Impfungen gehören individualmedizinisch und epidemiologisch zu den unbestritten wirksamen Maßnahmen der primären Prävention. Zum breiten, bevölkerungswirksamen Schutz vor impfpräventablen Erkrankungen sind Durchimpfungsraten ...

Background: Simian Immunodeficiency Viruses (SIVs) are the precursors of Human Immunodeficiency Viruses (HIVs) which have lead to the worldwide HIV/AIDS pandemic. By studying SIVs in wild primates we can better understand ...

Hintergrund: Es sollte untersucht werden, ob sich die Gesundheit von ungeimpften und geimpften Kindern und Jugendlichen unterscheidet. Methoden: Aus den Jahren 2003 bis 2006 wurden im repräsentativen Kinder- und ...

In a hospital-based observational study in Germany, we investigated children admitted to pediatric intensive care units and deaths caused by confirmed pandemic (H1N1) 2009 to identify risk factors and outcomes in critically ...

During 2002-2003 increased numbers of notified salmonellosis due to S. enterica serovar Agona were observed in Germany. In order to understand the recent spread of this serovar and to trace the route of infection to its ...

In an asylum seeker centre in Schleswig-Holstein, a resident was diagnosed with furuncle caused by a Panton-Valentine leukocidine (PVL)-positive community- acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA). ...

In two prisons in Berlin, Germany, provision of sterile injection equipment for injecting drug users (IDUs) started in 1998. To assess the programme's impact, the frequency of injecting drug use and syringe sharing, and ...

To the Editor: Rickettsia spp. of the spotted fever group cause worldwide emerging human infections known as tick-borne rickettsioses (1). Data on the occurrence and prevalence of Rickettsia in Germany are still limited ...