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2024-03-14ZeitschriftenartikelAcceptance and feasibility of a low-threshold and substitution services-based periodical monitoring system for blood-borne and sexually transmitted infections among people who inject drugs in Germany: a mixed-methods analysis Background: To reach the global elimination goals of viral hepatitis B and C (HBC, HCV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted infections as a public health threat by 2030, monitoring is ...
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2024-02-05ZeitschriftenartikelThe host RNA polymerase II C-terminal domain is the anchor for replication of the influenza virus genome The current model is that the influenza virus polymerase (FluPol) binds either to host RNA polymerase II (RNAP II) or to the acidic nuclear phosphoprotein 32 (ANP32), which drives its conformation and activity towards ...
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2024-02-29ZeitschriftenartikelICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Kolmioviridae 2024 Kolmioviridae is a family for negative-sense RNA viruses with circular, viroid-like genomes of about 1.5–1.7 kb that are maintained in mammals, amphibians, birds, fish, insects and reptiles. Deltaviruses, for instance, can ...
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2024-10-03ZeitschriftenartikelTargeting Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm with an evolutionary trained bacteriophage cocktail exploiting phage resistance trade-offs Spread of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains threatens to render currently available antibiotics obsolete, with limited prospects for the development of new antibiotics. Lytic bacteriophages, the viruses ...
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2024-03-11ZeitschriftenartikelMortality of type 2 diabetes in Germany: additional insights from Gompertz models Aims: The Gompertz law of mortality proclaims that human mortality rates in middle to old ages grow log-linearly with age and this law has been confirmed at multiple instances. We investigated if diabetes mortality in ...
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2024-07-08ZeitschriftenartikelCorrigendum to “Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines administered in the 2023 autumnal campaigns in Europe: results from the VEBIS primary care test-negative design study, September 2023–January 2024” [Vaccine 42(19) (2024)]
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2024-06-04ZeitschriftenartikelEffectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines administered in the 2023 autumnal campaigns in Europe: Results from the VEBIS primary care test-negative design study, September 2023–January 2024 In autumn 2023, European vaccination campaigns predominantly administered XBB.1.5 vaccine. In a European multicentre study, we estimated 2023 COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness (VE) against laboratory-confirmed symptomatic ...
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2024-05-28ZeitschriftenartikelSequencing accuracy and systematic errors of nanopore direct RNA sequencing Background: Direct RNA sequencing (dRNA-seq) on the Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) platforms can produce reads covering up to full-length gene transcripts, while containing decipherable information about RNA base ...
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2024-09-23ZeitschriftenartikelAssessing the impact of Delta and Omicron in German intensive care units: a retrospective, nationwide multistate analysis Background: The spread of several severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants of concern (VOCs) has repeatedly led to increasing numbers of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients in ...
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2024-03-30ZeitschriftenartikelGut microbiota in vaccine naïve Gabonese children with rotavirus A gastroenteritis Background: While the gut microbiome modulates the pathogenesis of enteric viruses, how infections caused by rotavirus A (RVA), with or without diarrhoea, alter the gut microbiota has been sparsely studied. Methods: From ...
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2024-07-01ZeitschriftenartikelRIBAP: a comprehensive bacterial core genome annotation pipeline for pangenome calculation beyond the species level Microbial pangenome analysis identifies present or absent genes in prokaryotic genomes. However, current tools are limited when analyzing species with higher sequence diversity or higher taxonomic orders such as genera or ...
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2024-02-07ZeitschriftenartikelSocial Inequalities in Long-Term Health Effects After COVID-19—A Scoping Review Objectives: We aimed to map and synthesize evidence about social inequalities in long-term health effects after COVID-19 (LTHE), often referred to as “long COVID” or “post-COVID-19 conditions.” Methods: We conducted a ...
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2024-10-14ZeitschriftenartikelA seroprevalence study indicates a high proportion of clinically undiagnosed MPXV infections in men who have sex with men in Berlin, Germany Introduction: During the mpox outbreak in 2022, the highest number of cases in Germany were registered in Berlin, almost all of them in men who have sex with men (MSM). However, the frequency of clinically undiagnosed ...
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2024-10-28ZeitschriftenartikelCorrection: A seroprevalence study indicates a high proportion of clinically undiagnosed MPXV infections in men who have sex with men in Berlin, Germany
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2024-06-27ZeitschriftenartikelFusarium species,Scedosporium species, and Lomentospora prolificans: A systematic review to inform the World Health Organization priority list of fungal pathogens Recognizing the growing global burden of fungal infections, the World Health Organization established a process to develop a priority list of fungal pathogens (FPPL). In this systematic review, we aimed to evaluate the ...
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2024-10-31ZeitschriftenartikelDiscrimination based on gender identity and decision-making regarding HIV/STI-protected sex, a cross-sectional study among trans and non-binary people in Germany Background: Trans and non-binary people are often discriminated against. Discrimination has a negative impact on health and may affect sexual health and behavior. We explored the relationship between discrimination based ...
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2024-07-15ZeitschriftenartikelGuidance on how to efficiently find, choose, and use available systematic reviews was developed Objectives: The aim of this paper is to provide clinicians and authors of clinical guidelines or patient information with practical guidance on searching and choosing systematic reviews(s) (SR[s]) and, where adequate, on ...
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2024-11-20ZeitschriftenartikelHow far are we? Assessing progress in hepatitis C response towards the WHO 2030 elimination goals by the civil society monitoring in 25 European countries, period 2020 to 2023 Background: With the advent of direct acting antivirals (DAAs) the World Health Organisation (WHO) adopted global strategy to eliminate hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection by 2030. In Europe, people who inject drugs (PWID) ...
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2026-01-22ZeitschriftenartikelEmpfehlungen der Ständigen Impfkommission (STIKO) beim Robert Koch-Institut 2026
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2024-05-03ZeitschriftenartikelExploring the effect of clinical case definitions on influenza vaccine effectiveness estimation at primary care level: Results from the end-of-season 2022–23 VEBIS multicentre study in Europe Background: Within influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) studies at primary care level with a laboratory-confirmed outcome, clinical case definitions for recruitment of patients can vary. We used the 2022–23 VEBIS primary ...