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2020-05-11ZeitschriftenartikelSpot urine iodine levels below the WHO recommendation are not related to impaired thyroid function in healthy children and adolescents Purpose Iodine deficiency in childhood and adolescence may lead to later thyroid dysfunction, stunted growth and cognitive impairment. The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued recommended age-dependent urine iodine ...
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2019-12-18ZeitschriftenartikelEuropean Men-Who-Have-Sex-With-Men Internet Survey (EMIS-2017): Design and Methods Men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM) carry a disproportionate burden of sexually transmitted infections across Europe. Health planners require sexual health needs assessment data to respond appropriately. In addition, surveillance ...
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2020-02-08ZeitschriftenartikelComparative multi-assay evaluation of Determine™ HIV-1/2 Ag/Ab Combo rapid diagnostic tests in acute and chronic HIV infection In resource-limited or point-of-care settings, rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), that aim to simultaneously detect HIV antibodies and p24 capsid (p24CA) antigen with high sensitivity, can pose important alternatives to screen ...
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2020-08-31ZeitschriftenartikelNovel ressortant swine H3N2 influenza A viruses in Germany Analysis of 228 H3N2 swine influenza A virus isolates collected between 2003 and 2015 in Germany revealed important changes in molecular epidemiology. The data indicate that a novel reassortant, Rietberg/2014-like swine ...
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2020-09-22ZeitschriftenartikelHuman Immunodeficiency Virus Continuum of Care in 11 European Union Countries at the End of 2016 Overall and by Key Population: Have We Made Progress? Background. High uptake of antiretroviral treatment (ART) is essential to reduce human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) trans- mission and related mortality; however, gaps in care exist. We aimed to construct the continuum ...
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2023-01-11ZeitschriftenartikelComparison of a Genotype 1 and a Genotype 2 Macaque Foamy Virus env Gene Indicates Distinct Infectivity and Cell-Cell Fusion but Similar Tropism and Restriction of Cell Entry by Interferon-Induced Transmembrane Proteins Foamy viruses (FVs) are naturally found in many different animals and also in primates with the notable exception of humans, but zoonotic infections are common. In several species, two different envelope (env) gene ...
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2023-10ZeitschriftenartikelSerologische Untersuchung von Blutspenden auf Antikörper gegen SARS-CoV-2 (SeBluCo- Studie) – Blutspendedienste unterstützen die Pandemieüberwachung Blutspendeproben können die SARS-CoV-2-Serosurveillance unterstützen, um Maßnahmen zur Infektionskontrolle anzupassen. In einer wiederholten Querschnittsstudie von April 2020 bis April 2021, September 2021 und April / ...
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2023-02-25RezensionAnakinra 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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2023-02-01Berichte und sonstige TexteGenetic Organization of Acquired Antimicrobial Resistance Genes and Detection of Resistance-Mediating Mutations in a Gallibacterium anatis Isolate from a Calf Suffering from a Respiratory Tract Infection Gallibacterium (G.) anatis isolates associated with respiratory diseases in calves and har- boring acquired antimicrobial resistance genes have been described in Belgium. The aim of this study was to analyze the genetic ...
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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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2023-02-10ZeitschriftenartikelSelf-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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2021-07-02ZeitschriftenartikelThe increasing significance of disease severity in a burden of disease framework Recent estimates have reiterated that non-fatal causes of disease, such as low back pain, headaches and depressive disorders, are amongst the leading causes of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). For these causes, the ...
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2023-02-21ZeitschriftenartikelGesundheitliche Chancengleichheit in Krisenzeiten
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2023-02-16ZeitschriftenartikelComparative effectiveness of contact tracing interventions in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review Contact tracing is a non-pharmaceutical intervention (NPI) widely used in the control of the COVID-19 pandemic. Its effectiveness may depend on a number of factors including the proportion of contacts traced, delays in ...
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2022-12-21ZeitschriftenartikelGenetic diversity in the metronidazole metabolism genes nitroreductases and pyruvate ferredoxin oxidoreductases in susceptible and refractory clinical samples of Giardia lamblia The effectiveness of metronidazole against the tetraploid intestinal parasite Giardia lamblia is dependent on its activation/inactivation within the cytoplasm. There are several activating enzymes, including pyruvate ...
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2023-02-10ZeitschriftenartikelDisease severity in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: comparing routine surveillance with cohort data from the LEOSS study in 2020 in Germany Introduction Studies investigating risk factors for severe COVID-19 often lack information on the representativeness of the study population. Here, we investigate factors associated with severe COVID-19 and compare the ...
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2023-04-02ZeitschriftenartikelMonitoring the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: Prevalence of Antibodies in a Large, Repetitive Cross-Sectional Study of Blood Donors in Germany—Results from the SeBluCo Study 2020–2022 SARS-CoV-2 serosurveillance is important to adapt infection control measures and estimate the degree of underreporting. Blood donor samples can be used as a proxy for the healthy adult population. In a repeated cross-sectional ...
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2023-02-11ZeitschriftenartikelDistinct tissue niches direct lung immunopathology via CCL18 and CCL21 in severe COVID-19 Prolonged lung pathology has been associated with COVID-19, yet the cellular and molecular mechanisms behind this chronic inflammatory disease are poorly understood. In this study, we combine advanced imaging and spatial ...
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2023-02-06ZeitschriftenartikelVisualization of SARS-CoV-2 particles in naso/oropharyngeal swabs by thin section electron microscopy Background SARS-CoV-2 replicates efficiently in the upper airways of humans and produces high loads of virus RNA and, at least in the initial phase after infection, many infectious virus particles. Studying virus ...
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2023-01-18ZeitschriftenartikelCrystal structures of OrfX1, OrfX2 and the OrfX1–OrfX3 complex from the orfX gene cluster of botulinum neurotoxin E1 Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) are among the most lethal toxins known to humans, comprising seven established serotypes termed BoNT/A–G encoded in two types of gene clusters (ha and orfX) in BoNT-producing clostridia. The ...