Browsing by Subject "Population Surveillance"
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2023-07-12Berichte und sonstige TexteNotaufnahmesurveillance Wochenbericht 01.07.2022 - 09.07.2023SUMO ist ein am Robert Koch-Institut entwickeltes und betriebenes System, welches Gesundheitsdaten für Public Health-Surveillance verarbeitet und bereitstellt. Der Notaufnahmesurveillance Wochenbericht enthält Daten der ...
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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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2011-07-08ZeitschriftenartikelPreventing the next 'SARS' - European healthcare workers' attitudes towards monitoring their health for the surveillance of newly emerging infections: qualitative study Background: Hospitals are often the epicentres of newly circulating infections. Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at high risk of acquiring infectious diseases and may be among the first to contract emerging infections. This ...
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2008-10-02ZeitschriftenartikelPrioritisation of infectious diseases in public health - call for comments In order to allocate rationally resources for research and surveillance of infectious diseases at the level of the German public health institute (RKI), we prioritised pathogens by public health criteria. After screening ...
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2011-02-01ZeitschriftenartikelRegional differences in body fat distributions among people with comparable body mass index: a comparison across six German population-based surveys Introduction: The mortality of circulatory diseases of the German population varies considerably across regions. The comparison of the regional distributions of cardiovascular risk factors can provide clues to the reasons ...
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2014-05-29ZeitschriftenartikelResults from the First 12 Months of the National Surveillance of Healthcare Associated Outbreaks in Germany, 2011/2012 Background: In August 2011, the German Protection against Infection Act was amended, mandating the reporting of healthcare associated infection (HAI) outbreak notifications by all healthcare workers in Germany via local ...
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2014-04-10ZeitschriftenartikelResults of surveillance for infections with Shiga toxinproducing Escherichia coli (STEC) of serotype O104:H4 after the large outbreak in Germany, July to December 2011 After the massive outbreak of infections with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) of serotype O104:H4 in Germany in the summer of 2011, post-outbreak surveillance for further infections with this type of STEC was ...
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2013-08-22ZeitschriftenartikelRisk factors for Chlamydia trachomatis infection in adolescents: results from a representative populationbased survey in Germany, 2003–2006 Infections with Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) can lead to severe sequelae; however, they are not notifiable in Germany. We tested urine samples from participants of KiGGS (German Health Interview and Examination Survey for ...
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2012-03-29ZeitschriftenartikelRisk perception and information-seeking behaviour during the 2009/10 influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 pandemic in Germany During the influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 pandemic in 2009/10, a total of 13 consecutive surveys were carried out of the general population in Germany to monitor knowledge, attitude and behaviour concerning the disease and vaccination ...
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2010-08-16ZeitschriftenartikelRotavirus genotypes co-circulating in Europe between 2006 and 2009 as determined by EuroRotaNet, a pan-European collaborative strain surveillance network EuroRotaNet, a laboratory network, was established in order to determine the diversity of co-circulating rotavirus strains in Europe over three or more rotavirus seasons from 2006/2007 and currently includes 16 countries. ...
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2021-12-12Berichte und sonstige TexteRoutinedaten aus der medizinischen Versorgung für die Notaufnahme-Surveillance: 1,5 Jahre Notaufnahme-Situationsreport SUMO ist ein am Robert Koch-Institut entwickeltes und betriebenes System, welches Gesundheitsdaten für Public Health-Surveillance verarbeitet und bereitstellt. Der Notaufnahme-Situationsreport enthält Daten der ...
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2013-07-05ZeitschriftenartikelSex Differences in Colorectal Cancer Survival: Population-Based Analysis of 164,996 Colorectal Cancer Patients in Germany Risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) is considerably higher in men compared to women; however, there is inconclusive evidence of sex differences in CRC prognosis. We aimed to assess and explain sex differences in 5-year relative ...
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2010-04-29ZeitschriftenartikelSpotlight on measles 2010: An epidemiological overview of measles outbreaks in Poland in relation to the measles elimination goal. The objective of this study was to describe transmission chains of measles observed in Poland during 2008-2009. A decade ago, the incidence of measles in Poland declined and approached one case per million inhabitants one ...
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2015-03-26ZeitschriftenartikelSurveillance and Outbreak Response Management System (SORMAS) to support the control of the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa In the context of controlling the current outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD), the World Health Organization claimed that ‘critical determinant of epidemic size appears to be the speed of implementation of rigorous control ...
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2010-03-18ZeitschriftenartikelSurveillance of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Europe, 2003-2007 This paper describes the results of second-line drug (SLD) susceptibility tests among multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) cases reported in 20 European countries aiming to identify extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis ...
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2012-07-12ZeitschriftenartikelSurveillance of tularaemia in Kosovo*, 2001 to 2010 Tularaemia, caused by Francisella tularensis, had not been registered in Kosovo* before an outbreak in 1999 and 2000. A national surveillance system has been implemented in Kosovo* since 2000 to monitor a number of diseases, ...
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2011-06-30ZeitschriftenartikelSurveillance trends of the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic in Europe We describe the epidemiology and virology of the official length of the 2009 pandemic (68 weeks from April 2009 to August 2010) in the 27 European Union Member States plus Norway and Iceland. The main trends are derived ...
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2011-09-29ZeitschriftenartikelTick-borne encephalitis in Europe, 2007 to 2009 As a follow-up of a retrospective survey on tick borneencephalitis (TBE) in 2008, the European Network for Diagnostics of “Imported” Viral Diseases launched a new survey in 2010, to collect broader information on TBE ...
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2013-12-12ZeitschriftenartikelTransmission and molecular characterisation of wild measles virus in Romania, 2008 to 2012 Molecular characterisation of measles virus is a powerful tool for tracing transmission. Genotyping may prove the absence of endemic circulation of measles virus, i.e. transmission for more than 12 months, which is one of ...