Browsing Artikel in Fachzeitschriften by Author "Faber, Mirko"
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2012-10-01ZeitschriftenartikelHepatitis E Virus Seroprevalence among Adults, Germany Faber, Mirko; Wenzel, Jürgen J.; Jilg, Wolfgang; Thamm, Michael; Höhle, Michael; Stark, KlausWe assessed hepatitis E virus (HEV) antibody seroprevalence in a sample of the adult population in Germany. Overall HEV IgG prevalence was 16.8% (95% CI 15.6%–17.9%) and increased with age, leveling off at >60 years ...
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2019-07-11ZeitschriftenartikelImproving preparedness to respond to cross-border hepatitis A outbreaks in the European Union/European Economic Area: towards comparable sequencing of hepatitis A virus Enkirch, Theresa; Severi, Ettore; Vennema, Harry; Thornton, Lelia; Dean, Jonathan; Borg, Maria-Louise; Ciccaglione, Anna Rita; Bruni, Roberto; Christova, Iva; Ngui, Siew Lin; Balogun, Koye; Němeček, Vratislav; Kontio, Mia; Takács, Mária; Hettmann, Andrea; Korotinska, Rita; Löve, Arthur; Avellón, Ana; Muñoz-Chimeno, Milagros; de Sousa, Rita; Janta, Denisa; Epštein, Jevgenia; Klamer, Sofieke; Suin, Vanessa; Aberle, Stephan W.; Holzmann, Heidemarie; Mellou, Kassiani; Lundberg Ederth, Josefine; Sundqvist, Lena; Roque-Afonso, Anne-Marie; Kurečić Filipović, Sanja; Poljak, Mario; Vold, Line; Stene-Johansen, Kathrine; Midgley, Sofie; Kølsen Fischer, Thea; Faber, Mirko; Wenzel, Jürgen J.; Takkinen, Johanna; Leitmeyer, KatrinIntroduction Sequence-based typing of hepatitis A virus (HAV) is important for outbreak detection, investigation and surveillance. In 2013, sequencing was central to resolving a large European Union (EU)-wide outbreak ...
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2013-04-25ZeitschriftenartikelIncrease in hepatitis A in tourists from Denmark, England, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden returning from Egypt, November 2012 to March 2013 MacDonald, Emily; Steens, A.; Stene-Johansen, K.; Lassen, Sofie Gillesberg; Midgley, S.; Lawrence, J.; Crofts, J.; Ngui, S. L.; Balogun, K.; Frank, Christina; Faber, Mirko; Gertler, Maximilian; Verhoef, Linda; Koopmans, Marion; Sane, J.; Pelt, Wilfrid van; Sundqvist, L.; Vold, L.Since November 2012, there has been an increase in reported cases of hepatitis A in tourists returning from Egypt in several European countries. As of 24 April, 80 HAV cases in travellers with symptom onset after 1 November ...
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2011-05-26ZeitschriftenartikelLarge and ongoing outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome, Germany, May 2011 Frank, Christina; Faber, Mirko; Askar, Mona; Bernard, Helen; Fruth, Angelika; Gilsdorf, Andreas; Höhle, Michael; Karch, Helge; Krause, Gérard; Prager, Rita; Spode, Anke; Stark, Klaus; Werber, DirkSince early May 2011, an increased incidence of haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) and bloody diarrhoea related to infections with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) has been observed in Germany, with most cases ...
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2015-07-23ZeitschriftenartikelLarge and prolonged food-borne multistate hepatitis A outbreak in Europe associated with consumption of frozen berries, 2013 to 2014 Severi, Ettore; Verhoef, Linda; Thornton, L.; Guzman-Herrador, B. R.; Faber, Mirko; Sundqvist, L.; Rimhanen-Finne, R.; Roque-Afonso, A. M.; Ngui, S. L.; Allerberger, Franz; Baumann-Popczyk, A.; Muller, L.; Parmakova, K.; Alfonsi, V.; Tavoschi, L.; Vennema, H.; Fitzgerald, M.; Myrmel, M.; Gertler, Maximilian; Ederth, J.; Kontio, M.; Vanbockstael, C.; Mandal, S.; Sadkowska-Todys, M.; Tosti, M. E.In May 2013, Italy declared a national outbreak of hepatitis A, which also affected several foreign tourists who had recently visited the country. Molecular investigations identified some cases as infected with an identical ...
