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2011-10-24ZeitschriftenartikelRicinus communis Intoxications in Human and Veterinary Medicine — A Summary of Real Cases Accidental and intended Ricinus communis intoxications in humans and animals have been known for centuries but the causative agent remained elusive until 1888 when Stillmark attributed the toxicity to the lectin ricin. ...
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2011-10-12ZeitschriftenartikelNo Detection of XMRV in Blood Samples and Tissue Sections from Prostate Cancer Patients in Northern Europe. Background: We recently published the rare detection of xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) (1/105) in prostate cancer (PCA) tissue of patients in Northern Europe by PCR. The controversial discussion ...
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2010-09-16ZeitschriftenartikelEnteropathisches hämolytisch-urämisches Syndrom: Sporadischer Einzelfall oder Teil eines Krankheitsausbruchs? EHEC-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome: A sporadic case or part of a disease outbreakDas hämolytisch-urämische Syndrom (HUS) ist ein lebensbedrohlicher Zustand, charakterisiert durch akutes Nierenversagen, hämolytische Anämie und Thrombozytopenie. In >80% der Fälle liegen gastrointestinale Infektionen mit ...
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2011-04-18ZeitschriftenartikelLack of evidence for pre-symptomatic transmission of pandemic influenza virus A(H1N1) 2009 in an outbreak among teenagers; Germany, 2009 Background: Observations on the role of pre-symptomatic transmission in the spread of influenza virus are scanty. In June 2009, an outbreak of pandemic A(H1N1) 2009 infection occurred at a teenager’s party in Germany. The ...
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2010-06-02ZeitschriftenartikelMutations in the M112/M113-coding region facilitate murine cytomegalovirus replication in human cells. Cytomegaloviruses, representatives of the Betaherpesvirinae, cause opportunistic infections in immunocompromised hosts. They infect various cells and tissues in their natural host but are highly species specific. For ...
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2011-09-29ZeitschriftenartikelTargeting of a chlamydial protease impedes intracellular bacterial growth. Chlamydiae are obligate intracellular bacteria that propagate in a cytosolic vacuole. Recent work has shown that growth of Chlamydia induces the fragmentation of the Golgi apparatus (GA) into ministacks, which facilitates ...
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2010-11-24ZeitschriftenartikelDetection of yellow fever 17D genome in urine
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2010-10-24ZeitschriftenartikelInfektionsepidemiologische Daten von Blutspendern in Deutschland 2007 Gemäß § 22 Transfusionsgesetz (TFG) melden alle Blut- und Plasmaspendeeinrichtungen in Deutschland ihre infektionsepidemiologischen Daten an das Robert Koch-Institut (RKI). Diese erlauben Aussagen über die Infektionshäufigkeit ...
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2011-07-01ZeitschriftenartikelAir Change Measurements Using Tracer Gases: Methods and Results. Significance of air change for indoor air quality
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2010-04-30ZeitschriftenartikelPentaplexed quantitative real-time PCR assay for the simultaneous detection and quantification of botulinum neurotoxin-producing clostridia in food and clinical samples Botulinum neurotoxins are produced by the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium botulinum and are divided into seven distinct serotypes (A to G) known to cause botulism in animals and humans. In this study, a multiplexed ...
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2010-09-24ZeitschriftenartikelNoninvasive monitoring of respiratory viruses in wild chimpanzees. To diagnose respiratory disease among wild great apes, there is a need for noninvasive diagnostic methods. Therefore, we analyzed fecal samples from habituated chimpanzees from Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire. Samples had ...
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2010-07-29ZeitschriftenartikelHepatitis B virus infections among children and adolescents in Germany: Migration background as a risk factor in a low seroprevalence population Background: Data on hepatitis B (HB) infection prevalence among children and adolescents in Germany are scarce. We estimated seroprevalence of HB infection and assessed determinants for HB infection among children and ...
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2010-09-01ZeitschriftenartikelComplications of varicella after implementation of routine childhood varicella vaccination in Germany. A country-wide sentinel surveillance system was initiated in Germany after implementation of routine varicella vaccination of children >11 months. Sentinel physicians report monthly the number of cases and of severe varicella ...
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2011-10-01ZeitschriftenartikelBacteremia and Antimicrobial Drug Resistance over Time, Ghana Bacterial distribution and antimicrobial drug resistance were monitored in patients with bacterial bloodstream infections in rural hospitals in Ghana. In 2001–2002 and in 2009, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi was the ...
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2011-09-27ZeitschriftenartikelEHEC/EAEC O104:H4 strain linked with the 2011 German outbreak of haemolytic uremic syndrome enters into the viable but non-culturable state in response to various stresses and resuscitates upon stress relief Various non-spore forming bacteria, including Escherichia coli, enter a dormant-like state, the viable but non-culturable (VBNC) state, characterized by the presence of viable cells but the inability to grow on routine ...
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2011-10-01ZeitschriftenartikelTick-Borne Encephalitis Virus: A General Overview Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus is classified as one species with three subtypes, namely the European subtype, the Siberian subtype and the Far Eastern subtype. TBE is distributed in an endemic pattern of so-called ...
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2011-10-01ZeitschriftenartikelTimeliness of Surveillance during Outbreak of Shiga Toxin–producing Escherichia coli Infection, Germany, 2011 In the context of a large outbreak of Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli O104:H4 in Germany, we quantified the timeliness of the German surveillance system for hemolytic uremic syndrome and Shiga toxin–producing E. ...
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2011-09-01ZeitschriftenartikelInfluenza Virus Ribonucleoprotein Complexes Gain Preferential Access to Cellular Export Machinery through Chromatin Targeting In contrast to most RNA viruses, influenza viruses replicate their genome in the nucleus of infected cells. As a result, newly-synthesized vRNA genomes, in the form of viral ribonucleoprotein complexes (vRNPs), must be ...
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2011-09-29ZeitschriftenartikelTick-borne encephalitis in Europe, 2007 to 2009 As a follow-up of a retrospective survey on tick borneencephalitis (TBE) in 2008, the European Network for Diagnostics of “Imported” Viral Diseases launched a new survey in 2010, to collect broader information on TBE ...
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2011-10-04ZeitschriftenartikelCommunicable Diseases Prioritized for Surveillance and Epidemiological Research: Results of a Standardized Prioritization Procedure in Germany, 2011 Introduction: To establish strategic priorities for the German national public health institute (RKI) and guide the institute’s mid-term strategic decisions, we prioritized infectious pathogens in accordance with their ...