Auflistung Artikel in Fachzeitschriften nach Schlagwort "Sensitivity and Specificity"
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2010-09-27ZeitschriftenartikelImproved Detection of Mutated Human Cytomegalovirus UL97 by Pyrosequencing Ganciclovir (GCV) resistance frequently occurs upon prolonged treatment of ongoing active human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection in individuals with immature or compromised immune functions (e.g., recipients of solid-organ ...
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2014-02-13ZeitschriftenartikelInfluenza vaccine effectiveness estimates in Europe in a season with three influenza type/subtypes circulating: the I-MOVE multicentre case–control study, influenza season 2012/13 In the fifth season of Influenza Monitoring Vaccine Effectiveness in Europe (I-MOVE), we undertook a multicentre case–control study (MCCS) in seven European Union (EU) Member States to measure 2012/13 influenza vaccine ...
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2015-10-26ZeitschriftenartikelInteractions between Hepatitis C Virus and the Human Apolipoprotein H Acute Phase Protein: A Tool for a Sensitive Detection of the Virus The Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection exhibits a high global prevalence frequently associated with hepatocellular carcinoma, taking years to develop. Despite the standardization of highly sensitive HCV quantitative RT-PCR ...
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2014-03-20ZeitschriftenartikelLaboratory diagnosis of paediatric tuberculosis in the European Union/European Economic Area: analysis of routine laboratory data, 2007 to 2011 Laboratory confirmation of paediatric tuberculosis (TB) is frequently lacking. We reviewed the range of routine laboratory tests and their performance in different biological samples used to diagnose active TB in children. ...
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2009-04-01ZeitschriftenartikelNon-invasive body temperature measurement of wild chimpanzees using fecal temperature decline. New methods are required to increase our understanding of pathologic processes in wild mammals. We developed a noninvasive field method to estimate the body temperature of wild living chimpanzees habituated to humans, based ...
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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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2010-04-30ZeitschriftenartikelPentaplexed quantitative real-time PCR assay for the simultaneous detection and quantification of botulinum neurotoxin-producing clostridia in food and clinical samples Botulinum neurotoxins are produced by the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium botulinum and are divided into seven distinct serotypes (A to G) known to cause botulism in animals and humans. In this study, a multiplexed ...
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2012-08-15ZeitschriftenartikelPerformance of three chromogenic VRE screening agars, two Etest® vancomycin protocols, and different microdilution methods in detecting vanB genotype Enterococcus faecium with varying vancomycin MICs Frequencies of vanB-type Enterococcus faecium increased in Europe during the last years. VanB enterococci show various levels of vancomycin MICs even below the susceptible breakpoint challenging a reliable diagnostics. The ...
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2011-03-11ZeitschriftenartikelPerformance of Various Commercial Assays for the Detection of Toscana Virus Antibodies Introduction: Sandfly fever virus (SFV) serotypes sandfly fever Naples virus, sandfly fever Sicilian virus, and sandfly fever Cyprus virus cause febrile diseases, whereas Toscana virus (TOSV) is responsible for aseptic ...
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2014-03-06ZeitschriftenartikelRapid Molecular Assays for the Detection of Yellow Fever Virus in Low-Resource Settings Background: Yellow fever (YF) is an acute viral hemorrhagic disease transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. The causative agent, the yellow fever virus (YFV), is found in tropical and subtropical areas of South America and ...
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2011-01-19ZeitschriftenartikelrapidSTRIPE H1N1 Test for Detection of the Pandemic Swine Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Virus The rapidSTRIPE H1N1 test, based on a nucleic acid lateral-flow assay, has been developed for diagnosis of a swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus. This test is simple and cost-effective and allows specific detection of ...
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2011-08-04Zeitschriftenartikelrapmad: Robust analysis of peptide microarray data Background: Peptide microarrays offer an enormous potential as a screening tool for peptidomics experiments and have recently seen an increased field of application ranging from immunological studies to systems biology. ...
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2012-04-19ZeitschriftenartikelReal-time cytotoxicity assay for rapid and sensitive detection of ricin from complex matrices. Background: In the context of a potential bioterrorist attack sensitive and fast detection of functionally active toxins such as ricin from complex matrices is necessary to be able to start timely countermeasures. One of ...
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2015-11-13ZeitschriftenartikelRecombinant Envelope-Proteins with Mutations in the Conserved Fusion Loop Allow Specific Serological Diagnosis of Dengue-Infections Dengue virus (DENV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus and a major international public health concern in many tropical and sub-tropical areas worldwide. DENV is divided into four major serotypes, and infection with one serotype ...
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2009-06-04ZeitschriftenartikelRegionale Unterschiede in der Häufigkeit von Übergewicht und Adipositas bei deutschen Einschülern Realität oder Artefakt?Das Aufdecken von Trends und regionalen Unterschieden in der Auftretenshäufigkeit von Übergewicht und Adipositas bei Kindern und Jugendlichen ist in Anbetracht der hohen Public-Health-Relevanz dieses weit verbreiteten ...
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2006-05-10ZeitschriftenartikelReliability of case definitions for public health surveillance assessed by Round-Robin test methodology Background: Case definitions have been recognized to be important elements of public health surveillance systems. They are to assure comparability and consistency of surveillance data and have crucial impact on the ...
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2013-09-03ZeitschriftenartikelRisk Factors and Outcomes for Late Presentation for HIV-Positive Persons in Europe: Results from the Collaboration of Observational HIV Epidemiological Research Europe Study (COHERE) Background: Few studies have monitored late presentation (LP) of HIV infection over the European continent, including Eastern Europe. Study objectives were to explore the impact of LP on AIDS and mortality. Methods and ...
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2013-04-25ZeitschriftenartikelSecond International Diagnostic Accuracy Study for the Serological Detection of West Nile Virus Infection Background: In recent decades, sporadic cases and outbreaks in humans of West Nile virus (WNV) infection have increased. Serological diagnosis of WNV infection can be performed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ...
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2010-04-02ZeitschriftenartikelThe Case of Botulinum Toxin in Milk: Experimental Data Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) is the most toxic substance known to man and the causative agent of botulism. Due to its high toxicity and the availability of the producing organism Clostridium botulinum, BoNT is regarded as ...
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2014-06-25ZeitschriftenartikelThe Microbial Detection Array for Detection of Emerging Viruses in Clinical Samples - A Useful Panmicrobial Diagnostic Tool Emerging viruses are usually endemic to tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world, but increased global travel, climate change and changes in lifestyle are believed to contribute to the spread of these viruses into ...