Die Forschung an humanen pluripotenten Stammzellen hat in den letzten Jahren – insbesondere durch die Etablierung induzierter pluripotenter Stammzellen – großen Auftrieb erfahren. Zudem zeichnen sich seit einiger Zeit ...

A multivariate time-series regression model was developed in order to describe the 2005-2008 age-specific time-course of varicella sentinel surveillance data following the introduction of a varicella childhood vaccination ...

In March 2010 the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) was used to inform about Salmonella Montevideo in a herbal food supplement, formulated in capsules, distributed under a Dutch label in Germany. Simultaneous ...

Objective: Surveillance of nosocomial infections (NIs) is well established in many countries but often does not include gastrointestinal infections. We sought to determine the proportion of NIs among all hospitalized ...

Objective: We analyzed the magnitude of the association between cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and various measures of overweight among adolescents, to determine which indicator of overweight is most relevant ...

The objective of this study was to describe transmission chains of measles observed in Poland during 2008-2009. A decade ago, the incidence of measles in Poland declined and approached one case per million inhabitants one ...

Influenzaviren haben eine hohe Variabilität. Entsprechend sollte jährlich mit einem aktuellen Impfstoff geimpft werden. Die Schutzwirkung hängt wesentlich von der Übereinstimmung der im Impfstoff enthaltenen Virusvarianten ...