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1. Measles transmission from an anthroposophic community to the general population, Germany 2008 – Effect of early intervention on size and duration of measles clusters in school and kindergarten settings

   2011 - Background In Germany, measles vaccination coverage with two doses is not yet sufficient to prevent regional outbreaks. Among the 16 German federal states, vaccination coverage was lowest in Bavaria …

2. IS element IS16 as a molecular screening tool to identify hospital-associated strains of Enterococcus faecium

   2011 - Background. Hospital strains of Enterococcus faecium could be characterized and typed by various molecular methods (MLST, AFLP, MLVA) and allocated to a distinct clonal complex known as MLST CC17. …

3. Update on the ongoing outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome due to Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) serotype O104, Germany, May 2011

   2011 - Since early May 2011, a large outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) and bloody diarrhoea related to infections with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli(STEC) has been observed in Germany. …

4. A comparative examination of tuberculosis immigration medical screening programs from selected countries with high immigration and low tuberculosis incidence rates

   2011 - Background: Tuberculosis (TB) in migrants is an ongoing challenge in several low TB incidence countries since a large proportion of TB in these countries occurs in migrants from high incidence …

5. RapidSTRIPE H1N1 test for diagnosis of the pandemic swine-origin Influenza A (H1N1)

   2011 - RapidSTRIPE H1N1 test based on nucleic acid lateral flow assay has been developed for diagnosis of a swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus. This test is simple and cost-effective and allows specific …

6. IgY Technology: Extraction of Chicken Antibodies from Egg Yolk by Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) Precipitation

   2011 - Hens can be immunized by means of i.m. vaccination (Musculus pectoralis, left and right, injection volume 0.5-1.0 ml) or by means of Gene-Gun plasmid-immunization. Dependent on the immunogenicity of …

7. Pan-European Distribution of White-Nose Syndrome Fungus (Geomyces destructans) Not Associated with Mass Mortality

   2011 - Background The dramatic mass mortalities amongst hibernating bats in Northeastern America caused by “white nose-syndrome” (WNS) continue to threaten populations of different bat species. The …

8. Gamma-glutamyl Transferase Is Strongly Associated With Degree of Overweight and Sex

   2011 - Gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) is a marker for cardiovascular risk and an independent predictor of long-term outcome in adults. Epidemiological data from pediatric cohorts are rare. We studied the …

9. Emergence and spread of cfr-mediated multiresistance in staphylococci: an interdisciplinary challenge

   2011 - In staphylococci, methylation of A2503 of 23S rRNA leads to resistance against several classes of antibiotics (oxazolidinones, phenicols, streptogramin compounds, lincosamidins and pleuromutilins). …

10. Evolutionary analysis and distribution of type III effector genes in pathogenic Escherichia coli from human, animal and food sources

    2011 - Molecular analysis of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) from different sources is considered as a major approach to assess their risk potential. However, only limited data are available …

11. Comparative analysis of virulence genes, genetic diversity, and phylogeny of Shiga toxin 2g and heat-stable enterotoxin STIa encoding Escherichia coli isolates from humans, animals, and environmental sources

    2011 - An analysis for stx2 variants among the 2010 human stx2-positive Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains from Germany collected at the National Reference Centre 1999–2008 revealed 0.6% …

12. Contribution of proteomics of Leishmania spp. to the understanding of differentiation, drug resistance mechanisms, vaccine and drug development

    2011 - Leishmania spp., protozoan parasites with a digenetic life cycle, cause a spectrum of diseases in humans. Recently several Leishmania spp. have been sequenced which significantly boosted the number …

13. Impfnebenwirkungen bei Kindern und Jugendlichen. Ergebnisse des Kinder- und Jugendgesundheitssurveys Teil 1: Deskriptive Analysen.

    2011 - Angesichts der sinkenden Inzidenz impfpräventabler Infektionskrankheiten und der gestiegenen öffentlichen Aufmerksamkeit gegenüber Impfnebenwirkungen hat die Sammlung und Auswertung belastbarer Daten …

14. Sero-epidemiology of measles-specific IgG antibodies and predictive factors for low or missing titres in a German population-based cross-sectional study in children and adolescents (KiGGS)

    2011 - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: In the European Region, measles elimination is now targeted to 2015. To measure progress towards elimination age-group specific susceptibility targets have been defined. …

15. Quantitative Detection and Biological Propagation of Scrapie Seeding Activity In Vitro Facilitate Use of Prions as Model Pathogens for Disinfection

    2011 - Prions are pathogens with an unusually high tolerance to inactivation and constitute a complex challenge to the re-processing of surgical instruments. On the other hand, however, they provide an …

16. NDM-1-producing Escherichia coli in Germany

17. Minor drug-resistant HIV type-1 variants in breast milk and plasma of HIV type-1-infected Ugandan women after nevirapine single-dose prophylaxis

    2011 - Background: Nevirapine single-dose (NVP-SD) reduces mother-to-child transmission of HIV type-1 (HIV-1), but frequently induces resistance mutations in the HIV-1 genome. Little is known about …

18. Microbial biofilms on the surface of intravaginal rings worn in non-human primates

    2011 - Millions of intravaginal rings (IVRs) are used by women worldwide for contraception and for the treatment of vaginal atrophy. These devices also are suitable for local and systemic sustained release …

19. Protocol and methodology of the Stroke in Young Fabry Patients (sifap1) study: a prospective multicenter European study of 5,024 young stroke patients aged 18–55 years

    2011 - Background: Stroke in the young has not been thoroughly investigated with most previous studies based on a small number of patients from single centers. Furthermore, recent reports indicate that Fabry …

20. Analgesic use in a national community sample of German children and adolescents

    2011 - Background: Previous studies suggest that pain management by analgesic medications may be low among children. This study aims to investigate analgesic use and its correlates among children in Germany. …

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