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2012-06-12ZeitschriftenartikelHigh Prevalence of Giardia duodenalis Assemblage B Infection and Association with Underweight in Rwandan Children Background: Giardia duodenalis is highly endemic in East Africa but its effects on child health, particularly of submicroscopic infections, i.e., those below the threshold of microscopy, and of genetic subgroups ...
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2012-07-02ZeitschriftenartikelHigh Resolution Discrimination of Clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Strains Based on Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Recently, the diversity of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) population structure has been described in detail. Based on geographical separation and specific host pathogen co-evolution shaping MTBC virulence ...
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2012-06-29ZeitschriftenartikelRapid and high-throughput detection of highly pathogenic bacteria by Ibis PLEX-ID technology In this manuscript, we describe the identification of highly pathogenic bacteria using an assay coupling biothreat group-specific PCR with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (PCR/ESI-MS) run on an Ibis PLEX-ID ...
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2012-06-29ZeitschriftenartikelRapid Discrimination of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi from Other Serovars by MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry Systemic infections caused by Salmonella enterica are an ongoing public health problem especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. Essentially typhoid fever is associated with high mortality particularly because of the increasing ...
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2012-06-13ZeitschriftenartikelMycobacterium tuberculosis DosR Regulon Gene Rv0079 Encodes a Putative, ‘Dormancy Associated Translation Inhibitor (DATIN)’ Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a major human pathogen that has evolved survival mechanisms to persist in an immune-competent host under a dormant condition. The regulation of M. tuberculosis metabolism during latent infection ...
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2012-07-31ZeitschriftenartikelThe FIFA Women’s World Cup in Germany 2011 – A practical example for tailoring an event-specific enhanced infectious disease surveillance system Background: Mass gatherings require a decision from public health authorities on how to monitor infectious diseases during the event. The appropriate level of enhanced surveillance depends on parameters like the scale ...
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2012-08-15ZeitschriftenartikelSeropositivity of Lyme Borreliosis and Associated Risk Factors: A Population-Based Study in Children and Adolescents in Germany (KiGGS) Background: Lyme borreliosis (LB) caused by spirochetes of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex is the most common tick-borne disease in the northern hemisphere. Data on the distribution and on risk factors in ...
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2012-08-06ZeitschriftenartikelSeroprevalence of Measles-, Mumps- and Rubella-Specific IgG Antibodies in German Children and Adolescents and Predictors for Seronegativity We have undertaken a seroprevalence study with more than 13,000 children, who had been included in the German KIGGS survey, a representative sample of children and adolescents 0–17 years of age. The IgG titres against ...
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2011-08-11ZeitschriftenartikelWhat is the evidence for giving chemoprophylaxis to children or students attending the same preschool, school or college as a case of meningococcal disease? We performed a systematic literature review to assess the effectiveness of chemoprophylaxis for contacts of sporadic cases of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in educational settings. No studies directly compared IMD ...
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2012-03-22ZeitschriftenartikelDietary patterns of adolescents in Germany - Associations with nutrient intake and other health related lifestyle characteristics Background:The aim of this study was to identify dietary patterns among a representative sample of German adolescents and their associations with energy and nutrient intake, socioeconomic and lifestyle characteristics, and ...
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2012-08-01ZeitschriftenartikelLack of Evidence for Schmallenberg Virus Infection in Highly Exposed Persons, Germany, 2012 Schmallenberg virus, a novel orthobunyavirus, is spreading among ruminants, especially sheep, throughout Europe. To determine the risk for human infection, we conducted a survey among shepherds to assess possible ...
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2012-08-01ZeitschriftenartikelAktueller Stand zur Viruzidieprüfung – ein Überblick Die Arbeit befasst sich mit der Entwicklung der Viruzidietestung insbesondere in Deutschland. Die gegenwärtig zur Verfügung stehenden Prüfmethoden in Form von Suspension- bzw. praxisnahen Tests werden vorgestellt und ...
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2012-07-19ZeitschriftenartikelSyphilis on the rise again in Germany – results from surveillance data for 2011 In Germany, syphilis is notified anonymously. In 2011, 3,698 cases (incidence 4.5/100,000 inhabitants) were notified, an increase of 22% over 2010. The increase was higher in men (23%) than women (13%) and 94% of the cases ...
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2012-07-12ZeitschriftenartikelSurveillance of tularaemia in Kosovo*, 2001 to 2010 Tularaemia, caused by Francisella tularensis, had not been registered in Kosovo* before an outbreak in 1999 and 2000. A national surveillance system has been implemented in Kosovo* since 2000 to monitor a number of diseases, ...
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2012-06-28ZeitschriftenartikelFatal anthrax infection in a heroin user from southern Germany, June 2012 Blood cultures from a heroin user who died in June 2012, a few hours after hospital admission, due to acute septic disease, revealed the presence of Bacillus anthracis. This report describes the extended diagnosis by ...
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2012-06-21ZeitschriftenartikelNovel paramyxoviruses in free-ranging European bats. The zoonotic potential of paramyxoviruses is particularly demonstrated by their broad host range like the highly pathogenic Hendra and Nipah viruses originating from bats. But while so far all bat-borne paramyxoviruses ...
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2012-06-26ZeitschriftenartikelFirst International External Quality Assessment of Molecular Detection of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a zoonosis caused by a Nairovirus of the family Bunyaviridae. Infection is transmitted to humans mostly by Hyalomma ticks and also by direct contact with the blood or tissues of ...
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2012-06-04ZeitschriftenartikelmPSQed: A Software for the Design of Multiplex Pyrosequencing Assays. Molecular-based diagnostic assays are the gold standard for infectious diseases today, since they allow a rapid and sensitive identification and typing of various pathogens. While PCR can be designed to be specific for a ...
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2011-06-28ZeitschriftenartikelZeitnahe Erfassung und Übermittlung von Todesfällen in Hessen Eine erste Einschätzung zur Influenza-A/H1N1v-PandemieDie Erfassung von Todesfällen ist ein wichtiges epidemiologisches Instrument, um den Verlauf, das Ausmaß, betroffene Altersgruppen und die Schwere von Gesundheitsgefahren einschätzen zu können. Dennoch sind in Deutschland ...
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2012-05-08ZeitschriftenartikelDetection of retroviral super-infection from non-invasive samples. While much attention has been focused on the molecular epidemiology of retroviruses in wild primate populations, the correlated question of the frequency and nature of super-infection events, i.e., the simultaneous infection ...