Browsing Artikel in Fachzeitschriften by Subject "Humans"
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2011-09-09ZeitschriftenartikelCalculation of Direct Antiretroviral Treatment Costs and Potential Cost Savings by Using Generics in the German HIV ClinSurv Cohort. Background/Aim of the Study: The study aimed to determine the cost impacts of antiretroviral drugs by analysing a longterm follow-up of direct costs for combined antiretroviral therapy, cART,-regimens in the nationwide ...
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2014-08-20ZeitschriftenartikelCalibration of blood pressure data after replacement of the standard mercury sphygmomanometer by an oscillometric device and concurrent change of cuffs Oscillometric blood pressure (BP) measurement devices are increasingly replacing standard mercury sphygmomanometers and generalizability of validation studies to other environments, for example, national survey environments, ...
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2006-08-29ZeitschriftenartikelCapture–recapture analysis to estimate the incidence of invasive meningococcal disease in Germany, 2003 The incidence of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in Germany in 2003 was estimated by the two-source capture–recapture method. As a unique personal identifier was unavailable, cases with IMD tested at the National ...
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2010-11-18ZeitschriftenartikelCarbapenem-non-susceptible Enterobacteriaceae in Europe: conclusions from a meeting of national experts The emergence and global spread of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae is of great concern to health services worldwide. These bacteria are often resistant to all beta-lactam antibiotics and frequently co-resistant ...
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2015-11-12ZeitschriftenartikelCarbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Europe: assessment by national experts from 38 countries, May 2015 In 2012, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) launched the ‘European survey of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (EuSCAPE)’ project to gain insights into the occurrence and epidemiology ...
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2012-11-21ZeitschriftenartikelCarrier prevalence, secondary household transmission and long-term shedding in two districts during the Escherichia coli O104:H4 outbreak in Germany, 2011 Background: From May-July 2011, Germany experienced a large Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O104:H4 outbreak. Our objective was to identify the prevalence of STEC O104:H4 carriers in households in highly affected ...
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2011-01-27ZeitschriftenartikelCases of community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an asylum seekers centre in Germany, November 2010 In an asylum seeker centre in Schleswig-Holstein, a resident was diagnosed with furuncle caused by a Panton-Valentine leukocidine (PVL)-positive community- acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA). ...
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2008-07-23ZeitschriftenartikelCCR5Delta32 genotypes in a German HIV-1 seroconverter cohort and report of HIV-1 infection in a CCR5Delta32 homozygous individual Background: Homozygosity (Δ32/Δ32) for the 32 bp deletion in the chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) gene is associated with strong resistance against HIV infection. Heterozygosity is associated with protection of HIV-1 disease ...
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2013-03-21ZeitschriftenartikelChallenges in diagnosing extrapulmonary tuberculosis in the European Union, 2011 In the European Union (EU) 72,334 tuberculosis (TB) cases were notified in 2011, of which 16,116 (22%) had extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB). The percentage of TB cases with EPTB ranged from 4% to 48% in the reporting ...
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2009-02-23ZeitschriftenartikelChanges in food and nutrient intake of 6- to 17-year-old Germans between the 1980s and 2006 Objective: To compare the food consumption and nutrient intakes of German children and adolescents in the 1980s with present dietary habitsDesign: Two cross-sectional representative surveys, the German National Food ...
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2010-04-22ZeitschriftenartikelChanges to the varicella and pertussis immunisation schedule in Germany 2009: Background, rationale and implementation In July 2009, the German Standing Committee on Vaccination (STIKO) modified its recommendations for varicella and pertussis vaccination, based on newly available data on disease epidemiology, vaccine effectiveness (VE) ...
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2007-12-01ZeitschriftenartikelChanging epidemiology of human brucellosis, Germany, 1962-2005. Trends in the epidemiology of human brucellosis in Germany were investigated by analyzing national surveillance data (1962-2005) complemented by a questionnaire-based survey (1995-2000). After a steady decrease in brucellosis ...
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2010-04-01ZeitschriftenartikelCharacterisation of a human cell-adapted porcine endogenous retrovirus PERV-A/C. Background: Porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERVs) pose a potential risk for xenotransplantation using pig cells, tissues or organs. A special threat comes from viruses generated by recombination between human-tropic ...
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2009-02-09ZeitschriftenartikelCharacterisation of porin genes from Mycobacterium fortuitum and their impact on growth Background: Highly pathogenic mycobacteria like Mycobacterium tuberculosis are characterised by their slow growth and their ability to reside and multiply in the very hostile phagosomal environment and a correlation ...
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2011-06-22ZeitschriftenartikelCharacterisation of the Escherichia coli strain associated with an outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome in Germany, 2011: a microbiological study Background: In an ongoing outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome and bloody diarrhoea caused by a virulent Escherichia coli strain O104:H4 in Germany (with some cases elsewhere in Europe and North America), 810 cases ...
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2015-03-05ZeitschriftenartikelCharacteristics and practices of National Immunisation Technical Advisory Groups in Europe and potential for collaboration, April 2014 In many countries, national vaccination recommendations are developed by independent expert committees, so-called national immunisation technical advisory groups (NITAG). Since the evaluation of vaccines is complex and ...
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2010-02-28ZeitschriftenartikelCharacteristics and risk factors for symptomatic Giardia lamblia infections in Germany Background: In developed countries, giardiasis is considered a travel related disease. However, routine surveillance data from Germany indicate that >50% of infections were acquired indigenously. We studied the epidemiological ...
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2009-06-15ZeitschriftenartikelCharacterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates from hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province, Republic of South Africa Epidemiological data based on phenotypic and molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in sub-Saharan Africa are limited. This investigation studied 61 MRSA isolates obtained from 13 ...
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2006-07-01ZeitschriftenartikelChemoprophylaxis and Malaria Death Rates To determine the effect of chemoprophylaxis on the case-fatality rate of malaria, we analyzed all cases of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in nonimmune persons reported from 1993 to 2004 in Germany. In univariate and ...
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2011-01-04ZeitschriftenartikelChromosomal instability in enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7: impact on adherence, tellurite resistance and colony phenotype. Tellurite (Tel) resistant enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 is a global pathogen. In strain EDL933 Tel resistance (Tel(R) ) is encoded by duplicate ter cluster in O islands (OI) 43 and 48, which also harbour ...