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2007-05-30ZeitschriftenartikelVitamin D status and health correlates among German adults Objective: To analyze vitamin D status based on serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) measurements, its determinants and health correlates in a representative sample of German adults. Subjects: A total of 1763 men and 2267 ...
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2009-12-03ZeitschriftenartikelLymphogranuloma venereum in Europe, 2003-2008 Lymphogranuloma venereum, caused by the L serovars of Chlamydia trachomatis, emerged in Europe in 2003 and a series of outbreaks were reported in different countries. The infection presents as a severe proctitis in men who ...
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2009-12-21ZeitschriftenartikelBreaking the waves: modelling the potential impact of Public Health measures to defer the epidemic peak of novel influenza A/H1N1 Background: On June 11, 2009, the World Health Organization declared phase 6 of the novel influenza A/H1N1 pandemic. Although by the end of September 2009, the novel virus had been reported from all continents, the impact ...
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2008-11-21ZeitschriftenartikelSorbitol-fermenting enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H− causes another outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome in children An outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) among children caused by infection with sorbitol-fermenting enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H- (SF EHEC O157:H-) occurred in Germany in 2002. This pathogen has ...
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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 ...