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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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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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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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 ...