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1. Prevalence of HBV-Genotypes in Central and Eastern Europe

   2008 - The importance of hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes for disease progression and response to interferon-alpha-based treatment is well established. While almost all patients in the Mediterranean area …

2. Molecular basis of commensalism in the urinary tract: low virulence or virulence attenuation?

   2008 - In some patients, Escherichia coli strains establish significant bacteriuria without causing symptoms of urinary tract infection (UTI). These asymptomatic-bacteriuria (ABU) strains have been shown to …

3. Genomic fluidity and pathogenic bacteria: applications in diagnostics, epidemiology and intervention

   2008 - The increasing availability of DNA-sequence information for multiple pathogenic and non-pathogenic variants of individual bacterial species has indicated that both DNA acquisition and genome reduction …

4. Integrative Approaches to the Study of Primate Infectious Disease: Implications for Biodiversity Conservation and Global Health

   2008 - The close phylogenetic relationship between humans and nonhuman primates, coupled with the exponential expansion of human populations and human activities within primate habitats, has resulted in …

5. ICOS controls the pool size of effector-memory and regulatory T cells

   2008 - ICOS is an important regulator of T cell effector function. ICOS-deficient patients as well as knockout mice show severe defects in T cell-dependent B cell responses. Several in vitro and in vivo …

6. The role of socioeconomic status, peer and school context for adolescent smoking

   2008 - Objective: To examine socioeconomic differences in regular tobacco smoking among German adolescents and to analyse the importance of peer and school factors for tobacco use in relation to …

7. Network "Rodent-borne pathogens" in Germany: Longitudinal studies on the geographical distribution and prevalence of hantavirus infections

   2008 - Hantavirus infections are known in Germany since the 1980s. While the overall antibody prevalence against hantaviruses in the general human population was estimated to be about 1–2%, an average of …

8. Der aktuelle Lebensmittelverzehr von Kindern und Jugendlichen in Deutschland. Teil 2: Ergebnisse aus EsKiMo

   2008 - EsKiMo (Ernährungsstudie als KiGGS Modul) liefert einen aktuellen, repräsentativen Überblick der Ernährung von 6- bis 17-jährigen Kindern und Jugendlichen in Deutschland. In diesem Beitrag wird der …

9. Postpartum Smoking Cessation and Relapse Prevention Intervention: A Structural Equation Modeling Application to Behavioral and Non-behavioral Outcomes of a Randomized Controlled Trial

   2008 - The aim of the study was to test the effectiveness of a postpartum smoking cessation and relapse prevention intervention. Structural equation modeling techniques were applied to evaluate the impact of …

10. Seroprevalence of parvovirus B19 in the German population

    2008 - Acute parvovirus B19 infection is a risk for pregnant women. After vertical transmission the infected fetus may develop hydrops fetalis. Since B19 infection occurs mainly during childhood, children …

11. Leitlinie der Deutschen Vereinigung zur Bekämpfung der Viruskrankheiten (DVV) e.V. und des Robert Koch-Instituts (RKI) zur Prüfung von chemischen Desinfektionsmitteln auf Wirksamkeit gegen Viren in der Humanmedizin, Fassung vom 1. August 2008.

12. Assessment of environmental worry in health related settings: reevaluation and modification of an environmental worry scale

    2008 - The aim of this article was to re-evaluate and possibly modify the standardized Environmental Worry Scale (EWS) by Hodapp et al. [1996. Evaluation eines Fragebogens zur Erfassung von Umweltbesorgnis. …

13. Verkörperte Ungleichheiten: Die Rolle multipler Statusindikatoren für das Gesundheitsverhalten im Jugendalter

    2008 - Embodied inequalities: The role of multiple measures of socioeconomic position for adolescent health behaviour The existing evidence on the association between social inequality and health risk …

14. CCR5Delta32 genotypes in a German HIV-1 seroconverter cohort and report of HIV-1 infection in a CCR5Delta32 homozygous individual

    2008 - Background Homozygosity (Δ32/Δ32) for the 32 bp deletion in the chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) gene is associated with strong resistance against HIV infection. Heterozygosity is associated with …

15. Commentary on “Pandemic human viruses cause decline of endangered great apes,” by Köndgen et al., 2008, Current Biology 18: 260-4

16. Predicting utilization of formal and informal help among general hospital inpatients with alcohol use disorders

    2008 - AIM: The aim of this prospective study was to identify predictors of utilizing formal and informal help among currently non-help-seeking individuals with alcohol use disorders. METHODS: Data was based …

17. HLA-B27 Subtypes Differentially Associated with Disease Exhibit Conformational Differences in Solution

    2008 - Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I molecules consist of a heavy chain, β2-microglobulin, and a peptide that are noncovalently bound. Certain HLA-B27 subtypes are associated with ankylosing …

18. Fast-Food-Verzehr von Jugendlichen in Deutschland. Ergebnisse aus EsKiMo – Teil 1: Verzehrsmengen und Energiezufuhr

    2008 - Der übermäßige Verzehr von Fast Food wird in den Medien häufig im Zusammenhang mit der Esskultur von Jugendlichen diskutiert. Deutschlandweite, aktuelle Daten zum tatsächlichen Verzehrsverhalten der …

19. Assessing the exposure of German and Austrian bird ringers to West Nile virus (Flavivirus) and evaluating their potential risk of infection

    2008 - West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne Flavivirus with birds as its natural reservoir. Mosquitoes are able to transmit WNV to humans. In Europe, WNV is most probably imported by migrating birds …

20. MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry Compatible Inactivation Method for Highly Pathogenic Microbial Cells and Spores

    2008 - Identification of microorganisms, specifically of vegetative cells and spores, by intact cell mass spectrometry (ICMS) is an emerging new technology. The technique provides specific biomarker profiles …

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