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2014-02-27ZeitschriftenartikelLarge multistate outbreak of norovirus gastroenteritis associated with frozen strawberries, Germany, 2012 Bernard, Helen; Faber, Mirko; Wilking, Hendrik; Haller, S.; Höhle, Michael; Schielke, Anika; Ducomble, Tanja; Siffczyk, C.; Merbecks, S. S.; Fricke, G.; Hamouda, Osamah; Stark, Klaus; Werber, DirkFrom 20 September through 5 October 2012, the largest recorded food-borne outbreak in Germany occurred. Norovirus was identified as the causative agent. We conducted four analytical epidemiological studies, two case–control ...
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2019-08-08ZeitschriftenartikelMolecular and epidemiological characteristics of human Puumala and Dobrava-Belgrade hantavirus infections, Germany, 2001 to 2017 Faber, Mirko; Krüger, Detlev H.; Auste, Brita; Stark, Klaus; Hofmann, Jörg; Weiss, SabrinaIntroduction Two hantavirus species, Puumala (PUUV) and Dobrava-Belgrade (DOBV) virus (genotype Kurkino), are endemic in Germany. Recent PUUV outbreaks raised questions concerning increasing frequency of outbreaks and ...
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2022-07-17ZeitschriftenartikelMolecular epidemiology and genotype-specific disease severity of hepatitis E virus infections in Germany, 2010–2019 Schemmerer, Mathias; Wenzel, Jürgen J.; Stark, Klaus; Faber, MirkoZoonotic hepatitis E virus (HEV) is endemic in Europe. Genotype 3 (HEV-3) is predominant but information on subtype distribution, trends and clinical implications in Germany is scarce. We analysed 936 HEV RNA positive ...
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2022-03-31ZeitschriftenartikelNo Evidence for Orthohepevirus C in Archived Human Samples in Germany, 2000–2020 Faber, Mirko; Wenzel, Jürgen J.; Erl, Monika; Stark, Klaus; Schemmerer, MathiasOrthohepevirus C1, also known as rat hepatitis E virus (HEV), has been shown to sporadically cause disease in immunocompromised and immunocompetent adults. While routine serological assays vary in reactivity, rat HEV is ...
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2017-05-25ZeitschriftenartikelOngoing haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) outbreak caused by sorbitol-fermenting (SF) Shiga toxinproducing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157, Germany, December 2016 to May 2017 Vygen-Bonnet, Sabine; Rosner, Bettina; Wilking, Hendrik; Fruth, Angelika; Prager, Rita; Kossow, A.; Lang, Christina; Simon, Sandra; Seidel, Juliane; Faber, Mirko; Schielke, Anika; Michaelis, Kai; Holzer, Alexandra; Kamphausen, R.; Kalhöfer, D.; Thole, S.; Mellmann, Alexander; Flieger, Antje; Stark, KlausWe report an ongoing, protracted and geographically dispersed outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) and gastroenteritis in Germany, involving 30 cases since December 2016. The outbreak was caused by the sorbitol-fermenting ...
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2017-02-02ZeitschriftenartikelOngoing outbreaks of hepatitis A among men who have sex with men (MSM), Berlin, November 2016 to January 2017 – linked to other German cities and European countries Werber, Dirk; Michaelis, Kai; Hausner, M.; Sissolak, D.; Wenzel, J.; Bitzegeio, J.; Belting, A.; Sagebiel, Daniel; Faber, MirkoSince 14 November 2016, 38 cases of hepatitis A have been notified in Berlin; of these, 37 were male and 30 reported to have sex with men (MSM). Median age of MSM cases is 31 years (range: 24–52 years). Phylogenetic analysis ...
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2015-03-13ZeitschriftenartikelOutbreak of Trichinellosis Due to Wild Boar Meat and Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Post Exposure Prophylaxis, Germany, 2013 Faber, Mirko; Schink, Susanne; Mayer-Scholl, Anne; Ziesch, Christoph; Schönfelder, Ralph; Wichmann-Schauer, Heidi; Stark, Klaus; Nöckler, KarstenBackground: Food safety authorities discovered that wild boar meat products contaminated with Trichinella spiralis had entered the food chain in Germany in March 2013. Public health authorities issued guidelines for health ...
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2013-02-08ZeitschriftenartikelPuumala Virus Outbreak in Western Thuringia, Germany, 2010: Epidemiology and Strain Identification Faber, Mirko; Wollny, T.; Schlegel, Mathias; Wanka, K. M.; Thiel, J.; Frank, Christina; Rimek, D.; Ulrich, Rainer G.; Stark, KlausIn 2010, the highest annual number of human Puumala virus (PUUV) infections was reported in Germany since hantavirus surveillance started in 2001. The increase in annual case numbers was especially marked in western ...
