Artikel in Fachzeitschriften: Recent submissions
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2023-07-31ZeitschriftenartikelAdvancing Precision Medicine in Myocarditis: Current Status and Future Perspectives in Endomyocardial Biopsy-Based Diagnostics and Therapeutic Approaches The diagnosis and specific and causal treatment of myocarditis and inflammatory cardiomyopathy remain a major clinical challenge. Despite the rapid development of new imaging techniques, endomyocardial biopsies remain the ...
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2023-06-26ZeitschriftenartikelGenomic Evidence of mcr-1.26 IncX4 Plasmid Transmission between Poultry and Humans Colistin is still commonly used and misused in animal husbandry driving the evolution and dissemination of transmissible plasmid-mediated colistin resistance (mcr). mcr-1.26 is a rare variant and, so far, has only been ...
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2023-04-20ZeitschriftenartikelProtective effectiveness of previous SARS-CoV-2 infection and hybrid immunity against the omicron variant and severe disease: a systematic review and meta-regression Background: The global surge in the omicron (B.1.1.529) variant has resulted in many individuals with hybrid immunity (immunity developed through a combination of SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination). We aimed to ...
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2023-11-27ZeitschriftenartikelWhy are different estimates of the effective reproductive number so different? A case study on COVID-19 in Germany The effective reproductive number Rt has taken a central role in the scientific, political, and public discussion during the COVID-19 pandemic, with numerous real-time estimates of this quantity routinely published. ...
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2023-05-05ZeitschriftenartikelDesign of external quality assessment schemes and definition of the roles of their providers in future epidemics During an epidemic, individual test results form the basis of epidemiological indicators such as case numbers or incidence. Therefore, the accuracy of measures derived from these indicators depends on the reliability of ...
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2023-06-12ZeitschriftenartikelT-Cell-Dominated Immune Response Resolves Protracted SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the Absence of Neutralizing Antibodies in an Immunocompromised Individual Immunocompromised individuals are at higher risk of developing protracted and severe COVID-19, and understanding individual disease courses and SARS-CoV-2 immune responses in these individuals is of the utmost importance. ...
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2023-11-02ZeitschriftenartikelWhere is the bottleneck? Drones and the paradoxes of digitising medical supplies in Ghana's landscapes of care Implemented in several African countries, medical drones have emerged as a major infrastructural innovation in national healthcare systems and are widely hailed for improving, if not revolutionising, access to medicine and ...
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2023-09-11ZeitschriftenartikelIdentification and characterization of novel alphacoronaviruses in Tadarida brasiliensis (Chiroptera, Molossidae) from Argentina: insights into recombination as a mechanism favoring bat coronavirus cross-species transmission Bats are reservoirs of various coronaviruses that can jump between bat species or other mammalian hosts, including humans. This article explores coronavirus infection in three bat species (Tadarida brasiliensis, Eumops ...
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2023-01-09ZeitschriftenartikelBurden of infectious disease studies in Europe and the United Kingdom: a review of methodological design choices This systematic literature review aimed to provide an overview of the characteristics and methods used in studies applying the disability-adjusted life years (DALY) concept for infectious diseases within European Union ...
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2023-02-25ZeitschriftenartikelAnakinra for the treatment of COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis Background: At the end of 2021, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) expanded its approval for the recombinant human interleukin-1 (IL-1) receptor antagonist Anakinra for the treatment of COVID-19 patients with elevated ...
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2023-02-22ZeitschriftenartikelComparison of mosquito and fly derived DNA as a tool for sampling vertebrate biodiversity in suburban forests in Berlin, Germany The use of invertebrate-derived DNA (iDNA) is a promising non-invasive tool to monitor wildlife. While most studies have been carried out in dense tropical and sub-tropical forests and have focused on the use of a single ...
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2023-09-30ZeitschriftenartikelThe Role of Vaccination Centers in a National Mass Immunization Campaign—Policymaker Insights from the German COVID-19 Pandemic Vaccine Roll-Out During the COVID-19 vaccination campaign, Germany, like other high-income countries, introduced mass vaccination centers for administering vaccinations. This qualitative study aimed to examine the role that these novel, ...
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2023-07-29ZeitschriftenartikelImpact of the COVID-19 pandemic on oncological care in Germany: rapid review Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic affected medical care for chronic diseases. This study aimed to systematically assess the pandemic impact on oncological care in Germany using a rapid review. Methods: MEDLINE, ...
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2023-03-15ZeitschriftenartikelUnmasking a silent killer: Prevalence of diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes mellitus among people living with HIV in rural South Africa Objectives: To document the prevalence of impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and undiagnosed diabetes mellitus (DM) and to identify factors associated with undiagnosed DM in people living with HIV (PLWH). Methods: C ...
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2023-02-10ZeitschriftenartikelSelf-rated health of university students in Germany–The importance of material, psychosocial, and behavioral factors and the parental socio-economic status Introduction: Health inequalities start early in life. The time of young adulthood, between late teens and early twenties, is especially interesting in this regard. This time of emerging adulthood, the transition from being ...
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2023-03-27ZeitschriftenartikelFood-Induced Anaphylaxis: Data From the European Anaphylaxis Registry Background: Food is one of the most common elicitors of anaphylaxis, with an increasing incidence over recent years. Objectives: To characterize elicitor-specific phenotypes and identify factors enhancing the risk or ...
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2023-02-09ZeitschriftenartikelQualitative assessment of hand hygiene knowledge, attitudes and practices among healthcare workers prior to the implementation of the WHO Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategy at Faranah Regional Hospital, Guinea Healthcare-associated infections are a serious burden globally. Few qualitative studies have explored healthcare workers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices of hand hygiene. Prior to the implementation of the World Health ...
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2022-11-19ZeitschriftenartikelAnalyses of Basal and Squamous Cell Carcinoma Reported as an Adverse Drug Reaction and Comparison with Cases from the Cancer Registry from Germany Introduction: In Germany, incidence rates of basal cell (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) rose significantly from 1998 to 2010. Ultraviolet (UV) light exposure, immunosuppressants and drugs with photosensitising ...
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2023-09-29ZeitschriftenartikelaKmerBroom: Ancient oral DNA decontamination using Bloom filters on k-mer sets Dental calculus samples are modeled as a mixture of DNA coming from dental plaque and contaminants. Current computational decontamination methods such as Recentrifuge and DeconSeq require either a reference database or ...
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2023-11-06ZeitschriftenartikeldecOM: similarity-based microbial source tracking of ancient oral samples using k-mer-based methods Background: The analysis of ancient oral metagenomes from archaeological human and animal samples is largely confounded by contaminant DNA sequences from modern and environmental sources. Existing methods for Microbial ...