Browsing by Subject "Adolescent"
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2011-11-22ZeitschriftenartikelFicolin-2 Levels and FCN2 Haplotypes Influence Hepatitis B Infection Outcome in Vietnamese Patients. Human Ficolin-2 (L-ficolins) encoded by FCN2 gene is a soluble serum protein that plays an important role in innate immunity and is mainly expressed in the liver. Ficolin-2 serum levels and FCN2 single nucleotide polymorphisms ...
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2009-08-06ZeitschriftenartikelFood intake of young people with a migration background living in Germany Objective: To explore the food intake of young migrants living in Germany. Design: Children and adolescents aged 0 to 17 years living in Germany, including 17?1% with a migration background, were examined in a representative ...
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2010-02-17ZeitschriftenartikelFood-borne norovirus-outbreak at a military base, Germany, 2009 Background: 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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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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2007-05-20ZeitschriftenartikelGesundheitsbezogene Lebensqualität von Kindern und Jugendlichen in Deutschland : Eine Normstichprobe für Deutschland aus dem Kinder- und Jugendgesundheitssurvey (KIGGS) In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird die gesundheitsbezogene Lebensqualität von Kindern und Jugendlichen in Deutschland unter Verwendung des international zur Anwendung kommenden Fragebogeninstrumentes KINDL-R zur Erfassung der ...
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2007-05-20ZeitschriftenartikelGewalterfahrungen von Kindern und Jugendlichen im subjektiven Selbstbericht : Erste Ergebnisse aus dem Kinder- und Jugendgesundheitssurvey (KiGGS) Gewalterfahrungen in Kindheit und Jugend sind mit potenziell schwerwiegenden Konsequenzen für die physische und psychische Gesundheit verbunden. Gewalterfahrungen können Kinder und Jugendliche dabei als Täter, Opfer oder ...
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2013-11-26ZeitschriftenartikelGlobal Mortality Estimates for the 2009 Influenza Pandemic from the GLaMOR Project: A Modeling Study Background: Assessing the mortality impact of the 2009 influenza A H1N1 virus (H1N1pdm09) is essential for optimizing public health responses to future pandemics. The World Health Organization reported 18,631 ...
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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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2012-10-01ZeitschriftenartikelHepatitis E Virus Seroprevalence among Adults, Germany We assessed hepatitis E virus (HEV) antibody seroprevalence in a sample of the adult population in Germany. Overall HEV IgG prevalence was 16.8% (95% CI 15.6%–17.9%) and increased with age, leveling off at >60 years ...
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2010-12-01ZeitschriftenartikelHigh Level of Gastrointestinal Nosocomial Infections in the German Surveillance System, 2002–2008 Objective: Surveillance of nosocomial infections (NIs) is well established in many countries but often does not include gastrointestinal infections. We sought to determine the proportion of NIs among all hospitalized ...
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2015-11-10ZeitschriftenartikelHigh Prevalence and High Incidence of Coinfection with Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and Syphilis and Low Rate of Effective Vaccination against Hepatitis B in HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men with Known Date of HIV Seroconversion in Germany Objectives: Men who have sex with men (MSM) are at higher risk for coinfection with hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and syphilis than the general population. HIV infection and these coinfections ...
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2013-10-18ZeitschriftenartikelHigh Prevalence and Significance of Hepatitis D Virus Infection among Treatment-Naïve HBsAg-Positive Patients in Northern Vietnam Background: Hepatitis D virus (HDV) infection is considered to cause more severe hepatitis than hepatitis B virus (HBV) monoinfection. With more than 9.5 million HBV-infected people, Vietnam will face an enormous health ...
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2012-05-18ZeitschriftenartikelHigh Seroprevalence of Coxiella burnetii Antibodies in Veterinarians Associated with Cattle Obstetrics, Bavaria, 2009 Q fever is a zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii. Infection can result in severe disease. However, little is known about the risk of infection in veterinarians. In a cross-sectional study among German veterinarians, ...
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2008-08-31ZeitschriftenartikelHigher Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency Is Associated with Immigrant Background among Children and Adolescents in Germany In recent years, a high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among children and adolescents has been reported in countries with moderate climates. Those with an immigrant background living under these conditions are at ...
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2015-06-10ZeitschriftenartikelHigher Rate of Tuberculosis in Second Generation Migrants Compared to Native Residents in a Metropolitan Setting in Western Europe Background: In Western Europe, migrants constitute an important risk group for tuberculosis, but little is known about successive generations of migrants. We aimed to characterize migration among tuberculosis cases in ...
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2015-08-31ZeitschriftenartikelHIV Testing and Diagnosis Rates in Kiev, Ukraine: April 2013 - March 2014 Objective: Data from Ukraine on risk factors for HIV acquisition are limited. We describe the characteristics of individuals testing for HIV in the main testing centres of the Ukrainian capital Kiev, including HIV risk ...
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2012-11-07ZeitschriftenartikelHIV-Prevalence in Tuberculosis Patients in Germany, 2002–2009: An Estimation Based on HIV and Tuberculosis Surveillance Data Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV comorbidity is a major challenge in TB prevention and control but difficult to assess in Germany as in other countries, where data confidentiality precludes notifying the HIV status of TB patients. ...
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2014-02-05ZeitschriftenartikelHuman Metapneumovirus: Insights from a Ten-Year Molecular and Epidemiological Analysis in Germany Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a cause of respiratory tract illness at all ages. In this study the epidemiological and molecular diversity among patients of different ages was investigated. Between 2000–2001 and 2009–2010, ...
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2009-02-10ZeitschriftenartikelHuSKY: a healthy nutrition score based on food intake of children and adolescents in Germany For many epidemiological questions an overall indicator of healthy nutrition can be useful. Based on the data from the FFQ of the German Health Interview and Examination Study for children and adolescents (KiGGS) we developed ...
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2013-10-16ZeitschriftenartikelHygiene perception changes during the influenza A H1N1 pandemic in Germany: incorporating the results of two cross-sectional telephone surveys 2008–2009 Background: The federal campaign Wir gegen Viren [Us against viruses] promoted hygiene in Germany during the influenza A H1N1 pandemic in 2009. The intervention aimed to encourage people to protect themselves against ...