Auflistung nach Schlagwort "Adult"
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2011-10-12ZeitschriftenartikelNo Detection of XMRV in Blood Samples and Tissue Sections from Prostate Cancer Patients in Northern Europe. Background: We recently published the rare detection of xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) (1/105) in prostate cancer (PCA) tissue of patients in Northern Europe by PCR. The controversial discussion ...
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2010-12-22ZeitschriftenartikelNo Evidence for XMRV in German CFS and MS Patients with Fatigue Despite the Ability of the Virus to Infect Human Blood Cells In Vitro Background: Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV), a novel human retrovirus originally identified in prostate cancer tissues, has recently been associated with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), a disabling ...
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2003-02-01ZeitschriftenartikelNosocomial Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus Associated With the Use of Multidose Saline Vials Objective: To identify the source of an outbreak of acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among 3 patients occurring within 8 weeks of hospitalization in the same ward of a Florida hospital during November 1998. Design: ...
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2005-03-01ZeitschriftenartikelNotifiable Disease Surveillance and Practicing Physicians Primary care physicians in Germany are essential participants in infectious disease surveillance through mandatory reporting. Feedback on such surveillance should reflect the needs and attitudes of these physicians. These ...
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2015-07-06ZeitschriftenartikelOccult Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Nigerian Blood Donors and Hepatitis B Virus Transmission Risks Background: Occult hepatitis B virus infection (OBI) characterized by the absence of detectable HBsAg remains a potential threat in blood safety. We investigated the actual prevalence, viral factors and genotype of OBI ...
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2015-12-17ZeitschriftenartikelOngoing outbreak of invasive listeriosis, Germany, 2012 to 2015 Listeriosis patient isolates in Germany have shown a new identical pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) pattern since 2012 (n = 66). Almost all isolates (Listeria monocytogenes serotype 1/2a) belonged to cases living ...
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2010-12-16ZeitschriftenartikelOngoing outbreak of mumps affecting adolescents and young adults in Bavaria, Germany, August to October 2010 Since the introduction of a two-dose MMR vaccination regime the incidence of mumps virus infections has substantially declined. However, mumps outbreaks have recently been reported from several countries. Here we report ...
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2009-11-19ZeitschriftenartikelOseltamivir-resistant influenza A(H1N1) viruses detected in Europe during season 2007-8 had epidemiologic and clinical characteristics similar to co-circulating susceptible A(H1N1) viruses During the 2007-08 influenza season, high levels of oseltamivir resistance were detected among influenza A(H1N1) viruses in a number of European countries. We used surveillance data to describe influenza A(H1N1) cases for ...
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2010-08-10ZeitschriftenartikelOutbreak of influenza virus A/H1N1 in a hospital ward for immunocompromised patients In February 2008, five patients were infected with the H1N1 subtype of influenza A virus in one hospital ward for immunocompromised patients at a hospital in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. All of these patients had an ...
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2011-12-15ZeitschriftenartikelOutbreak of Salmonella Montevideo associated with a dietary food supplement flagged in the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) in Germany, 2010 In March 2010 the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) was used to inform about Salmonella Montevideo in a herbal food supplement, formulated in capsules, distributed under a Dutch label in Germany. Simultaneous ...
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2012-02-09ZeitschriftenartikelOutbreak of salmonellosis after a wedding party, Bavaria, Germany, summer 2010: the importance of implementing food safety concepts An outbreak of salmonellosis in the summer of 2010 after a wedding party in Bavaria, Germany, was investigated, to identify vehicles and source of the outbreak and any flaws in food safety procedures. A cohort study ...
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2015-03-13ZeitschriftenartikelOutbreak of Trichinellosis Due to Wild Boar Meat and Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Post Exposure Prophylaxis, Germany, 2013 Background: Food safety authorities discovered that wild boar meat products contaminated with Trichinella spiralis had entered the food chain in Germany in March 2013. Public health authorities issued guidelines for health ...
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2015-06-01ZeitschriftenartikelOutbreak of Uncommon O4 Non-Agglutinating Salmonella Typhimurium Linked to Minced Pork, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, January to April 2013 Introduction: In January 2013, the National Reference Centre for Salmonella (NRC) detected a salmonellosis cluster in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, caused by uncommon O4 non-agglutinating, monophasic Salmonella (S.) Typhimurium ...
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2011-01-13ZeitschriftenartikelOutbreak of West Nile virus infection in humans, Romania, July to October 2010 A total of 57 cases of West Nile virus infection (54 with neuroinvasive infection and three with fever) were identified in Romania between July and October 2010. The median age of the cases was 53.4 years, with the highest ...
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2009-04-07ZeitschriftenartikelOutbreak of wound botulism in injecting drug users Between October and December 2005, 16 cases of wound botulism were notified to the health authorities of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. All patients were injecting drug users (IDU) and the epidemiological investigations ...
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2010-05-06ZeitschriftenartikelPandemic influenza A(H1N1) 2009 breakthrough infections and estimates of vaccine effectiveness in Germany 2009-2010. During the 2009 influenza pandemic, a monovalent AS03-adjuvanted vaccine was almost exclusively used in Germany for immunisation against the 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) virus. One-dose vaccination was recommended for ...
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2014-04-10ZeitschriftenartikelPatterns of Transmitted HIV Drug Resistance in Europe Vary by Risk Group Background: In Europe, a continuous programme (SPREAD) has been in place for ten years to study transmission of drug resistant HIV. We analysed time trends of transmitted drug resistance mutations (TDRM) in relation to ...
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2008-12-15ZeitschriftenartikelPhylogenetic and case-control study on hepatitis E virus infection in Germany Background: Hepatitis E is a classic water-borne disease in developing countries. In Germany, hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections are notifiable. The number of non–travel-associated infections has increased in recent years, ...
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2009-09-01ZeitschriftenartikelPhylogeny and Disease Association of Shiga toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O91 The diversity and relatedness of 100 Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli O91 isolates from different patients were examined by multilocus sequence typing. We identified 10 specific sequence types (ST) and 4 distinct ...
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2007-07-18ZeitschriftenartikelPopulation and antenatal-based HIV prevalence estimates in a high contracepting female population in rural South Africa Background: To present and compare population-based and antenatal-care (ANC) sentinel surveillance HIV prevalence estimates among women in a rural South African population where both provision of ANC services and family ...