Background: The Enterobacteriaceae comprise a large number of clinically relevant species with several individual subspecies. Overlapping virulence-associated gene pools and the high overall genome plasticity often ...

In recent years, human dendritic cells (DCs) could be subdivided into CD304+ plasmacytoid DCs (pDCs) and conventional DCs (cDCs), the latter encompassing the CD1c+, CD16+, and CD141+ DC subsets. To date, the low frequency ...

The abattoir and the fallen stock surveys constitute the active surveillance component aimed at improving the detection of scrapie across the European Union. Previous studies have suggested the occurrence of significant ...

Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) is a pore-forming, bi-component toxin secreted by Staphylococcus aureus strains epidemiologically associated with diseases such as necrotizing pneumonia and skin and soft-tissue infections. ...

Vertigo is a frequent symptom in the general population with a 12-month prevalence of 5% and an incidence of 1.4% in adults. Its prevalence rises with age and is about two to three times higher in women than in men. The ...

Objective: To explore the food intake of young migrants living in Germany. Design: Children and adolescents aged 0 to 17 years living in Germany, including 17?1% with a migration background, were examined in a representative ...

Gemäß § 22 Transfusionsgesetz (TFG) melden alle Blut- und Plasmaspendeeinrichtungen in Deutschland ihre infektionsepidemiologischen Daten an das Robert Koch-Institut (RKI). Diese erlauben Aussagen über die Infektionshäufigkeit ...

The small hydrophobic (SH) protein of mumps virus has been reported to interfere with innate immunity by inhibiting tumour necrosis factor alpha-mediated apoptosis. In a yeast two-hybrid screen we have identified the ...

The αLβ2-integrin LFA-1 (CD11a/CD18) is known as an important molecule for leukocyte migration. However, the precise role of LFA-1 in the pathogenesis of EAE has so far remained unclear. We describe here the disease ...

Labore, Labortechnik und Versuchstierhaltung in den Sicherheitsbereichen S3 und S4 müssen gemäß Gentechnikgesetz speziellen Anforderungen an die Dekontamination von komplexen Oberflächen in Räumen, Schleusen und ...