Background In the absence of detailed information about the population size and behaviour data of men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM), the estimation of prevalence rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and the design ...

Objectives The aim of this study was to investigate the association between detention experience and hepatitis C virus (HCV) status, the role of duration and frequency of detention, and whether risk behaviours practiced ...

Background Porcine circovirus 3 is a newly described circovirus circulating worldwide. PCV3 may play an etiologic role in different pig diseases. Two different genotypes of PCV3 were described, PCV3a and PCV3b. In order ...

The German Infection Protection Act requires notifying certain cases of infectious diseases to local health departments (LHD) in Germany. LHDs transmit notifications meeting case definitions to the national health authority, ...

Die Entwicklung von Medikamentenresistenz ist global derzeit eines der größten Hindernisse im Kampf gegen TB. Die Problematik resistenter TB ist auch in Deutschland präsent. Zwar sind die Resistenzraten in den letzten ...

Auf der internationalen Agenda steht Tuberkulose weit oben und war im Herbst 2018 erstmals Thema in der Generalversammlung der Vereinten Nationen. Dort wurde eine historische politische Deklaration verabschiedet mit dem ...

Eine zu hohe Natriumzufuhr wird seit vielen Jahren als potenzieller Risikofaktor für die Entwicklung von Bluthochdruck und folglich für die Entstehung von Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen diskutiert. In der Studie zur Gesundheit ...

Apicomplexan parasites are auxotrophic for a range of amino acids which must be salvaged from their host cells, either through direct uptake or degradation of host proteins. Here, we describe a family of plasma membrane-localized ...

Background The emergence of different viral infections during the last decades like dengue, West Nile, SARS, chikungunya, MERS-CoV, Ebola, Zika and Yellow Fever raised some questions on quickness and reliability of ...

Background Characteristics of different participation groups can provide important information to increase participation in group-based physical activity programmes (GPAPs). This study examined four types of participation ...