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2023-05-22ZeitschriftenartikelO-Antigen Diversification Masks Identification of Highly Pathogenic Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O104:H4-Like Strains Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) can give rise to a range of clinical outcomes from diarrhea to the life-threatening systemic condition hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS). Although STEC O157:H7 is the serotype ...
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2023-05-12ZeitschriftenartikelComparison of Illumina and Oxford Nanopore Technology for genome analysis of Francisella tularensis, Bacillus anthracis, and Brucella suis Background: Bacterial epidemiology needs to understand the spread and dissemination of strains in a One Health context. This is important for highly pathogenic bacteria such as Bacillus anthracis, Brucella species, and ...
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2022-11-13ZeitschriftenartikelB1+ -correction of magnetization transfer saturation maps optimized for 7T postmortem MRI of the brain Purpose: Magnetization transfer saturation ( ) is a useful marker to probe tissue macromolecular content and myelination in the brain. The increased -inhomogeneity at T and significantly larger saturation pulse flip ...
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2023-08-31ZeitschriftenartikelHuman papillomavirus prevalence and vaccine effectiveness in young women in Germany, 2017/2018: results from a nationwide study Background: Infections with human papillomaviruses (HPV) are sexually transmitted and can cause cancer. In Germany, vaccination against HPV is recommended for girls and boys aged 9–17 years. We aimed to investigate HPV DNA ...
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2025-08-21ZeitschriftenartikelTwo diphtheria sub-clusters with autochthonous cases in Germany and Poland within a Corynebacterium diphtheriae ST-574 outbreak, 2022 to July 2025 Within a Corynebacterium diphtheriae ST-574 outbreak comprising mostly migration-associated cases since 2022, Germany detected two sub-clusters in 2025. Among sub-cluster cases with travel information (24/26), 22 were ...
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2025-07-10ZeitschriftenartikelAutochthonous outbreak of respiratory diphtheria caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Germany, September 2024 In September 2024, a school-aged child (P1), unvaccinated against diphtheria, was hospitalised with severe respiratory diphtheria caused by toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae. P1 subsequently died from the disease. The ...
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2023-04-05ZeitschriftenartikelRecruiting controls from an online panel for a case–control study enabled a timely and reliable foodborne Salmonella outbreak investigation, Germany 2021 We explored the feasibility, suitability, and reliability of using controls recruited among members of a non-probabilistic online panel (‘panel controls’) in a case–control study (CCS) to investigate a Salmonella Braenderup ...
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2023-09-20ZeitschriftenartikelPhysical activity and physical fitness among children and adolescents after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the WHO European Region: a systematic review protocol Introduction: The implementation of COVID-19 pandemic-related restrictions resulted in limitations for physical activity (PA) opportunities, which may have initiated a longer-term behavioural change. The protocol describes ...
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2023-02-01ZeitschriftenartikelDetection and Molecular Characterization of Giardia and Cryptosporidium spp. Circulating in Wild Small Mammals from Portugal Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia spp. are important diarrhea-causing protozoan parasites worldwide that exhibit broad host ranges. Wild small mammals can harbor host-adapted and potentially zoonotic species of both parasites. ...
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2023-08-21ZeitschriftenartikelVertebrate environmental DNA from leaf swabs Terrestrial vertebrates are threatened by anthropogenic activities around the world. The rapid biodiversity loss that ensues is most intense in the tropics and affects ecosystem functions, such as seed dispersal, or may ...
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2023-03-21ZeitschriftenartikelModeling the impact of the Omicron infection wave in Germany In November 2021, the first infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variant of concern (VOC) B.1.1.529 (‘Omicron’) was reported in Germany, alongside global reports of reduced vaccine ...
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2023-02-15ZeitschriftenartikelEstimating the share of SARS-CoV-2-immunologically naïve individuals in Germany up to June 2022 After the winter of 2021/2022, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic had reached a phase where a considerable number of people in Germany have been either infected with a severe acute respiratory syndrome ...
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2023-03-03ZeitschriftenartikelRT-PCR-based assessment of the SD Bioline Rota/Adeno Antigen-based test in infants with and without diarrhea Background: Rotavirus A (RVA) infections remain a major cause of severe acute diarrhea affecting children worldwide. To date, rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) are widely used to detect RVA. However, paediatricians question ...
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2023-06-27ZeitschriftenartikelSeroepidemiological and Molecular Survey for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Infection among Children in Iran, September 2020 to June 2021: 1-Year Cross-Sectional Study A population-based seroepidemiological and molecular survey on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was performed to detect induced antibodies to prior exposure and active infection of children aged ...
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2023-01-03ZeitschriftenartikelAssociation of internalised homonegativity with partner notification after diagnosis of syphilis or gonorrhoea among men having sex with men in 49 countries across four continents Background: Partner notification (PN) after a sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnosis is being promoted as a means to interrupt transmission chains. We investigated whether Internalised Homonegativity (IH) is ...
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2023-01-12ZeitschriftenartikelCapturing variation in metagenomic assembly graphs with MetaCortex Motivation: The assembly of contiguous sequence from metagenomic samples presents a particular challenge, due to the presence of multiple species, often closely related, at varying levels of abundance. Capturing diversity ...
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2023-03-10ZeitschriftenartikelEnhanced glycerol assimilation and lipid production in Rhodotorula toruloides CBS14 upon addition of hemicellulose primarily correlates with early transcription of energy-metabolism-related genes Background: Lipid formation from glycerol was previously found to be activated in Rhodotorula toruloides when the yeast was cultivated in a mixture of crude glycerol (CG) and hemicellulose hydrolysate (CGHH) compared ...
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2023-01-24ZeitschriftenartikelDot Immunobinding Assay for the Rapid Serodetection of Scedosporium/Lomentospora in Cystic Fibrosis Patients The detection of Scedosporium/Lomentospora is still based on non-standardized low-sensitivity culture procedures. This fact is particularly worrying in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), where these fungi are the second ...
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2023-08-26ZeitschriftenartikelSocioeconomic Status, Protective Factors, and Mental Health Problems in Transition from Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood: Results of the Longitudinal BELLA Study Lower familial socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with more mental health problems in adolescence. The aim of this study was to identify factors that may protect adolescents from families with lower SES from developing ...
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2023-02-23ZeitschriftenartikelTime trends in mental health indicators in Germany's adult population before and during the COVID-19 pandemic Background: Times of crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic are expected to compromise mental health. Despite a large number of studies, evidence on the development of mental health in general populations during the pandemic ...