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2013-04-15ZeitschriftenartikelGiardia duodenalis arginine deiminase modulates the phenotype and cytokine secretion of human dendritic cells by depletion of arginine and formation of ammonia Depletion of arginine is a recognized strategy that pathogens use to evade immune effector mechanisms. Depletion depends on microbial enzymes such as arginases, which are considered virulence factors. The effect is mostly ...
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2013-09-25ZeitschriftenartikelDiagnosis of West Nile Virus Human Infections: Overview and Proposal of Diagnostic Protocols Considering the Results of External Quality Assessment Studies West Nile virus, genus Flavivirus, is transmitted between birds and occasionally other animals by ornithophilic mosquitoes. This virus also infects humans causing asymptomatic infections in about 85% of cases and
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2013-09-26ZeitschriftenartikelUnusual increase in reported cases of Paratyphoid A fever among travellers returning from Cambodia, January to September 2013 From January to September 2013, a marked increase in notifications of Salmonella Paratyphi A infections among travellers returning from Cambodia occurred in France. An investigation revealed 35 cases without a common source: ...
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2013-10-11ZeitschriftenartikelSozialer Status und Teilnahme am Gesundheits-Check-up von Männern und Frauen in Deutschland: Ergebnisse der GEDA-Studie 2009 und 2010 Hintergrund: Auf Basis repräsentativer Daten für Deutschland wurde untersucht, inwieweit die Teilnahme am Gesundheits-Check-up zur Krankheitsfrüherkennung mit verschiedenen Merkmalen des sozialen Status zusammenhängt. ...
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2013-09-20ZeitschriftenartikelHERV-K(HML-2), the best preserved family of HERVs: endogenization, expression, and implications in health and disease Retroviruses that have the ability to infect germ line cells can become an integral and inherited part of the host genome. About 8% of the human chromosomal DNA consists of sequences derived from infections by retroviruses ...
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2013-08-01ZeitschriftenartikelMedizinische Mikrobiologie und Epidemiologie
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2013-10-03ZeitschriftenartikelEstimating the size of the MSM populations for 38 European countries by calculating the survey-surveillance discrepancies (SSD) between self-reported new HIV diagnoses from the European MSM internet survey (EMIS) and surveillance-reported HIV diagnoses among MSM in 2009 Background: Comparison of rates of newly diagnosed HIV infections among MSM across countries is challenging for a variety of reasons, including the unknown size of MSM populations. In this paper we propose a method of ...
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2013-09-26ZeitschriftenartikelHealth economic evaluation of vaccination strategies for the prevention of herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia in Germany Background: Herpes zoster (HZ) is a self-limiting painful skin rash affecting mostly individuals from 50 years of age. The main complication is postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), a long-lasting pain after rash has resolved. ...
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2013-09-16ZeitschriftenartikelPopulation level survival of patients with chronic myelocytic leukemia in Germany compared to the US in the early 21st century Introduction: The advent of tyrosine kinase inhibitors has produced 5-year survival of 90 + % for chronic myelocytic leukemia (CML) patients in clinical trials. However, population level survival has been lower, especially ...
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2013-09-04ZeitschriftenartikelA structural comparison of lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis loci of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 strains Background: The lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is the major immuno-dominant antigen of all Legionella species including L. pneumophila. Its diversity is the basis for the classification of L. pneumophila into serogroups and ...
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2013-09-11ZeitschriftenartikelRisk Factors Associated with the Community-Acquired Colonization of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBL) Positive Escherichia Coli. An Exploratory Case-Control Study Background: The number of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) positive (+) Escherichia coli is increasing worldwide. In contrast with many other multidrug-resistant bacteria, it is suspected that they predominantly ...
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2013-09-10ZeitschriftenartikelAge biases in a large HIV and sexual behaviour-related internet survey among MSM Background: Behavioural data from MSM are usually collected in non-representative convenience samples, increasingly on the internet. Epidemiological data from such samples might be useful for comparisons between countries, ...
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2013-09-12ZeitschriftenartikelA Food Handler-Associated, Foodborne Norovirus GII.4 Sydney 2012-Outbreak Following a Wedding Dinner, Austria, October 2012 On October 12, 2012, the provincial public health directorate of Salzburg reported a suspected norovirus (NV) outbreak among guests of a wedding-reception. The investigation aimed to confirm the causative agent, to identify ...
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2013-09-06ZeitschriftenartikelEnterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli as Causes of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome in the Czech Republic Background: Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) cause diarrhea-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome (D+ HUS) worldwide, but no systematic study of EHEC as the causative agents of HUS was performed in the Czech ...
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2013-09-04ZeitschriftenartikelSkin Lesions in European Hibernating Bats Associated with Geomyces destructans, the Etiologic Agent of White-Nose Syndrome White-nose syndrome (WNS) has claimed the lives of millions of hibernating insectivorous bats in North America. Its etiologic agent, the psychrophilic fungus Geomyces destructans, causes skin lesions that are the hallmark ...
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2013-09-09ZeitschriftenartikelSerological Evidence of Asymptomatic Infections during Escherichia coli O104:H4 Outbreak in Germany in 2011 Introduction: The largest known outbreak caused by a rare hybrid strain of Shiga toxin-producing E.coli (STEC) and enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC) (E.coli O104:H4) of serotype O104:H4 occurred in Germany in 2011. ...
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2012-03-01ZeitschriftenartikelBedeutung der familialen Lebenswelt für die Gesundheit von Kindern und Jugendlichen Die Familie ist im Kindes- und Jugendalter die zentrale Sozialisationsinstanz. Aber welche Faktoren der familialen Lebenswelt sind für die Gesundheit von Kindern und Jugendlichen in welcher Lebensphase von Bedeutung? Der ...
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2013-04-29ZeitschriftenartikelOne-day point prevalence of emerging bacterial pathogens in a nationwide sample of 62 German hospitals in 2012 and comparison with the results of the one-day point prevalence of 2010 Hintergrund: Die Resistenzentwicklung gegen Antibiotika ist eine weltweit bedrohliche Situation. Zur Bekämpfung von multiresistenten Erregern (MRE) wurden in allen deutschen Bundesländern infektiologische Netzwerke der ...
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2013-08-15ZeitschriftenartikelCo-infection of human parvovirus B19 with Plasmodium falciparum contributes to malaria disease severity in Gabonese patients Background: High seroprevalence of parvovirus B19 (B19V) coinfection with Plasmodium falciparum has been previously reported. However, the impact of B19V-infection on the clinical course of malaria is still elusive. In ...
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2013-08-08ZeitschriftenartikelCytomegalovirus Downregulates IRE1 to Repress the Unfolded Protein Response During viral infection, a massive demand for viral glycoproteins can overwhelm the capacity of the protein folding and quality control machinery, leading to an accumulation of unfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum ...