Auflistung nach Schlagwort "Geography"
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2009-05-14ZeitschriftenartikelDetection of hepatitis E virus in wild boars of rural and urban regions in Germany and whole genome characterization of an endemic strain Background: Hepatitis E is an increasingly diagnosed human disease in Central Europe. Besides domestic pigs, in which hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is highly prevalent, wild boars have been identified as a possible ...
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2010-08-13ZeitschriftenartikelDeterminants of tick-borne encephalitis in counties of southern Germany, 2001-2008 Background: Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus can cause severe symptoms in humans. The incidence of this vector-borne pathogen in humans is characterised by spatial and temporal heterogeneity. To explain the variation ...
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2012-07-25ZeitschriftenartikelEastern Chimpanzees, but not Bonobos, Represent a Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Reservoir Chimpanzees in west central Africa (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) are endemically infected with simian immunodeficiency viruses (SIVcpzPtt) that have crossed the species barrier to humans and gorillas on at least five ...
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2015-06-24ZeitschriftenartikelEbola Virus Disease Outbreak in Isiro, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2012: Signs and Symptoms, Management and Outcomes Data collected during the 2012 Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were analysed for clinical signs, symptoms and case fatality of EVD caused by Bundibugyo virus (BDBV), establishment ...
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2013-08-07ZeitschriftenartikelEyjafjallajökull and 9/11: The Impact of Large-Scale Disasters on Worldwide Mobility Large-scale disasters that interfere with globalized socio-technical infrastructure, such as mobility and transportation networks, trigger high socio-economic costs. Although the origin of such events is often geographically ...
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2010-12-01ZeitschriftenartikelHigh Level of Gastrointestinal Nosocomial Infections in the German Surveillance System, 2002–2008 Objective: Surveillance of nosocomial infections (NIs) is well established in many countries but often does not include gastrointestinal infections. We sought to determine the proportion of NIs among all hospitalized ...
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2008-06-04ZeitschriftenartikelThe challenge of comprehensively mapping children's health in a nation-wide health survey: Design of the German KiGGS-Study Background: From May 2003 to May 2006, the Robert Koch Institute conducted the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS). Aim of this first nationwide interview and examination ...
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2015-08-27ZeitschriftenartikelTransmission patterns of human enterovirus 71 to, from and among European countries, 2003 to 2013 Enterovirus 71 (EV-71) is involved in epidemics of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) and has been reported to occur with severe neurological complications in eastern and south-east Asia. In other geographical areas, the ...