Artikel in Fachzeitschriften: Recent submissions
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2018-08-31ZeitschriftenartikelAttack of the clones: whole genome-based characterization of two closely related enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O26 epidemic lineages Background: Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O26:H11/H−, the most common non-O157 serotype causing hemolytic uremic syndrome worldwide, are evolutionarily highly dynamic with new pathogenic clones emerging ...
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2018-08-25ZeitschriftenartikelNot again! Effect of previous test results, age group and reason for testing on (re-)infection with Chlamydia trachomatis in Germany Background: Infection with Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) is the most commonly reported sexually transmitted infection in Europe. In Germany, Ct screening is offered free of charge to pregnant women since 1995 and to women ...
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2018-09-10ZeitschriftenartikelThe significance of human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) in children from Ghana with acute lower respiratory tract infection: A molecular epidemiological analysis, 2006 and 2013-2014 Background: Acute lower respiratory tract infection (ALRI) is a leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Globally, human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) is the most common pathogen ...
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2018-09-13ZeitschriftenartikelExternal Quality Assessment (EQA) for Molecular Diagnostics of Zika Virus: Experiences from an International EQA Programme, 2016–2018 Quality Control for Molecular Diagnostics (QCMD), an international provider for External Quality Assessment (EQA) programmes, has introduced a programme for molecular diagnostics of Zika virus (ZIKV) in 2016, which has ...
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2018-09-12ZeitschriftenartikelPreserving prion strain identity upon replication of prions in vitro using recombinant prion protein Last decade witnessed an enormous progress in generating authentic infectious prions or PrPSc in vitro using recombinant prion protein (rPrP). Previous work established that rPrP that lacks posttranslational modification ...
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2017-08-23ZeitschriftenartikelMethode zur Qualitätsbewertung von Datenerhebungsprozessen in epidemiologischen Studien Hintergrund: Für eine quantifizierbare Bewertung der Qualität von Primärdatenerhebungsprozessen in epidemiologischen Studien auf Basis von Begleitungen und Beobachtungen durch Monitore im Feld (Site Visits) sind in der ...
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2017-09-04ZeitschriftenartikelRegionalisierung der Gesundheitsberichterstattung am Beispiel Diabetes-Surveillance Ziele und Ergebnisse des Bund-Länder-Gesprächs am Robert Koch-InstitutUnzureichend behandelt kann die Stoffwechselerkrankung Diabetes mellitus zu schwerwiegenden Folgeerkrankungen führen. Nationale und internationale Analysen zeigen einen kontinuierlichen Anstieg der Diabetesprävalenz über ...
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2018-07-16ZeitschriftenartikelIncreasing influenza and pneumococcal vaccine uptake in the elderly: study protocol for the multi-methods prospective intervention study Vaccination60+ Background: Influenza and pneumococcal vaccination can prevent disease and potentially life-threatening complications like sepsis. Elderly people have an increased risk of severe disease and therefore constitute a major ...
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2018-06-22ZeitschriftenartikelThe Expression of Uncoupling Protein 3 Coincides With the Fatty Acid Oxidation Type of Metabolism in Adult Murine Heart The involvement of mitochondrial uncoupling proteins 2 and 3 in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases is widely acknowledged. However, contradictory reports show that the functions of UCP2/UCP3 are still disputed. ...
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2018-06-14ZeitschriftenartikelSmear Microscopy for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Eastern Sudan Background. In Sudan, tuberculosis diagnosis largely relies on clinical symptoms and smear microscopy as in many other low- and middle-income countries. The aim of this study was to investigate the positive predictive value ...
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2018-06-15ZeitschriftenartikelESBL-plasmid carriage in E. coli enhances in vitro bacterial competition fitness and serum resistance in some strains of pandemic sequence types without overall fitness cost Background: Extended spectrum beta lactamase (ESBL)-producing extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli infections are of global interest because of their clinical and economic impact. The ESBL resistance genes disseminate ...
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2018-06-14ZeitschriftenartikelMultispecies and Clonal Dissemination of OXA-48 Carbapenemase in Enterobacteriaceae From Companion Animals in Germany, 2009—2016 The increasing spread of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) poses a serious threat to public health. Recent studies suggested animals as a putative source of such bacteria. We investigated 19,025 Escherichia ...
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2018-06-27ZeitschriftenartikelHuman coronavirus OC43 outbreak in wild chimpanzees, Côte d´Ivoire, 2016
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2018-06-12ZeitschriftenartikelHigh genomic diversity of multi-drug resistant wastewater Escherichia coli Wastewater treatment plants play an important role in the emergence of antibiotic resistance. They provide a hot spot for exchange of resistance within and between species. Here, we analyse and quantify the genomic diversity ...
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2018-05-18ZeitschriftenartikelEasy and accurate reconstruction of whole HIV genomes from short-read sequence data with shiver Studying the evolution of viruses and their molecular epidemiology relies on accurate viral sequence data, so that small differences between similar viruses can be meaningfully interpreted. Despite its higher throughput ...
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2018-05-02ZeitschriftenartikelIntegration von Sekundärdaten in die Nationale Diabetes-Surveillance Hintergrund, Ziele und Ergebnisse des Sekundärdaten-Workshops am Robert Koch-InstitutEpidemiologische Daten belegen, dass Diabetes mellitus in Deutschland wie in vielen anderen Ländern eine hohe Public-health-Relevanz hat. Am Robert Koch-Institut (RKI) wird derzeit eine Nationale Diabetes-Surveillance ...
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2018-08-24ZeitschriftenartikelEvaluation of the statutory surveillance system for invasive MRSA infections in Germany, 2016–2017 Background: Mandatory notification of invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections was introduced for laboratories in Germany in 2009. The aims were to support local health authorities (LHAs) in ...
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2018-05-23ZeitschriftenartikelHDV infection rates in northern Vietnam Hepatitis D caused by the hepatitis delta virus (HDV) is a serious health problem in many regions of the world. A total of 546 HBV-infected patients were enrolled from 2013 to 2015 and classified clinically into the subgroups ...
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2018-06-05ZeitschriftenartikelCarbapenem non-susceptibility of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in hospitals from 2011 to 2016, data from the German Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (ARS) Background: Carbapenem resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae is of significant public health concern and recently spread across several countries. We investigated the extent of carbapenem non-susceptibility in K. pneumoniae ...
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2018-07-12ZeitschriftenartikelAbsence of IL-10 production by human PBMCs co-cultivated with human cells expressing or secreting retroviral immunosuppressive domains Immunosuppression by retroviruses including the human immunodeficiency virus—1 (HIV-1) is well known, however the mechanisms how retroviruses induce this immunosuppression is not fully investigated. It was shown that ...