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2013-09-09ZeitschriftenartikelSerological Evidence of Asymptomatic Infections during Escherichia coli O104:H4 Outbreak in Germany in 2011 Balabanova, Yanina; Klar, Stefanie; Deleré, Yvonne; Wilking, Hendrik; Faber, Mirko; Lassen, Sofie Gillesberg; Gilsdorf, Andreas; Dupke, Susann; Nitschke, Martin; Sayk, Friedhelm; Grunow, Roland; Krause, GérardIntroduction: The largest known outbreak caused by a rare hybrid strain of Shiga toxin-producing E.coli (STEC) and enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC) (E.coli O104:H4) of serotype O104:H4 occurred in Germany in 2011. ...
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2017-01-26ZeitschriftenartikelSteep rise in norovirus cases and emergence of a new recombinant strain GII.P16-GII.2, Germany, winter 2016 Niendorf, Sandra; Jacobsen, Sonja; Faber, Mirko; Eis-Hübinger, A. M.; Hofmann, Jörg; Zimmermann, Ortrud; Höhne, Marina; Bock, ThomasSince early November 2016, the number of laboratory-confirmed norovirus infections reported in Germany has been increasing steeply. Here, we report the detection and genetic characterisation of an emerging norovirus ...
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2010-05-20ZeitschriftenartikelSteep rise in notified hantavirus infections in Germany, April 2010 Faber, Mirko; Ulrich, Rainer; Frank, Christina; Brockmann, Stefan; Pfaff, Günter; Jacob, Jens; Krüger, Detlev H.; Stark, KlausFrom January to April 2010, 396 hantavirus infections were notified in Germany, a considerable increase compared with previous years (mean: 83 for January–April 2004–2009) including the record-setting year, 2007 (n=232 ...
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2021-03-25ZeitschriftenartikelSuitability of current typing procedures to identify epidemiologically linked human Giardia duodenalis isolates Woschke, Andreas; Faber, Mirko; Stark, Klaus; Holtfreter, Martha; Mockenhaupt, Frank; Richter, Joachim; Regnath, Thomas; Sobottka, Ingo; Reiter-Owona, Ingrid; Diefenbach, Andreas; Gosten-Heinrich, Petra; Friesen, Johannes; Ignatius, Ralf; Aebischer, Toni; Klotz, ChristianBackground Giardia duodenalis is a leading cause of gastroenteritis worldwide. Humans are mainly infected by two different subtypes, i.e., assemblage A and B. Genotyping is hampered by allelic sequence heterozygosity (ASH) ...
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2018-05-31ZeitschriftenartikelTravel-associated hepatitis A in Europe, 2009 to 2015 Beauté, Julien; Westrell, Therese; Schmid, Daniela; Müller, Luise; Epstein, Jevgenia; Kontio, Mia; Couturier, Elisabeth; Faber, Mirko; Mellou, Kassiani; Borg, Maria-Louise; Friesema, Ingrid; Vold, Line; Severi, EttoreBackground: Travel to countries with high or intermediate hepatitis A virus (HAV) endemicity is a risk factor for infection in residents of countries with low HAV endemicity. Aim: The objective of this study was to ...
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2018-02-16ZeitschriftenartikelTularemia in Germany—A Re-emerging Zoonosis Faber, Mirko; Heuner, Klaus; Jacob, Daniela; Grunow, RolandTularemia, also known as “rabbit fever,” is a zoonosis caused by the facultative intracellular, gram-negative bacterium Francisella tularensis. Infection occurs through contact with infected animals (often hares), arthropod ...
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2018-07-05ZeitschriftenartikelTwo concurrent outbreaks of hepatitis A highlight the risk of infection for non-immune travellers to Morocco, January to June 2018 Gassowski, Martyna; Michaelis, Kai; Wenzel, Jürgen J.; Faber, Mirko; Figoni, Julie; Mouna, Lina; Friesema, Ingrid H. M.; Vennema, Harry; Avellon, Ana; Varela, Carmen; Sundqvist, Lena; Lundberg Ederth, Josefine; Plunkett, James; Balogun, Koye; Ngui, Siew Lin; Midgley, Sofie Elisabeth; Gillesberg Lassen, Sofie; Müller, LuiseFrom January to June 2018, two ongoing hepatitis A outbreaks affected travellers returning from Morocco and cases in Europe without travel history, resulting in 163 patients in eight European countries. Most interviewed ...