Die Influenzaaktivität im Winter 2000/2001 wird anhand der Beobachtungen der AGI und der Nationalen Referenzzentren bewertet. Insgesamt war die Influenzawelle sehr kompakt mit starkem Anstieg der Morbidität, spitzem Gipfel ...

Porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERV) represent a risk for xenotransplantation using pig cells, tissues or organs. PERV-A and PERV-B are present in the genome of all pigs and both infect human cells in vitro. PERV-C infects ...

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) has been previously reported in many African and Asian areas, but it recently reemerged strongly in countries bordering the Indian Ocean as well as caused an outbreak in northern Italy. In Germany, ...

Die Erfassung von Todesfällen ist ein wichtiges epidemiologisches Instrument, um den Verlauf, das Ausmaß, betroffene Altersgruppen und die Schwere von Gesundheitsgefahren einschätzen zu können. Dennoch sind in Deutschland ...

While much attention has been focused on the molecular epidemiology of retroviruses in wild primate populations, the correlated question of the frequency and nature of super-infection events, i.e., the simultaneous infection ...

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a zoonosis caused by a Nairovirus of the family Bunyaviridae. Infection is transmitted to humans mostly by Hyalomma ticks and also by direct contact with the blood or tissues of ...

The zoonotic potential of paramyxoviruses is particularly demonstrated by their broad host range like the highly pathogenic Hendra and Nipah viruses originating from bats. But while so far all bat-borne paramyxoviruses ...