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2015-01-13Zeitschriftenartikel

Risk factors for HIV and STI diagnosis in a community-based HIV/STI testing and counselling site for men having sex with men (MSM) in a large German city in 2011–2012

Marcus, Ulrich; Ort, Jasmin; Grenz, Marc; Eckstein, Kai; Wirtz, Karin; Wille, Andreas

Background: In recent years community-based voluntary counselling and testing sites (CB-VCT) for men having sex with men (MSM) have been established in larger cities in Germany to offer more opportunities for HIV testing. ...

2014-07-17Zeitschriftenartikel

Characterization of semiconductor materials using synchrotron radiation-based near-field infrared microscopy and nano-FTIR spectroscopy

Hermann, Peter; Hoehl, Arne; Ulrich, Georg; Fleischmann, Claudia; Hermelink, Antje; Kästner, Bernd; Patoka, Piotr; Hornemann, Andrea; Beckhoff, Burkhard; Rühl, Eckart; Ulm, Gerhard

We describe the application of scattering-type near-field optical microscopy to characterize various semiconducting materials using the electron storage ring Metrology Light Source (MLS) as a broadband synchrotron radiation ...

2014-10-01Zeitschriftenartikel

Survey of pediatricians in Germany reveals important challenges for possible implementation of meningococcal B vaccination

Takla, Anja; Wichmann, Ole; Koch, Judith; Terhardt, Martin; Hellenbrand, Wiebke

Incidence of invasive meningococcal disease is low in Germany at 0.5 cases/100,000 inhabitants. Serogroup B (MenB) is most common, causing 70% of cases, with highest incidence in infants (5.9/100,000). In 2013, a MenB ...

2014-07-09Zeitschriftenartikel

Beta-Lactam Antibiotics Stimulate Biofilm Formation in Non-Typeable Haemophilus influenzae by Up-Regulating Carbohydrate Metabolism

Wu, Siva; Li, Xiaojin; Gunawardana, Manjula; Maguire, Kathleen; Guerrero-Given, Debbie; Schaudinn, Christoph; Wang, Charles; Baum, Marc M.; Webster, Paul

Non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) is a common acute otitis media pathogen, with an incidence that is increased by previous antibiotic treatment. NTHi is also an emerging causative agent of other chronic infections ...

2014-07-08Zeitschriftenartikel

Trends and Predictors of Transmitted Drug Resistance (TDR) and Clusters with TDR in a Local Belgian HIV-1 Epidemic

Pineda-Peña, Andrea-Clemencia; Schrooten, Yoeri; Vinken, Lore; Ferreira, Fossie; Li, Guangdi; Trovão, Nídia Sequeira; Khouri, Ricardo; Derdelinckx, Inge; Munter, Paul De; Kücherer, Claudia; Kostrikis, Leondios G.; Nielsen, Claus; Littsola, Kirsi; Wensing, Annemarie; Stanojevic, Maja; Paredes, Roger; Balotta, Claudia; Albert, Jan; Boucher, Charles; Gomez-Lopez, Arley; Wijngaerden, Eric van; Ranst, Marc van; Vercauteren, Jurgen; Vandamme, Anne-Mieke; Laethem, Kristel van

We aimed to study epidemic trends and predictors for transmitted drug resistance (TDR) in our region, its clinical impact and its association with transmission clusters. We included 778 patients from the AIDS Reference ...

2014-07-21Zeitschriftenartikel

Increase in transmitted resistance to non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors among newly diagnosed HIV-1 infections in Europe

Frentz, Dineke; Vijver, David A. M. C. van de; Abecasis, Ana B.; Albert, Jan; Hamouda, Osamah; Jørgensen, Louise B.; Kücherer, Claudia; Struck, Daniel; Schmit, Jean-Claude; Vercauteren, Jurgen; Åsjö, Birgitta; Balotta, Claudia; Beshkov, Danail; Camacho, Ricardo J.; Clotet, Bonaventura; Coughlan, Suzie; Griskevicius, Algirdas; Grossman, Zehava; Horban, Andrzej; Kolupajeva, Tatjana; Korn, Klaus; Kostrikis, Leondios G.; Liitsola, Kirsi; Linka, Marek; Nielsen, Claus

Background: One out of ten newly diagnosed patients in Europe was infected with a virus carrying a drug resistant mutation. We analysed the patterns over time for transmitted drug resistance mutations (TDRM) using data ...

2013-07-18Zeitschriftenartikel

Zukünftiger Qualifikationsbedarf in der Pflege

Schüler, G.; Klaes, Lothar; Rommel, Alexander; Schröder, H.; Köhler, T.

Demografischer Wandel, medizinischer Fortschritt und Versorgungsinnovationen verändern auch in der Pflege die beruflichen Qualifikationserfordernisse. Deren künftige Trends frühzeitig zu ermitteln war Ziel einer Delphi-Studie ...

2014-07-30Zeitschriftenartikel

Is there a risk of prion-like disease transmission by Alzheimer- or Parkinson-associated protein particles?

Beekes, Michael; Thomzig, Achim; Schulz-Schaeffer, Walter J.; Burger, Reinhard

The misfolding and aggregation of endogenous proteins in the central nervous system is a neuropathological hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Parkinson’s disease (PD), as well as prion diseases. A molecular mechanism ...

2013-07-02Zeitschriftenartikel

Pertussis-Impfquoten bei Erwachsenen in Deutschland

Böhmer, Merle; Hellenbrand, Wiebke; Matysiak-Klose, Dorothea; Heininger, Ulrich; Müters, Stephan; Wichmann, Ole

Hintergrund: Während in Deutschland seit 2001 eine Pertussis-Impfempfehlung für Risikogruppen besteht, wird erst seit 2009 von der Ständigen Impfkommission allen Erwachsenen die einmalige Pertussis-Impfung bei der nächsten ...

2014-08-13Zeitschriftenartikel

European Bats as Carriers of Viruses with Zoonotic Potential

Kohl, Claudia; Kurth, Andreas

Bats are being increasingly recognized as reservoir hosts of highly pathogenic and zoonotic emerging viruses (Marburg virus, Nipah virus, Hendra virus, Rabies virus, and coronaviruses). While numerous studies have focused ...

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