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2010-02-04Zeitschriftenartikel

Listeriosis outbreak caused by acid curd cheese ‘Quargel’, Austria and Germany 2009

Fretz, Rainer; Sagel, U.; Ruppitsch, W.; Pietzka, A. T.; Stöger, A.; Huhulescu, S.; Heuberger, S.; Pichler, J.; Much, P.; Pfaff, Günter; Stark, Klaus; Prager, Rita; Flieger, Antje; Feenstra, O.; Allerberger, F.

We report an outbreak of listeriosis in Austria and Germany due to the consumption of ‘Quargel’ cheese produced by an Austrian manufacturer. At the time of writing this report, the outbreak was known to account for 14 ...

2009-10-06Zeitschriftenartikel

Transmission routes and risk factors for autochthonous hepatitis E virus infection in Europe: a systematic review

Lewis, H. C.; Wichmann, Ole; Duizer, Erwin

Increasing numbers of non-travel-associated hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections have been reported in Europe in recent years. Our objective was to review the evidence on risk factors and transmission routes of autochthonous ...

2010-10-14Zeitschriftenartikel

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): burden of disease and control challenges in Europe

Köck, Robin; Becker, Karsten; Cookson, B.; Gemert-Pijnen, J. E. van; Harbarth, S.; Kluytmans, J.; Mielke, Martin; Peters, G.; Skov, R. L.; Struelens, M. J.; Tacconelli, E.; Torné, A. Navarro; Witte, Wolfgang; Friedrich, Alexander W.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major cause of healthcare- and community-associated infections worldwide. Within the healthcare setting alone, MRSA infections are estimated to affect more than 150,000 ...

2009-11-14Zeitschriftenartikel

Examining Landscape Factors Influencing Relative Distribution of Mosquito Genera and Frequency of Virus Infection

Junglen, Sandra; Kurth, Andreas; Kuehl, H.; Quan, Phenix-Lan; Ellerbrok, Heinz; Pauli, Georg; Nitsche, Andreas; Nunn, Charles L.; Rich, S. M.; Briese, Thomas; Leendertz, Fabian

Mosquito-borne infections cause some of the most debilitating human diseases, including yellow fever and malaria, yet we lack an understanding of how disease risk scales with human-driven habitat changes. We present an ...

2009-11-15Zeitschriftenartikel

Transmission of Drug‐Resistant HIV‐1 is Stabilizing in Europe

Vercauteren, Jurgen; Wensing, Annemarie M. J.; Vijver, David A. M. C. van de; Albert, Jan; Balotta, Claudia; Hamouda, Osamah; Kücherer, Claudia; Struck, Daniel; Schmit, Jean-Claude; Asjo, Birgitta; Bruckova, Marie; Camacho, Ricardo; Clotet, Bonaventura; Coughlan, Suzie; Grossman, Zehava; Horban, Andrzej; Korn, Klaus; Kostrikis, Leondios; Nielsen, Claus; Paraskevis, Dimitrios; Poljak, Mario; Puchhammer-Stöckl, Elisabeth; Riva, Chiara; Ruiz, Lidia; Salminen, Mika

The SPREAD Programme investigated prospectively the time trend from September 2002 through December 2005 of transmitted drug resistance (TDR) among 2793 patients in 20 European countries and in Israel with newly diagnosed ...

2009-10-28Zeitschriftenartikel

Fast broad-range disinfection of bacteria, fungi, viruses and prions

Beekes, Michael; Lemmer, Karin; Thomzig, Achim; Joncic, Marion; Tintelnot, Kathrin; Mielke, Martin

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 ...

2009-07-01Zeitschriftenartikel

Emergence of a community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with unique resistance profile in Southwest of Nigeria

Ghebremedhin, B.; Olugbosi, M. O.; Raji, A. M.; Layer, Franziska; Bakare, R. A.; König, B.; König, Wolfgang

Pheno-, genotypic and toxin gene analysis has not been done yet all in one for Nigerian Staphylococcus aureus population. This study provides a comprehensive overview on the molecular epidemiology and genetic diversity of ...

2009-11-02Zeitschriftenartikel

Untersuchungen zu einem familiären Cluster von Infektionen durch Influenza A/H1N1 in Deutschland, 2009

Investigation of a Family Cluster of Influenza A/H1N1 Infections in Germany, 2009

Faber, Mirko; Christiansen, H.; Kohlstock, C.; Oppermann, Hanna; Irmscher, H.-M.; Willer, H.; Schweiger, Brunhilde; Dupke, Susann; Klee, Silke; Grunow, Roland; Haas, Walter; Buchholz, Udo; Süß, Thorsten; Krause, Gérard; Jansen, Andreas

Einleitung: Am 3. Mai 2009 wurde der erste in Sachsen-Anhalt aufgetretene Fall einer aus Mexiko importierten Infektion mit Neuer Grippe (Influenza A/H1N1) diagnostiziert. Gemeinsam mit dem zuständigen Gesundheitsamt führte ...

2009-11-01Zeitschriftenartikel

Rotavirus Surveillance in Europe, 2005–2008: Web-Enabled Reporting and Real-Time Analysis of Genotyping and Epidemiological Data

Iturriza-Gómara, M.; Dallman, T.; Bányai, K.; Böttiger, B.; Buesa, J.; Diedrich, Sabine; Fiore, L.; Johansen, K.; Korsun, N.; Kroneman, Annelies; Lappalainen, M.; László, B.; Maunula, L.; Matthinjnssens, J.; Midgley, S.; Mladenova, Z.; Poljsak-Prijatelj, M.; Pothier, P.; Ruggeri, F. M.; Sanchez-Fauquier, A.; Schreier, Eckart; Steyer, A.; Sidaraviciute, I.; Tran, A. N.; Usonis, V.

Background: The first European rotavirus surveillance network, EuroRotaNet, comprising 16 laboratories in 15 European countries, has been established. Methods: Fecal samples from gastroenteritis cases positive for group ...

2010-07-01Zeitschriftenartikel

Lyme-Borreliose: Ein Situationsbericht aus den sechs östlichen Bundesländern 2007–2009

Adlhoch, Cornelia; Poggensee, Gabriele

Lyme Borreliosis is a notifiable disease in the Federal States of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-West-Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt und Thuringia. With 16.461 reported cases between 2007 and 2009 (until 1.12.2009) ...

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