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2022-01-27ZeitschriftenartikelRisk of Guillain–Barré syndrome after vaccination against human papillomavirus: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 1 January 2000 to 4 April 2020 Background: Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rare autoimmune disease that can follow viral infections and has in a few cases been linked to vaccinations. Pre-licensure clinical trials did not observe an association ...
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2021-12-27ZeitschriftenartikelMultilocus Sequence Typing Reveals Extensive Genetic Diversity of the Emerging Fungal Pathogen Scedosporium aurantiacum Scedosporium spp. are the second most prevalent filamentous fungi after Aspergillus spp. recovered from cystic fibrosis (CF) patients in various regions of the world. Although invasive infection is uncommon prior to lung ...
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2022-01-10ZeitschriftenartikelMapping European research networks providing health data: results from the InfAct Joint Action on health information Background: Research networks offer multidisciplinary expertise and promote information exchange between researchers across Europe. They are essential for the European Union’s (EU) health information system as providers ...
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2022-03-23ZeitschriftenartikelTick-Borne Encephalitis Risk Increases with Dog Ownership, Frequent Walks, and Gardening: A Case-Control Study in Germany 2018–2020 In Germany, tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) infections mainly occur in southern regions. Despite recent increases in incidence, TBE vaccination coverage remains low, necessitating additional preventive strategies against ...
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2022-03-21ZeitschriftenartikelCluster of human Puumala orthohantavirus infections due to indoor exposure?—An interdisciplinary outbreak investigation Puumala orthohantavirus (PUUV) is the most important hantavirus species in Europe, causing the majority of human hantavirus disease cases. In central and western Europe, the occurrence of human infections is mainly driven ...
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2022-02-02ZeitschriftenartikelIntra-host analysis of hepaciviral glycoprotein evolution reveals signatures associated with viral persistence and clearance Even 30 years after the discovery of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in humans there is still no vaccine available. Reasons for this include the high mutation rate of HCV, which allows the virus to escape immune recognition ...
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2022-03-11ZeitschriftenartikelIdentification of Mucormycosis by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Targeting Ribosomal RNA in Tissue Samples Mucormycosis is an invasive fungal infection associated with high mortality, partly due to delayed diagnosis and inadequate empiric therapy. As fungal cultures often fail to grow Mucorales, identification of respective ...
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2021-12-16ZeitschriftenartikelContext-aware genomic surveillance reveals hidden transmission of a carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Genomic surveillance can inform effective public health responses to pathogen outbreaks. However, integration of non-local data is rarely done. We investigate two large hospital outbreaks of a carbapenemase-carrying ...
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2022-01-04ZeitschriftenartikelInvestigation of a Limited but Explosive COVID-19 Outbreak in a German Secondary School The role of schools as a source of infection and driver in the coronavirus-pandemic has been controversial and is still not completely clarified. To prevent harm and disadvantages for children and adolescents, but also ...
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2022-01-14ZeitschriftenartikelSARS-CoV-2 outbreaks in hospitals and long-term care facilities in Germany: a national observational study Background: Outbreaks of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in hospitals and long-term care facilities (LTCFs) pose serious public health threats. We analysed how frequency and size of SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks in hospitals and ...
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2022-01-19ZeitschriftenartikelLateral flow–based nucleic acid detection of SARS-CoV-2 using enzymatic incorporation of biotin-labeled dUTP for POCT use The degree of detrimental effects inflicted on mankind by the COVID-19 pandemic increased the need to develop ASSURED (Affordable, Sensitive, Specific, User-friendly, Rapid and Robust, Equipment-free, and Deliverable) POCT ...
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2022-06-05ZeitschriftenartikelSeroprevalence of Measles-, Mumps-, and Rubella-specific antibodies in the German adult population – cross-sectional analysis of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults (DEGS1) Background: The WHO European Region targets the elimination of measles, rubella, and the congenital rubella syndrome and welcomes mumps elimination via the joint MMR vaccine. In a push towards this elimination goal, Germany ...
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2022-01-14ZeitschriftenartikelCOVID-19 infections in day care centres in Germany: social and organisational determinants of infections in children and staff in the second and third wave of the pandemic Background: During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, German early childhood education and care (ECEC) centres organised children’s attendance in different ways, they reduced opening hours, provided emergency support for a few ...
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2022-02-21ZeitschriftenartikelThe first WHO global survey on infection prevention and control in health-care facilities Background: WHO core components for infection prevention and control (IPC) are important building blocks for effective IPC programmes. To our knowledge, we did the first WHO global survey to assess implementation of these ...
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2022-06-02ZeitschriftenartikelSARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants BA.1 and BA.2 both show similarly reduced disease severity of COVID-19 compared to Delta, Germany, 2021 to 2022 German national surveillance data analysis shows that hospitalisation odds associated with Omicron lineage BA.1 or BA.2 infections are up to 80% lower than with Delta infection, primarily in ≥ 35-year-olds. Hospitalised ...
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2022-06-02ZeitschriftenartikelEvolutionarily stable gene clusters shed light on the common grounds of pathogenicity in the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii complex Nosocomial pathogens of the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii (ACB) complex are a cautionary example for the world-wide spread of multi- and pan-drug resistant bacteria. Aiding the urgent demand for novel therapeutic ...
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2022-05-25ZeitschriftenartikelA Federated and Distributed Data Management Infrastructure to Enable Public Health Surveillance from Intensive Care Unit Data The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) monitors the actual number of COVID-19 patients requiring intensive care from aggregated data reported by hospitals in Germany. So far, there is no infrastructure to make use of individual ...
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2022-05-05ZeitschriftenartikelThe International Virus Bioinformatics Meeting 2022 The International Virus Bioinformatics Meeting 2022 took place online, on 23–25 March 2022, and has attracted about 380 participants from all over the world. The goal of the meeting was to provide a meaningful and interactive ...
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2022-05-17ZeitschriftenartikelThe InfAct proposal for a sustainable European health information infrastructure on population health: the Distributed Infrastructure on Population Health (DIPoH) Background: In Europe, data on population health is fragmented, difficult to access, project-based and prone to health information inequalities in terms of availability, accessibility and especially in quality between and ...
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2022-03-09ZeitschriftenartikelCombined Clinical, Epidemiological, and Genome-Based Analysis Identified a Nationwide Outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia Complex Infections Caused by Contaminated Mouthwash Solutions Background: In September 2018, Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC) infections in 3 patients associated with exposure to a mouthwash solution (MWS) were reported to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI). As the product was still ...