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2012-05-03ZeitschriftenartikelSurface-associated motility, a common trait of clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii, depends on 1,3-diaminopropane While flagella-independent motility has long been described in representatives of the genus Acinetobacter, the mechanism of motility remains ambiguous. Acinetobacter baumannii, a nosocomial pathogen appearing increasingly ...
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2013-04-22ZeitschriftenartikelFoodborne Transmission of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy to Nonhuman Primates Risk for human exposure to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)–inducing agent was estimated in a nonhuman primate model. To determine attack rates, incubation times, and molecular signatures, we orally exposed 18 macaques ...
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2013-04-25ZeitschriftenartikelIncrease in hepatitis A in tourists from Denmark, England, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden returning from Egypt, November 2012 to March 2013 Since November 2012, there has been an increase in reported cases of hepatitis A in tourists returning from Egypt in several European countries. As of 24 April, 80 HAV cases in travellers with symptom onset after 1 November ...
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2012-04-19ZeitschriftenartikelSevere infections caused by Salmonella Enteritidis PT8/7 linked to a private barbecue A cohort study on a barbecue-associated Salmonella outbreak was conducted to describe the burden of disease and to identify the outbreak vehicle. Dose–response relationships were tested with Fisher's exact and Wilcoxon ...
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2012-04-21ZeitschriftenartikelAusgewählte Aspekte einer Bürger- und Patientenorientierung in Deutschland Die zunehmende Bürger- und Patientenorientierung im deutschen Gesundheitswesen spiegelt einen gesundheitspolitischen Prozess wider, der die individuelle und gesellschaftliche Verantwortung sowie mehr Autonomie der Nutzerinnen ...
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2013-04-12ZeitschriftenartikelAbdominal Obesity in German Adolescents Defined by Waist-to-Height Ratio and Its Association to Elevated Blood Pressure: The KiGGS Study Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the fixed 0.5 cut-off and the age- and sex-specific 90th percentile (P90) for waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) in German adolescents with respect to the prevalence of abdominal ...
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2013-01-18ZeitschriftenartikelNutzungsmuster elektronischer Medien Zusammenhänge mit der Gesundheit von Kindern und Jugendlichen
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2013-02-14ZeitschriftenartikelDevelopment of one-step quantitative reverse transcription PCR for the rapid detection of flaviviruses Background: The genus Flavivirus includes several pathogenic agents that cause severe illness in humans. Re-emergence of West Nile virus in Europe and continuous spread of certain flaviviruses such as dengue, yellow ...
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2013-03-26ZeitschriftenartikelMultiPSQ: A Software Solution for the Analysis of Diagnostic n-Plexed Pyrosequencing Reactions Background: Pyrosequencing can be applied for Single-Nucleotide-Polymorphism (SNP)-based pathogen typing or for providing sequence information of short DNA stretches. However, for some pathogens molecular typing cannot ...
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2012-03-26ZeitschriftenartikelCross-transmission rates of enterococcal isolates among newborns in a neonatal intensive care unit Enterococci are important pathogens causing nosocomial infections and patients at risk include also premature babies requiring intensive care treatment. Our aim was to assess occurrence and cross transmission rates of ...
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2012-12-01ZeitschriftenartikelCost comparison of MRSA screening and management – a decision tree analysis Background: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections represent a serious challenge for health-care institutions. Rapid and precise identification of MRSA carriers can help to reduce both nosocomial ...
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2013-03-21ZeitschriftenartikelChallenges in diagnosing extrapulmonary tuberculosis in the European Union, 2011 In the European Union (EU) 72,334 tuberculosis (TB) cases were notified in 2011, of which 16,116 (22%) had extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB). The percentage of TB cases with EPTB ranged from 4% to 48% in the reporting ...
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2013-03-14ZeitschriftenartikelWill Dengue Vaccines Be Used in the Public Sector and if so, How? Findings from an 8-country Survey of Policymakers and Opinion Leaders Background: A face-to-face survey of 158 policymakers and other influential professionals was conducted in eight dengue-endemic countries in Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam) and Latin America (Brazil, Colombia, ...
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2013-04-04ZeitschriftenartikelMore reasons to dread rain on vacation? Dengue fever in 42 German and United Kingdom Madeira tourists during autumn 2012 In October and November 2012 residents and tourists in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, Portugal, were affected by dengue fever. The outbreak waned during the unusually dry winter. Using a Monte Carlo test we investigated ...
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2012-04-06ZeitschriftenartikelOvercoming species boundaries in peptide identification with BICEPS Currently, the reliable identification of peptides and proteins is only feasible when thoroughly annotated sequence databases are available. While sequencing capacities continue to grow, many organisms remain without ...
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2013-03-21ZeitschriftenartikelThe burden of extrapulmonary and meningitis tuberculosis: an investigation of national surveillance data, Germany, 2002 to 2009 Tuberculosis (TB) surveillance commonly focuses on pulmonary (PTB) where the main organ affected is the lung. This might lead to underestimate extrapulmonary TB (EPTB) forms, where in addition to the lung other sites are ...
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2013-03-28ZeitschriftenartikelAnthrax among heroin users in Europe possibly caused by same Bacillus anthracis strain since 2000 Injection anthrax was described first in 2000 in a heroin-injecting drug user in Norway. New anthrax cases among heroin consumers were detected in the United Kingdom (52 cases) and Germany (3 cases) in 2009-10. In June ...
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2012-04-04ZeitschriftenartikelPrevalence, serovars, phage types, and antibiotic susceptibilities of Salmonella strains isolated from animals in the United Arab Emirates from 1996 to 2009 The aim of this study was to give some insights into the prevalence, serovars, phage types, and antibiotic resistances of Salmonella from animal origin in the United Arab Emirates. Data on diagnostic samples from animals ...
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2012-10-03ZeitschriftenartikelDirect Detection and Genotyping of KPC Carbapenemases from Urine using a new DNA Microarray Test Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemases (KPC) are considered a serious threat to antibiotic therapy as they confer resistance to carbapenems, which are used to treat Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing bacteria. ...
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2012-03-25ZeitschriftenartikelKultursensible HIV/STI-Prävention bei Sexarbeiterinnen mit Migrationshintergrund Hintergrund: Frauen, die migrieren und in der Sexarbeit arbeiten, haben ein erhöhtes Risiko, sich mit STI oder HIV zu infizieren. Im Rahmen einer Expertenbefragung wurden Aspekte kultursensibler HIV/STI-Prävention bei ...