Browsing by Subject "Animals"
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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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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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2013-07-16ZeitschriftenartikelA Mouse Model for Human Norovirus Human noroviruses (HuNoVs) cause significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. However, despite substantial efforts, a small-animal model for HuNoV has not been described to date. Since "humanized" mice have been successfully ...
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2006-01-27ZeitschriftenartikelA New Bacillus anthracis Found in Wild Chimpanzees and a Gorilla from West and Central Africa
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2010-11-05ZeitschriftenartikelA novel adenovirus of Western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) Adenoviruses (AdV) broadly infect vertebrate hosts including a variety of primates. We identified a novel AdV in the feces of captive gorillas by isolation in cell culture, electron microscopy and PCR. From the supernatants ...
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2009-11-09ZeitschriftenartikelA novel herpesvirus in the sanctuary chimpanzees on Ngamba Island in Uganda Background: Recent studies in non-human primates have led to the discovery of novel primate herpesviruses. In order to get more information on herpesvirus infections in apes, we studied wild born captive chimpanzees. ...
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2010-04-29ZeitschriftenartikelA Novel Highly Reproducible and Lethal Nonhuman Primate Model for Orthopox Virus Infection The intentional re-introduction of Variola virus (VARV), the agent of smallpox, into the human population is of great concern due its bio-terroristic potential. Moreover, zoonotic infections with Cowpox (CPXV) and Monkeypox ...
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2006-10-06ZeitschriftenartikelA super-spreading ewe infects hundreds with Q fever at a farmers' market in Germany Background: In May 2003 the Soest County Health Department was informed of an unusually large number of patients hospitalized with atypical pneumonia. Methods: In exploratory interviews patients mentioned having ...
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2015-07-31ZeitschriftenartikelAblation of CCAAT/Enhancer-Binding Protein Delta (C/EBPD): Increased Plaque Burden in a Murine Alzheimer’s Disease Model Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and prion diseases carry a significant inflammatory component. The astrocytic overexpression of CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein delta (C/EBPD) in prion- and AD-affected brain tissue prompted us to ...
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2013-07-24ZeitschriftenartikelAbsence of Frequent Herpesvirus Transmission in a Nonhuman Primate Predator-Prey System in the Wild Emergence of viruses into the human population by transmission from nonhuman primates (NHPs) represents a serious potential threat to human health that is primarily associated with the increased bushmeat trade. Transmission ...
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2011-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelAbsence of infection in pigs inoculated with high-titre recombinant PERV-A/C Porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERVs) represent a risk for xenotransplantation using pig cells or organs since they are integrated in the genome of all pigs and infect human cells in vitro. Recombinants between PERV-A ...
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2011-12-09ZeitschriftenartikelAbsence of Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clonal Complex CC398 as a Nasal Colonizer of Pigs Raised in an Alternative System Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) ST398 isolated from pigs raised in conventional farms was previously reported. Here we report a study on 25 farms adhering to an alternative system. ...
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2007-05-25ZeitschriftenartikelAccumulation of Pathological Prion Protein PrPSc in the Skin of Animals with Experimental and Natural Scrapie Prion infectivity and its molecular marker, the pathological prion protein PrPSc, accumulate in the central nervous system and often also in lymphoid tissue of animals or humans affected by transmissible spongiform ...
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2010-11-03ZeitschriftenartikelAfrican great apes are naturally infected with polyomaviruses closely related to Merkel cell polyomavirus The oncogenic Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) infects humans worldwide, but little is known about the occurrence of viruses related to MCPyV in the closest phylogenetic relatives of humans, great apes. We analyzed samples ...
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2015-08-13ZeitschriftenartikelAge-related prevalence of cross-reactive antibodies against influenza A(H3N2) variant virus, Germany, 2003 to 2010 To estimate susceptibility to the swine-origin influenza A(H3N2) variant virus (A(H3N2)v) in the German population, we investigated cross-reactive antibodies against this virus and factors associated with seroprotective ...
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2014-01-20ZeitschriftenartikelAlarming Proportions of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Wound Samples from Companion Animals, Germany 2010–2012 Staphylococcus (S.) aureus is an important cause of wound infections in companion animals, and infections with methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) are of particular concern due to limited treatment options and their ...
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2011-06-14ZeitschriftenartikelAn insect nidovirus emerging from a primary tropical rainforest. Tropical rainforests show the highest level of terrestrial biodiversity and may be an important contributor to microbial diversity. Exploitation of these ecosystems may foster the emergence of novel pathogens. We report ...
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2008-11-05ZeitschriftenartikelAnalysis of influenza B virus NS1 protein trafficking reveals a novel interaction with nuclear speckle domains Many proteins that function in the transcription, maturation, and export of metazoan mRNAs are concentrated in nuclear speckle domains, indicating that the compartment is important for gene expression. Here, we show that ...
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2006-08-09ZeitschriftenartikelAnthrax in Western and Central African Great Apes During the period of December 2004 to January 2005, Bacillus anthracis killed three wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) and one gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in a tropical forest in Cameroon. While this is ...
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2003-06-10ZeitschriftenartikelApproaching virus safety in xenotransplantation: A search for unrecognized herpesviruses in pigs Abstract: The identification of porcine viruses so far unrecognized is required to minimize virus-related risks associated with xenotransplantation. We used a pan-herpes consensus polymerase chain reaction assay to search ...