Browsing Artikel in Fachzeitschriften by Subject "Humans"
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2013-01-10ZeitschriftenartikelSimultaneous increase of Cryptosporidium infections in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Germany in late summer season, 2012 Starting August 2012, an increase in Cryptosporidium infections was reported in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Germany. It represented a 1.8 to 4.9-fold increase compared to previous years. Most samples were C. ...
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2012-03-09ZeitschriftenartikelSingle-Nucleotide Polymorphism Genotyping Identifies a Locally Endemic Clone of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus We developed, tested, and applied a TaqMan real-time PCR assay for interrogation of three single-nucleotide polymorphisms that differentiate a clade (termed ‘t003-X’) within the radiation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus ...
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2009-10-29ZeitschriftenartikelSociodemographic differences in return to work after stroke: the South London Stroke Register (SLSR) Background: Loss of employment contributes significantly to the burden of stroke on individuals and society. There is limited information on factors influencing return to work after stroke. Objectives: To investigate the ...
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2013-10-08ZeitschriftenartikelSome Personal Notes on Role Plays as an Excellent Teaching Tool Role plays are extremely valuable tools to address different aspects of teaching social responsibility, because they allow students to “live through” complex ethical decision making dilemmas. While role plays are getting ...
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2008-11-21ZeitschriftenartikelSorbitol-fermenting enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H− causes another outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome in children An outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) among children caused by infection with sorbitol-fermenting enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H- (SF EHEC O157:H-) occurred in Germany in 2002. This pathogen has ...
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2015-04-23ZeitschriftenartikelSpatial and Functional Heterogeneities Shape Collective Behavior of Tumor-Immune Networks Tumor growth involves a dynamic interplay between cancer cells and host cells, which collectively form a tumor microenvironmental network that either suppresses or promotes tumor growth under different conditions. The ...
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2006-11-01ZeitschriftenartikelSpatiotemporal Analysis of Invasive Meningococcal Disease, Germany Meningococci can cause clusters of disease. Specimens from 1,616 patients in Germany obtained over 42 months were typed by serogrouping and sequence typing of PorA and FetA and yielded a highly diverse dataset (Simpson's ...
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2015-08-04ZeitschriftenartikelSpecies-wide whole genome sequencing reveals historical global spread and recent local persistence in Shigella flexneri Shigella flexneri is the most common cause of bacterial dysentery in low-income countries. Despite this, S. flexneri remains largely unexplored from a genomic standpoint and is still described using a vocabulary based on ...
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2015-03-13ZeitschriftenartikelSpot the Difference - Development of a Syndrome Based Protein Microarray for Specific Serological Detection of Multiple Flavivirus Infections in Travelers Background: The family Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus, holds many of the world’s most prevalent arboviral diseases that are also considered the most important travel related arboviral infections. In most cases, flavivirus ...
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2010-04-29ZeitschriftenartikelSpotlight on measles 2010: An epidemiological overview of measles outbreaks in Poland in relation to the measles elimination goal. The objective of this study was to describe transmission chains of measles observed in Poland during 2008-2009. A decade ago, the incidence of measles in Poland declined and approached one case per million inhabitants one ...
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2010-12-16ZeitschriftenartikelSpotlight on measles 2010: Measles outbreak among travellers returning from a mass gathering, Germany, September to October 2010.
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2010-07-01ZeitschriftenartikelSpotlight on measles 2010: Measles outbreak in a mainly unvaccinated community in Essen, Germany, March – June 2010 On 15 March 2010, a case of measles was reported to the District Health Office in Essen. In total 71 cases occurred from 15 March to 19 May (four cases hospitalised), with the majority linked to a Waldorf school. Only one ...
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2010-04-01ZeitschriftenartikelSpotlight on measles 2010: Preliminary report of an ongoing measles outbreak in a subpopulation with low vaccination coverage in Berlin, Germany, January- March 2010 Since early January 2010, Berlin has been experiencing a measles outbreak with 62 cases as of 31 March. The index case acquired the infection in India. In recent years, measles incidence in Berlin has been lower than the ...
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2011-08-01ZeitschriftenartikelSpread of Measles Virus D4-Hamburg, Europe, 2008–2011 A new strain of measles virus, D4-Hamburg, was imported from London to Hamburg in December 2008 and subsequently spread to Bulgaria, where an outbreak of >24,300 cases was observed. We analyzed spread of the virus to ...
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2016-12-23ZeitschriftenartikelSpread of yellow fever virus outbreak in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2015–16: a modelling study Background: Since late 2015, an epidemic of yellow fever has caused more than 7334 suspected cases in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including 393 deaths. We sought to understand the spatial spread of ...
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2015-01-29ZeitschriftenartikelStart of the 2014/15 influenza season in Europe: drifted influenza A(H3N2) viruses circulate as dominant subtype The influenza season 2014/15 started in Europe in week 50 2014 with influenza A(H3N2) viruses predominating. The majority of the A(H3N2) viruses characterised antigenically and/or genetically differ from the northern ...
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2010-05-20ZeitschriftenartikelSteep rise in notified hantavirus infections in Germany, April 2010 From January to April 2010, 396 hantavirus infections were notified in Germany, a considerable increase compared with previous years (mean: 83 for January–April 2004–2009) including the record-setting year, 2007 (n=232 ...
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2009-06-18ZeitschriftenartikelStudies on membrane topology, N-glycosylation and functionality of SARS-CoV membrane protein The glycosylated membrane protein M of the severe acute respiratory syndrome associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) is the main structural component of the virion and mediates assembly and budding of viral particles. The membrane ...
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2013-03-07ZeitschriftenartikelSubpopulations of Staphylococcus aureus Clonal Complex 121 Are Associated with Distinct Clinical Entities We investigated the population structure of Staphylococcus aureus clonal complex CC121 by mutation discovery at 115 genetic housekeeping loci from each of 154 isolates, sampled on five continents between 1953 and 2009. In ...
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2007-06-01ZeitschriftenartikelSuccessful termination of a furunculosis outbreak due to lukS-lukF-positive, methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in a German village by stringent decolonization, 2002-2005 Background: Skin infections due to Staphylococcus aureus have recently become a public concern, mainly because of emerging resistance against widely used antibiotics and specific virulence determinants. Strains harboring ...