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Rationale for pertussis booster vaccination throughout life in Europe
2011 - Although the introduction of universal pertussis immunisation in infants has greatly reduced the number of reported cases in infants and young children, disease incidence has been increasing in …
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Fatal Balamuthia mandrillaris infection in a gorilla – first case of balamuthiasis in Germany
2011 - Background A 12-year-old female western lowland gorilla died in a zoological garden in Germany after exhibiting general neurological signs. Methods Balamuthia mandrillaris was identified as causative …
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Cystatins of parasitic organisms
2011 - The cystatin superfamily comprises several groups of protease inhibitors. In this chapter we will focus on I25 family members, which consist predominantly of the type 2 cystatins. Recently, a wealth …
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Comparison of quantitative real time PCR with Sequencing and ribosomal RNA-FISH for the identification of fungi in Formalin fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue specimens
2011 - Background Identification of the causative agents of invasive fungal infections (IFI) is critical for guiding antifungal therapy. Cultures remain negative in a substantial number of IFI cases. …
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Diagnosis and therapy of Candida infections: joint recommendations of the German Speaking Mycological Society and the Paul-Ehrlich Society for Chemotherapy
2011 - Invasive Candida infections are important causes of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised and hospitalised patients. This article provides the joint recommendations of the German-speaking …
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A Large Outbreak of Influenza B-associated Benign Acute Childhood Myositis in Germany, 2007/2008
2011 - Background: Benign acute childhood myositis (BACM) is a rare syndrome associated with various viral infections. Bilateral calve pain may lead to inability to walk. During winter 2007/2008, we …
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Availability and canonical positioning of key amino acids of ornithine-decarboxylase degron is insufficient for alpha-fetoprotein degradation
2011 - Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) degrades in proteasome in a ubiquitin-independent manner with the half life of approximately 2 h. Thirty seven C-terminal amino acids of this enzyme constitute a fragment …
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Rapid early HDV RNA decline in the peripheral blood but prolonged intrahepatic hepatitis Delta antigen persistence after liver transplantation
2011 - Background and Aims Chronic HDV infection is an inflammatory liver disease and liver transplantation (LTX) remains the only curative treatment option for most patients. The hepatitis D virus (HDV) …
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The "original" Hepatitis B virus of Eastern chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii)
2011 - Little is known about Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infections in chimpanzees. Therefore, we investigated the prevalence of chimpanzee HBV (chHBV) infections in captive, wild born chimpanzees in the …
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Genomic expression libraries for the identification of cross-reactive orthopoxvirus antigens
2011 - Increasing numbers of human cowpox virus infections that are being observed and that particularly affect young non-vaccinated persons have renewed interest in this zoonotic disease. Usually causing a …
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Health locus of control and health behaviour: results from a nationally representative survey
2011 - The present study aims to examine the association between sociodemographic variables and health locus of control (HLC) as well as HLC and health behaviour. Data from a representative sample of the …
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Novel functions of Prototype Foamy Virus Gag glycine-arginine-rich boxes in reverse transcription and particle morphogenesis
2011 - Prototype Foamy Virus (PFV) Gag lacks the characteristic orthoretroviral Cys-His motifs that are essential for various steps of the orthoretroviral replication cycle, such as RNA packaging, reverse …
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The Pathology of Experimental Poxvirus Infection in Common Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus): Further Characterization of a New Primate Model for Orthopoxvirus Infections
2011 - Zoonotic orthopoxvirus (OPV) can induce severe disease in man and the virus has potential for use in bioterrorism. New vaccines and therapeutics against OPV infections must be tested in animal models. …
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Gouléako virus isolated from West African mosquitoes constitutes a proposed novel genus in the family Bunyaviridae
2011 - The familiy Bunyaviridae is the most diversified family of RNA viruses. We describe a novel prototypic bunyavirus, tentatively named Gouléako virus, isolated from various mosquito species trapped in …
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HIV serosorting among HIV-positive men who have sex with men is associated with increased self-reported incidence of bacterial sexually transmissible infections
2011 - Background: We aimed to quantify the frequency of HIV serosorting among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Germany, and evaluate the association of serosorting with other sexual risk management …
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Masern-Ausbruch in Nordrhein-Westfalen: Untererfassung von Masernerkrankungen am Beispiel von Nordrhein-Westfalen in den Jahren 2006 und 2007
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Prospective Genomic Characterization of the German Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O104:H4 Outbreak by Rapid Next Generation Sequencing Technology
2011 - An ongoing outbreak of exceptionally virulent Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli O104:H4 centered in Germany, has caused over 830 cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and 46 deaths since …
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Antibody Response After a Single Dose of an AS03-Adjuvanted Split-Virion Influenza A (H1N1) Vaccine in Heart Transplant Recipients
2011 - Background. Influenza A (H1N1) has emerged as a considerable threat for recipients of organ transplants. Vaccination against the novel influenza A (H1N1) virus has generally been advocated. There is …
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Postexpositions-Prophylaxe nach Sex mit potenziell HIV-Infiziertem
2011 - HIV postexposure prophylaxis after suspicious (hetero-)sexual contact
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Fanconi Anaemia (FA)-associated 3q gains in leukaemic transformation consistently target EVI, but do not affect low TERC expression in FA
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