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2016-12-01ZeitschriftenartikelChanges in physical functioning among men and women aged 50–79 years in Germany: an analysis of National Health Interview and Examination Surveys, 1997–1999 and 2008–2011 Background: This study examines changes in physical functioning among adults aged 50-79 years in Germany based on data from two German National Health Interview and Examination Surveys conducted in 1997–1999 (GNHIES98) ...
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2017-03-09ZeitschriftenartikelChanges in prevalence of psychotropic drug use and alcohol consumption among the elderly in Germany: results of two National Health Interview and Examination Surveys 1997-99 and 2008-11 Background: Psychotropic drug use and alcohol consumption among older adults need to be monitored over time as their use or combined use bears risks of harms. Representative data on changes in prevalence, patterns and ...
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2023-02-01ZeitschriftenartikelChanges in the mental health in the children’s and adolescent population in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic – Results of a rapid review Background: This rapid review examines changes in the mental health of the German child and adolescent population during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: The basis are 39 publications, which were identified by means of ...
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2021-03-15ZeitschriftenartikelChanges in the prevalence of self-reported sexually transmitted bacterial infections from 2010 and 2017 in two large European samples of men having sex with men–is it time to reevaluate STI-screening as a control strategy? Background/Objectives Many European countries reported increased numbers of syphilis, gonorrhoea and chlamydia diagnoses among men who have sex with men (MSM) in recent years. Behaviour changes and increased testing are ...
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2016-10-05ZeitschriftenartikelChanges in Waist Circumference among German Adults over Time - Compiling Results of Seven Prospective Cohort Studies Aim: This study aims to quantify longitudinal changes in waist circumference (WC) among adults aged 45-64 years in Germany. Methods: Data of 15,444 men and 17,207 women from one nationwide and six regional prospective ...
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2017-03-27ZeitschriftenartikelChanges to cholesterol trafficking in macrophages by Leishmania parasites infection Leishmania spp. are protozoan parasites that are transmitted by sandfly vectors during blood sucking to vertebrate hosts and cause a spectrum of diseases called leishmaniases. It has been demonstrated that host cholesterol ...
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2010-04-22ZeitschriftenartikelChanges to the varicella and pertussis immunisation schedule in Germany 2009: Background, rationale and implementation In July 2009, the German Standing Committee on Vaccination (STIKO) modified its recommendations for varicella and pertussis vaccination, based on newly available data on disease epidemiology, vaccine effectiveness (VE) ...
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2017-06-06ZeitschriftenartikelChanging educational inequalities in sporting inactivity among adults in Germany: a trend study from 2003 to 2012 Background: Social inequalities in health can be explained in part by the social patterning of leisure-time physical activity, such as non-participation in sports. This study is the first to explore whether absolute and ...
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2007-12-01ZeitschriftenartikelChanging epidemiology of human brucellosis, Germany, 1962-2005. Trends in the epidemiology of human brucellosis in Germany were investigated by analyzing national surveillance data (1962-2005) complemented by a questionnaire-based survey (1995-2000). After a steady decrease in brucellosis ...
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2011-02-08ZeitschriftenartikelChanging health inequalities in Germany from 1994 to 2008 between employed and unemployed adults Objectives: Unemployment is a major determinant of health. We investigate whether health inequalities with regards to employment status have changed in Germany. Methods: We used longitudinal data for the years 1994 to ...
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2010-04-01ZeitschriftenartikelCharacterisation of a human cell-adapted porcine endogenous retrovirus PERV-A/C. Background: Porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERVs) pose a potential risk for xenotransplantation using pig cells, tissues or organs. A special threat comes from viruses generated by recombination between human-tropic ...
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2011-02-20ZeitschriftenartikelCharacterisation of Legionella pneumophila phospholipases and their impact on host cells Phospholipases are a diverse class of enzymes produced both by eukaryotic hosts and their pathogens. Major insights into action pathways of bacterial phospholipases have been provided during the last years. On the one hand ...
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2009-02-09ZeitschriftenartikelCharacterisation of porin genes from Mycobacterium fortuitum and their impact on growth Background: Highly pathogenic mycobacteria like Mycobacterium tuberculosis are characterised by their slow growth and their ability to reside and multiply in the very hostile phagosomal environment and a correlation ...
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2011-06-22ZeitschriftenartikelCharacterisation of the Escherichia coli strain associated with an outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome in Germany, 2011: a microbiological study Background: In an ongoing outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome and bloody diarrhoea caused by a virulent Escherichia coli strain O104:H4 in Germany (with some cases elsewhere in Europe and North America), 810 cases ...
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2015-03-05ZeitschriftenartikelCharacteristics and practices of National Immunisation Technical Advisory Groups in Europe and potential for collaboration, April 2014 In many countries, national vaccination recommendations are developed by independent expert committees, so-called national immunisation technical advisory groups (NITAG). Since the evaluation of vaccines is complex and ...
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2016-05-01DissertationCharacteristics and Relevance of the Interaction between Staufen-1 and Rev-related retroviral Proteins Staufen-1 is a cellular protein involved in subcellular RNA transport and the translation and packaging of retroviral RNA into viral particles. In this study, several aspects of the impact of Staufen-1 on SIVmac, HIV-1 and ...
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2010-02-28ZeitschriftenartikelCharacteristics and risk factors for symptomatic Giardia lamblia infections in Germany Background: In developed countries, giardiasis is considered a travel related disease. However, routine surveillance data from Germany indicate that >50% of infections were acquired indigenously. We studied the epidemiological ...
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2017-06-02ZeitschriftenartikelCharacteristics of participants in a randomized trial of an Internet intervention for depression (EVIDENT) in comparison to a national sample (DEGS1) Background: While the efficacy of Internet interventions for depression has been demonstrated in numerous studies, there is concern that the participants in these studies may systematically differ from depressed subjects ...
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2019-03-04ZeitschriftenartikelCharacterization of a hepatitis C virus genotype 1 divergent isolate from an HIV-1 coinfected individual in Germany assigned to a new subtype 1o Background HCV exhibits a high genetic diversity and is classified into 7 genotypes which are further divided into 86 confirmed subtypes. However, there are multiple isolates with unassigned subtypes. We aimed to amplify ...
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2011-12-05ZeitschriftenartikelCharacterization of a monoclonal anti-capsid antibody that cross-reacts with three major primate lentivirus lineages Mouse monoclonal antibodies with varying specificities against the Gag capsid of simian and human immunodeficiency virus (SIV/HIV) were generated by immunizing mice with whole inactivated SIVagmTYO-1. Monoclonal antibody ...