Artikel in Fachzeitschriften: Recent submissions
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2007-10-01ZeitschriftenartikelSurvNet Electronic Surveillance System for Infectious Disease Outbreaks, Germany. In 2001, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) implemented a new electronic surveillance system (SurvNet) for infectious disease outbreaks in Germany. SurvNet has captured 30,578 outbreak reports in 2001-2005. The size of the ...
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2007-05-01ZeitschriftenartikelLeptospirosis in urban wild boars, Berlin, Germany. We found antibodies to leptospires in 25 (18%) of 141 wild boars from Berlin (95% confidence interval 12-25). Seropositivity was associated with chronic interstitial nephritis (odds ratio 10.5; p=0.01), and leptospires ...
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2007-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelMajor outbreak of hepatitis A associated with orange juice among tourists, Egypt, 2004. In 2004, a major outbreak of hepatitis A among tourists returning from Egypt involved 351 case-patients from 9 European countries who were infected with a single strain (genotype 1 b). The case-control study identified ...
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2007-08-01ZeitschriftenartikelNephropathia epidemica in metropolitan area, Germany.
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2007-12-01ZeitschriftenartikelChanging epidemiology of human brucellosis, Germany, 1962-2005. Trends in the epidemiology of human brucellosis in Germany were investigated by analyzing national surveillance data (1962-2005) complemented by a questionnaire-based survey (1995-2000). After a steady decrease in brucellosis ...
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2007-09-01ZeitschriftenartikelRisk factors for hantavirus infection in Germany, 2005. In 2005, a marked increase in hantavirus infections was observed in Germany. Large cities and areas where hantaviruses were not known to be endemic were affected. A case-control study identified the following independent ...
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2008-11-01ZeitschriftenartikelShiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli Serogroups in Food and Patients, Germany. We compared 61 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) serogroups from 448 food isolates with 71 STEC serogroups from 1,447 isolates from patients in Germany. Two thirds (41/61), representing 72% of food isolates, ...
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2008-02-01ZeitschriftenartikelEmergence of new norovirus variants on spring cruise ships and prediction of winter epidemics. In June 2006, reported outbreaks of norovirus on cruise ships suddenly increased; 43 outbreaks occurred on 13 vessels. All outbreaks investigated manifested person-to-person transmission. Detection of a point source was ...
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2008-10-01ZeitschriftenartikelAutomatic outbreak detection algorithm versus electronic reporting system. To determine efficacy of automatic outbreak detection algorithms (AODAs), we analyzed 3,582 AODA signals and 4,427 reports of outbreaks caused by Campylobacter spp. or norovirus during 2005-2006 in Germany. Local health ...
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2008-08-01ZeitschriftenartikelAnalysis of collection of hemolytic uremic syndrome-associated enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. Multilocus sequence typing of 169 non-O157 enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) isolated from patients with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) demonstrated 29 different sequence types (STs); 78.1% of these strains clustered ...
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2008-07-01ZeitschriftenartikelAvian Mycoplasma lipofaciens transmission to veterinarian.
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2008-04-01ZeitschriftenartikelRat-to-elephant-to-human transmission of cowpox virus
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2008-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelHigh genetic diversity of measles virus, World Health Organization European Region, 2005-2006 During 2005-2006, nine measles virus (MV) genotypes were identified throughout the World Health Organization European Region. All major epidemics were associated with genotypes D4, D6, and B3. Other genotypes (B2, D5, D8, ...
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2008-06-01ZeitschriftenartikelUnderreporting of Human Alveolar Echinococcosis in Germany. We estimated the total number of human alveolar echinococcosis cases in Germany from 2003 through 2005 using the multiple source capture-recapture method. We found a 3-fold higher incidence of the disease than that shown ...
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2008-12-01ZeitschriftenartikelAntibodies against Rickettsia spp. in Hunters, Germany
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2008-04-01ZeitschriftenartikelClostridium difficile Surveillance Trends, Saxony, Germany
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2008-06-01ZeitschriftenartikelGlobal distribution of novel rhinovirus genotype. Global surveillance for a novel rhinovirus genotype indicated its association with community outbreaks and pediatric respiratory disease in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. Molecular dating indicates ...
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2009-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelSelection Tool for Foodborne Norovirus Outbreaks Detection of pathogens in the food chain is limited mainly to bacteria, and the globalization of the food industry enables international viral foodborne outbreaks to occur. Outbreaks from 2002 through 2006 recorded in a ...
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2009-02-01ZeitschriftenartikelImported malaria in children in industrialized countries, 1992-2002. Children account for an appreciable proportion of total imported malaria cases, yet few studies have quantified these cases, identified trends, or suggested evidence-based prevention strategies for this group of travelers. ...
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2009-03-01ZeitschriftenartikelCoordinated Implementation of Chikungunya Virus Reverse Transcription–PCR. A preformulated chikungunya virus real-time reverse transcription-PCR, quality-confirmed oligonucleotides, and noninfectious virus controls were distributed by the European Network for the Diagnosis of Imported Viral ...