Auflistung nach Schlagwort "Population Surveillance"
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2008-11-20ZeitschriftenartikelEmergence and spread of vancomycin resistance among enterococci in Europe Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) first appeared in the late 1980s in a few European countries. Nowadays, six types of acquired vancomycin resistance in enterococci are known; however, only VanA and to a lesser extent ...
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2016-02-04ZeitschriftenartikelEuropean public health policies for managing contacts of invasive meningococcal disease cases better harmonised in 2013 than in 2007 In 2007, a European survey identified variation in country policies on public health management of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD). In 2009–10, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) published ...
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2014-07-03ZeitschriftenartikelEuropean survey on laboratory preparedness, response and diagnostic capacity for Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, 2012 Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is an infectious viral disease that has (re-)emerged in the last decade in south-eastern Europe, and there is a risk for further geographical expansion to western Europe. Here we ...
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2015-06-25ZeitschriftenartikelEvent-based surveillance of food- and waterborne diseases in Europe: ‘urgent inquiries’ (outbreak alerts) during 2008 to 2013 During 2008 to 2013, 215 outbreak alerts, also known as ‘urgent inquiries’ (UI), for food- and waterborne diseases were launched in Europe, the majority of them (135; 63%) being related to salmonellosis. For 110 (51%) UI, ...
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2009-11-14ZeitschriftenartikelExamining Landscape Factors Influencing Relative Distribution of Mosquito Genera and Frequency of Virus Infection Mosquito-borne infections cause some of the most debilitating human diseases, including yellow fever and malaria, yet we lack an understanding of how disease risk scales with human-driven habitat changes. We present an ...
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2008-07-31ZeitschriftenartikelFIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany: enhanced surveillance improved timeliness and detection Enhanced surveillance for infectious disease events, with accelerated routine reporting and daily supplementary reports, was undertaken during the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. We evaluated the surveillance outputs, ...
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2014-12-18ZeitschriftenartikelFoodborne hepatitis A outbreak associated with bakery products in northern Germany, 2012 In October 2012, a hepatitis A (HA) outbreak with 83 laboratory-confirmed cases occurred in Lower Saxony. We defined primary outbreak cases as people with laboratory-confirmed HA and symptom onset between 8 October and 12 ...
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2010-07-29ZeitschriftenartikelHepatitis B virus infections among children and adolescents in Germany: Migration background as a risk factor in a low seroprevalence population Background: Data on hepatitis B (HB) infection prevalence among children and adolescents in Germany are scarce. We estimated seroprevalence of HB infection and assessed determinants for HB infection among children and ...
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2006-10-24ZeitschriftenartikelIdentifying outbreaks of sexually transmitted infection: who cares? Background: Current routine surveillance schemes for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United Kingdom (UK) are not designed for outbreak identification. Recognising STI outbreaks, therefore, depends almost ...
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2015-03-12ZeitschriftenartikelImpact of 10- and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease in children aged under 16 years in Germany, 2009 to 2012 We assessed the impact of 10-valent and 13-valent pneumococcal vaccines (PCV10 and PCV13), which were introduced in Germany in 2009, on the incidence of meningitis and non-meningitis invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in ...
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2004-05-31ZeitschriftenartikelIncrease in Imported Dengue, Germany, 2001–2002 Dengue fever is a reportable disease in Germany. Surveillance data from 2001 and 2002 were analyzed and compared to travel patterns. Imported dengue fever increased strongly in this time. Most infections were acquired in ...
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2012-11-22ZeitschriftenartikelIncrease in malaria cases imported from Pakistan to Germany in 2012 A significant increase of malaria cases imported to Germany from Pakistan was observed in 2012. As of 14 November, Pakistan was the country of infection in 32 out of 434 malaria cases in 2012, compared to zero to eight ...
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2009-08-27ZeitschriftenartikelInfluenza A(H1N1)v in Germany: the first 10,000 cases The analysis of the first 10,000 cases of influenza A(H1N1)v in Germany confirms findings from other sources that the virus is currently mainly causing mild diseases, affecting mostly adolescents and young adults. Overall ...
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2014-02-13ZeitschriftenartikelInfluenza vaccine effectiveness estimates in Europe in a season with three influenza type/subtypes circulating: the I-MOVE multicentre case–control study, influenza season 2012/13 In the fifth season of Influenza Monitoring Vaccine Effectiveness in Europe (I-MOVE), we undertook a multicentre case–control study (MCCS) in seven European Union (EU) Member States to measure 2012/13 influenza vaccine ...
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2010-12-09ZeitschriftenartikelInitial surveillance of 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic in the European Union and European Economic Area, April – September 2009 European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) countries reported surveillance data on 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) cases to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) through the Early Warning ...
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2009-04-20ZeitschriftenartikelInvasive Haemophilus influenzae infections in Germany: impact of non-type b serotypes in the post-vaccine era Background: Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccination led to a significant decrease in invasive bacterial infections in children. The aim of this study was to assess a potential shift to more non-type b invasive ...
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2008-11-06ZeitschriftenartikelInvasive meningococcal disease with fatal outcome in a Swiss student visiting Berlin Following the fatal invasive meningococcal disease in a Swiss student who had been visiting Berlin, several public health institutions on local, regional and national level cooperated to ensure that the appropriate measures ...
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2011-05-26ZeitschriftenartikelLarge and ongoing outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome, Germany, May 2011 Since early May 2011, an increased incidence of haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) and bloody diarrhoea related to infections with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) has been observed in Germany, with most cases ...
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2013-03-07ZeitschriftenartikelLegionnaires' disease in Europe, 2009-2010 The surveillance of Legionnaires’ disease (LD) in Europe is carried out by the European Legionnaires’ Disease Surveillance Network (ELDSNet) and coordinated by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). ...
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2008-02-28ZeitschriftenartikelLooking for tips to find icebergs - surveillance of haemolytic uraemic syndrome to detect outbreaks of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli infection