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1. Peripheral injection of ghrelin induces Fos expression in the dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus in rats

   2008 - Peripheral ghrelin has been shown to act as a gut–brain peptide exerting a potent orexigenic effect on food intake. The dorsomedial nucleus of the hypothalamus (DMH) is innervated by projections from …

2. Borna disease virus: evidence of naturally-occurring infection in cats in Australia

   2008 - In Europe, Borna disease virus (BDV) infection has been linked with staggering disease. The aim of this study was serological investigation for BDV infection in Australian cats. De-identified sera …

3. High genetic diversity of measles virus, World Health Organization European Region, 2005-2006

   2008 - During 2005-2006, nine measles virus (MV) genotypes were identified throughout the World Health Organization European Region. All major epidemics were associated with genotypes D4, D6, and B3. Other …

4. Virus-free Gene Transfer Systems in Somatic Gene Therapy

   2008 - In somatic gene therapy, nucleic acid is transferred into and subsequently expressed in somatic cells (i.e. not in stem cells) in order to alter or substitute gene functions as a means of prophylactic …

5. Was ist gute Wissenschaftliche Politikberatung? Akademievorlesung bei der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. [Quality of scientific advice to politics. Lecture at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Science and Humanities].

   2008 - Wissenschaftliche Politikberatung ist eine originäre Aufgabe der Ressortforschung. Der Beratungsprozess ist im Idealfall eine Gemeinschaftsaufgabe von Wissenschaft und Politik, die Entscheidung liegt …

6. The European Sero-Epidemiology Network 2 (ESEN2): standardization of assay results for hepatitis A virus (HAV) to enable comparisons of seroprevalence data across 15 countries

   2008 - The European Sero-Epidemiology Network 2 (ESEN2) aimed to compare serological results of vaccine-preventable diseases across Europe. To ensure direct inter-country comparability of hepatitis A virus …

7. Molecular characterization of regulatory genes associated with biofilm variation in a Staphylococcus aureus strain

   2008 - Biofilm formation in association with the intercellular adhesion (icaADBC) gene cluster is a serious problem in nosocomial infections of Staphylococcus aureus. In all 112 S. aureus strains tested, the …

8. The hyphal-associated adhesin and invasin Als3 of Candida albicans mediates iron acquisition from host ferritin

   2008 - Iron sequestration by host iron-binding proteins is an important mechanism of resistance to microbial infections. Inside oral epithelial cells, iron is stored within ferritin, and is therefore not …

9. MRSA: Sekundäre Linezolidresistenz bei einem Patienten mit Beatmungspneumonie

   2008 - MRSA: Secondary linezolid resistance in a patient with ventilator-associated pneumonia

10. Humane embryonale Stammzellen im Kontext internationaler Forschungsaktivitäten. [Human embryonic stem cells within the context of international research activity].

    2008 - Forschung an pluripotenten humanen embryonalen Stamm (hES)-Zellen ist ein rasch wachsendes Wissenschaftsgebiet. Aufgrund der Herkunft des Zellmaterials aus frühen menschlichen Embryonen wurden …

11. Preventing Household Transmission of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157 Infection: Promptly Separating Siblings Might Be the Key

    2008 - Background.  Preventing household transmission of Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli O157 (STEC O157) infection is important because of the ease of interpersonal transmission and the potential …

12. Raman to the limit: tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopic investigations of tobacco mosaic virus

13. Alcohol problem drinking among general hospital inpatients in northeastern Germany

    2008 - OBJECTIVE: To estimate proportions of alcohol problem drinking: alcohol use disorders (AUDs) and drinking above recommended levels among general hospital inpatients in northeastern Germany. METHOD: …

14. Data quality of 5 years of central norovirus outbreak reporting in the European Network for food-borne viruses

    2008 - Background The food-borne viruses in Europe (FBVE) network database was established in 1999 to monitor trends in outbreaks of gastroenteritis due to noroviruses (NoVs), to identify major transmission …

15. A bagging-based correction for the mixture model estimator of population size

    2008 - Estimation of a population size by means of capture-recapture techniques is an important problem occurring in many areas of life and social sciences. We consider the frequencies of frequencies …

16. The challenge of comprehensively mapping children's health in a nation-wide health survey: design of the German KiGGS-Study

    2008 - Background From May 2003 to May 2006, the Robert Koch Institute conducted the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS). Aim of this first nationwide …

17. Introduction of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination into national immunisation schedules in Europe: Results of the VENICE 2007 survey

    2008 - The European Union Member States are simultaneously considering introducing HPV vaccination into their national immunisation schedules. The Vaccine European New Integrated Collaboration Effort …

18. Update of Clostridium difficile infection due to PCR ribotype 027 in Europe, 2008

    2008 - Outbreaks of Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) with increased severity, high relapse rate and significant mortality have been related to the emergence of a new, hypervirulent C. difficile strain …

19. Gefühltes oder tatsächliches Übergewicht: Worunter leiden Jugendliche mehr? Ergebnisse des Kinder- und Jugendgesundheitssurveys KiGGS

    2008 - Einleitung: Die Lebensqualität von übergewichtigen oder adipösen Jugendlichen wird verglichen mit der Lebensqualität bei subjektiv empfundenem Übergewicht. Methode: Im Rahmen des Kinder- und …

20. Male at-risk drinkers with heavy episodic drinking: a subclinical diagnosis?

    2008 - OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine to what extent general hospital inpatients with risky drinking patterns differ regarding alcohol-associated characteristics. In particular, we tested …

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