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2020-01-21ZeitschriftenartikelThe European tiered approach for virucidal efficacy testing – rationale for rapidly selecting disinfectants against emerging and re-emerging viral diseases When facing an emerging virus outbreak such as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a quick reaction time is key to control the spread. It takes time to develop antivirals and vaccines, and implement ...
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2018-07-29ZeitschriftenartikelThe European Virus Archive goes global: A growing resource for research The European Virus Archive (EVA) was created in 2008 with funding from the FP7-EU Infrastructure Programme, in response to the need for a coordinated and readily accessible collection of viruses that could be made available ...
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2022-04-05ZeitschriftenartikelThe Evolution of Complex Muscle Cell In Vitro Models to Study Pathomechanisms and Drug Development of Neuromuscular Disease Many neuromuscular disease entities possess a significant disease burden and therapeutic options remain limited. Innovative human preclinical models may help to uncover relevant disease mechanisms and enhance the translation ...
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2021-02-01ZeitschriftenartikelThe Excess Costs of Depression and the Influence of Sociodemographic and Socioeconomic Factors: Results from the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults (DEGS) Introduction The aim of this study was to estimate excess costs of depression in Germany and to examine the influence of sociodemographic and socioeconomic determinants. Methods Annual excess costs of depression per ...
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2018-06-22ZeitschriftenartikelThe Expression of Uncoupling Protein 3 Coincides With the Fatty Acid Oxidation Type of Metabolism in Adult Murine Heart The involvement of mitochondrial uncoupling proteins 2 and 3 in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases is widely acknowledged. However, contradictory reports show that the functions of UCP2/UCP3 are still disputed. ...
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2012-07-31ZeitschriftenartikelThe FIFA Women’s World Cup in Germany 2011 – A practical example for tailoring an event-specific enhanced infectious disease surveillance system Background: Mass gatherings require a decision from public health authorities on how to monitor infectious diseases during the event. The appropriate level of enhanced surveillance depends on parameters like the scale ...
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2010-06-07ZeitschriftenartikelThe first wave of pandemic influenza (H1N1) 2009 in Germany: From initiation to acceleration Background: The first imported case of pandemic influenza (H1N1) 2009 in Germany was confirmed in April 2009. However, the first wave with measurable burden of disease started only in October 2009. The basic epidemiological ...
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2013-05-27ZeitschriftenartikelThe first wave of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults (DEGS1) Sampling design, response, weighting, and representativenessThe “German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults” (DEGS) is part of the health monitoring system of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) and is designed as a combined cross-sectional and longitudinal survey. The ...
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2013-05-27ZeitschriftenartikelThe first wave of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults (DEGS1) Recruitment of participants, fieldwork, and quality assuranceThe purpose of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults (DEGS) is to repeatedly obtain representative nationwide health data for adults aged 18–79 years living in Germany. The first wave (DEGS1) was ...
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2022-02-21ZeitschriftenartikelThe first WHO global survey on infection prevention and control in health-care facilities Background: WHO core components for infection prevention and control (IPC) are important building blocks for effective IPC programmes. To our knowledge, we did the first WHO global survey to assess implementation of these ...
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2017-10-20ZeitschriftenartikelThe Flagellar Regulon of Legionella—A Review The Legionella genus comprises more than 60 species. In particular, Legionella pneumophila is known to cause severe illnesses in humans. Legionellaceae are ubiquitous inhabitants of aquatic environments. Some Legionellaceae ...
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2018-03-15ZeitschriftenartikelThe general health of children and adolescents in Germany. Results of the cross-sectional KiGGS Wave 2 study and trends Data from KiGGS Wave 2 show that 95.7% of parents who participated in the survey rated the overall health of their 3 to 17 year-old children as very good or good. This proportion is higher than the figures identified by ...
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2010-07-09ZeitschriftenartikelThe Genome of a Bacillus Isolate Causing Anthrax in Chimpanzees Combines Chromosomal Properties of B. cereus with B. anthracis Virulence Plasmids Anthrax is a fatal disease caused by strains of Bacillus anthracis. Members of this monophyletic species are non motile and are all characterized by the presence of four prophages and a nonsense mutation in the plcR ...
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2012-03-10ZeitschriftenartikelThe German Environmental Survey for Children (GerES IV): Reference values and distributions for time-location patterns of German children Children's time-location patterns are important determinants of environmental exposure and other health-relevant factors. Building on data of the German Environmental Survey for Children (GerES IV), our study aimed at ...
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2018-05-29ZeitschriftenartikelThe German Health Update GEDA 2014/2015-EHIS – possibilities for international and regional assessment
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2013-12-18ZeitschriftenartikelThe global establishment of a highly-fluoroquinolone resistant Salmonella enterica serotype Kentucky ST198 strain While the spread of Salmonella enterica serotype Kentucky resistant to ciprofloxacin across Africa and the Middle-East has been described recently, the presence of this strain in humans, food, various animal species ...
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2016-06-02ZeitschriftenartikelThe global spread of HIV-1 subtype B epidemic Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) was discovered in the early 1980s when the virus had already established a pandemic. For at least three decades the epidemic in the Western World has been dominated by subtype B ...
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2019-11-13ZeitschriftenartikelThe gut microbiome of horses: current research on equine enteral microbiota and future perspectives Understanding the complex interactions of microbial communities including bacteria, archaea, parasites, viruses and fungi of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) associated with states of either health or disease is still an ...
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2019-09-18ZeitschriftenartikelThe health of children and adolescents with a migration background in Germany – Results of the cross-sectional KiGGS Wave 2 study Over a third (36.5%) of young people living in Germany have a migration background. Based on the data of the second follow-up to the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS Wave ...
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2023-06-14ZeitschriftenartikelThe health of children and adolescents – new data is needed! Editorial