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2014-03-22ZeitschriftenartikelErratum to: Background paper to the recommendation for the preferential use of live-attenuated influenza vaccine in children aged 2–6 years in Germany
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2015-03-20ZeitschriftenartikelApplication of the screening method to monitor influenza vaccine effectiveness among the elderly in Germany Background: Elderly people are at increased risk for severe influenza illness and constitute therefore a major target-group for seasonal influenza vaccination in most industrialized countries. The aim of this study was ...
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2015-03-17ZeitschriftenartikelVaccines for the prevention of seasonal influenza in patients with diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis Background: Patients with diabetes are at increased risk of severe influenza disease; influenza vaccination for these patients is therefore recommended by the World Health Organization and several National Immunization ...
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2015-03-14Zeitschriftenartikel‘We can do only what we have the means for’ general practitioners’ views of primary care for older people with complex health problems Background: Due to demographic change, general practitioners (GPs) are increasingly required to care for older people with complex health problems. Little is known about the subjective appraisals of GPs concerning the ...
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2015-03-12ZeitschriftenartikelComprehensive molecular, genomic and phenotypic analysis of a major clone of Enterococcus faecalis MLST ST40 Background: Enterococcus faecalis is a multifaceted microorganism known to act as a beneficial intestinal commensal bacterium. It is also a dreaded nosocomial pathogen causing life-threatening infections in hospitalised ...
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2015-03-12ZeitschriftenartikelImpact of 10- and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease in children aged under 16 years in Germany, 2009 to 2012 We assessed the impact of 10-valent and 13-valent pneumococcal vaccines (PCV10 and PCV13), which were introduced in Germany in 2009, on the incidence of meningitis and non-meningitis invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in ...
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2015-03-17ZeitschriftenartikelFrom pills to patients: an evaluation of data sources to determine the number of people living with HIV who are receiving antiretroviral therapy in Germany Background: This study aimed to determine the number of people living with HIV receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) between 2006 and 2013 in Germany by using the available numbers of antiretroviral drug prescriptions ...
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2015-03-20ZeitschriftenartikelAntiretroviral Therapy and Reasons for Not Taking It among Men Having Sex with Men (MSM)—Results from the European MSM Internet Survey (EMIS) Background: The preventive effects of antiretroviral treatment (ART) on onward transmission of HIV are a major reason for broadening eligibility for ART. In the WHO European Region, surveillance reveals substantial ...
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2015-02-12ZeitschriftenartikelHIV-1 IN/Pol recruits LEDGF/p75 into viral particles Background: The dynamic interaction between HIV and its host governs the replication of the virus and the study of the virus-host interplay is key to understand the viral lifecycle. The host factor lens epithelium-derived ...
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2015-03-08ZeitschriftenartikelPrevalence and correlates of frailty among older adults: findings from the German health interview and examination survey Background: Despite having the third highest proportion of people aged 60 years and older in the world, Germany has been recently reported as having the lowest prevalence of frailty of 15 European countries. The objective ...
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2015-02-27ZeitschriftenartikelCross-border comparison of the Dutch and German guidelines on multidrug-resistant Gram-negative microorganisms Background: In all European countries, hospital-acquired infections caused by Gram-negative multidrug-resistant microorganisms (GN-MDRO) are a major health threat, as these pathogens cannot be adequately treated anymore, ...
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2015-02-22ZeitschriftenartikelOutbreak of cryptosporidium hominis following river flooding in the city of Halle (Saale), Germany, August 2013 Background: During weeks 32–33, 2013, 24 cases of cryptosporidiosis were notified in the city of Halle (annual mean 2008–2012: 9 cases). We investigated the outbreak to identify the source and recommend control measures, ...
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2015-02-26ZeitschriftenartikelIPred - integrating ab initio and evidence based gene predictions to improve prediction accuracy Background: Gene prediction is a challenging but crucial part in most genome analysis pipelines. Various methods have evolved that predict genes ab initio on reference sequences or evidence based with the help of ...
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2015-02-04ZeitschriftenartikelMouse conventional dendritic cells can be universally classified based on the mutually exclusive expression of XCR1 and SIRPα Since the identification of mouse dendritic cells (DC) in the early 70s, all attempts to consistently classify the identified functional DC subpopulations according to their surface molecule expression failed. In the absence ...
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2015-02-16ZeitschriftenartikelRelation between Overweight/Obesity and Self-Rated Health Among Adolescents in Germany. Do Socio-Economic Status and Type of School Have an Impact on That Relation? This study investigates the relation between overweight/obesity and self-rated health (SRH), and whether this relation varies by social factors. Data was taken from the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for ...
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2015-02-06ZeitschriftenartikelVisceral leishmaniasis diagnosis and reporting delays as an obstacle to timely response actions in Nepal and India Background: To eliminate visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in India and Nepal, challenges of VL diagnosis, treatment and reporting need to be identified. Recent data indicate that VL is underreported and patients face delays ...
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2015-02-10ZeitschriftenartikelEvaluation of Virus Inactivation by Formaldehyde to Enhance Biosafety of Diagnostic Electron Microscopy Formaldehyde (FA) fixation of infectious samples is a well-established protocol in diagnostic electron microscopy of viruses. However, published experimental data that demonstrate virus inactivation by these fixation ...
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2015-02-02ZeitschriftenartikelMetagenomic Profiling of Known and Unknown Microbes with MicrobeGPS Microbial community profiling identifies and quantifies organisms in metagenomic sequencing data using either reference based or unsupervised approaches. However, current reference based profiling methods only report the ...
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2015-02-06ZeitschriftenartikelIsolation and Functional Characterization of the Novel Clostridium botulinum Neurotoxin A8 Subtype Botulism is a severe neurological disease caused by the complex family of botulinum neurotoxins (BoNT). Based on the different serotypes known today, a classification of serotype variants termed subtypes has been proposed ...
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2014-12-22ZeitschriftenartikelMode differences in a mixed-mode health interview survey among adults Background: Health interview surveys are important data sources for empirical research in public health. However, the diversity of methods applied, such as in the mode of data collection, make it difficult to compare ...