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2012-06-26Zeitschriftenartikel

First International External Quality Assessment of Molecular Detection of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus

Escadafal, Camille; Ölschläger, Stephan; Avšič-Županc, Tatjana; Papa, Anna; Vanhomwegen, Jessica; Wölfel, Roman; Mirazimi, Ali; Teichmann, Anette; Mantke, Oliver Donoso; Niedrig, Matthias

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a zoonosis caused by a Nairovirus of the family Bunyaviridae. Infection is transmitted to humans mostly by Hyalomma ticks and also by direct contact with the blood or tissues of ...

2012-06-21Zeitschriftenartikel

Novel paramyxoviruses in free-ranging European bats.

Kurth, Andreas; Kohl, Claudia; Brinkmann, Annika; Ebinger, Arnt; Harper, Jennifer A.; Wang, Lin-Fa; Mühldorfer, Kristin; Wibbelt, Gudrun

The zoonotic potential of paramyxoviruses is particularly demonstrated by their broad host range like the highly pathogenic Hendra and Nipah viruses originating from bats. But while so far all bat-borne paramyxoviruses ...

2012-06-14Zeitschriftenartikel

Quantitative assessment of passenger flows in Europe and its implications for tracing contacts of infectious passengers

Askar, Mona; Mohr, Oliver; Eckmanns, Tim; Krause, Gérard; Poggensee, Gabriele

In contrast to air travel, there are no recommendations on tracing ground transport passengers exposed to infectious pathogens. We analysed European statistics on passenger transport in different conveyances and conducted ...

2011-06-21Zeitschriftenartikel

Under-recognition and reporting of dengue in Cambodia: a capture–recapture analysis of the National Dengue Surveillance System

Vong, S.; Goyet, S.; Ngan, C.; Huy, R.; Ly, S.; Wichmann, Ole; Letson, G. W.; Margolis, H. S.; Buchy, P.

Robust disease burden estimates are important for decision-making concerning introduction of new vaccines. Dengue is a major public health problem in the tropics but robust disease burden estimates are lacking. We conducted ...

2012-06-14Zeitschriftenartikel

Description of measles D4-Hamburg outbreak in Hamburg, Germany, December 2008 to June 2009, which disproportionally affected a local Roma community

Hegasy, Guido; Kätzner, K.; Helle, M.; Mankertz, Annette; Baumgarte, Sigrid; Wille, A.; Fell, Gerhard

From December 2008 to June 2009 a measles outbreak occurred in the Federal State of Hamburg, Germany. The outbreak affected 216 persons and was caused by a new measles strain termed D4-Hamburg which led to consecutive ...

2012-05-31Zeitschriftenartikel

Mandatory and recommended vaccination in the EU, Iceland and Norway: results of the VENICE 2010 survey on the ways of implementing national vaccination programmes

Haverkate, M.; D'Ancona, F.; Giambi, C.; Johansen, K.; Lopalco, P. L.; Cozza, V.; Appelgren, E.

This report provides an updated overview of recommended and mandatory vaccinations in the European Union (EU), Iceland and Norway, considering the differences in vaccine programme implementation between countries. In 2010, ...

2012-06-04Zeitschriftenartikel

mPSQed: A Software for the Design of Multiplex Pyrosequencing Assays.

Dabrowski, Piotr Wojtek; Nitsche, Andreas

Molecular-based diagnostic assays are the gold standard for infectious diseases today, since they allow a rapid and sensitive identification and typing of various pathogens. While PCR can be designed to be specific for a ...

2011-08-26Zeitschriftenartikel

Sero-epidemiology of measles-specific IgG antibodies and predictive factors for low or missing titres in a German population-based cross-sectional study in children and adolescents (KiGGS)

Poethko-Müller, Christina; Mankertz, Annette

Background and objective: In the European Region, measles elimination is now targeted to 2015. To measure progress towards elimination age-group specific susceptibility targets have been defined. Age-specific measles ...

2011-06-12Zeitschriftenartikel

HLA class I-associated diseases with a suspected autoimmune etiology: HLA-B27 subtypes as a model system

Uchanska-Ziegler, Barbara; Loll, Bernhard; Fabian, Heinz; Hee, Chee Seng; Saenger, Wolfram; Ziegler, Andreas

Although most autoimmune diseases are connected to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II alleles, a small number of these disorders exhibit a variable degree of association with selected MHC class I genes, like ...

2012-08-14Zeitschriftenartikel

Isolation and characterization of three Mammalian orthoreoviruses from European bats.

Kohl, Claudia; Lesnik, René; Brinkmann, Annika; Ebinger, Arnt; Radonić, Aleksandar; Nitsche, Andreas; Mühldorfer, Kristin; Wibbelt, Gudrun; Kurth, Andreas

In recent years novel human respiratory disease agents have been described in South East Asia and Australia. The causative pathogens were classified as pteropine orthoreoviruses with strong phylogenetic relationship to ...

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