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2010-06-07ZeitschriftenartikelThe first wave of pandemic influenza (H1N1) 2009 in Germany: From initiation to acceleration Background: The first imported case of pandemic influenza (H1N1) 2009 in Germany was confirmed in April 2009. However, the first wave with measurable burden of disease started only in October 2009. The basic epidemiological ...
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2013-05-27ZeitschriftenartikelThe first wave of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults (DEGS1) Sampling design, response, weighting, and representativenessThe “German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults” (DEGS) is part of the health monitoring system of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) and is designed as a combined cross-sectional and longitudinal survey. The ...
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2013-05-27ZeitschriftenartikelThe first wave of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults (DEGS1) Recruitment of participants, fieldwork, and quality assuranceThe purpose of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults (DEGS) is to repeatedly obtain representative nationwide health data for adults aged 18–79 years living in Germany. The first wave (DEGS1) was ...
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2022-02-21ZeitschriftenartikelThe first WHO global survey on infection prevention and control in health-care facilities Background: WHO core components for infection prevention and control (IPC) are important building blocks for effective IPC programmes. To our knowledge, we did the first WHO global survey to assess implementation of these ...
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2017-10-20ZeitschriftenartikelThe Flagellar Regulon of Legionella—A Review The Legionella genus comprises more than 60 species. In particular, Legionella pneumophila is known to cause severe illnesses in humans. Legionellaceae are ubiquitous inhabitants of aquatic environments. Some Legionellaceae ...
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2022-08-02ZeitschriftenartikelThe future of sub-Saharan Africa’s biodiversity in the face of climate and societal change Many of the world’s most biodiverse regions are found in the poorest and second most populous continent of Africa; a continent facing exceptional challenges. Africa is projected to quadruple its population by 2100 and ...
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2010-07-09ZeitschriftenartikelThe Genome of a Bacillus Isolate Causing Anthrax in Chimpanzees Combines Chromosomal Properties of B. cereus with B. anthracis Virulence Plasmids Anthrax is a fatal disease caused by strains of Bacillus anthracis. Members of this monophyletic species are non motile and are all characterized by the presence of four prophages and a nonsense mutation in the plcR ...
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2012-03-10ZeitschriftenartikelThe German Environmental Survey for Children (GerES IV): Reference values and distributions for time-location patterns of German children Children's time-location patterns are important determinants of environmental exposure and other health-relevant factors. Building on data of the German Environmental Survey for Children (GerES IV), our study aimed at ...
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2021-03-30ZeitschriftenartikelThe global dissemination of hospital clones of Enterococcus faecium Background The hospital-adapted A1 group of Enterococcus faecium remains an organism of significant concern in the context of drug-resistant hospital-associated infections. How this pathogen evolves and disseminates ...
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2013-12-18ZeitschriftenartikelThe global establishment of a highly-fluoroquinolone resistant Salmonella enterica serotype Kentucky ST198 strain While the spread of Salmonella enterica serotype Kentucky resistant to ciprofloxacin across Africa and the Middle-East has been described recently, the presence of this strain in humans, food, various animal species ...
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2016-06-02ZeitschriftenartikelThe global spread of HIV-1 subtype B epidemic Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) was discovered in the early 1980s when the virus had already established a pandemic. For at least three decades the epidemic in the Western World has been dominated by subtype B ...
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2019-11-13ZeitschriftenartikelThe gut microbiome of horses: current research on equine enteral microbiota and future perspectives Understanding the complex interactions of microbial communities including bacteria, archaea, parasites, viruses and fungi of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) associated with states of either health or disease is still an ...
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2016-06-06ZeitschriftenartikelThe Human Antimicrobial Protein Bactericidal/Permeability-Increasing Protein (BPI) Inhibits the Infectivity of Influenza A Virus In addition to their well-known antibacterial activity some antimicrobial peptides and proteins (AMPs) display also antiviral effects. A 27 aa peptide from the N-terminal part of human bactericidal/permeability-increasing ...
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2017-06-15ZeitschriftenartikelThe Human Immunodeficiency Virus Continuum of Care in European Union Countries in 2013: Data and Challenges Background: The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has set a "90-90-90" target to curb the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic by 2020, but methods used to assess whether countries have reached ...
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2008-11-21ZeitschriftenartikelThe Hyphal-Associated Adhesin and Invasin Als3 of Candida albicans Mediates Iron Acquisition from Host Ferritin Iron sequestration by host iron-binding proteins is an important mechanism of resistance to microbial infections. Inside oral epithelial cells, iron is stored within ferritin, and is therefore not usually accessible to ...
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2011-06-17ZeitschriftenartikelThe IFN-γ-Inducible GTPase, Irga6, Protects Mice against Toxoplasma gondii but Not against Plasmodium berghei and Some Other Intracellular Pathogens. Clearance of infection with intracellular pathogens in mice involves interferon-regulated GTPases of the IRG protein family. Experiments with mice genetically deficient in members of this family such as Irgm1(LRG-47), ...
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2015-11-04ZeitschriftenartikelThe impact of meeting locations for men having sex with men on the risk for bacterial sexually transmitted infections: analyses from a cross-sectional online survey Objectives: Opportunities for men having sex with men (MSM) to meet each other have very much improved by new communication technologies. Meeting venue-based characteristics can impact how many partners are met and how ...
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2021-06-10ZeitschriftenartikelThe impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on COVID-19 epidemic growth in the 37 OECD member states We estimated the impact of a comprehensive set of non-pharmeceutical interventions on the COVID-19 epidemic growth rate across the 37 member states of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development during the ...
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2022-03-17ZeitschriftenartikelThe impact of regional socioeconomic deprivation on the timing of HIV diagnosis: a cross-sectional study in Germany Background: HIV infections which are diagnosed at advanced stages are associated with significantly poorer health outcomes. In Germany, the proportion of persons living with HIV who are diagnosed at later stages has ...
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2018-11-14ZeitschriftenartikelThe importance of adjusting for enterococcus species when assessing the burden of vancomycin resistance: a cohort study including over 1000 cases of enterococcal bloodstream infections Background: Infections caused by vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are on the rise worldwide. Few studies have tried to estimate the mortality burden as well as the financial burden of those infections and found ...