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2012-05-03Zeitschriftenartikel

First International External Quality Assessment Study on Molecular and Serological Methods for Yellow Fever Diagnosis

Domingo, Cristina; Escadafal, Camille; Rumer, Leonid; Méndez, Jairo A.; García, Paquita; Sall, Amadou A.; Teichmann, Anette; Mantke, Oliver Donoso; Niedrig, Matthias

Objective: We describe an external quality assurance (EQA) study designed to assess the efficiency and accurateness of molecular and serological methods used by expert laboratories performing YF diagnosis. Study Design: ...

2011-05-30Zeitschriftenartikel

BMI-Selbstauskünfte

Überprüfung der Praktikabilität einer Korrekturformel an einer Stichprobe elf- bis 13-jähriger Mädchen

Wick, K.; Hölling, Heike; Schlack, Robert; Bormann, B.; Brix, C.; Sowa, M.; Strauß, B.; Berger, U.

Die Entscheidung zwischen Messung und Erfragung von Größe und Gewicht zur Errechnung des Body-Mass-Index (BMI) hat Einfluss auf die Ökonomie und Validität dieser Messungen. So sind Selbstauskünfte zwar weniger aufwendig, ...

2012-04-26Zeitschriftenartikel

The effect of climate fluctuation on chimpanzee birth sex ratio.

Kühl, Hjalmar S.; N'Guessan, Antoine; Riedel, Julia; Metzger, Sonja; Deschner, Tobias

Climate and weather conditions, such as the North Atlantic Oscillation, precipitation and temperature influence the birth sex ratio (BSR) of various higher latitude species, including deer, elephant seals or northern human ...

2012-05-01Zeitschriftenartikel

Diversity of parvovirus 4-like viruses in humans, chimpanzees, and monkeys in hunter-prey relationships.

Adlhoch, Cornelia; Kaiser, Marco; Löwa, Anna; Ulrich, Markus; Forbrig, Christian; Adjogoua, Edgard Valerie; Akoua-Koffi, Chantal; Couacy-Hymann, Emmanuel; Leendertz, Siv Aina J.; Rietschel, Wolfram; Boesch, Christophe; Ellerbrok, Heinz; Leendertz, Fabian; Leendertz, Fabian

During 2010–2011, we investigated interspecies transmission of partetraviruses between predators (humans and chimpanzees) and their prey (colobus monkeys) in Côte d’Ivoire. Despite widespread infection in all species ...

2012-04-01Zeitschriftenartikel

Origin of Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 in Rural Côte d’Ivoire

Calvignac, Sébastien; Adjogoua, Edgard Valerie; Akoua-Koffi, Chantal; Hedemann, Claudia; Schubert, Grit; Ellerbrok, Heinz; Leendertz, Siv Aina J.; Pauli, Georg; Leendertz, Fabian

Simian T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (STLV-1) strains occasionally infect humans. However, the frequency of such infections is unknown. We show that direct transmission of STLV-1 from nonhuman primates to humans may be ...

2010-12-01Zeitschriftenartikel

Zusammenhang von Ernährungsmustern und ausgewählten Biomarkern bei Jugendlichen

Rabenberg, Martina; Richter, Almut; Mensink, Gert

2012-04-06Zeitschriftenartikel

Overcoming Species Boundaries in Peptide Identification with Bayesian Information Criterion-driven Error-tolerant Peptide Search (BICEPS)

Renard, Bernhard Y.; Xu, Buote; Kirchner, Marc; Zickmann, Franziska; Winter, Dominic; Korten, Simone; Brattig, Norbert W.; Tzur, Amit; Hamprecht, Fred A.; Steen, Hanno

Currently, the reliable identification of peptides and proteins is only feasible when thoroughly annotated sequence databases are available. Although sequencing capacities continue to grow, many organisms remain without ...

2012-06-12Zeitschriftenartikel

High Prevalence of Giardia duodenalis Assemblage B Infection and Association with Underweight in Rwandan Children

Ignatius, Ralf; Gahutu, Jean Bosco; Klotz, Christian; Steininger, Christian; Shyirambere, Cyprien; Lyng, Michel; Musemakweri, Andre; Aebischer, Toni; Martus, Peter; Harms, Gundel; Mockenhaupt, Frank P.

Background: Giardia duodenalis is highly endemic in East Africa but its effects on child health, particularly of submicroscopic infections, i.e., those below the threshold of microscopy, and of genetic subgroups ...

2012-07-27Zeitschriftenartikel

Zidovudine Exposure in HIV-1 Infected Tanzanian Women Increases Mitochondrial DNA Levels in Placenta and Umbilical Cords

Kunz, Andrea; Wurmb-Schwark, Nicole von; Sewangi, Julius; Ziske, Judith; Lau, Inga; Mbezi, Paulina; Theuring, Stefanie; Hauser, Andrea; Dugange, Festo; Katerna, Angela; Harms, Gundel

Background: Zidovudine (AZT) constitutes part of the recommended regimens for prevention and treatment of HIV-1 infection. At the same time, AZT as well as HIV-1 infection itself may induce mitochondrial damage. In this ...

2012-07-02Zeitschriftenartikel

High Resolution Discrimination of Clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Strains Based on Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms

Homolka, Susanne; Projahn, Michaela; Feuerriegel, Silke; Ubben, Tanja; Diel, Roland; Nübel, Ulrich; Niemann, Stefan

Recently, the diversity of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) population structure has been described in detail. Based on geographical separation and specific host pathogen co-evolution shaping MTBC virulence ...

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