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2009-12-04ZeitschriftenartikelTransmission dynamics of pulmonary tuberculosis between autochthonous and immigrant sub-populations Background: The overall incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in Western Europe has been declining since the 19th Century. However, immigrant sub-groups from high-prevalence countries are slowing down this trend. The aim of this ...
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2009-12-21ZeitschriftenartikelIdentification of a novel betaherpesvirus in Mus musculus Rodent betaherpesviruses vary considerably in genomic content, and these variations can result in a distinct pathogenicity. Therefore, the identification of unknown betaherpesviruses in house mice (Mus musculus), the ...
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2009-10-05ZeitschriftenartikelIntake of selected nutrients from foods, from fortification and from supplements in various European countries Background: Recent European Union regulation requires setting of maximum amount of micronutrients in dietary supplements or foods taking into account the tolerable upper intake levels (ULs) established by scientific risk ...
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2006-12-01ZeitschriftenartikelLaboratory Exposure to Influenza A H2N2, Germany, 2004–2005
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2006-07-01ZeitschriftenartikelDetection of Infectious Poxvirus Particles. To enable rapid and reliable detection of poxviruses in clinical and environmental specimens, a diagnostic approach was developed to detect
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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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2006-11-01ZeitschriftenartikelSpatiotemporal Analysis of Invasive Meningococcal Disease, Germany Meningococci can cause clusters of disease. Specimens from 1,616 patients in Germany obtained over 42 months were typed by serogrouping and sequence typing of PorA and FetA and yielded a highly diverse dataset (Simpson's ...
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2007-02-01ZeitschriftenartikelMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 in humans and animals, Central Europe. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus of clonal lineage ST398 that exhibits related spa types and contains SCCmec elements of types IVa or V has been isolated from colonized and infected humans and companion animals ...
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2007-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelPanmicrobial Oligonucleotide Array for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases To facilitate rapid, unbiased, differential diagnosis of infectious diseases, we designed GreeneChipPm, a panmicrobial microarray comprising 29,455 sixty-mer oligonucleotide probes for vertebrate viruses, bacteria, fungi, ...
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2007-09-01ZeitschriftenartikelCoronavirus Antibodies in African Bat Species Asian bats have been identified as potential reservoir hosts of coronaviruses associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV). We detected antibody reactive with SARS-CoV antigen in 47 (6.7%) of 705 bat serum ...
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2007-10-01ZeitschriftenartikelSurvNet Electronic Surveillance System for Infectious Disease Outbreaks, Germany. In 2001, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) implemented a new electronic surveillance system (SurvNet) for infectious disease outbreaks in Germany. SurvNet has captured 30,578 outbreak reports in 2001-2005. The size of the ...
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2007-05-01ZeitschriftenartikelLeptospirosis in urban wild boars, Berlin, Germany. We found antibodies to leptospires in 25 (18%) of 141 wild boars from Berlin (95% confidence interval 12-25). Seropositivity was associated with chronic interstitial nephritis (odds ratio 10.5; p=0.01), and leptospires ...
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2007-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelMajor outbreak of hepatitis A associated with orange juice among tourists, Egypt, 2004. In 2004, a major outbreak of hepatitis A among tourists returning from Egypt involved 351 case-patients from 9 European countries who were infected with a single strain (genotype 1 b). The case-control study identified ...
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2007-08-01ZeitschriftenartikelNephropathia epidemica in metropolitan area, Germany.
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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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2007-09-01ZeitschriftenartikelRisk factors for hantavirus infection in Germany, 2005. In 2005, a marked increase in hantavirus infections was observed in Germany. Large cities and areas where hantaviruses were not known to be endemic were affected. A case-control study identified the following independent ...
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2008-11-01ZeitschriftenartikelShiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli Serogroups in Food and Patients, Germany. We compared 61 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) serogroups from 448 food isolates with 71 STEC serogroups from 1,447 isolates from patients in Germany. Two thirds (41/61), representing 72% of food isolates, ...
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2008-02-01ZeitschriftenartikelEmergence of new norovirus variants on spring cruise ships and prediction of winter epidemics. In June 2006, reported outbreaks of norovirus on cruise ships suddenly increased; 43 outbreaks occurred on 13 vessels. All outbreaks investigated manifested person-to-person transmission. Detection of a point source was ...
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2008-10-01ZeitschriftenartikelAutomatic outbreak detection algorithm versus electronic reporting system. To determine efficacy of automatic outbreak detection algorithms (AODAs), we analyzed 3,582 AODA signals and 4,427 reports of outbreaks caused by Campylobacter spp. or norovirus during 2005-2006 in Germany. Local health ...
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2008-08-01ZeitschriftenartikelAnalysis of collection of hemolytic uremic syndrome-associated enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. Multilocus sequence typing of 169 non-O157 enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) isolated from patients with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) demonstrated 29 different sequence types (STs); 78.1% of these strains clustered ...