Im Rahmen eines Vergleiches telefonischer und postalischer Befragungsmethoden wurde der SF-8 als Instrument zur Messung der gesundheitsbezogenen Lebensqualität bei Erwachsenen eingesetzt. Die aus 1690 Personen im Alter ...

Objective: Although the products of the HLA subtypes B*2705 and B*2709 differ only in residue 116 (Asp versus His) within their peptide-binding grooves, they are differentially associated with inflammatory rheumatic ...

Hintergrund: Es ist dokumentiert, dass Arbeitslose im Vergleich zu Erwerbstätigen häufiger von Gesundheitsproblemen betroffen sind, und soziale Unterstützung die Bewältigung von Arbeitslosigkeitserfahrungen erleichtert. ...

The aim of the present study was to characterise anti-vaccinia virus activities of anionic exopolysaccharides TK V3 isolated from cyanobacterium Arthrospira platensis and an exopolysaccharide isolated from the rhodophyt ...

Seit der Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands vor 20 Jahren wurden enorme gesellschaftliche Anstrengungen unternommen, um die Lebensverhältnisse in den neuen Bundesländern an die in den alten anzugleichen. In vielen Bereichen ...

A total of 233 serum samples were collected from patients presenting to King Abdulaziz University Hospital with suspected cases of Dengue Fever (DF) from 2006 to 2008. Dengue virus was successfully isolated from 70 samples ...

Background: To understand immunological responses in chimpanzees vaccinated with live-attenuated vaccine (oral polio vaccine; OPV), serum neutralizing antibodies against poliovirus types 1, 2, and 3 were investigated over ...

Background: Acinetobacter baumannii can cause severe infections, mainly in critically ill inpatients. Treatment is complicated by multidrug-resistance (MDR). In Germany, to date, little is known on the extent of MDR in A. ...

The death-scene investigation is an important and increasingly recognized step in the process of diagnosing Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). According to current definitions, information from death-scene investigations ...

On April 21, 2009, for the first time the isolation of a new variant of the influenza virus A(H1N1) taken from two patients in California was reported (CDC 2009). The newly isolated virus was a reassortant from four ...