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2015-11-25ZeitschriftenartikelWhat influences availability of medicines for the community management of childhood illnesses in central Uganda? Implications for scaling up the integrated community case management programme Background: The integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) of childhood illnesses strategy has been adopted world over to reduce child related ill health and mortality. Community Health workers (CHWs) who implement ...
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2022-03-06ZeitschriftenartikelWhat is the empirical basis for converting banded ordinal data on numbers of sex partners among MSM into a continuous scale level variable? A secondary analysis of 13 surveys across 17 countries Background: To provide empirically based guidance for substituting partner number categories in large MSM surveys with mean numbers of sexual and condomless anal intercourse (CAI) partners in a secondary analysis of survey ...
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2011-08-11ZeitschriftenartikelWhat is the evidence for giving chemoprophylaxis to children or students attending the same preschool, school or college as a case of meningococcal disease? We performed a systematic literature review to assess the effectiveness of chemoprophylaxis for contacts of sporadic cases of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in educational settings. No studies directly compared IMD ...
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2018-10-17ZeitschriftenartikelWhat motivates Ebola survivors to donate plasma during an emergency clinical trial? The case of Ebola-Tx in Guinea Introduction During the 2014 Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) epidemic, the Ebola-Tx trial evaluated the use of convalescent plasma (CP) in Guinea. The effectiveness of plasmapheresis trials depends on the recruitment of plasma ...
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2009-08-13ZeitschriftenartikelWhat will the next influenza season bring about: seasonal influenza or the new A(H1N1)V? An analysis of German influenza surveillance data For the next influenza season (winter 2009-10) the relative contributions to virus circulation and influenza-associated morbidity of the seasonal influenza viruses A(H3N2), A(H1N1) and B, and the new influenza A(H1N1)v are ...
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2019-07-23ZeitschriftenartikelWhere did you come from, where did you go: Refining metagenomic analysis tools for horizontal gene transfer characterisation Abstract Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) has changed the way we regard evolution. Instead of waiting for the next generation to establish new traits, especially bacteria are able to take a shortcut via HGT that enables ...
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2010-08-01ZeitschriftenartikelWhite-Nose Syndrome Fungus (Geomyces destructans) in Bats, Europe White-nose syndrome is an emerging disease in North America that has caused substantial declines in hibernating bats. A recently identified fungus (Geomyces destructans) causes skin lesions that are characteristic of this ...
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2018-08-09ZeitschriftenartikelWhole genome analyses of CMY-2-producing Escherichia coli isolates from humans, animals and food in Germany Background: Resistance to 3rd-generation cephalosporins in Escherichia coli is mostly mediated by extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) or AmpC beta-lactamases. Besides overexpression of the species-specific chromosomal ...
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2018-10-06ZeitschriftenartikelWhole Genome Characterization of Orthopoxvirus (OPV) Abatino, a Zoonotic Virus Representing a Putative Novel Clade of Old World Orthopoxviruses Orthopoxviruses (OPVs) are diffused over the complete Eurasian continent, but previously described strains are mostly from northern Europe, and few infections have been reported from Italy. Here we present the extended ...
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2018-02-23ZeitschriftenartikelWhole Genome Sequence Analysis of CTX-M-15 Producing Klebsiella Isolates Allowed Dissecting a Polyclonal Outbreak Scenario Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) producing Klebsiella pneumoniae pose an important threat of infection with increased morbidity and mortality, especially for immunocompromised patients. Here, we use the rise of ...
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2020-02-28ZeitschriftenartikelWhole genome sequencing reveals extended natural transformation in Campylobacter impacting diagnostics and the pathogens adaptive potential Campylobacter is the major bacterial agent of human gastroenteritis worldwide and represents a crucial global public health burden. Species differentiation of C. jejuni and C. coli and phylogenetic analysis is challenged ...
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2013-02-12ZeitschriftenartikelWhole Genome Sequencing versus Traditional Genotyping for Investigation of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis Outbreak: A Longitudinal Molecular Epidemiological Study Background: Understanding Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) transmission is essential to guide efficient tuberculosis control strategies. Traditional strain typing lacks sufficient discriminatory power to resolve large ...
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2019-07-31ZeitschriftenartikelWhole genome-based public health surveillance of less common STEC serovars and untypable strains identifies four novel O genotypes Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) and the subgroup of enterohemorrhagic E. coli cause intestinal infections with symptoms ranging from watery diarrhea to hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). A key tool for epidemiological ...
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2018-01-11ZeitschriftenartikelWhole-Genome Draft Sequences of Nine Asymptomatic Escherichia coli Bacteriuria Isolates from Diabetic Patients Escherichia coli can colonize the urinary bladder without causing a disease response in the host. This asymptomatic bacteriuria (ABU) can protect against recurrent symptomatic urinary tract infection by virulent bacteria. ...
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2019-06-20ZeitschriftenartikelWhy all blood donations should be tested for hepatitis E virus (HEV) Background Hepatitis E is a liver disease caused by a small RNA virus known as hepatitis E virus (HEV). Four major genotypes infect humans, of which genotype 1 and 2 (HEV-1, HEV-2) are endemic mainly in Asia and responsible ...
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2015-07-07ZeitschriftenartikelWhy are older adults and individuals with underlying chronic diseases in Germany not vaccinated against flu? A population-based study Background: Older adults and individuals with underlying chronic diseases are at increased risk of developing influenza-related complications and are target groups for seasonal influenza vaccination in many countries. ...
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2017-05-18ZeitschriftenartikelWhy are some people more fit than others? Correlates and determinants of cardiorespiratory fitness in adults: protocol for a systematic review Background: Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is a physical condition that is now well established as a predictor of numerous adverse health outcomes, independent of physical activity levels. In order to be able to improve ...
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2018-04-02ZeitschriftenartikelWhy was PERV not transmitted during preclinical and clinical xenotransplantation trials and after inoculation of animals? Porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERVs) are present in the genome of all pigs, they infect certain human cells and therefore pose a special risk for xenotransplantation using pig cells, tissues and organs. Xenotransplantation ...
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2015-12-03ZeitschriftenartikelWichtige Datenquellen
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2007-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelWichtige Regelungen zur Prävention im Infektionsschutzgesetz