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Rapid detection of anti-Vaccinia virus neutralizing antibodies
2011 - Increasing infections with Monkeypox and Cowpox viruses pose a continuous and growing threat to human health. The standard method for detecting poxvirus neutralizing antibodies is the plaque-reduction …
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Nationally representative waist circumference percentiles in German adolescents aged 11.0-18.0 years
2011 - Objective. The aim of this study was to develop age- and sex-specific percentile curves for waist circumference (WC) in German adolescents. Methods. A cross-sectional population-based study (German …
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Altered Cerebrovenous Drainage in Patients With Migraine as Assessed by Phase-Contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging
2011 - OBJECTIVE: We aimed to assess whether migraine is associated with changes in the distribution of the venous drainage through primary and secondary pathways by using phase-contrast magnetic resonance …
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Trends in Imported Chikungunya Virus Infections in Germany, 2006-2009
2011 - Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) has been previously reported in many African and Asian areas, but it recently reemerged strongly in countries bordering the Indian Ocean as well as caused an outbreak in …
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West Nile Virus Monitoring in Migrating and Resident Water Birds in Iran: Are Common Coots the Main Reservoirs of the Virus in Wetlands?
2011 - A molecular and serological study was carried out to determine the West Nile virus (WNV) status in different species of wild water birds. From 2003 to 2007, samples were collected from 519 birds …
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Epidemic Profile of Shiga-Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli O104:H4 Outbreak in Germany — Preliminary Report
2011 - Background In this report, we provide a preliminary description of an ongoing large outbreak of gastroenteritis and the hemolytic–uremic syndrome caused by Shiga-toxin–producing Escherichia coli in …
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Sulfated cholecystokinin-8 activates phospho-mTOR immunoreactive neurons of the paraventricular nucleus in rats
2011 - The serin/threonin-kinase, mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) was detected in the arcuate nucleus (ARC) and paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN) and suggested to play a role in the …
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Immunization with the transmembrane protein of a retrovirus, feline leukemia virus: Absence of antigenemia following challenge
2011 - A major challenge in the development of vaccines against retroviruses is the induction of neutralizing antibodies since they prevent infection of the cells where the virus may persist. The …
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The cytomegalovirus e127 protein interacts with the inhibitory CD200 receptor
2011 - CD200 is a cell surface glycoprotein that binds an inhibitory receptor (CD200R) on myeloid cells. CD200 orthologues are present in many species of virus and we show that the rat cytomegalovirus CD200 …
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Influence of Inflammation-related Changes on Conformational Characteristics of HLA-B27 Subtypes as detected by IR spectroscopy
2011 - Inflammatory processes are accompanied by the posttranslational modification of certain arginine residues to yield citrulline, and a pH-decrease in the affected tissue which could influence the …
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National, regional, and global trends in body-mass index since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 960 country-years and 9.1 million participants
2011 - BACKGROUND: Excess bodyweight is a major public health concern. However, few worldwide comparative analyses of long-term trends of body-mass index (BMI) have been done, and none have used recent …
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Differentiation of medically important Euro-Asian tick species Ixodes ricinus, Ixodes persulcatus, Ixodes hexagonus, and Dermacentor reticulatus by polymerase chain reaction
2011 - Understanding epidemiology of the tick-borne pathogens requires the accurate identification of the vector ticks. Morphological analysis of ticks is difficult and often leads to misidentification. …
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Nuclear versus mitochondrial DNA: evidence for hybridization in colobine monkeys
2011 - Background Colobine monkeys constitute a diverse group of primates with major radiations in Africa and Asia. However, phylogenetic relationships among genera are under debate, and recent molecular …
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Health risk factors and self-rated health among job-seekers
2011 - Background: To determine a) proportions of behavior related health risk factors among jobseekers and b) to what extend these are related to self-rated health. Methods: Over 12 months, job-seekers were …
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Large and ongoing outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome, Germany, May 2011
2011 - Since early May 2011, an increased incidence of haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) and bloody diarrhoea related to infections with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) has been observed in …
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A quantitative approach to analyse linkages between antimicrobial resistance properties in Salmonella Typhimurium isolates
2011 - This study used statistical methods to investigate linkages in phenotypic resistance profiles in a population sample of 321 Salmonella Typhimurium isolates from sporadic salmonellosis cases in Lower …
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Potenzieller Nutzen von drei derzeit verfügbaren Pneumokokkenimpfstoffen für Kinder - eine populationsbezogene Erhebung
2011 - Hintergrund: In Deutschland stehen derzeit 3 Pneumokokkenimpfstoffe zur Verfügung. Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, den gegenwärtigen Nutzen dieser Impfstoffe anhand von epidemiologischen Daten zu …
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Application of new assays for rapid confirmation and genotyping of isolates of Rubella virus
2011 - Rubella virus (RV) isolation is recommended by the WHO Measles and Rubella Labnet for studying the etiology and epidemiology of rubella. However, the absence of cytopathologic effects (CPE) in many of …
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Chip-calorimetric evaluation of the efficacy of antibiotics and bacteriophages against bacteria on a minute-timescale
2011 - Rapid detection of antibiotic resistances of clinical bacterial strains would allow an early selective antibiotic therapy and a faster intervention and implementation of infection control …
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Rauchen – Aktuelle Entwicklungen bei Erwachsenen
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