Browsing Artikel in Fachzeitschriften by Subject "Humans"
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2014-04-10ZeitschriftenartikelPatterns of Transmitted HIV Drug Resistance in Europe Vary by Risk Group Background: In Europe, a continuous programme (SPREAD) has been in place for ten years to study transmission of drug resistant HIV. We analysed time trends of transmitted drug resistance mutations (TDRM) in relation to ...
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2010-04-30ZeitschriftenartikelPentaplexed quantitative real-time PCR assay for the simultaneous detection and quantification of botulinum neurotoxin-producing clostridia in food and clinical samples Botulinum neurotoxins are produced by the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium botulinum and are divided into seven distinct serotypes (A to G) known to cause botulism in animals and humans. In this study, a multiplexed ...
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2010-05-27ZeitschriftenartikelPerceived adverse drug reactions among non-institutionalized children and adolescents in Germany Aims: Little has been reported on the risks of drug use in the general child population. This study investigated perceived adverse drug reactions (ADRs) among non-institutionalized children in Germany. Methods: All ...
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2012-08-15ZeitschriftenartikelPerformance of three chromogenic VRE screening agars, two Etest® vancomycin protocols, and different microdilution methods in detecting vanB genotype Enterococcus faecium with varying vancomycin MICs Frequencies of vanB-type Enterococcus faecium increased in Europe during the last years. VanB enterococci show various levels of vancomycin MICs even below the susceptible breakpoint challenging a reliable diagnostics. The ...
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2011-03-11ZeitschriftenartikelPerformance of Various Commercial Assays for the Detection of Toscana Virus Antibodies Introduction: Sandfly fever virus (SFV) serotypes sandfly fever Naples virus, sandfly fever Sicilian virus, and sandfly fever Cyprus virus cause febrile diseases, whereas Toscana virus (TOSV) is responsible for aseptic ...
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2007-05-20ZeitschriftenartikelPerinatale Einflussfaktoren auf die spätere Gesundheit Ergebnisse des Kinder- und Jugendgesundheitssurveys (KiGGS)Die Erhebungen des Kinder- und Jugendgesundheitssurvey (KiGGS) zwischen Mai 2003 und Mai 2006 erfassten insgesamt 17.641 Kinder und Jugendliche in 167 für die Bundesrepublik repräsentativen Städten und Gemeinden. Mit den ...
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2015-08-07ZeitschriftenartikelPhenotypic and Genotypic Characteristics of Members of the Genus Streptobacillus The genus Streptobacillus (S.) remained monotypic for almost 90 years until two new species were recently described. The type species, S. moniliformis, is one of the two etiological agents of rat bite fever, an under-diagnosed, ...
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2014-02-04ZeitschriftenartikelPhylogenetic Analysis of Staphylococcus aureus CC398 Reveals a Sub-Lineage Epidemiologically Associated with Infections in Horses In the early 2000s, a particular MRSA clonal complex (CC398) was found mainly in pigs and pig farmers in Europe. Since then, CC398 has been detected among a wide variety of animal species worldwide. We investigated the ...
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2008-12-15ZeitschriftenartikelPhylogenetic and case-control study on hepatitis E virus infection in Germany Background: Hepatitis E is a classic water-borne disease in developing countries. In Germany, hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections are notifiable. The number of non–travel-associated infections has increased in recent years, ...
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2010-09-14ZeitschriftenartikelPhylogenetic history demonstrates two different lineages of dengue type 1 virus in Colombia Background: Dengue Fever is one of the most important viral re-emergent diseases affecting about 50 million people around the world especially in tropical and sub-tropical countries. In Colombia, the virus was first ...
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2009-09-01ZeitschriftenartikelPhylogeny and Disease Association of Shiga toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O91 The diversity and relatedness of 100 Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli O91 isolates from different patients were examined by multilocus sequence typing. We identified 10 specific sequence types (ST) and 4 distinct ...
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2007-07-18ZeitschriftenartikelPopulation and antenatal-based HIV prevalence estimates in a high contracepting female population in rural South Africa Background: To present and compare population-based and antenatal-care (ANC) sentinel surveillance HIV prevalence estimates among women in a rural South African population where both provision of ANC services and family ...
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2013-06-21ZeitschriftenartikelPopulation structure of Salmonella enterica serovar 4,[5],12:b:- strains and likely sources of human infection Salmonella enterica serovar 4,[5],12:b:- is a monophasic serovar not able to express the second-phase flagellar antigen (H2 antigen). In Germany, the serovar is occasionally isolated from poultry, reptiles, fish, food, and ...
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2010-05-14ZeitschriftenartikelPork contaminated with Salmonella enterica serovar 4,[5],12:i:-, an emerging health risk for humans. Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar 4,[5],12:i:- is a monophasic variant of S. enterica serovar Typhimurium (antigenic formula 4,[5],12:i:1,2). Worldwide, especially in several European countries and the United ...
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2011-09-07ZeitschriftenartikelPost-Pandemic Seroprevalence of Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Infection (Swine Flu) among Children Background: We determined antibodies to the pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 virus in children to assess: the incidence of (H1N1) 2009 infections in the 2009/2010 season in Germany, the proportion of subclinical infections ...
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2009-02-02ZeitschriftenartikelPotential determinants of obesity among children and adolescents in Germany: results from the cross-sectional KiGGS study Background: Obesity among children and adolescents is a growing public health problem. The aim of the present paper is to identify potential determinants of obesity and risk groups among 3- to 17-year old children and ...
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2010-09-09ZeitschriftenartikelPractical usage of computer-supported outbreak detection in five European countries This paper discusses computer-supported outbreak detection using routine surveillance data, as implemented at six institutes for infectious disease control in five European countries. We give an overview of the systems ...
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2007-05-20ZeitschriftenartikelPrävalenz von somatischen Erkrankungen bei Kindern und Jugendlichen in Deutschland Ergebnisse des Kinder- und Jugendgesundheitssurveys (KiGGS)Im Kinder- und Jugendgesundheitssurvey (KiGGS) wurden von 2003–2006 an einer bevölkerungsbezogenen Stichprobe von 17.641 0- bis 17-Jährigen Daten zu akuten/ansteckenden und chronischen Erkrankungen erhoben. Die Jahresprävalenzen ...
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2015-05-08ZeitschriftenartikelPre-Use Susceptibility to Ceftaroline in Clinical Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Germany: Is There a Non-Susceptible Pool to be Selected? Ceftaroline is a new cephalosporin active against Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Based on a representative collection of clinical S. aureus isolates from Germany, supplemented with isolates of clonal ...
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2013-02-25ZeitschriftenartikelPredominance of HA-222D/G Polymorphism in Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 Viruses Associated with Fatal and Severe Outcomes Recently Circulating in Germany Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses cause sporadically very severe disease including fatal clinical outcomes associated with pneumonia, viremia and myocarditis. A mutation characterized by the substitution of aspartic acid ...