Tappe, Dennis

Human bornavirus encephalitis is a severe and often fatal infection caused by variegated squirrel bornavirus 1 (VSBV-1) and Borna disease virus 1 (BoDV-1). We conducted a prospective study of bornavirus etiology of ...
2019-12-13Zeitschriftenartikel

Bornavirus-Infektionen: Hohe Letalität durch fulminante Meningoenzephalitiden

Pörtner, Kirsten; Frank, Christina; Schmidt-Chanasit, Jonas; Beer, Martin; Rubbenstroth, Dennis; Tappe, Dennis
2021-12-21Zeitschriftenartikel

Human Borna disease virus 1 (BoDV-1) encephalitis cases in the north and east of Germany

Frank, Christina; Wickel, Jonathan; Brämer, Dirk; Matschke, Jakob; Ibe, Richard; Gazivoda, Caroline; Günther, Albrecht; Hartmann, Christian; Rehn, Kordt; Cadar, Daniel; Mayer, Thomas E.; Pörtner, Kirsten; Wilking, Hendrik; Schmidt-Chanasit, Jonas; Tappe, Dennis

In 2021, three encephalitis cases due to the Borna disease virus 1 (BoDV-1) were diagnosed in the north and east of Germany. The patients were from the states of Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt, and Lower Saxony. All were residents ...
2021-08-10Zeitschriftenartikel

Investigation of fatal human Borna disease virus 1 encephalitis outside the previously known area for human cases, Brandenburg, Germany – a case report

Tappe, Dennis; Pörtner, Kirsten; Frank, Christina; Wilking, Hendrik; Ebinger, Arnt; Herden, Christiane; Schulze, Christoph; Muntau, Birgit; Eggert, Petra; Allartz, Petra; Schuldt, Gerlind; Schmidt-Chanasit, Jonas; Beer, Martin; Rubbenstroh, Dennis

Background The true burden and geographical distribution of human Borna disease virus 1 (BoDV-1) encephalitis is unknown. All detected cases so far have been recorded in Bavaria, southern Germany. Case presentation A ...
2019-11-28Zeitschriftenartikel

Reiseassoziierte Krankheiten 2018

Zur Situation bei wichtigen Infektionskrankheiten

Falkenhorst, Gerhard; Enkelmann, Julia; Lachmann, Raskit; Faber, Mirko; Pörtner, Kirsten; Frank, Christina; Stark, Klaus

Im Epidemiologischen Bulletin 48/2019 ist eine detaillierte Auswertung der Meldedaten nach Infektionsschutzgesetz (IfSG) zu reiseassoziierten Krankheiten erschienen, die dem Robert Koch-Institut für das Jahr 2018 übermittelt ...