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2012-11-21ZeitschriftenartikelCarrier prevalence, secondary household transmission and long-term shedding in two districts during the Escherichia coli O104:H4 outbreak in Germany, 2011 Background: From May-July 2011, Germany experienced a large Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O104:H4 outbreak. Our objective was to identify the prevalence of STEC O104:H4 carriers in households in highly affected ...
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2013-11-19ZeitschriftenartikelIdentification of late assembly domains of the human endogenous retrovirus-K(HML-2) Background: Late assembly (L)-domains are protein interaction motifs, whose dysfunction causes characteristic budding defects in enveloped viruses. Three different amino acid motifs, namely PT/SAP, PPXY and YPXnL have ...
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2013-11-14ZeitschriftenartikelEvidence for the transmission of Salmonella from reptiles to children in Germany, July 2010 to October 2011 This study examines the Salmonella status in reptiles kept in households with children suffering from gastroenteritis due to an exotic Salmonella serovar, to obtain information on possible transmission paths. A number of ...
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2013-08-27ZeitschriftenartikelGenome and Transcriptome Adaptation Accompanying Emergence of the Definitive Type 2 Host-Restricted Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Pathovar Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium definitive type 2 (DT2) is host restricted to Columba livia (rock or feral pigeon) but is also closely related to S. Typhimurium isolates that circulate in livestock and cause a ...
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2012-12-01ZeitschriftenartikelHER2/neu DNA vaccination by intradermal gene delivery in a mouse tumor model Gene gun is superior to jet injector in inducing CTL responses and protective immunityDNA vaccines are potential tools for the induction of immune responses against both infectious disease and cancer. The dermal application of DNA vaccines is of particular interest since the epidermal and dermal layers of ...
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2013-10-21ZeitschriftenartikelEvaluation of Non-Invasive Biological Samples to Monitor Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in Great Apes and Lemurs Introduction: Reintroduction of endangered animals as part of conservational programs bears the risk of importing human pathogens from the sanctuary to the natural habitat. One bacterial pathogen that serves as a model ...
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2013-11-14ZeitschriftenartikelShiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157 Is More Likely to Lead to Hospitalization and Death than Non-O157 Serogroups – Except O104 The clinical spectrum following infection with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is wide ranging and includes hemorrhagic colitis and life-threatening hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). Severity of STEC illness ...
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2013-10-10ZeitschriftenartikelThe European Men-Who-Have-Sex-With-Men Internet Survey (EMIS): Design and Methods Community-based opportunistic self-completion surveying for sexual health programming is common among men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM) in Europe, being used to generate evidence of unmet prevention need, for behavioural ...
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2013-08-07ZeitschriftenartikelSynergistic Effects of Nonthermal Plasma and Disinfecting Agents against Dental Biofilms In Vitro Aim. Dental biofilms play a major role in the pathogenesis of many dental diseases. In this study, we evaluated the synergistic effect of atmospheric pressure plasma and different agents in dentistry on the reduction of ...
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2013-11-04ZeitschriftenartikelIncreased expression of CD25, CD83, and CD86, and secretion of IL-12, IL-23, and IL-10 by human dendritic cells incubated in the presence of Toll-like receptor 2 ligands and Giardia duodenalis Background: Effects of Giardia duodenalis on dendritic cell (DC) functions may contribute to the pathogenesis of chronic giardiasis. G. duodenalis lysate has been shown to inhibit the activation of murine DCs through ...
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2013-10-18ZeitschriftenartikelHigh Prevalence and Significance of Hepatitis D Virus Infection among Treatment-Naïve HBsAg-Positive Patients in Northern Vietnam Background: Hepatitis D virus (HDV) infection is considered to cause more severe hepatitis than hepatitis B virus (HBV) monoinfection. With more than 9.5 million HBV-infected people, Vietnam will face an enormous health ...
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2013-10-08ZeitschriftenartikelThe Novel Human Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Is Naturally Adapted to Efficient Growth in Human Lung Tissue A novel influenza A virus (IAV) of the H7N9 subtype has been isolated from severely diseased patients with pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome and, apparently, from healthy poultry in March 2013 in Eastern ...
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2013-11-01ZeitschriftenartikelMiddle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV): An die Reiseanamnese denken Das Robert-Koch-Institut gibt Hinweise zur Identifizierung von Patienten mit Verdacht auf MERS-CoV-Infektion und zu den erforderlichen Infektionsschutzmaßnahmen für medizinisches Personal. Besondere Beachtung gilt Touristen ...
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2012-12-30ZeitschriftenartikelComplete Genome Sequence of the English Isolate of Rat Cytomegalovirus (Murid Herpesvirus 8) The complete genome of the English isolate of rat cytomegalovirus (RCMV-E) was determined. RCMV-E has a 202,946-bp genome with noninverting repeats but without terminal repeats. Thus, it differs significantly in size and ...
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2012-12-26ZeitschriftenartikelBiological and Phylogenetic Characteristics of Yellow Fever Virus Lineages from West Africa The yellow fever virus (YFV), the first proven human-pathogenic virus, although isolated in 1927, is still a major public health problem, especially in West Africa where it causes outbreaks every year. Nevertheless, little ...
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2013-10-24ZeitschriftenartikelDevelopment of a risk assessment tool for contact tracing people after contact with infectious patients while travelling by bus or other public ground transport: a Delphi consensus approach Background: Tracing persons who have been in contact with an infectious patient may be very effective in preventing the spread of communicable diseases. However, criteria to decide when to conduct contact tracing are not ...
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2013-10-16ZeitschriftenartikelHygiene perception changes during the influenza A H1N1 pandemic in Germany: incorporating the results of two cross-sectional telephone surveys 2008–2009 Background: The federal campaign Wir gegen Viren [Us against viruses] promoted hygiene in Germany during the influenza A H1N1 pandemic in 2009. The intervention aimed to encourage people to protect themselves against ...
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2013-10-23ZeitschriftenartikelKoala retroviruses: characterization and impact on the life of koalas Koala retroviruses (KoRV) have been isolated from wild and captive koalas in Australia as well as from koala populations held in zoos in other countries. They are members of the genus Gammaretrovirus, are most closely ...
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1999-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelAntibiotikaresistenz bei bakteriellen Infektionserregern Mikrobiologisch-epidemiologische AspekteIn den vergangenen zehn Jahren traten bei bakteriellen Infektionserregern weltweit neue Resistenzeigenschaften auf (z.B. gegen Glykopeptide, Chinolone, Carbapeneme). Es kam zu einer Zunahme mehrfachresistenter Bakterienstämme. ...
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1999-03-01ZeitschriftenartikelInfektionsepidemiologie lebensmittelbedingter Campylobacter-Infektionen Untersuchung eines Ausbruchs in Sachsen- Anhalt mittels epidemiologischer, mikrobiologischer und molekularbiologischer MethodenEs wird über einen Gastroenteritisausbruch in Sachsen-Anhalt mit 186 Erkrankungen in 6 Kindergärten einer Kreisstadt berichtet, der durch Campylobacter (C.) jejuni verursacht wurde. Die Erkrankten hatten an der ...