Artikel in Fachzeitschriften: Recent submissions
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2018-07-26ZeitschriftenartikelBeyond the myths: Novel findings for old paradigms in the history of the smallpox vaccine The discovery of smallpox vaccination by Edward Jenner in 1796 gave a new perspective to science in the struggle against this devastating disease. Smallpox has claimed hundreds of millions of lives over the centuries. ...
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2018-12-04ZeitschriftenartikelExperimental studies addressing the longevity of Bacillus subtilis spores – The first data from a 500-year experiment The ability to form endospores allows certain Gram-positive bacteria (e.g. Bacillus subtilis) to challenge the limits of microbial resistance and survival. Thus, B. subtilis is able to tolerate many environmental extremes ...
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2018-12-06ZeitschriftenartikelHealth literacy in men and women with cardiovascular diseases and its association with the use of health care services - Results from the population-based GEDA2014/2015-EHIS survey in Germany Background Health literacy (HL), defined as the ability to access, understand, appraise and apply health information, offers a promising approach to reduce the development of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and to improve ...
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2018-11-08ZeitschriftenartikelIncreasing proportions of HIV-1 non-B subtypes and of NNRTI resistance between 2013 and 2016 in Germany: Results from the national molecular surveillance of new HIV-diagnoses Background Molecular surveillance of newly diagnosed HIV-infections is important for tracking trends in circulating HIV-variants, including those with transmitted drug resistances (TDR) to sustain ART efficacy. Methods Dried ...
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2017-05-17ZeitschriftenartikelSoziale Ungleichheit und chronische Rückenschmerzen bei Erwachsenen in Deutschland Hintergrund Rückenschmerzen sind ein häufiger Grund für Arbeitsunfähigkeit und die Inanspruchnahme von Versorgungsleistungen. Dabei entstehen entsprechend hohe Kosten. Untersucht wird, wie häufig chronische Rückenschmerzen ...
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2018-10-17ZeitschriftenartikelWhat motivates Ebola survivors to donate plasma during an emergency clinical trial? The case of Ebola-Tx in Guinea Introduction During the 2014 Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) epidemic, the Ebola-Tx trial evaluated the use of convalescent plasma (CP) in Guinea. The effectiveness of plasmapheresis trials depends on the recruitment of plasma ...
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2018-11-06ZeitschriftenartikelRodent control to fight Lassa fever: Evaluation and lessons learned from a 4-year study in Upper Guinea Lassa fever is a viral haemorrhagic fever caused by an arenavirus. The disease is endemic in West African countries, including Guinea. The rodents Mastomys natalensis and Mastomys erythroleucus have been identified as Lassa ...
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2018-06-08ZeitschriftenartikelEducational inequalities in subjective health in Germany from 1994 to 2014: a trend analysis using the German Socio-Economic Panel study (GSOEP) Introduction As trend studies have shown, health inequalities by income and occupation have widened or remained stable. However, research on time trends in educational inequalities in health in Germany is scarce. The aim ...
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2018-04-12ZeitschriftenartikelGender inequalities in the association between area deprivation and perceived social support: a cross-sectional multilevel analysis at the municipality level in Germany Objectives To investigate the association between area deprivation at municipality level with low perceived social support, independent of individual socioeconomic position and demographic characteristics. To assess whether ...
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2018-10-02ZeitschriftenartikelOpportunistic HPV vaccination at age 16–23 and cervical screening attendance in Sweden: a national register-based cohort study Objectives To investigate whether cervical screening attendance differs between human papillomavirus (HPV)-vaccinated and unvaccinated women and to investigate potential underlying socioeconomic factors. Design Prospective ...
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2018-10-11ZeitschriftenartikelEffects of long-term methylphenidate use on growth and blood pressure: results of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS) Background Concerns have been raised over the safety of methylphenidate (MPH), with regard to adverse effects on growth and blood pressure. Our study investigates whether, and to what extent, methylphenidate use in boys ...
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2018-06-15ZeitschriftenartikelDevelopment of Mobile Laboratory for Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Detection in Africa Background A mobile laboratory transportable on commercial flights was developed to enable local response to viral hemorrhagic fever outbreaks. Methods The development progressed from use of mobile real-time ...
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2018-10-01ZeitschriftenartikelProfiling antimicrobial peptides from the medical maggot Lucilia sericata as potential antibiotics for MDR Gram-negative bacteria Background The ability of MDR Gram-negative bacteria to evade even antibiotics of last resort is a severe global challenge. The development pipeline for conventional antibiotics cannot address this issue, but antimicrobial ...
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2019-03-05ZeitschriftenartikelImpact of health insurance status among migrants from sub-Saharan Africa on access to health care and HIV testing in Germany: a participatory cross-sectional survey Background Among all newly diagnosed HIV cases in Germany in 2015, 16% originated from sub-Saharan Africa. Twelve percent of these infections were contracted within Germany and migrants from sub-Saharan Africa (misSA) are ...
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2019-02-26ZeitschriftenartikelEmergence of the East-Central-South-African genotype of Chikungunya virus in Brazil and the city of Rio de Janeiro may have occurred years before surveillance detection Brazil, which is hyperendemic for dengue virus (DENV), has had recent Zika (ZIKV) and (CHIKV) Chikungunya virus outbreaks. Since March 2016, CHIKV is the arbovirus infection most frequently diagnosed in Rio de Janeiro. In ...
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2019-02-11ZeitschriftenartikelThe tyrosine transporter of Toxoplasma gondii is a member of the newly defined apicomplexan amino acid transporter (ApiAT) family Apicomplexan parasites are auxotrophic for a range of amino acids which must be salvaged from their host cells, either through direct uptake or degradation of host proteins. Here, we describe a family of plasma membrane-localized ...
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2019-01-11ZeitschriftenartikelA cross-sectional screening by next-generation sequencing reveals Rickettsia, Coxiella, Francisella, Borrelia, Babesia, Theileria and Hemolivia species in ticks from Anatolia Background Ticks participate as arthropod vectors in the transmission of pathogenic microorganisms to humans. Several tick-borne infections have reemerged, along with newly described agents of unexplored pathogenicity. ...
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2019-01-08ZeitschriftenartikelHIV-1 molecular transmission clusters in nine European countries and Canada: association with demographic and clinical factors Background Knowledge of HIV-1 molecular transmission clusters (MTCs) is important, especially in large-scale datasets, for designing prevention programmes and public health intervention strategies. We used a large-scale ...
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2018-12-29ZeitschriftenartikelFind the right sample: A study on the versatility of saliva and urine samples for the diagnosis of emerging viruses Background The emergence of different viral infections during the last decades like dengue, West Nile, SARS, chikungunya, MERS-CoV, Ebola, Zika and Yellow Fever raised some questions on quickness and reliability of ...
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2018-12-22ZeitschriftenartikelAntibiotic resistance, the 3As and the road ahead Antibiotic resistance is by far one of the most important health threats of our time. Only a global concerted effort of several disciplines based on the One-Health concept will help in slowing down this process and potentially ...