Browsing Artikel in Fachzeitschriften by Author "Cai, Wei"

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2013-03-28Zeitschriftenartikel

Anthrax among heroin users in Europe possibly caused by same Bacillus anthracis strain since 2000

Grunow, Roland; Klee, Silke; Beyer, W.; George, Maja; Grunow, D.; Barduhn, Anne; Jacob, Daniela; Elschner, M.; Sandven, P.; Kjerulf, A.; Jensen, J. S.; Cai, Wei; Zimmermann, Ruth; Schaade, Lars

Injection anthrax was described first in 2000 in a heroin-injecting drug user in Norway. New anthrax cases among heroin consumers were detected in the United Kingdom (52 cases) and Germany (3 cases) in 2009-10. In June ...
2023-06-14Zeitschriftenartikel

Atemwegsinfektionen bei Kindern und Jugendlichen in Deutschland während der COVID-19-Pandemie

Buchholz, Udo; Lehfeld, Ann-Sophie; Tolksdorf, Kristin; Cai, Wei; Reiche, Janine; Biere, Barbara; Dürrwald, Ralf; Buda, Silke

Hintergrund: Akute respiratorische Erkrankungen (ARE) im Kindesalter waren vor der COVID-19-Pandemie vor allem durch die drei Erreger Respiratorische Synzytialviren (RSV), Grippe-(Influenza-) und Rhinoviren geprägt. Die ...
2024-09-26Zeitschriftenartikel

Ausbrüche und Ausbruchsfälle mit COVID-19, Influenza und RSV-Infektion

Schilling, Julia; Lehfeld, Ann-Sophie; Cai, Wei; Diercke, Michaela; Buda, Silke

Respiratorisch übertragbare Erkrankungsausbrüche haben eine besondere Bedeutung, da sie bei einer anhaltenden Mensch-zu-Mensch-Übertragung zum Teil schwer einzugrenzen sind und sowohl saisonale als auch globale Erkrankungswellen ...
2013-03-05Zeitschriftenartikel

Detection of infections with hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and human immunodeficiency virus by analyses of dried blood spots - performance characteristics of the ARCHITECT system and two commercial assays for nucleic acid amplification

Ross, Stefan; Stambouli, Oumaima; Grüner, Nico; Marcus, Ulrich; Cai, Wei; Zhang, Weidong; Zimmermann, Ruth; Roggendorf, Michael

Background: Nowadays, dried blood spots (DBS) are primarily used to obtain diagnostic access to risk collectives such as intravenous drug users, who are prone to infections with hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus ...
2022-04-29Zeitschriftenartikel

Determination of respiratory syncytial virus epidemic seasons by using 95% confidence interval of positivity rates, 2011–2021, Germany

Cai, Wei; Dürrwald, Ralf; Biere, Barbara; Schweiger, Brunhilde; Haas, Walter; Wolff, Thorsten; Buda, Silke; Reiche, Janine

Based on our national outpatient sentinel surveillance, we have developed a novel approach to determine respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) epidemic seasons in Germany by using RSV positivity rate and its lower limit of 95% ...
2024-09-12Zeitschriftenartikel

Epidemiologische Situation der RSV-Infektionen auf Basis der Meldedaten für die erste Saison 2023/24 nach Einführung der RSV-Meldepflicht in Deutschland

Cai, Wei; Tolksdorf, Kristin; Reiche, Janine; Haas, Walter; Diercke, Michaela; Buda, Silke

Das Respiratorische Synzytial-Virus (RSV) ist ein weltweit verbreiteter Erreger akuter respiratorischer Erkrankungen in jedem Lebensalter und einer der bedeutendsten Erreger akuter Infektionen der unteren Atemwege, ...
2019-06-17Zeitschriftenartikel

Evaluation of using ICD‐10 code data for respiratory syncytial virus surveillance

Cai, Wei; Tolksdorf, Kristin; Hirve, Siddhivinayak; Schuler, Ekkehard; Zhang, Wenqing; Haas, Walter; Buda, Silke

