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2018-06-15Zeitschriftenartikel

Areas with High Hazard Potential for Autochthonous Transmission of Aedes albopictus-Associated Arboviruses in Germany

Thomas, Stephanie Margarete; Tjaden, Nils Benjamin; Frank, Christina; Jaeschke, Anja; Zipfel, Lukas; Wagner-Wiening, Christiane; Faber, Mirko; Beierkuhnlein, Carl; Stark, Klaus

The intensity and extent of transmission of arboviruses such as dengue, chikungunya, and Zika virus have increased markedly over the last decades. Autochthonous transmission of dengue and chikungunya by Aedes albopictus ...

2018-07-25Zeitschriftenartikel

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) seroprevalence in the adult population of Germany

Lachmann, Raskit; Loenenbach, Anna; Waterboer, Tim; Brenner, Nicole; Pawlita, Michael; Michel, Angelika; Thamm, Michael; Poethko-Müller, Christina; Wichmann, Ole; Wiese-Posselt, Miriam

Background: Infection with cytomegalovirus (CMV) remains asymptomatic in most immunocompetent hosts, but is the leading cause of congenital viral infection worldwide and can be life-threatening in immunocompromised ...

2018-06-29Zeitschriftenartikel

Environment Interactions Contribute to Variation in Melanin Production in the Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

Samarasinghe, Himeshi; Aceituno-Caicedo, David; Cogliati, Massimo; Kwon-Chung, Kyung J.; Rickerts, Volker; Velegraki, Aristea; Ackaglar, Sevim; Xu, Jianping

Cryptococcosis is a common opportunistic fungal infection that often disseminates into the central nervous system, leading to meningitis. Production of melanin pigments during infections is one of the most important virulence ...

2018-07-30Zeitschriftenartikel

Intracellular membranes of bacterial endospores are reservoirs for spore core membrane expansion during spore germination

Laue, Michael; Han, Hong-Mei; Dittmann, Christin; Setlow, Peter

Bacterial endospores are formed by certain bacteria, such as Bacillus subtilis or the pathogenic Bacillus anthracis and Clostridioides difficile, to allow survival in environmental conditions which are lethal to vegetative ...

2018-08-06Zeitschriftenartikel

The usefulness of C-reactive protein in predicting malaria parasitemia in a sub-Saharan African region

Sarfo, Bismark Osei; Hahn, Andreas; Schwarz, Norbert Georg; Jaeger, Anna; Sarpong, Nimako; Marks, Florian; Adu-Sarkodie, Yaw; Tamminga, Thalea; May, Juergen

Background: Malaria remains a leading cause of childhood mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Identifying patients who are at risk for severe manifestations at presentation still remains challenging. This study examines ...

2018-03-17Zeitschriftenartikel

Screening of migrants for tuberculosis identifies patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis but is not sufficient

Helbling, P.; Kröger, Stefan; Haas, Walter; Brusin, S.; Cirillo, D. M.; Groenheit, R.; Guthmann, J. P.; Soini, Hanna; Hendrickx, D.; van der Werf, M. J.

2018-06-25Zeitschriftenartikel

Erratum zu: Liste der vom Robert Koch-Institut geprüften und anerkannten Desinfektionsmittel und -verfahren

Robert Koch-Institut

2018-05-02Zeitschriftenartikel

A lipid-binding loop of botulinum neurotoxin serotypes B, DC and G is an essential feature to confer their exquisite potency

Stern, Daniel; Weisemann, Jasmin; Le Blanc, Alexander; von Berg, Laura; Mahrhold, Stefan; Piesker, Janett; Laue, Michael; Luppa, Peter B.; Dorner, Martin B.; Dorner, Brigitte G.; Rummel, Andreas

The exceptional toxicity of botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) is mediated by high avidity binding to complex polysialogangliosides and intraluminal segments of synaptic vesicle proteins embedded in the presynaptic membrane. ...

2018-05-09Zeitschriftenartikel

Is there a duty to participate in digital epidemiology?

Mittelstadt, Brent; Benzler, Justus; Engelmann, Lukas; Prainsack, Barbara; Vayena, Effy

This paper poses the question of whether people have a duty to participate in digital epidemiology. While an implied duty to participate has been argued for in relation to biomedical research in general, digital epidemiology ...

2018-07-10Zeitschriftenartikel

Do adolescents understand the items of the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q47) – German version? Findings from cognitive interviews of the project “Measurement of Health Literacy Among Adolescents” (MOHLAA) in Germany

Domanska, Olga; Firnges, Christiane; Bollweg, Torsten Michael; Sørensen, Kristine; Holmberg, Christine; Jordan, Susanne

Background: In Germany, there are no measurement tools to assess the general health literacy of adolescents. The aim of the study “Measurement of Health Literacy Among Adolescents” (MOHLAA) is to develop such a tool for ...

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