One year after the first autochthonous transmission of West Nile virus (WNV) to birds and horses in Germany, an epizootic emergence of WNV was again observed in 2019. The number of infected birds and horses was considerably ...

Die partizipative Epidemiologie ist ein Konzept, das die aktive Einbeziehung und möglichst gleichberechtigte Zusammenarbeit von Forschenden und Beforschten in einzelnen Abschnitten oder im gesamten epidemiologischen ...

Zinc homeostasis is crucial for bacterial cells, since imbalances affect viability. However, in mycobacteria, knowledge of zinc metabolism is incomplete. Mycobacterium smegmatis (MSMEG) is an environmental, nonpathogenic ...

Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) is a human polyomavirus that establishes a life-long harmless infection in most individuals, with dermal fibroblasts believed to be the natural host cell. However, this virus is the major ...

This study aimed to investigate associations between occupational physical activity patterns (physical work demands linked to job title) and leisure time physical activity (assessed by questionnaire) with cardiorespiratory ...

Healthcare-associated infections are the most frequent adverse events in healthcare worldwide, withlimited available evidence suggesting highest burden in resource-limited settings. Recent Ebola epidemicsemphasize the ...

At present, it is not clear how memory B lymphocytes are maintained over time, and whetheronly as circulating cells or also residing in particular tissues. Here we describe distinctpopulations of isotype-switched memory B ...

Emerging evidence from China suggests that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is deadlier forinfected men than women with a 2.8% fatality rate being reported in Chinese men versus 1.7% in women. Further,sex-disaggregated ...

To counter the increasing global risk of Yellow fever (YF), the World Health Organisation initiated the Eliminate Yellow fever Epidemics (EYE) strategy. Estimating YF burden, as well as vaccine impact, while accounting for ...

Legionnaires’ disease (LD) shows a seasonal pattern with most cases occurring in summer.We investigate if seasonality can be observed for all three exposure categories (community-acquired(CALD), travel-associated (TALD) ...