Artikel in Fachzeitschriften: Recent submissions
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2017-03-27ZeitschriftenartikelChanges to cholesterol trafficking in macrophages by Leishmania parasites infection Leishmania spp. are protozoan parasites that are transmitted by sandfly vectors during blood sucking to vertebrate hosts and cause a spectrum of diseases called leishmaniases. It has been demonstrated that host cholesterol ...
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2017-03-21ZeitschriftenartikelNursing staff fluctuation and pathogenic burden in the NICU - effective outbreak management and the underestimated relevance of non-resistant strains In the course of a hospital management takeover, a microbial outbreak took place in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Here, we characterize the outbreak and its management. About 4 months prior to takeover, ...
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2017-03-29ZeitschriftenartikelPredicting late-onset sepsis by routine neonatal screening for colonisation by gram-negative bacteria in neonates at intensive care units: a protocol for a systematic review Introduction: Hospitals conduct extensive screening procedures to assess colonisation of the body surface of neonates by gram-negative bacteria to avoid complications like late-onset sepsis. However, the benefits of these ...
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2017-03-14ZeitschriftenartikelWild African great apes as natural hosts of malaria parasites: current knowledge and research perspectives Humans and African great apes (AGAs) are naturally infected with several species of closely related malaria parasites. The need to understand the origins of human malaria as well as the risk of zoonotic transmissions and ...
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2016-08-28ZeitschriftenartikelPhylogenetic structure of European Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak correlates with national and international egg distribution network Outbreaks of Salmonella Enteritidis have long been associated with contaminated poultry and eggs. In the summer of 2014 a large multi-national outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis phage type 14b occurred with over 350 cases ...
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2017-03-20ZeitschriftenartikelCo-circulation of West Nile virus and distinct insect-specific flaviviruses in Turkey Background: Active vector surveillance provides an efficient tool for monitoring the presence or spread of emerging or re-emerging vector-borne viruses. This study was undertaken to investigate the circulation of ...
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2017-03-10ZeitschriftenartikelTreatment outcome in children with nontuberculous mycobacterial lymphadenitis: A retrospective follow-up study Introduction: Information on the long-term treatment outcome following nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lymphadenitis is very limited. We performed a study to (a) compare cure rates following different initial treatment ...
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2017-03-23ZeitschriftenartikelContact investigation after a fatal case of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) in an aircraft, Germany, July 2013 In July 2013, a passenger died of infectious extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) on board of an aircraft after a 3-hour flight from Turkey to Germany. Initial information indicated the patient had moved about ...
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2017-03-21ZeitschriftenartikelEvidence for Contemporary Switching of the O-Antigen Gene Cluster between Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Strains Colonizing Cattle Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) comprise a group of zoonotic enteric pathogens with ruminants, especially cattle, as the main reservoir. O-antigens are instrumental for host colonization and bacterial niche ...
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2017-03-10ZeitschriftenartikelAntigenic and immunosuppressive properties of a trimeric recombinant transmembrane envelope protein gp41 of HIV-1 The transmembrane envelope (TM) protein gp41 of the human immunodeficiency virus—1 (HIV-1) plays an important role during virus infection inducing the fusion of the viral and cellular membranes. In addition, there are ...
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2017-02-16ZeitschriftenartikelHarmonizing methods for wildlife abundance estimation and pathogen detection in Europe—a questionnaire survey on three selected host-pathogen combinations Background: The need for wildlife health surveillance as part of disease control in wildlife, domestic animals and humans on the global level is widely recognized. However, the objectives, methods and intensity of ...
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2017-02-23ZeitschriftenartikelDecline in the proportion of methicillin resistance among Staphylococcus aureus isolates from non-invasive samples and in outpatient settings, and changes in the co-resistance profiles: an analysis of data collected within the Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network, Germany 2010 to 2015 Background: Recent analysis of trends of non-invasive infections with methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), of trends of MRSA infections in outpatient settings and of co-resistance profiles of MRSA isolates ...
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2017-02-24ZeitschriftenartikelRisiko für psychische Erkrankungen in Städten Hintergrund: Mehr als die Hälfte der Weltbevölkerung lebt derzeit in Städten, und es ist ein zunehmender Trend zur Urbanisierung zu verzeichnen. Das Leben in den Städten geht einher mit einer erhöhten Bevölkerungsdichte, ...
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2017-02-23ZeitschriftenartikelGenome Sequence of Novel Human Parechovirus Type 17 Human parechoviruses (HPeV) circulate worldwide, causing a broad variety of symptoms, preferentially in early childhood. We report here the nearly complete genome sequence of a novel HPeV type, consisting of 7,062 nucleotides ...
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2017-02-16ZeitschriftenartikelVermehrter Anstieg der Norovirus-Infektionen in der Winter-Saison 2016/2017 Nachweis einer neuen Norovirus-Variante
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2017-02-16ZeitschriftenartikelEarly 2016/17 vaccine effectiveness estimates against influenza A(H3N2): I-MOVE multicentre case control studies at primary care and hospital levels in Europe We measured early 2016/17 season influenza vaccine effectiveness (IVE) against influenza A(H3N2) in Europe using multicentre case control studies at primary care and hospital levels. IVE at primary care level was 44.1%, ...
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2016-10-13ZeitschriftenartikelImproving influenza virological surveillance in Europe: strain-based reporting of antigenic and genetic characterisation data, 11 European countries, influenza season 2013/14 Influenza antigenic and genetic characterisation data are crucial for influenza vaccine composition decision making. Previously, aggregate data were reported to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control by ...
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2017-02-09ZeitschriftenartikelXenotransplantation — A special case of One Health The chronic shortage of human transplants to treat tissue and organ failure has led to the development of xenotransplantation, the transplantation of cells, tissues and organs from another species to human recipients. For ...
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2017-02-22ZeitschriftenartikelDetection and genome characterization of four novel bat hepadnaviruses and a hepevirus in China Background: In recent years, novel hepadnaviruses, hepeviruses, hepatoviruses, and hepaciviruses have been discovered in various species of bat around the world, indicating that bats may act as natural reservoirs for ...
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2017-02-23ZeitschriftenartikelVitamin D and mortality: Individual participant data meta-analysis of standardized 25-hydroxyvitamin D in 26916 individuals from a European consortium Background: Vitamin D deficiency may be a risk factor for mortality but previous meta-analyses lacked standardization of laboratory methods for 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) concentrations and used aggregate data instead ...