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2015-08-24ZeitschriftenartikelEmpfehlungen der Ständigen Impfkommission (STIKO) am Robert Koch-Institut Stand: August 2015
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2015-07-30ZeitschriftenartikelSuRankCo: supervised ranking of contigs in de novo assemblies Background: Evaluating the quality and reliability of a de novo assembly and of single contigs in particular is challenging since commonly a ground truth is not readily available and numerous factors may influence ...
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2015-07-30ZeitschriftenartikelRecency and frequency of HIV testing among men who have sex with men in Germany and socio-demographic factors associated with testing behaviour Background: Testing for presence of HIV infection is a pre-requisite to qualify for antiretroviral treatment. A considerable proportion of German men who have sex with men (MSM) infected with HIV have a CD4 cell count ...
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2015-08-06ZeitschriftenartikelDeterminants of HIV, viral hepatitis and STI prevention needs among African migrants in Germany; a cross-sectional survey on knowledge, attitudes, behaviors and practices Background: Migrants from sub-Saharan Africa (MisSA) are a relevant sub-group for HIV-transmission in Germany. A total of 10-15 % of all newly diagnosed cases are MisSA, and approximately one third acquired HIV in ...
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2015-08-01ZeitschriftenartikelLassa Virus in Multimammate Rats, Côte d’Ivoire, 2013
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2015-05-30ZeitschriftenartikelFirst international external quality assessment of molecular diagnostics for Mers-CoV Background: Since the discovery of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in 2012, diagnostic protocols were quickly published and deployed globally. Objectives: We set out to assess the quality of ...
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2015-05-19ZeitschriftenartikelMessung des subjektiven sozialen Status in der Gesundheitsforschung mit einer deutschen Version der MacArthur Scale Klassischerweise wird der sozioökonomische Status (SES) in der Gesundheitsforschung mit objektiven Indikatoren (Bildung, Beruf, Einkommen) bestimmt. Ergänzend wird seit einigen Jahren zunehmend auch der subjektive soziale ...
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2015-07-21ZeitschriftenartikelA combinational approach of multilocus sequence typing and other molecular typing methods in unravelling the epidemiology of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae strains from poultry and mammals Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae infections re-emerged as a matter of great concern particularly in the poultry industry. In contrast to porcine isolates, molecular epidemiological traits of avian E. rhusiopathiae isolates are ...
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2015-07-25ZeitschriftenartikelChange in the association of body mass index and systolic blood pressure in Germany – national cross-sectional surveys 1998 and 2008–2011 Background: A recent weakening and even decoupling of the association of body mass index (BMI) and systolic blood pressure (SBP) in population data was reported, i. a. for Western Europe. Methods: The association ...
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2014-07-29ZeitschriftenartikelWohnumfeld – Stolperstein oder Weg zum gesunden Altern? Neben einer guten medizinischen Versorgung ist die Struktur des Wohnumfeldes von zentraler Bedeutung, um soziale Teilhabe älterer Menschen zu fördern. Für die Kommunen bedeutet dies, dass sie der altersgerechten Gestaltung ...
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2015-03-13ZeitschriftenartikelOutbreak of Trichinellosis Due to Wild Boar Meat and Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Post Exposure Prophylaxis, Germany, 2013 Background: Food safety authorities discovered that wild boar meat products contaminated with Trichinella spiralis had entered the food chain in Germany in March 2013. Public health authorities issued guidelines for health ...
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2015-08-04ZeitschriftenartikelSpecies-wide whole genome sequencing reveals historical global spread and recent local persistence in Shigella flexneri Shigella flexneri is the most common cause of bacterial dysentery in low-income countries. Despite this, S. flexneri remains largely unexplored from a genomic standpoint and is still described using a vocabulary based on ...
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2013-02-08ZeitschriftenartikelPuumala Virus Outbreak in Western Thuringia, Germany, 2010: Epidemiology and Strain Identification In 2010, the highest annual number of human Puumala virus (PUUV) infections was reported in Germany since hantavirus surveillance started in 2001. The increase in annual case numbers was especially marked in western ...
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2015-07-23ZeitschriftenartikelLarge and prolonged food-borne multistate hepatitis A outbreak in Europe associated with consumption of frozen berries, 2013 to 2014 In May 2013, Italy declared a national outbreak of hepatitis A, which also affected several foreign tourists who had recently visited the country. Molecular investigations identified some cases as infected with an identical ...
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2015-06-25ZeitschriftenartikelEvent-based surveillance of food- and waterborne diseases in Europe: ‘urgent inquiries’ (outbreak alerts) during 2008 to 2013 During 2008 to 2013, 215 outbreak alerts, also known as ‘urgent inquiries’ (UI), for food- and waterborne diseases were launched in Europe, the majority of them (135; 63%) being related to salmonellosis. For 110 (51%) UI, ...
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2015-06-11ZeitschriftenartikelThree Dimensional Checkerboard Synergy Analysis of Colistin, Meropenem, Tigecycline against Multidrug-Resistant Clinical Klebsiella pneumonia Isolates The spread of carbapenem-non-susceptible Klebsiella pneumoniae strains bearing different resistance determinants is a rising problem worldwide. Especially infections with KPC (Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase) - producers ...
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2015-06-19ZeitschriftenartikelIn Silico Prediction and Experimental Confirmation of HA Residues Conferring Enhanced Human Receptor Specificity of H5N1 Influenza A Viruses Newly emerging influenza A viruses (IAV) pose a major threat to human health by causing seasonal epidemics and/or pandemics, the latter often facilitated by the lack of pre-existing immunity in the general population. Early ...
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2015-07-24ZeitschriftenartikelModifiable cardiovascular risk factors in adults aged 40–79 years in Germany with and without prior coronary heart disease or stroke Background: Control of modifiable cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors has substantially reduced CVD mortality, but risk factor levels in populations may change and need continuous monitoring. This study aims to provide ...
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2015-07-24ZeitschriftenartikelFactors associated with sexual risk behaviors with non-steady partners and lack of recent HIV testing among German men who have sex with men in steady relationships: results from a cross-sectional internet survey Background: Recent evidence suggests that the majority of HIV transmissions among men who have sex with men (MSM) occur between steady partners. We sought to determine factors associated with HIV transmission risks in ...
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2015-07-11ZeitschriftenartikelVitamin D status among adults in Germany – results from the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults (DEGS1) Background: In 1998, more than half of the adult population in Germany had serum 25-hydroxy-vitamin-D [25(OH)D] levels below the common threshold of 50 nmol/l. Since then, there has been a lot of attention for vitamin D ...