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2017-04-27ZeitschriftenartikelFSME: Risikogebiete in Deutschland (Stand: April 2017) In dieser Ausgabe des Epidemiologischen Bulletins wird – in Übereinstimmung mit den diesbezüglichen Ausführungen in den Empfehlungen der Ständigen Impfkommission am RKI (STIKO) – eine aktualisierte Darstellung der ...
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2017-04-26ZeitschriftenartikelHepatitis A virus infections and outbreaks in asylum seekers arriving to Germany, September 2015 to March 2016 From September 2015 to March 2016, hepatitis A notifications in Germany increased by 45% to 699 cases compared to 482 cases in the same period of the previous year. Children aged five to nine years were predominantly ...
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2017-04-26ZeitschriftenartikelHealth literacy in childhood and youth: a systematic review of definitions and models Background: Children and young people constitute a core target group for health literacy research and practice: during childhood and youth, fundamental cognitive, physical and emotional development processes take place ...
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2017-04-20ZeitschriftenartikelEpidemiologie der Masern in Deutschland 2017 Die Masern-Impfung erfolgt häufig zu spät. Aber auch die großen Impflücken bei Jugendlichen und jungen Erwachsenen tragen entscheidend dazu bei, dass eingetragene Masernviren immer wieder zu vielen Krankheitsfällen führen ...
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2017-04-20ZeitschriftenartikelImpfquoten bei der Schuleingangsuntersuchung in Deutschland 2015 Anlässlich der 12. Europäischen Impfwoche der Weltgesundheitsorganisation (Regionalbüro Europa), die vom 24. – 30. April 2017 stattfindet, berichten wir über die Impfquoten bei den Schulanfängern in Deutschland. Die ...
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2017-04-14ZeitschriftenartikelInvaginationsrisiko nach Impfung gegen Rotaviren Systematisches Review und MetaanalyseHintergrund: Die Ständige Impfkommission (STIKO) hat 2013 die Rotavirusimpfung (RV-Impfung) für alle Säuglinge empfohlen und auf ein leicht erhöhtes Risiko für Invaginationen hingewiesen. Invaginationen sind potenziell ...
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2017-04-20ZeitschriftenartikelPorcine Circoviruses and Xenotransplantation Allotransplantation and xenotransplantation may be associated with the transmission of pathogens from the donor to the recipient. Whereas in the case of allotransplantation the transmitted microorganisms and their pathogenic ...
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2017-04-10ZeitschriftenartikelHeterogeneities in the case fatality ratio in the West African Ebola outbreak 2013–2016 The 2013–2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa is the largest on record with 28 616 confirmed, probable and suspected cases and 11 310 deaths officially recorded by 10 June 2016, the true burden probably considerably higher. ...
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2017-04-05ZeitschriftenartikelImpact of CD4 and CD8 dynamics and viral rebounds on loss of virological control in HIV controllers Objective: HIV controllers (HICs) spontaneously maintain HIV viral replication at low level without antiretroviral therapy (ART), a small number of whom will eventually lose this ability to control HIV viremia. The ...
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2017-04-04ZeitschriftenartikelTypical patterns of modifiable health risk factors (MHRFs) in elderly women in Germany: results from the cross-sectional German Health Update (GEDA) study, 2009 and 2010 Background: Modifiable health risk factors (MHRFs) significantly affect morbidity and mortality rates and frequently occur in specific combinations or risk clusters. Using five MHRFs (smoking, high-risk alcohol consumption, ...
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2017-04-12ZeitschriftenartikelPrevalence and genotype distribution of hepatitis delta virus among chronic hepatitis B carriers in Central Vietnam Hepatitis D virus (HDV) infection plays an important role in liver diseases. However, the molecular epidemiology and impact of HDV infection in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) remain uncertain in Vietnam. This cross-sectional ...
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2017-04-04ZeitschriftenartikelEvaluation of the immunogenicity and safety of different doses and formulations of a broad spectrum influenza vaccine (FLU-v) developed by SEEK: study protocol for a single-center, randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled clinical phase IIb trial Background: Current influenza vaccines, based on antibodies against surface antigens, are unable to provide protection against newly emerging virus strains which differ from the vaccine strains. Therefore the population ...
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2017-04-11ZeitschriftenartikelIs the impact of childhood influenza vaccination less than expected: a transmission modelling study Background: To reduce the burden of severe influenza, most industrialized countries target specific risk-groups with influenza vaccines, e.g. the elderly or individuals with comorbidities. Since children are the main ...
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2017-04-13ZeitschriftenartikelDie Echinokokkose – Eine Übersicht und neue Erkenntnisse in der Diagnostik, Therapie und Parasitenbiologie Zu den vielen mit dem Attribut „selten aber gefährlich“ versehenen Krankheiten in Deutschland gehören zweifelsfrei die Alveoläre und die Zystische Echinokokkose, die durch die Metazestoden-Larvenstadien des Fuchs- bzw. ...
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2017-03-28ZeitschriftenartikelSLIMM: species level identification of microorganisms from metagenomes Identification and quantification of microorganisms is a significant step in studying the alpha and beta diversities within and between microbial communities respectively. Both identification and quantification of a given ...
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2017-03-27ZeitschriftenartikelChanges to cholesterol trafficking in macrophages by Leishmania parasites infection Leishmania spp. are protozoan parasites that are transmitted by sandfly vectors during blood sucking to vertebrate hosts and cause a spectrum of diseases called leishmaniases. It has been demonstrated that host cholesterol ...
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2017-03-21ZeitschriftenartikelNursing staff fluctuation and pathogenic burden in the NICU - effective outbreak management and the underestimated relevance of non-resistant strains In the course of a hospital management takeover, a microbial outbreak took place in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Here, we characterize the outbreak and its management. About 4 months prior to takeover, ...
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2017-03-29ZeitschriftenartikelPredicting late-onset sepsis by routine neonatal screening for colonisation by gram-negative bacteria in neonates at intensive care units: a protocol for a systematic review Introduction: Hospitals conduct extensive screening procedures to assess colonisation of the body surface of neonates by gram-negative bacteria to avoid complications like late-onset sepsis. However, the benefits of these ...
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2017-03-14ZeitschriftenartikelWild African great apes as natural hosts of malaria parasites: current knowledge and research perspectives Humans and African great apes (AGAs) are naturally infected with several species of closely related malaria parasites. The need to understand the origins of human malaria as well as the risk of zoonotic transmissions and ...
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2016-08-28ZeitschriftenartikelPhylogenetic structure of European Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak correlates with national and international egg distribution network Outbreaks of Salmonella Enteritidis have long been associated with contaminated poultry and eggs. In the summer of 2014 a large multi-national outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis phage type 14b occurred with over 350 cases ...