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2008-12-23ZeitschriftenartikelA comparison of hepatitis B seroepidemiology in ten European countries To inform current and future vaccination strategies, we describe the seroepidemiology of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in ten representative European countries using standardized serology that allowed international ...
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2008-02-29ZeitschriftenartikelA comparison of the active surveillance of scrapie in the European Union The abattoir and the fallen stock surveys constitute the active surveillance component aimed at improving the detection of scrapie across the European Union. Previous studies have suggested the occurrence of significant ...
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2019-12-29ZeitschriftenartikelA Comprehensive Strategy for Screening for Xenotransplantation-Relevant Viruses in a Second Isolated Population of Göttingen Minipigs Xenotransplantation using pig tissues and organs is under development in order to alleviate the increasing shortage of human transplants. Since xenotransplantation may be associated with the transmission of porcine ...
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2019-01-11ZeitschriftenartikelA cross-sectional screening by next-generation sequencing reveals Rickettsia, Coxiella, Francisella, Borrelia, Babesia, Theileria and Hemolivia species in ticks from Anatolia Background Ticks participate as arthropod vectors in the transmission of pathogenic microorganisms to humans. Several tick-borne infections have reemerged, along with newly described agents of unexplored pathogenicity. ...
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2017-09-29ZeitschriftenartikelA Cross-Sectional Serosurvey of Anti-Orthopoxvirus Antibodies in Central and Western Africa Since the eradication of smallpox and the subsequent discontinuation of the worldwide smallpox vaccination program, other Orthopoxviruses beside Variola virus have been increasingly representing a risk to human health. To ...
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2020-10-08ZeitschriftenartikelA decade of de novo transcriptome assembly: Are we there yet? A decade ago, de novo transcriptome assembly evolved as a versatile and powerful approach to make evolutionary assumptions, analyse gene expression, and annotate novel transcripts, in particular, for non‐model organisms ...
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2022-04-30ZeitschriftenartikelA dominant clonal lineage of Streptococcus uberis in cattle in Germany Bovine mastitis causes enormous economic losses in the dairy industry with Streptococcus uberis as one of the most common bacterial pathogens causing clinical and subclinical variations. In most cases mastitis can be cured ...
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2008-05-08ZeitschriftenartikelA European laboratory network for sequence-based typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) as a communication platform between human and veterinary medicine – an update on SeqNet.org
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2017-11-09ZeitschriftenartikelA European network for food-borne parasites (Euro-FBP): meeting report on ‘Analytical methods for food-borne parasites in human and veterinary diagnostics and in food matrices’ Food-borne parasites (FBPs) are a neglected topic in food safety, partly due to a lack of awareness of their importance for public health, especially as symptoms tend not to develop immediately after exposure. In addition, ...
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2022-05-25ZeitschriftenartikelA Federated and Distributed Data Management Infrastructure to Enable Public Health Surveillance from Intensive Care Unit Data The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) monitors the actual number of COVID-19 patients requiring intensive care from aggregated data reported by hospitals in Germany. So far, there is no infrastructure to make use of individual ...
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2016-09-29ZeitschriftenartikelA Field-Deployable Reverse Transcription Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Assay for Rapid Detection of the Chikungunya Virus Background: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne virus currently transmitted in about 60 countries. CHIKV causes acute flu-like symptoms and in many cases prolonged musculoskeletal and joint pain. Detection of ...
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2016-01-12ZeitschriftenartikelA Follow-Up of the Multicenter Collaborative Study on HIV-1 Drug Resistance and Tropism Testing Using 454 Ultra Deep Pyrosequencing Background: Ultra deep sequencing is of increasing use not only in research but also in diagnostics. For implementation of ultra deep sequencing assays in clinical laboratories for routine diagnostics, intra- and ...
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2013-09-12ZeitschriftenartikelA Food Handler-Associated, Foodborne Norovirus GII.4 Sydney 2012-Outbreak Following a Wedding Dinner, Austria, October 2012 On October 12, 2012, the provincial public health directorate of Salzburg reported a suspected norovirus (NV) outbreak among guests of a wedding-reception. The investigation aimed to confirm the causative agent, to identify ...
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2015-04-09ZeitschriftenartikelA Gateway-Based System for Fast Evaluation of Protein-Protein Interactions in Bacteria Protein-protein interactions are important layers of regulation in all kingdoms of life. Identification and characterization of these interactions is one challenging task of the post-genomic era and crucial for understanding ...
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2013-01-08ZeitschriftenartikelA genomic portrait of the emergence, evolution, and global spread of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pandemic The widespread use of antibiotics in association with high-density clinical care has driven the emergence of drug-resistant bacteria that are adapted to thrive in hospitalized patients. Of particular concern are globally ...
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2021-06-24ZeitschriftenartikelA global metagenomic map of urban microbiomes and antimicrobial resistance We present a global atlas of 4,728 metagenomic samples from mass-transit systems in 60 cities over 3 years, representing the first systematic, worldwide catalog of the urban microbial ecosystem. This atlas provides an ...
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2022-09StudienarbeitA health economic evaluation of prostate-specific antigen-based risk-stratified prostate cancer screening strategies in Germany Prostate cancer (PCa) screening remains a controversial topic. The value of population-based screening in reducing premature deaths remains unclear, primarily due to over-diagnosis and overtreatments. However, with an ...
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2017-01-12ZeitschriftenartikelA joint cross-border investigation of a cluster of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Austria, Romania and Germany in 2014 using classic, genotyping and whole genome sequencing methods: lessons learnt Molecular surveillance of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) using 24-loci MIRU-VNTR in the European Union suggests the occurrence of international transmission. In early 2014, Austria detected a molecular MDR-TB ...
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2020-12-09ZeitschriftenartikelA Klebsiella pneumoniae ST307 outbreak clone from Germany demonstrates features of extensive drug resistance, hypermucoviscosity, and enhanced iron acquisition Background Antibiotic-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae are a major cause of hospital- and community-acquired infections, including sepsis, liver abscess, and pneumonia, driven mainly by the emergence of successful high-risk ...
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2017-10-31ZeitschriftenartikelA large proportion of people who inject drugs are susceptible to hepatitis B: Results from a bio-behavioural study in eight German cities Background: People who inject drugs (PWID) are at high risk of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection by sharing needles and drug use paraphernalia. In Germany, no routine surveillance of HBV prevalence and vaccination ...