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1. How deadly is seasonal influenza associated pneumonia? The German Competence Network for Community-acquired pneumonia (CAPNETZ)

   2011 - The emergence of new influenza virus subtypes has rekindled the interest in the clinical course and outcome of patients with influenza-associated pneumonia. Based on prospective data from 5032 …

2. An integrated approach to identifying international foodborne norovirus outbreaks

   2011 - International foodborne norovirus outbreaks can be difficult to recognize when using standard outbreak investigation methods. In a novel approach, we provide step-wise selection criteria to identify …

3. Risk Factors for Severe Outcomes following 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) Infection: A Global Pooled Analysis

   2011 - Background Since the start of the 2009 influenza A pandemic (H1N1pdm), the World Health Organization and its member states have gathered information to characterize the clinical severity of H1N1pdm …

4. Bevölkerungsbasierte Erhebung der Häufigkeit von akuten Atemwegserkrankungen. Erste Ergebnisse aus dem neuen Online-Portal GrippeWeb.

   2011 - Im März 2011 hat das Robert Koch-Institut ein neues Internetportal mit dem Namen GrippeWeb (http://www.grippeweb.rki.de) eingerichtet, mit dem akute Atemwegserkrankungen in Deutschland beobachtet …

5. Clinical Outcome of HIV-Infected Patients with Discordant Virological and Immunological Response to Antiretroviral Therapy

   2011 - Background. A subgroup of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)–infected patients with severe immunodeficiency show persistently low CD4+ cell counts despite sustained viral suppression. It is …

6. Natural human mobility patterns and spatial spread of infectious diseases

7. Immune reconstitution and risk of Kaposi sarcoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma in HIV-infected adults

   2011 - Objective: Given the well documented occurrence of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) in HIV-infected patients who recently started combination antiretroviral therapy (cART), we …

8. Anti-infective Activities of Pelargonium sidoides(EPS® 7630): Effects of Induced NO Production on Leishmania major in Infected Macrophages and Antiviral Effects as Assessed in a Fibroblast-Virus Protection Assay

   2011 - EPs® 7630 is an aqueous-ethanolic extract of the roots of Pelargonium sidoides, employed in the treatment of upper respiratory tract infections. Its anti-infective activity is supposed to be …

9. Infections due to Pseudallescheria/Scedosporium species in patients with advanced HIV disease - a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge

   2011 - Objectives The aim of this study is to highlight the importance of infections caused by members of the genera Pseudallescheria/Scedosporium in HIV-positive patients. Methods We describe a case of a …

10. Molecular analysis of varicella vaccines and varicella-zoster virus from vaccine-related skin lesions

    2011 - To prevent complications that might follow an infection with varicella-zoster virus (VZV), the live attenuated Oka strain (V-Oka) is administered to children in many developed countries. Three vaccine …

11. Neue Empfehlungen für die Umgebungsuntersuchungen bei Tuberkulose

    2011 - Zusammenfassung Nach der Einführung der neuen Interferon-γ-Release Assays (IGRAs) in den Empfehlungen des Deutschen Zentralkomitees zur Bekämpfung der Tuberkulose im Jahre 2007 hat sich die Datenlage …

12. Prioritisation of infectious diseases in public health: feedback on the prioritisation methodology, 15 July 2008 to 15 January 2009

13. Evaluation of pet contact as a risk factor for carriage of multidrug-resistant staphylococci in nursing home residents

    2011 - Background Pets, often used as companionship and for psychological support in the therapy of nursing home residents, have been implicated as reservoirs for antibiotic-resistant bacteria. We …

14. High resolution ArrayCGH and expression profiling identifies PTPRD and PCDH17/PCH68 as tumor suppressor gene candidates in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma

    2011 - Many classical tumor suppressor genes (TSG) were identified by delineation of bi-allelic losses called homozygous deletions. To identify systematically homozygous deletions in laryngeal squamous cell …

15. Toward rubella elimination in Europe: an epidemiological assessment

    2011 - Background The elimination of rubella and prevention of congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) by 2015 are established goals for Europe. Our aim was to review the epidemiology of rubella in relation to …

16. Sense of coherence as a predictor of quality of life in adolescents with congenital heart defects: A register-based 1-year follow-up study

    2011 - OBJECTIVE: Sense of coherence (SOC) is a resource for health and quality of life (QoL) in adults. The aim of this investigation was to prospectively evaluate the association between SOC and QoL in …

17. The spread of fecally transmitted parasites in socially-structured populations

    2011 - Mammals are infected by a wide array of gastrointestinal parasites, including parasites that also infect humans and domesticated animals. Many of these parasites are acquired through contact with …

18. Desperately Seeking Diarrhoea: Outbreak of Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome Caused by Emerging Sorbitol-Fermenting Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157:H-, Germany, 2009

    2011 - Infection with sorbitol-fermenting Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H- (sf STEC O157:H-) is rare, but emerging in Europe. The pathogen is typically isolated from paediatric patients with …

19. The high prevalence of peanut sensitization in childhood is due to cross-reactivity to pollen

20. An insect nidovirus emerging from a primary tropical rainforest

    2011 - Tropical rainforests show the highest level of terrestrial biodiversity and may be an important contributor to microbial diversity. Exploitation of these ecosystems may foster the emergence of novel …

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