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2014-12-19ZeitschriftenartikelDiscrete and overlapping functions of peptidoglycan synthases in growth, cell division and virulence of Listeria monocytogenes Upon ingestion of contaminated food, Listeria monocytogenes can cause serious infections in humans that are normally treated with β-lactam antibiotics. These target Listeria's five high molecular weight penicillin-binding ...
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2018-04-10ZeitschriftenartikelDisease detection, epidemiology and outbreak response: the digital future of public health practice Inequalities persist when it comes to the attention, resource allocation and political prioritization, and provision of appropriate, adequate, and timely health interventions to populations in need. Set against a complex ...
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2016-01-04ZeitschriftenartikelDisease Transmission by Misfolded Prion-Protein Isoforms, Prion-Like Amyloids, Functional Amyloids and the Central Dogma In 1982, the term “prions” (proteinaceous infectious particles) was coined to specify a new principle of infection. A misfolded isoform of a cellular protein has been described as the causative agent of a fatal neurodegenerative ...
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2011-12-28ZeitschriftenartikelDiseases and causes of death in European bats: dynamics in disease susceptibility and infection rates. Background: Bats receive increasing attention in infectious disease studies, because of their well recognized status as reservoir species for various infectious agents. This is even more important, as bats with their ...
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2019-07-25ZeitschriftenartikelDisseminated Emergomycosis in a Person with HIV Infection, Uganda We describe emergomycosis in a patient in Uganda with HIV infection. We tested a formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded skin biopsy to identify Emergomyces pasteurianus or a closely related pathogen by sequencing broad-range ...
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2018-01-31ZeitschriftenartikelDisseminating Metaproteomic Informatics Capabilities and Knowledge Using the Galaxy-P Framework The impact of microbial communities, also known as the microbiome, on human health and the environment is receiving increased attention. Studying translated gene products (proteins) and comparing metaproteomic profiles may ...
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2013-07-16ZeitschriftenartikelDistal and Proximal Factors of Health Behaviors and Their Associations with Health in Children and Adolescents Objective: The aim of the present paper was to analyze factors affecting distal and proximal health behavior within a biopsychosocial model for examining their interactions and associations with respect to health. Methods: ...
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2014-05-09ZeitschriftenartikelDistinguishing West Nile virus infection using a recombinant envelope protein with mutations in the conserved fusion-loop Background: West Nile Virus (WNV) is an emerging mosquito-transmitted flavivirus that continues to spread and cause disease throughout several parts of the world, including Europe and the Americas. Specific diagnosis ...
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2009-04-22ZeitschriftenartikelDistribution and expression of porcine endogenous retroviruses in multi-transgenic pigs generated for xenotransplantation Background: Multi-transgenic pigs produced for use in xenotransplantation have to be screened for the presence and expression of porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERV) to select animals with low PERV load. The production ...
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2018-02-06ZeitschriftenartikelDistribution of Porcine Cytomegalovirus in Infected Donor Pigs and in Baboon Recipients of Pig Heart Transplantation The porcine cytomegalovirus (PCMV) is a herpesvirus that may pose a risk for xenotransplantation using pig cells, tissues, or organs. Here, three orthotopic pig heart transplantations into baboons were studied. To detect ...
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2017-11-24ZeitschriftenartikelDisulfide loop cleavage of Legionella pneumophila PlaA boosts lysophospholipase A activity L. pneumophila, an important facultative intracellular bacterium, infects the human lung and environmental protozoa. At least fifteen phospholipases A (PLA) are encoded in its genome. Three of which, namely PlaA, PlaC, and ...
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2012-05-01ZeitschriftenartikelDiversity of parvovirus 4-like viruses in humans, chimpanzees, and monkeys in hunter-prey relationships. During 2010–2011, we investigated interspecies transmission of partetraviruses between predators (humans and chimpanzees) and their prey (colobus monkeys) in Côte d’Ivoire. Despite widespread infection in all species ...
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2011-08-27ZeitschriftenartikelDiversity of Salmonella enterica serovar Derby isolated from pig, pork and humans in Germany Salmonella enterica serovar Derby (S. Derby) is one of the most prevalent serovars in pigs in Europe and in the U.S. and ranks among the 10 most frequently isolated serovars in humans. Therefore, a set of 82 epidemiologically ...
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2013-07-12ZeitschriftenartikelDNA Uptake by the Nosocomial Pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii Occurs during Movement along Wet Surfaces The emergence of Acinetobacter baumannii as an increasingly multidrug-resistant nosocomial pathogen largely relies on acquisition of resistance genes via horizontal gene transfer. Here, we demonstrate that many clinical ...
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2018-07-10ZeitschriftenartikelDo 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 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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2016-09-01ZeitschriftenartikelDoes antibiotic resistance impair plasma susceptibility of multi-drug resistant clinical isolates of enterococci in vitro? Background: Cold atmospheric plasma could constitute an alternative against multi-drug resistant pathogens. Susceptibility of enterococci to cold atmospheric plasma was investigated in vitro. Methods: 39 clinical ...
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2015-03-26ZeitschriftenartikelDoes Breastfeeding Help to Reduce the Risk of Childhood Overweight and Obesity? A Propensity Score Analysis of Data from the KiGGS Study Background: Current studies suggest that the beneficial effect of breastfeeding on overweight and obesity may have been largely overestimated. We examined the relationship between >4 months of full breastfeeding and ...
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2015-11-01ZeitschriftenartikelDoes rapid HIV disease progression prior to combination antiretroviral therapy hinder optimal CD4+ T-cell recovery once HIV-1 suppression is achieved? Objective: This article compares trends in CD4+ T-cell recovery and proportions achieving optimal restoration (≥500 cells/μl) after viral suppression following combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) initiation between ...
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2013-06-29ZeitschriftenartikelDormancy Associated Translation Inhibitor (DATIN/Rv0079) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis interacts with TLR2 and induces proinflammatory cytokine expression Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the cause of tuberculosis in humans, is present approximately in one third of the world’s population, mostly in a dormant state. The proteins encoded by the dormancy survival regulon (DosR ...
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2015-06-19ZeitschriftenartikelDormant Bacillus spores protect their DNA in crystalline nucleoids against environmental stress Bacterial spores of the genera Bacillus and Clostridium are extremely resistant against desiccation, heat and radiation and involved in the spread and pathogenicity of health relevant species such as Bacillus anthracis ...