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2012-05-30ZeitschriftenartikelVancomycin-resistant vanB-type Enterococcus faecium isolates expressing varying levels of vancomycin resistance and being highly prevalent among neonatal patients in a single ICU Background: Vancomycin-resistant isolates of E. faecalis and E. faecium are of special concern and patients at risk of acquiring a VRE colonization/infection include also intensively-cared neonates. We describe here an ...
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2012-11-14ZeitschriftenartikelPrevalence of HIV among MSM in Europe: comparison of self-reported diagnoses from a large scale internet survey and existing national estimates Background: Country level comparisons of HIV prevalence among men having sex with men (MSM) is challenging for a variety of reasons, including differences in the definition and measurement of the denominator group, ...
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2012-11-21ZeitschriftenartikelGuidance for contact tracing of cases of Lassa fever, Ebola or Marburg haemorrhagic fever on an airplane: results of a European expert consultation Background: Travel from countries where viral haemorrhagic fevers (VHF) are endemic has increased significantly over the past decades. In several reported VHF events on airplanes, passenger trace back was initiated but ...
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2012-10-31ZeitschriftenartikelBarriers to pandemic influenza vaccination and uptake of seasonal influenza vaccine in the post-pandemic season in Germany Background: In Germany, annual vaccination against seasonal influenza is recommended for certain target groups (e.g. persons aged ≥60 years, chronically ill persons, healthcare workers (HCW)). In season 2009/10, vaccination ...
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2012-08-28ZeitschriftenartikelEcological analysis of social risk factors for Rotavirus infections in Berlin, Germany, 2007–2009 Background: Socioeconomic factors are increasingly recognised as related to health inequalities in Germany and are also identified as important contributing factors for an increased risk of acquiring infections. The aim ...
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2011-12-23ZeitschriftenartikelThe phylogeny of yellow fever virus 17D vaccines In recent years the safety of the yellow fever live vaccine 17D came under scrutiny. The focus was on serious adverse events after vaccinations that resemble a wild type infection with yellow fever and whose reasons are ...
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2012-01-04ZeitschriftenartikelSeroprevalence of human polyomavirus 9 and cross-reactivity to African green monkey-derived lymphotropic polyomavirus Human polyomavirus 9 (HPyV9) was discovered recently in immunocompromised patients and shown to be genetically closely related to B-lymphotropic polyomavirus (LPyV). No serological data are available for HPyV9, but human ...
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2011-12-24ZeitschriftenartikelRegionalisierung von Gesundheitsindikatoren Die bundesweit repräsentativen Gesundheitssurveys des Robert Koch-Instituts wurden bisher nicht herangezogen, um Aussagen zu regionalen Unterschieden in der gesundheitlichen Lage zu machen. Mit der „Small-Area-Estimation“ ...
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2012-12-24ZeitschriftenartikelKörperlich-sportliche Aktivität bei Erwachsenen in Deutschland Analysiert wird die Verbreitung der körperlichen und sportlichen Aktivität in der erwachsenen Bevölkerung Deutschlands. Die Datenbasis wird durch die Studie „Gesundheit in Deutschland aktuell 2009“ gebildet, für die vom ...
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2011-12-24ZeitschriftenartikelZum Zusammenhang zwischen körperlicher Aktivität und Gesundheit bei Kindern und Jugendlichen Aufgrund des zunehmend diskutierten Gesundheitszustandes von Kindern und Jugendlichen sowie der veränderten Bewegungswelt ist die Frage nach der Wirkung körperlicher Aktivität auf Gesundheitsaspekte von großer Bedeutung. ...
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2011-12-24ZeitschriftenartikelÜberblick über primärpräventive Maßnahmen zur Förderung von körperlicher Aktivität in Deutschland Der vorliegende Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über primärpräventive Maßnahmen zur Förderung der körperlichen Aktivität in Deutschland. Zuerst werden die gesundheitsrelevanten Empfehlungen für körperliche Aktivität vorgestellt, ...
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2013-01-02ZeitschriftenartikelPower-Laws and the Use of Pluripotent Stem Cell Lines It is widely accepted that the (now reversed) Bush administration’s decision to restrict federal funding for human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research to a few “eligible” hESC lines is responsible for the sustained ...
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2012-12-06ZeitschriftenartikelAssays for laboratory confirmation of novel human coronavirus (hCoV-EMC) infections We present a rigorously validated and highly sensitive confirmatory real-time RT-PCR assay (1A assay) that can be used in combination with the previously reported upE assay. Two additional RT-PCR assays for sequencing are ...
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2012-12-20ZeitschriftenartikelNeue Arbeitsfelder in der Bibliothek des Robert Koch-Instituts: Open Access und institutionelles Repositorium Die Bibliothek des Robert Koch-Instituts (RKI) existiert seit der Gründung des Instituts für Infektionskrankheiten im Jahr 1891. Bis in die 1990iger Jahre bestand die Bibliotheksarbeit aus dem klassischen Dreiklang Erwerben ...
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2011-05-25ZeitschriftenartikelBabies and bearded dragons: sudden increase in reptile-associated Salmonella enterica serovar Tennessee infections, Germany 2008 Introduction: In 2008 a marked increase in Salmonella enterica serovar Tennessee infections in infants occurred in Germany. In March and April 2008, eight cases were notified compared to a median of 0–1 cases in 2001–2006. ...
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2011-04-06ZeitschriftenartikelDesperately seeking diarrhoea: outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome caused by emerging sorbitol-fermenting shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H-, Germany, 2009 Infection with sorbitol-fermenting Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H- (sf STEC O157:H-) is rare, but emerging in Europe. The pathogen is typically isolated from paediatric patients with life-threatening haemolytic ...
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2012-11-22ZeitschriftenartikelIncrease in malaria cases imported from Pakistan to Germany in 2012 A significant increase of malaria cases imported to Germany from Pakistan was observed in 2012. As of 14 November, Pakistan was the country of infection in 32 out of 434 malaria cases in 2012, compared to zero to eight ...
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1997-04-01ZeitschriftenartikelNachweis gentechnischer Veränderungen in Mais mittels PCR Ein PCR-Nachweis für gentechnisch veränderten Mais «Event 176» der Fa. Ciba-Geigy wurde etabliert. Der Mais enthält Gene, die Selbstschutz gegen den Maiszünsler (Delta-Endotoxin-Gen ausBacillus thuringiensis) und Toleranz ...
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2012-12-11ZeitschriftenartikelComparison of Shedding Characteristics of Seasonal Influenza Virus (Sub)Types and Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09; Germany, 2007–2011 Background: Influenza viral shedding studies provide fundamental information for preventive strategies and modelling exercises. We conducted a prospective household study to investigate viral shedding in seasonal and ...
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2012-12-04ZeitschriftenartikeliPiG: Integrating Peptide Spectrum Matches into Genome Browser Visualizations Proteogenomic approaches have gained increasing popularity, however it is still difficult to integrate mass spectrometry identifications with genomic data due to differing data formats. To address this difficulty, we ...