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1. The German Multicentre Study on Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS)

   2008 - In this multicentre study on multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) 291 consecutive environmental medicine (EM) outpatients were examined in several environmental medicine outpatient centres/units …

2. Emergence of new norovirus variants on spring cruise ships and prediction of winter epidemics

   2008 - In June 2006, reported outbreaks of norovirus on cruise ships suddenly increased; 43 outbreaks occurred on 13 vessels. All outbreaks investigated manifested person-to-person transmission. Detection of …

3. Fatal ulcerative colitis in a western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

   2008 - A captive western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) presented with watery diarrhoea that progressed to become profuse and haemorrhagic. Faecal analyses revealed Balantidium (B.) coli …

4. Genotypic Diversity, Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence Factors of Human Isolates and Probiotic Cultures Constituting Two Intraspecific Groups in Enterococcus faecium

   2008 - The intraspecific relationships among a collection of Enterococcus faecium isolates comprising probiotic cultures and human clinical isolates were investigated through the combined use of two …

5. The alternative sigma factor sigma B of Staphylococcus aureus modulates virulence in experimental central venous catheter-related infections

   2008 - The impact of the alternative sigma factor sigma B (SigB) on pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus is not conclusively clarified. In this study, a central venous catheter (CVC) related model of …

6. Dose-response relation between volume of drinking and alcohol-related diseases in male general hospital inpatients

   2008 - AIMS: Previous studies investigating dose-response relations between volume of drinking and diseases have focused on single diseases only. Until now, the relation between the drinking volume and the …

7. Signaling to life and death: Influenza viruses and intracellular signal transduction cascades

   2008 - Influenza viruses successfully replicate in birds and mammals. To support their replication these pathogens extensively manipulate host-cell functions [reviewed in 1]. At the same time the infected …

8. Regulatory Interactions among adhesin gene systems of uropathogenic Escherichia coli

   2008 - Uropathogenic Escherichia coli strain J96 carries multiple determinants for fimbrial adhesins. The regulatory protein PapB of P fimbriae has previously been implicated in potential coregulatory …

9. Evaluation of the first commercial Chikungunya virus indirect immunofluorescence test

   2008 - The chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus of the genus Alphavirus, family Togaviridae, is mainly transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. It causes an acute infection, characterized by high fever, …

10. Fünf Jahre Empfehlungen der Kommission für Krankenhaushygiene zur Aufbereitung flexibler Endoskope. Blick zurück und Blick nach vorn. [Five years of the Robert Koch Institute guidelines for reprocessing of flexible endoscopes. A look back and a look forward].

    2008 - In einem Rückblick wird auf die nationale und internationale Aufnahme der Empfehlungen der Kommission für Krankenhaushygiene und Infektionsprävention beim Robert Koch-Institut (kurz RKI-Empfehlungen) …

11. Datengrundlagen für Analysen zur sozialen Ungleichheit der gesundheitlichen Versorgung in Deutschland

12. Emergence of hantavirus in South Germany: rodents, climate and human infections

    2008 - Human hantavirus (serotype Puumala) infections are prevalent throughout Europe. The bank vole is the main reservoir of the Puumala virus (PUUV). Between 2001 and 2006, the annual incidences in Germany …

13. Seroprevalence study of Francisella tularensis among hunters in Germany

    2008 - In 2005 and 2006, Francisella tularensis unexpectedly reemerged in western Germany, when several semi-free-living marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) in a research facility died from tularemia and a group …

14. Legionella: Molecular Microbiology

15. The flagellar regulon of Legionella pneumophila

16. Identification and characterization of a new conjugation/type IVA secretion system (trb/tra) of Legionella pneumophila Corby localized on two mobile genomic islands

    2008 - Horizontal gene transfer probably contributes to evolution of Legionella pneumophila and its adaptation to different environments. Although horizontal gene transfer was observed in Legionella, the …

17. Prioritisation of infectious diseases in public health - call for comments

18. How can infectious diseases be prioritized in public health? A standardized prioritization scheme for discussion

    2008 - Further information: http://www.nature.com/embor/journal/v9/n1s/pdf/embor200876.pdf

19. spa Typing of Staphylococcus aureus as a frontline tool in epidemiological typing

    2008 - We determined the value of spa typing in combination with BURP (based upon repeat pattern) grouping analysis as a frontline tool in the epidemiological typing of Staphylococcus aureus, based on a …

20. Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST8 ("USA300") in an HIV-positive patient in Cologne, Germany, February 2008

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