Artikel in Fachzeitschriften: Recent submissions
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2024-03-15ZeitschriftenartikelPrevalence of vaccine-derived hepatitis B surface antibodies in children and adolescents in Germany: results from a population-based survey, 2014–2017 Introduction: Childhood vaccination against hepatitis B has been recommended in Germany since 1995. WHO defines a primary vaccination series as successful if the initial hepatitis B surface antibody (anti-HBs) level ...
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2024-12-20ZeitschriftenartikelProgress and challenges in the elimination of hepatitis C among people who inject drugs in Germany: results of a pilot study for a national monitoring system, 10 years after the first data collection Background: People who inject drugs (PWID) are at high risk of blood-borne infections, and injection drug use contributes significantly to hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission. The WHO has therefore set targets of ...
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2024-09-18ZeitschriftenartikelEvaluating national infection prevention and control minimum requirements: evidence from global cross-sectional surveys, 2017–22 Background: WHO infection prevention and control (IPC) minimum requirements provide standards to reduce the risk of infection during health-care delivery. We aimed to investigate the global implementation of these ...
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2024-10-09ZeitschriftenartikelPost-viral symptoms and conditions are more frequent in COVID-19 than influenza, but not more persistent Background: Post-viral symptoms have long been known in the medical community but have received more public attention during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many post-viral symptoms were reported as particularly frequent after ...
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2024-04-04ZeitschriftenartikelThe development of working life expectancy without musculoskeletal diseases against the backdrop of extended working lives Musculoskeletal diseases (MSDs) are a major predictor of early retirement. Against the backdrop of the extension of working life, we investigated time trends and educational inequalities in years spent in the labour market ...
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2023-12-13ZeitschriftenartikelPrevalence of chronic HCV infection in EU/EEA countries in 2019 using multiparameter evidence synthesis Background: Epidemiological data are crucial to monitoring progress towards the 2030 Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) elimination targets. Our aim was to estimate the prevalence of chronic HCV infection (cHCV) in the European Union ...
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2024-10-18ZeitschriftenartikelGeneral hospital patients’ attitude towards systematic health risk behavior screening and intervention Background: Systematic counseling on behavioral health risk factors (HRFs) may be suitable to promote health among general hospital patients. This study aimed to investigate the openness of patients towards systematic ...
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2024-12-30ZeitschriftenartikelDiagnosis of Synchytrium endobioticum: the importance of sample pretreatment to determine the infectivity of resting spores in bioassays Potato wart disease, caused by the soil-borne, obligate biotrophic fungus Synchytrium endobioticum, is one of the most important diseases of cultivated potatoes. The fungus does not produce hyphae, but produces very ...
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2024-07-01ZeitschriftenartikelEuropean Health Information Portal: a one-stop shop for health information Background: Timely and high-quality population-level health information is needed to support evidence-informed decision-making, for planning and evaluation of prevention, care and cure activities as well as for research ...
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2024-12-26ZeitschriftenartikelTracking of serum lipids from prepuberty to young adulthood: results from the KiGGS cohort study Background: Universal lipid screening in childhood for early detection and treatment of familial hypercholesterolemia is under discussion, but will also detect children with multifactorial dyslipidemia. Results from ...
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2024-11-11ZeitschriftenartikelEpidemiological data of an influenza A/H5N1 outbreak in elephant seals in Argentina indicates mammal-to-mammal transmission H5N1 high pathogenicity avian influenza virus has killed thousands of marine mammals in South America since 2022. Here we report epidemiological data and full genome characterization of clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 HPAI viruses ...
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2024-09-11ZeitschriftenartikelBuilding a High-Level Isolation Unit in Rwanda and Establishing a Training Program for the Medical Management of Patients With High-Consequence Infectious Diseases Rwanda is a country in East Africa, a region characterized by highly mobile populations and outbreaks of high-consequence infectious diseases occurring on a regular basis. To increase the level of outbreak preparedness in ...
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2024-02-20ZeitschriftenartikelNanopore adaptive sampling effectively enriches bacterial plasmids Bacterial plasmids play a major role in the spread of antibiotic resistance genes. However, their characterization via DNA sequencing suffers from the low abundance of plasmid DNA in those samples. Although sample preparation ...
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2024-12-20ZeitschriftenartikelPhenotypic and Genomic Characterization of ESBL- and AmpC-β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacterales Isolates from Imported Healthy Reptiles Background/Objectives: Reptiles are known reservoirs for members of the Enterobacterales. We investigated antimicrobial resistance (AMR) patterns, the diversity of extended-spectrum-/AmpC-β-lactamases (ESBL/AmpC) genes and ...
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2024-09-06ZeitschriftenartikelSusceptibility and infectiousness of SARS-CoV-2 in children versus adults, by variant (wild-type, alpha, delta): A systematic review and meta-analysis of household contact studies Importance: Understanding the susceptibility and infectiousness of children and adolescents in comparison to adults is important to appreciate their role in the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective: To determine SARS-CoV-2 ...
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2024-06-24ZeitschriftenartikelPrevalence of HIV in people with potential HIV-indicator conditions in Germany: an analysis of data from statutory health insurances Background: In care of people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), early diagnosis of infection is one of the greatest challenges remaining. A promising approach to increase early diagnosis could be optimized ...
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2024-04-08ZeitschriftenartikelThe role of the (in)accessibility of social media data for infodemic management: a public health perspective on the situation in the European Union in March 2024 Public health institutions rely on the access to social media data to better understand the dynamics and impact of infodemics – an overabundance of information during a disease outbreak, potentially including mis-and ...
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2024-06-07ZeitschriftenartikelCapacity-building during public health emergencies: perceived usefulness and cost savings of an online training on SARS-CoV-2 real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) diagnostics in low- and middle-income settings during the COVID-19 pandemic Introduction: Upon the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Public Health Laboratory Support Unit (ZIG4) at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the German National Public Health Institute, developed and delivered an online ...
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2024-12-30ZeitschriftenartikelImmunogenicity and safety of the 15-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, a systematic review and meta-analysis Pneumococcal infections are a serious health issue associated with increased morbidity and mortality. This systematic review evaluated the efficacy, effectiveness, immunogenicity, and safety of the pneumococcal conjugate ...
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2024-05-28ZeitschriftenartikelMolecular and serological diagnosis of multiple bacterial zoonoses in febrile outpatients in Garissa County, north-eastern Kenya Bacterial zoonoses are diseases caused by bacterial pathogens that can be naturally transmitted between humans and vertebrate animals. They are important causes of non-malarial fevers in Kenya, yet their epidemiology remains ...