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2018-01-11ZeitschriftenartikelComplete Genome Sequencing of Acinetobacter sp. Strain LoGeW2-3, Isolated from the Pellet of a White Stork, Reveals a Novel Class D Beta-Lactamase Gene Whole-genome sequencing of Acinetobacter sp. strain LoGeW2-3, isolated from the pellet of a white stork (Ciconia ciconia), reveals the presence of a plasmid of 179,399 bp encoding a CRISPR-Cas (clustered regularly interspaced ...
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2014-11-13ZeitschriftenartikelComplete Nucleotide Sequence of a Citrobacter freundii Plasmid Carrying KPC-2 in a Unique Genetic Environment The complete and annotated nucleotide sequence of a 54,036-bp plasmid harboring a blaKPC-2 gene that is clonally present in Citrobacter isolates from different species is presented. The plasmid belongs to incompatibility ...
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2020-10-17ZeitschriftenartikelCompleteness of tuberculosis case notifications in Germany in 2013–2017: first results of an inventory study Background Evaluating the completeness of tuberculosis (TB) notification data is important for monitoring of TB surveillance systems. We conducted an inventory study to calculate TB underreporting in Germany in ...
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2013-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelComplexity of Botulinum Neurotoxins: Challenges for Detection Technology The detection of botulinum neurotoxins (BoNT) is extremely challenging due to their high toxicity and the multiple BoNT variants. To date, seven serotypes with more than 30 subtypes have been described, and even more ...
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2010-09-01ZeitschriftenartikelComplications of varicella after implementation of routine childhood varicella vaccination in Germany. A country-wide sentinel surveillance system was initiated in Germany after implementation of routine varicella vaccination of children >11 months. Sentinel physicians report monthly the number of cases and of severe varicella ...
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2017-09-12ZeitschriftenartikelComprehensive assessment of food and nutrient intake of children and adolescents in Germany: EsKiMo II – the eating study as a KiGGS module Background: As part of the second wave of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS Wave 2), food and nutrient intake of children and adolescents aged 6–17 years living in ...
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2015-03-12ZeitschriftenartikelComprehensive molecular, genomic and phenotypic analysis of a major clone of Enterococcus faecalis MLST ST40 Background: Enterococcus faecalis is a multifaceted microorganism known to act as a beneficial intestinal commensal bacterium. It is also a dreaded nosocomial pathogen causing life-threatening infections in hospitalised ...
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2014-08-01DissertationComputational methods for the identification and quantification of microbial organisms in metagenomes Metagenomics allows analyzing genomic material taken directly from the environment. In contrast to classical genomics, no purification of single organisms is performed and therefore the extracted genomic material reflects ...
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2019-12-09ZeitschriftenartikelComputational pan-genome mapping and pairwise SNP-distance improve detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission clusters Next-generation sequencing based base-by-base distance measures have become an integral complement to epidemiological investigation of infectious disease outbreaks. This study introduces PANPASCO, a computational pan-genome ...
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2020-11-04ZeitschriftenartikelComputational strategies to combat COVID-19: useful tools to accelerate SARS-CoV-2 and coronavirus research SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) is a novel virus of the family Coronaviridae. The virus causes the infectious disease COVID-19. The biology of coronaviruses has been studied for many years. ...
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2024-03-04ZeitschriftenartikelConcept and methodology of the Health Behaviour in Schoolaged Children (HBSC) study – Insights into the current 2022 survey and trends in Germany Background: Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) is one of the largest international studies on child and adolescent health and cooperates with the World Health Organization (WHO). In Germany, adolescents aged ...
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2019-09-18ZeitschriftenartikelConcepts for migration-sensitive health monitoring According to microcensus data, nearly one quarter of the German population has a migration background. This means that either themselves or at least one parent was born without German citizenship. Based on the currently ...
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2020-06-04ZeitschriftenartikelConceptual issues in relation to the design, implementation and evaluation of interventions
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2016-09-01ZeitschriftenartikelConcordance between self-reported and measured HIV and hepatitis C virus infection status among people who inject drugs in Germany Background: People who inject drugs (PWID) are disproportionately affected by both HIV and hepatitis C infection (HCV). Awareness of infection status is essential to ensure linkage to appropriate healthcare for those ...
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2018-05-22ZeitschriftenartikelConditio sine qua non: Umwelt und Gesundheit
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2012-09-27ZeitschriftenartikelConfidence-based Somatic Mutation Evaluation and Prioritization Next generation sequencing (NGS) has enabled high throughput discovery of somatic mutations. Detection depends on experimental design, lab platforms, parameters and analysis algorithms. However, NGS-based somatic mutation ...
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2010-06-30ZeitschriftenartikelConfirmed Exposure to Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus and Probable Human Cases of Tick-Borne Encephalitis in Central/Northern Anatolia, Turkey Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) is the aetiological agent of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE), a potentially fatal central nervous system infection of humans. TBE is endemic in many areas of Europe and Asia; however, ...
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2017-08-30ZeitschriftenartikelConsiderations on establishing prevention reporting at the national level in Germany The adoption of the Preventive Health Care Act in July 2015 was a key step in strengthening settings-based health promotion and disease prevention. This increases the importance of developing prevention reporting at the ...
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2021-01-22ZeitschriftenartikelConsistency of Social Interactions in Sooty Mangabeys and Chimpanzees Predictability of social interactions can be an important measure for the social complexity of an animal group. Predictability is partially dependent on how consistent interaction patterns are over time: does the behavior ...
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2022-02-02ZeitschriftenartikelConstruction and validation of safe Clostridium botulinum Group II surrogate strain producing inactive botulinum neurotoxin type E toxoid Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs), produced by the spore-forming bacterium Clostridium botulinum, cause botulism, a rare but fatal illness affecting humans and animals. Despite causing a life-threatening disease, BoNT is a ...