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1. Malaria transmission in non-endemic areas: case report, review of the literature and implications for public health management

   2009 - In non-endemic areas, malaria is rare and locally acquired infections, particularly with Plasmodium falciparum, are exceptional events. The diagnosis is, therefore, likely to be delayed or missed in …

2. Survey and case-control study during epidemics of Puumala virus infection

   2009 - In Baden-Wuerttemberg, a federal state in south-west Germany, a large outbreak of 1089 laboratory-confirmed human Puumala virus (PUUV) infections occurred in 2007. We conducted a survey to describe …

3. FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany: Enhanced surveillance improved timeless and detection

   2009 - Enhanced surveillance for infectious disease events, with accelerated routine reporting and daily supplementary reports, was undertaken during the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. We evaluated the …

4. Comparative varicella vaccine effectiveness during outbreaks in day-care centres

   2009 - Background Routine varicella vaccination for children >11 months was introduced in Germany in 2004 with three different vaccine brands available. In 2008 and 2009, we investigated seven varicella …

5. Reduction in the incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease after general vaccination with 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Germany

   2009 - General vaccination with the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine was recommended in Germany in July 2006 for all children <2 years. The proportion of reported invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) …

6. Specific inhibition of the PKR-mediated antiviral response by the murine cytomegalovirus proteins m142 and m143

   2009 - Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) produced during viral infection activates several cellular antiviral responses. Among the best characterized is the shutoff of protein synthesis mediated by the …

7. Tinkering with a viral ribonucleotide reductase

   2009 - Ribonucleotide reductase (RNR), a crucial enzyme for nucleotide anabolism, is encoded by all living organisms and by large DNA viruses such as the herpesviruses. Surprisingly, the beta-herpesvirus …

8. Norovirus-Erkrankungen (Kap. VIII-6.30)

9. Prolonged hospital and community-based listeriosis outbreak caused by ready-to-eat scalded sausages

   2009 - Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne bacterial pathogen. Immunocompromised patients are at higher risk of developing invasive listeriosis with high fatality rates. After notification of two patients …

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11. Activation of the Antiviral Kinase PKR and Viral Countermeasures

    2009 - The interferon-induced double-stranded (ds)RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR) limits viral replication by an eIF2α-mediated block of translation. Although many negative-strand RNA viruses activate …

12. Norovirus Illness Is a Global Problem: Emergence and Spread of Norovirus GII.4 Variants, 2001-2007

    2009 - Background. Noroviruses (NoVs) are the most common cause of viral gastroenteritis. Their high incidence and importance in health care facilities result in a great impact on public health. Studies from …

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14. Food intake of young people with a migration background living in Germany

    2009 - Objective: To explore the food intake of young migrants living in Germany. Design: Children and adolescents aged 0 to 17 years living in Germany, including 17.1% with a migration background, were …

15. Multiplexed genotyping of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates by use of padlock probes and tag microarrays

    2009 - We developed and tested a ligase-based assay for simultaneous probing of core genome diversity and typing of methicillin resistance determinants in Staphylococcus aureus isolates. This assay uses …

16. Typing Clostridium difficile strains based on tandem repeat sequences

    2009 - Background Genotyping of epidemic Clostridium difficile strains is necessary to track their emergence and spread. Portability of genotyping data is desirable to facilitate inter-laboratory comparisons …

17. Faecal shedding, alimentary clearance and intestinal spread of prions in hamsters fed with scrapie

    2009 - Shedding of prions via faeces may be involved in the transmission of contagious prion diseases. Here, we fed hamsters 10 mg of 263K scrapie brain homogenate and examined the faecal excretion of …

18. Zur Beherrschbarkeit von Infektionsrisiken - Primum non nocere - Anmerkungen unter Berücksichtigung von Hygienestandards im Arzthaftungsrecht.

    2009 - Die Frage nach der "Beherrschbarkeit von Infektionsrisiken" kommt häufig genug leider erst dann auf, wenn ein Arzt oder eine medizinische Einrichtung mit dem Vorwurf konfrontiert werden, schuldhaft …

19. Nicht pharmazeutische Maßnahmen der Infektionsprävention

20. Hygiene im Praxisalltag -„Eine Unze Prävention ist so viel wert wie ein Pfund Therapie“

    2009 - Der Begriff „Hygiene“ ist individuell durchaus unterschiedlich emotional besetzt. Für die einen ist er mit der von außen auferlegten Befolgung umständlicher „Rituale“ assoziiert, andere verbinden …

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