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2024-10-26ZeitschriftenartikelValidation of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale for the Mental Health Surveillance (MHS) of German adults Background: Mental health encompasses more than just the absence of mental disorders. Thus, a Mental Health Surveillance (MHS) and reporting system for Germany should monitor mental well-being in addition to psychopathology ...
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2022-02-22ZeitschriftenartikelGenomic analysis of the zoonotic ST73 lineage containing avian and human extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) Extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) is a globally distributed pathogen, with uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) and sepsis-associated E. coli (SEPEC) pathotypes particularly involved in human and companion animal ...
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2022-08-09ZeitschriftenartikelControlling an Unprecedented Outbreak with Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium in Germany, October 2015 to November 2019 Hospital outbreaks with vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) pose a serious health threat and a challenge to infection prevention and control (IPC). We herein report on a VRE outbreak of unprecedented extent in Southern ...
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2022-12-21ZeitschriftenartikelComprehensive evaluation of peptide de novo sequencing tools for monoclonal antibody assembly Monoclonal antibodies are biotechnologically produced proteins with various applications in research, therapeutics and diagnostics. Their ability to recognize and bind to specific molecule structures makes them essential ...
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2022-09-15ZeitschriftenartikelAn Unprecedented Tolerance to Deletion of the Periplasmic Chaperones SurA, Skp, and DegP in the Nosocomial Pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii The outer membrane (OM) of Gram-negative bacteria efficiently protects from harmful environmental stresses such as antibiotics, disinfectants, or dryness. The main constituents of the OM are integral OM β-barrel proteins ...
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2022-05-31ZeitschriftenartikelPrevalence and self-rated health and depression of family members affected by addictive disorders: results of a nation-wide cross-sectional study Aims To estimate the prevalence of family members affected by addictive disorders (FMA) with regard to various types of addictive disorders, and self-rated health and depression in the general population. Design ...
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2022-03-21ZeitschriftenartikelTimely Monitoring COVID-19 Vaccine Protection, Berlin, Germany, April 15th to December 15th, 2021
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2022-07-07ZeitschriftenartikelUsing routine emergency department data for syndromic surveillance of acute respiratory illness, Germany, week 10 2017 until week 10 2021 Background The COVID-19 pandemic expanded the need for timely information on acute respiratory illness at population level. Aim We explored the potential of routine emergency department data for syndromic surveillance ...
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2022-08-17ZeitschriftenartikelUlceroglandular form of tularemia after squirrel bite: a case report Background The diagnosis of tularemia is not often considered in Germany as the disease is still rare in this country. Nonetheless, Francisella tularensis, the causative agent of tularemia, can infect numerous animal ...
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2022-10-31ZeitschriftenartikelNational and subnational short-term forecasting of COVID-19 in Germany and Poland during early 2021 Background During the COVID-19 pandemic there has been a strong interest in forecasts of the short-term development of epidemiological indicators to inform decision makers. In this study we evaluate probabilistic real-time ...
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2022-03-14ZeitschriftenartikelCorrigendum: poreCov - An Easy to Use, Fast, and Robust Workflow for SARS CoV-2 Genome Reconstruction via Nanopore Sequencing
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2022-03-09ZeitschriftenartikelRespiCoV: Simultaneous identification of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and 46 respiratory tract viruses and bacteria by amplicon-based Oxford-Nanopore MinION sequencing Since December 2019 the world has been facing the outbreak of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Identification of infected patients and discrimination from other respiratory infections have ...
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2022-11-16ZeitschriftenartikelGermany’s Burden of Disease of Bloodstream Infections Due to Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium between 2015–2020 In Germany, there is an increasing amount of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) isolates in bloodstream infections (BSIs); however, estimates on recent incidences and disease burden are missing. We aim to ...
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2022-10-07ZeitschriftenartikelMaternal effects on the development of vocal communication in wild chimpanzees Early-life experiences, such as maternal care received, influence adult social integration and survival. We examine what changes to social behavior through ontogeny lead to these lifelong effects, particularly whether ...
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2022-06-03ZeitschriftenartikelTolerance of biofilm of a carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae involved in a duodenoscopy-associated outbreak to the disinfectant used in reprocessing Background One possible transmission route for nosocomial pathogens is contaminated medical devices. Formation of biofilms can exacerbate the problem. We report on a carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae that ...
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2022-01-07ZeitschriftenartikelHousehold clusters reveal household- and variant-specific properties of SARS-CoV-2 It is unclear if – after symptom onset of a primary case of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) in a household – ensuing chains of transmissions among household members occur and if household epidemiology of COVID-19 is ...
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2022-06-09ZeitschriftenartikelSpecifically Increased Rate of Infections in Children Post Measles in a High Resource Setting Objectives: Post-measles increased susceptibility to subsequent infections seems particularly relevant in low-resource settings. We tested the hypothesis that measles causes a specifically increased rate of infections in ...
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2022-09-08ZeitschriftenartikelCorrigendum: Specifically increased rate of infections in children post measles in a high resource setting
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2022-06-25ZeitschriftenartikelThe Sensilla-Specific Expression and Subcellular Localization of SNMP1 and SNMP2 Reveal Novel Insights into Their Roles in the Antenna of the Desert Locust Schistocerca gregaria The desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria, can form gigantic swarms of millions of individuals that devastate the vegetation of invaded landscapes. Locust food search, reproduction, and aggregation behaviors are triggered ...
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2022-02-02ZeitschriftenartikelItem Nonresponse in Web Versus Other Survey Modes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Nonresponse is a fundamental issue in survey research, due to the trend of declining response rates across survey modes. This issue is particularly serious for web surveys: A recent meta-analysis found that unit nonresponse ...