Background Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common cause of acute lower respiratory tract infection (ALRI) in young children. ICD‐10‐based syndromic surveillance can transmit data rapidly in a standardized ...
2010-07-29Zeitschriftenartikel

Hepatitis B virus infections among children and adolescents in Germany: Migration background as a risk factor in a low seroprevalence population

Cai, Wei; Poethko-Müller, Christina; Hamouda, Osamah; Radun, Doris

Background: Data on hepatitis B (HB) infection prevalence among children and adolescents in Germany are scarce. We estimated seroprevalence of HB infection and assessed determinants for HB infection among children and ...
2016-09-05Zeitschriftenartikel

High variability of HIV and HCV seroprevalence and risk behaviours among people who inject drugs: results from a cross-sectional study using respondent-driven sampling in eight German cities (2011–14)

Wenz, Benjamin; Nielsen, Stine; Gassowski, Martyna; Santos-Hövener, Claudia; Cai, Wei; Ross, Stefan; Bock, Thomas; Ratsch, Boris-Alexander; Kücherer, Claudia; Bannert, Norbert; Bremer, Viviane; Hamouda, Osamah; Marcus, Ulrich; Zimmermann, Ruth

Background: People who inject drugs (PWID) are at increased risk of acquiring and transmitting HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV) due to sharing injection paraphernalia and unprotected sex. To generate seroprevalence data on HIV ...
2021-07-29Zeitschriftenartikel

ICD-10-Code-basierte syndromische Surveillance akuter Atemwegserkrankungen mit COVID-19 im ambulanten Bereich

Goerlitz, Luise; Cai, Wei; Tolksdorf, Kristin; Prahm, Kerstin; Preuß, Ute; Wolff, Thorsten; Dürrwald, Ralf; Haas, Walter; Buda, Silke

In Deutschland erfolgt die syndromische Surveillance akuter respiratorischer Erkrankungen (ARE) im ambulanten Bereich durch die Arbeitsgemeinschaft Influenza des RKI. Seit 2006 existiert neben den klassischen Meldewegen ...
2009-10-18Zeitschriftenartikel

Protective measures and H5N1-seroprevalence among personnel tasked with bird collection during an outbreak of avian influenza A/H5N1 in wild birds, Ruegen, Germany, 2006

Cai, Wei; Buchholz, Udo; Buda, Silke; Haas, Walter; Schweiger, Brunhilde; Littmann, Martina; Heusler, Jörg

Background: In Germany, the first outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza A/H5N1 occurred among wild birds on the island of Ruegen between February and April 2006. The aim of this study was to investigate the ...
2023-06-14Zeitschriftenartikel

Respiratory infections in children and adolescents in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic

Buchholz, Udo; Lehfeld, Ann-Sophie; Tolksdorf, Kristin; Cai, Wei; Reiche, Janine; Biere, Barbara; Dürrwald, Ralf; Buda, Silke

Background: Before the COVID-19 pandemic, acute respiratory infections (ARIs) in children were mainly characterised by three pathogens: respiratory syncytial viruses (RSV), influenza viruses and rhinoviruses. The impact ...
2020-02-16Zeitschriftenartikel

Risk factors for hospitalized respiratory syncytial virus disease and its severe outcomes

Cai, Wei; Buda, Silke; Schuler, Ekkehard; Hirve, Siddhivinayak; Zhang, Wenqing; Haas, Walter

Introduction Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of hospital admission for acute lower respiratory tract infection in young children. Objectives We aimed to identify risk factors for hospitalized RSV ...
2022-07-07Zeitschriftenartikel

Using routine emergency department data for syndromic surveillance of acute respiratory illness, Germany, week 10 2017 until week 10 2021

Boender, T. Sonia; Cai, Wei; Schranz, Madlen; Kocher, Theresa; Wagner, Birte; Ulrich, Alexander; Buda, Silke; Zöllner, Rebecca; Greiner, Felix; Diercke, Michaela; Grabenhenrich, Linus

Background The COVID-19 pandemic expanded the need for timely information on acute respiratory illness at population level. Aim We explored the potential of routine emergency department data for syndromic surveillance ...