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2009-10-28ZeitschriftenartikelFast broad-range disinfection of bacteria, fungi, viruses and prions Effective disinfectants are of key importance for the safe handling and reprocessing of surgical instruments. We tested whether new formulations containing SDS, NaOH and 1-propanol (n-propanol) are simultaneously active ...
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2012-06-28ZeitschriftenartikelFatal anthrax infection in a heroin user from southern Germany, June 2012 Blood cultures from a heroin user who died in June 2012, a few hours after hospital admission, due to acute septic disease, revealed the presence of Bacillus anthracis. This report describes the extended diagnosis by ...
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2011-11-15ZeitschriftenartikelFatal dengue hemorrhagic fever imported into Germany Dengue virus (DENV) is an arthropod-borne virus (family Flaviviridae) causing dengue fever or dengue hemorrhagic fever. Here, we report the first fatal DENV infection imported into Germany. A female traveler was hospitalized ...
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2014-05-14ZeitschriftenartikelFatal Monkeypox in Wild-Living Sooty Mangabey, Côte d’Ivoire, 2012 We isolated a monkeypox virus from a wild-living monkey, a sooty mangabey, found dead in Taï National Park, Côte d’Ivoire, in March 2012. The whole-genome sequence obtained from this isolate and directly from clinical ...
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2008-05-05ZeitschriftenartikelFatal ulcerative colitis in a western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla). A captive western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) presented with watery diarrhoea that progressed to become profuse and haemorrhagic. Faecal analyses revealed Balantidium (B.) coli trophozoites and salmonella-like ...
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2014-10-11ZeitschriftenartikelFeasibility and acceptance of cervicovaginal self-sampling within the German National Cohort (Pretest 2) Hintergrund und Ziele: In der Nationalen Kohorte (NAKO) werden 100.000 erwachsene Frauen in Deutschland umfassend befragt und untersucht werden. Während Frauengesundheit im Basisinterview thematisiert wird, ist der ...
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2019-03-29ZeitschriftenartikelFeasibility study for the use of self‐collected nasal swabs to identify pathogens among participants of a population‐based surveillance system for acute respiratory infections (GrippeWeb‐Plus)—Germany, 2016 Background Internet‐based participatory surveillance systems, such as the German GrippeWeb, monitor the frequency of acute respiratory illnesses on population level. In order to interpret syndromic information better, we ...
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2012-05-14ZeitschriftenartikelFeatures of “All LNA” Duplexes Showing a New Type of Nucleic Acid Geometry "Locked nucleic acids" (LNAs) belong to the backbone-modified nucleic acid family. The 2'-O,4'-C-methylene-β-D-ribofuranose nucleotides are used for single or multiple substitutions in RNA molecules and thereby introduce ...
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2006-08-23ZeitschriftenartikelFemale genital schistosomiasis as an evidence of a neglected cause for reproductive ill-health: a retrospective histopathological study from Tanzania Background: Schistosomiasis affects the reproductive health of women. Described sequelae are ectopic pregnancy, infertility, abortion, and cervical lesions and symptoms mimicking cervical cancer and STIs. There are ...
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2022-09-10ZeitschriftenartikelFemale political representation and the gender health gap: a cross-national analysis of 49 European countries Does increased female participation in the social and political life of a country improve health? Social participation may improve health because it ensures that the concerns of all people are heard by key decision-makers. ...
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2007-05-25ZeitschriftenartikelFepA- and TonB-dependent bacteriophage H8: receptor binding and genomic sequence. H8 is derived from a collection of Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis bacteriophage. Its morphology and genomic structure closely resemble those of bacteriophage T5 in the family Siphoviridae. H8 infected S. enterica ...
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2022-07-27ZeitschriftenartikelFew Amino Acid Mutations in H6 Influenza A Virus From South American Lineage Increase Viral Replication Efficiency in Poultry In chickens, infections due to influenza A virus (IAV) can be mild to severe and lethal. The study of IAV infections in poultry has been mostly limited to strains from the North American and Eurasian lineages, whereas ...
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2011-11-22ZeitschriftenartikelFicolin-2 Levels and FCN2 Haplotypes Influence Hepatitis B Infection Outcome in Vietnamese Patients. Human Ficolin-2 (L-ficolins) encoded by FCN2 gene is a soluble serum protein that plays an important role in innate immunity and is mainly expressed in the liver. Ficolin-2 serum levels and FCN2 single nucleotide polymorphisms ...
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2018-03-22ZeitschriftenartikelField investigation with real-time virus genetic characterisation support of a cluster of Ebola virus disease cases in Dubréka, Guinea, April to June 2015 On 11 May 2015, the Dubréka prefecture, Guinea, reported nine laboratory-confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD). None could be epidemiologically linked to cases previously reported in the prefecture. We describe the ...
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2008-07-31ZeitschriftenartikelFIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany: enhanced surveillance improved timeliness and detection Enhanced surveillance for infectious disease events, with accelerated routine reporting and daily supplementary reports, was undertaken during the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. We evaluated the surveillance outputs, ...
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2018-03-15ZeitschriftenartikelFind and treat or find and lose? Tuberculosis treatment outcomes among screened newly arrived asylum seekers in Germany 2002 to 2014 Background: Germany has a low tuberculosis (TB) incidence. A relevant and increasing proportion of TB cases is diagnosed among asylum seekers upon screening. Aim: We aimed to assess whether cases identified by screening ...
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2018-12-29ZeitschriftenartikelFind the right sample: A study on the versatility of saliva and urine samples for the diagnosis of emerging viruses Background The emergence of different viral infections during the last decades like dengue, West Nile, SARS, chikungunya, MERS-CoV, Ebola, Zika and Yellow Fever raised some questions on quickness and reliability of ...
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2021-10-19ZeitschriftenartikelFinding disease outbreak locations from human mobility data Finding the origin location of an infectious disease outbreak quickly is crucial in mitigating its further dissemination. Current methods to identify outbreak locations early on rely on interviewing affected individuals ...
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2020-03-05ZeitschriftenartikelFirst cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the WHO European Region, 24 January to 21 February 2020 In the WHO European Region, COVID-19 surveillance was implemented 27 January 2020. We detail the first European cases. As at 21 February, nine European countries reported 47 cases. Among 38 cases studied, 21 were linked ...
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2021-12-09ZeitschriftenartikelFirst Comparative Analysis of Clostridium septicum Genomes Provides Insights Into the Taxonomy, Species Genetic Diversity, and Virulence Related to Gas Gangrene Clostridium septicum is a Gram-positive, toxin-producing, and spore-forming bacterium that is recognized, together with C. perfringens, as the most important etiologic agent of progressive gas gangrene. Clostridium septicum ...