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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 ...
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2018-05-02ZeitschriftenartikelA lipid-binding loop of botulinum neurotoxin serotypes B, DC and G is an essential feature to confer their exquisite potency The exceptional toxicity of botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) is mediated by high avidity binding to complex polysialogangliosides and intraluminal segments of synaptic vesicle proteins embedded in the presynaptic membrane. ...
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2019-01-16ZeitschriftenartikelA Listeria monocytogenes ST2 clone lacking chitinase ChiB from an outbreak of non-invasive gastroenteritis An outbreak with a remarkable Listeria monocytogenes clone causing 163 cases of non-invasive listeriosis occurred in Germany in 2015. Core genome multi locus sequence typing grouped non-invasive outbreak isolates and ...
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2010-03-23ZeitschriftenartikelA longitudinal study of urinary dipstick parameters in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) in Côte d'ivoire We performed 796 dip-stick tests on urine from 100 wild West African chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) from 4 habituated groups in the tropical rain forest of Taï National Park, Cote d'Ivoire, to establish reference ...
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2021-10-28ZeitschriftenartikelA longitudinal study on symptom duration and 60-day clinical course in non-hospitalised COVID-19 cases in Berlin, Germany, March to May, 2020 The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and has spread across the globe. As infections peaked across ...
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2016-01-22ZeitschriftenartikelA Look into the Melting Pot: The mecC-Harboring Region Is a Recombination Hot Spot in Staphylococcus stepanovicii Introduction: Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is an important driver for resistance- and virulence factor accumulation in pathogenic bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus. Methods: Here, we have investigated the ...
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2022-01-04ZeitschriftenartikelA Lot of Warmth and a Bit of Control? How Parenting Mediates the Relationship Between Parental Personality and Their Children’s Mental Health Problems Research has identified parental personality and parenting behaviour as important contributors to healthy child development. However, indirect associations are largely unknown. The current study aimed to investigate the ...
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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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2014-08-07ZeitschriftenartikelA multi-country outbreak of Salmonella Newport gastroenteritis in Europe associated with watermelon from Brazil, confirmed by whole genome sequencing: October 2011 to January 2012 In November 2011, the presence of Salmonella Newport in a ready-to-eat watermelon slice was confirmed as part of a local food survey in England. In late December 2011, cases of S. Newport were reported in England, Wales, ...
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2020-11-28ZeitschriftenartikelA Multi-Omics Protocol for Swine Feces to Elucidate Longitudinal Dynamics in Microbiome Structure and Function Swine are regarded as promising biomedical models, but the dynamics of their gastrointestinal microbiome have been much less investigated than that of humans or mice. The aim of this study was to establish an integrated ...
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2023-05-11ZeitschriftenartikelA multicentre external quality assessment: A first step to standardise PCR protocols for the diagnosis of histoplasmosis and coccidioidomycosis Background In-house real-time PCR (qPCR) is increasingly used to diagnose the so-called endemic mycoses as commercial assays are not widely available. Objectives To compare the performance of different molecular ...
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2014-08-14ZeitschriftenartikelA multicentre sero-behavioural survey for hepatitis B and C, HIV and HTLV among people who inject drugs in Germany using respondent driven sampling Background: People who inject drugs are at high risk for hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV. HTLV was reported by neighboring countries to be prevalent in this population, but the situation for Germany is unclear. To ...
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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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2018-10-23ZeitschriftenartikelA new hepatitis E virus genotype 2 strain identified from an outbreak in Nigeria, 2017 Background: In 2017 the Nigerian Ministry of Health notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of an outbreak of hepatitis E located in the north-east region of the country with 146 cases with 2 deaths. The analysis ...
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2023-05-16ZeitschriftenartikelA new precedent in international health cooperation from African public health leaders
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2023-05-16Berichte und sonstige TexteA new precedent in international health cooperation from African public health leaders
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2017-10-13ZeitschriftenartikelA Next-Generation Sequencing Approach Uncovers Viral Transcripts Incorporated in Poxvirus Virions Transcripts are known to be incorporated in particles of DNA viruses belonging to the families of Herpesviridae and Mimiviridae, but the presence of transcripts in other DNA viruses, such as poxviruses, has not been analyzed ...
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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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2017-09-18ZeitschriftenartikelA novel Coltivirus-related virus isolated from free-tailed bats from Côte d’Ivoire is able to infect human cells in vitro Background: Zoonotic transmission events play a major role in the emergence of novel diseases. While such events are virtually impossible to predict, wildlife screening for potential emerging pathogens can be a first ...
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2018-07-19ZeitschriftenartikelA novel European H5N8 influenza A virus has increased virulence in ducks but low zoonotic potential We investigated in a unique setup of animal models and a human lung explant culture biological properties, including zoonotic potential, of a representative 2016 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) H5N8, clade ...