Browsing Artikel in Fachzeitschriften by Author "Cai, Wei"
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2013-03-28ZeitschriftenartikelAnthrax among heroin users in Europe possibly caused by same Bacillus anthracis strain since 2000 Grunow, Roland; Klee, Silke; Beyer, W.; George, Maja; Grunow, D.; Barduhn, Anne; Jacob, Daniela; Elschner, M.; Sandven, P.; Kjerulf, A.; Jensen, J. S.; Cai, Wei; Zimmermann, Ruth; Schaade, LarsInjection anthrax was described first in 2000 in a heroin-injecting drug user in Norway. New anthrax cases among heroin consumers were detected in the United Kingdom (52 cases) and Germany (3 cases) in 2009-10. In June ...
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2024-02-01ZeitschriftenartikelAtypical age distribution and high disease severity in children with RSV infections during two irregular epidemic seasons throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Germany, 2021 to 2023 Cai, Wei; Köndgen, Sophie; Tolksdorf, Kristin; Dürrwald, Ralf; Schuler, Ekkehard; Biere, Barbara; Schweiger, Brunhilde; Goerlitz, Luise; Haas, Walter; Wolff, Thorsten; Buda, Silke; Reiche, JanineBackground: Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) during the COVID-19 pandemic affected respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) circulation worldwide. Aim: To describe, for children aged < 5 years, the 2021 and 2022/23 ...
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2024-05-16ZeitschriftenartikelAuthors’ response: Atypical age distribution and high disease severity in children with RSV infections during two irregular epidemic seasons throughout the COVID-19 pandemic Cai, Wei; Köndgen, Sophie; Tolksdorf, Kristin; Dürrwald, Ralf; Biere, Barbara; Haas, Walter; Wolff, Thorsten; Buda, Silke; Reiche, Janine
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2013-03-05ZeitschriftenartikelDetection of infections with hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and human immunodeficiency virus by analyses of dried blood spots - performance characteristics of the ARCHITECT system and two commercial assays for nucleic acid amplification Ross, Stefan; Stambouli, Oumaima; Grüner, Nico; Marcus, Ulrich; Cai, Wei; Zhang, Weidong; Zimmermann, Ruth; Roggendorf, MichaelBackground: Nowadays, dried blood spots (DBS) are primarily used to obtain diagnostic access to risk collectives such as intravenous drug users, who are prone to infections with hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus ...
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2022-04-29ZeitschriftenartikelDetermination of respiratory syncytial virus epidemic seasons by using 95% confidence interval of positivity rates, 2011–2021, Germany Cai, Wei; Dürrwald, Ralf; Biere, Barbara; Schweiger, Brunhilde; Haas, Walter; Wolff, Thorsten; Buda, Silke; Reiche, JanineBased on our national outpatient sentinel surveillance, we have developed a novel approach to determine respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) epidemic seasons in Germany by using RSV positivity rate and its lower limit of 95% ...
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2019-06-17ZeitschriftenartikelEvaluation of using ICD‐10 code data for respiratory syncytial virus surveillance Cai, Wei; Tolksdorf, Kristin; Hirve, Siddhivinayak; Schuler, Ekkehard; Zhang, Wenqing; Haas, Walter; Buda, SilkeBackground Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common cause of acute lower respiratory tract infection (ALRI) in young children. ICD‐10‐based syndromic surveillance can transmit data rapidly in a standardized ...
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2010-07-29ZeitschriftenartikelHepatitis B virus infections among children and adolescents in Germany: Migration background as a risk factor in a low seroprevalence population Cai, Wei; Poethko-Müller, Christina; Hamouda, Osamah; Radun, DorisBackground: Data on hepatitis B (HB) infection prevalence among children and adolescents in Germany are scarce. We estimated seroprevalence of HB infection and assessed determinants for HB infection among children and ...
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2016-09-05ZeitschriftenartikelHigh variability of HIV and HCV seroprevalence and risk behaviours among people who inject drugs: results from a cross-sectional study using respondent-driven sampling in eight German cities (2011–14) Wenz, Benjamin; Nielsen, Stine; Gassowski, Martyna; Santos-Hövener, Claudia; Cai, Wei; Ross, Stefan; Bock, Thomas; Ratsch, Boris-Alexander; Kücherer, Claudia; Bannert, Norbert; Bremer, Viviane; Hamouda, Osamah; Marcus, Ulrich; Zimmermann, RuthBackground: People who inject drugs (PWID) are at increased risk of acquiring and transmitting HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV) due to sharing injection paraphernalia and unprotected sex. To generate seroprevalence data on HIV ...
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2023-04-03ZeitschriftenartikelNew perspectives on respiratory syncytial virus surveillance at the national level: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic Teirlinck, Anne C.; Johannesen, Caroline K.; Broberg, Eeva K.; Penttinen, Pasi; Campbell, Harry; Nair, Harish; Reeves, Rachel M.; Bøås, Håkon; Bytting, Mia; Cai, Wei; Carnahan, AnnaSara; Casalegno, Jean-Sebastien; Danis, Kostas; De Gascun, Cillian; Ellis, Joanna; Emborg, Hanne-Dorthe; Gijon, Manuel; Guiomar, Raquel; Hirve, Siddhivinayak S.; Jiřincová, Helena; Nohynek, Hanna; Oliva, Jesus Angel; Osei-Yeboah, Richard; Paget, John; Pakarna, Gatis; Pebody, Richard; Presser, Lance; Rapp, Marie; Reiche, Janine; Rodrigues, Ana Paula; Seppälä, Elina; Socan, Maja; Szymanski, Karol; Trebbien, Ramona; Večeřová, Jaromíra; van der Werf, Sylvie; Zambon, Maria; Meijer, Adam; Fischer, Thea K.The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 and the resulting coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to the reconsideration of surveillance strategies for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and other respiratory viruses. The ...
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2009-10-18ZeitschriftenartikelProtective measures and H5N1-seroprevalence among personnel tasked with bird collection during an outbreak of avian influenza A/H5N1 in wild birds, Ruegen, Germany, 2006 Cai, Wei; Buchholz, Udo; Buda, Silke; Haas, Walter; Schweiger, Brunhilde; Littmann, Martina; Heusler, JörgBackground: In Germany, the first outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza A/H5N1 occurred among wild birds on the island of Ruegen between February and April 2006. The aim of this study was to investigate the ...
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2020-02-16ZeitschriftenartikelRisk factors for hospitalized respiratory syncytial virus disease and its severe outcomes Cai, Wei; Buda, Silke; Schuler, Ekkehard; Hirve, Siddhivinayak; Zhang, Wenqing; Haas, WalterIntroduction Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of hospital admission for acute lower respiratory tract infection in young children. Objectives We aimed to identify risk factors for hospitalized RSV ...
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2022-07-07ZeitschriftenartikelUsing routine emergency department data for syndromic surveillance of acute respiratory illness, Germany, week 10 2017 until week 10 2021 Boender, T. Sonia; Cai, Wei; Schranz, Madlen; Kocher, Theresa; Wagner, Birte; Ullrich, Alexander; Buda, Silke; Zöllner, Rebecca; Greiner, Felix; Diercke, Michaela; Grabenhenrich, LinusBackground The COVID-19 pandemic expanded the need for timely information on acute respiratory illness at population level. Aim We explored the potential of routine emergency department data for syndromic surveillance ...