Browsing by Subject "Nasopharynx/virology"

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2009-04-22Zeitschriftenartikel

Genetic variability of group A human respiratory syncytial virus strains circulating in Germany from 1998 to 2007.

Reiche, Janine; Schweiger, Brunhilde

The variability between respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) strains is one of the features of RSV infections that might contribute to the ability of the virus to infect people repeatedly and cause yearly outbreaks. To study ...
2012-03-27Zeitschriftenartikel

Lessons from a one-year hospital-based surveillance of acute respiratory infections in Berlin- comparing case definitions to monitor influenza

Nachtnebel, Matthias; Greutélaers, Benedikt; Falkenhorst, Gerhard; Jorgensen, Pernille; Dehnert, Manuel; Schweiger, Brunhilde; Träder, Christian; Buda, Silke; Eckmanns, Tim; Wichmann, Ole; Hellenbrand, Wiebke

Background: Surveillance of severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) in sentinel hospitals is recommended to estimate the burden of severe influenza-cases. Therefore, we monitored patients admitted with respiratory ...