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Still in Focus: Assessment of Blood-Borne Pathogens [PDF]

Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy, 2009
The German Advisory Committee Blood (Arbeitskreis Blut) was installed by the German Federal Ministry of Health 15 years ago, under the impression of an epidemic of virus transmissions through blood products. The task of this committee, which is based at the Robert Koch-Institut in Berlin, is to provide reliable scientific advice to the government ...
Seitz, Rainer, Heiden, Margarethe, Offergeld, Ruth, Burger, Reinhard   +3 more
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Transmitted drug resistance and subtype patterns of viruses from reported new HIV diagnoses in Germany, 2017–2020

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background The transmission of resistant HIV variants jeopardizes the effective use of antiretrovirals for therapy and prophylaxis. Molecular surveillance of new HIV diagnoses with a focus on prevalence and type of resistance associated mutations and the
Uwe Fiebig, Britta Altmann, Andrea Hauser, Uwe Koppe, Kirsten Hanke, Barbara Gunsenheimer-Bartmeyer, Viviane Bremer, Axel Baumgarten, Norbert Bannert   +8 more
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Description of three new bat-associated species of hard ticks (Acari, Ixodidae) from Japan [PDF]

ZooKeys, 2023
In Eurasia, the geographically most widespread ixodid tick species of the bat families Rhinolophidae Gray, Vespertilionidae Gray, and Miniopteridae Dobson were considered to belong to four species, Ixodes vespertilionis Koch, I.
Ai Takano, Takeo Yamauchi, Mamoru Takahashi, Hiroshi Shimoda, Yasuhiro Gotoh, Junko Mizuno, Michio Natsume, Jenő Kontschán, Dávid Kováts, Vuong Tan Tu, Sándor Hornok   +10 more
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Update on Canine and Feline Blood Donor Screening for Blood-Borne Pathogens. [PDF]

J Vet Intern Med, 2016
Abstract An update on the 2005 American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) Consensus Statement on blood donor infectious disease screening was presented at the 2015 ACVIM Forum in Indianapolis, Indiana, followed by panel and audience discussion. The updated consensus statement is presented below.
Wardrop KJ, Birkenheuer A, Blais MC, Callan MB, Kohn B, Lappin MR, Sykes J.   +6 more
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Distribution of Hepatitis C Virus Genotypes in Canada: Results from the LCDC Sentinel Health Unit Surveillance System

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1999
In a sentinel hepatitis surveillance study conducted by sentinel health units, 1469 patients were enrolled, and 959 (65.3%) were positive for antibody to hepatitis C virus (HCV).
RK Chaudhary, M Tepper, S Eisaadany, Paul R Gully   +3 more
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Checklist of hosts, illustrated geographical range, and ecology of tick species from the genus Ixodes (Acari, Ixodidae) in Russia and other post-Soviet countries [PDF]

ZooKeys
Hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) are the economically and ecologically most important blood-sucking arthropod vectors that can transmit disease agents under temperate climate.
Denis Fedorov, Sándor Hornok
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High variability of HIV and HCV seroprevalence and risk behaviours among people who inject drugs: results from a cross-sectional study using respondent-driven sampling in eight German cities (2011–14)

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background People who inject drugs (PWID) are at increased risk of acquiring and transmitting HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV) due to sharing injection paraphernalia and unprotected sex. To generate seroprevalence data on HIV and HCV among PWID and related data
Benjamin Wenz, Stine Nielsen, Martyna Gassowski, Claudia Santos-Hövener, Wei Cai, R. Stefan Ross, Claus-Thomas Bock, Boris-Alexander Ratsch, Claudia Kücherer, Norbert Bannert, Viviane Bremer, Osamah Hamouda, Ulrich Marcus, Ruth Zimmermann, the DRUCK Study group   +14 more
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Molecular epidemiological study of Trichomonas gallinae focusing on central and southeastern Europe

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022
Trichomonas gallinae is a geographically widespread protozoan parasite of birds. In this study, oropharyngeal swab samples were collected in Hungary and Romania from 99 columbiform birds, including 76 feral pigeons (Columba livia domestica: 42 kept for ...
Barbara Tuska-Szalay, Gábor Sipos, Nóra Takács, Nóra Takács, Jenő Kontschán, Attila D. Sándor, Attila D. Sándor, Attila D. Sándor, Áron Péter, Krisztián Berta, Ádám Kerek, Ákos Jerzsele, Jan Votýpka, Jan Votýpka, Sándor Hornok, Sándor Hornok   +15 more
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Uneven temporal distribution of piroplasms (Piroplasmida: Babesiidae, Theileriidae) in Haemaphysalis concinna in an urban biotope of the Western Palearctic focus region of this tick species

Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases
Haemaphysalis concinna is a Palearctic tick species known as a potential or proven vector of several pathogens, including a broad spectrum of Babesia and Theileria species.
Gergő Keve, Ciara Reynolds, Nóra Takács, Sándor Hornok   +3 more
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Looking for Dog Blood Donors in an Endemic Area for Vector-Borne Infections of Central Italy

Animals, 2022
Dogs are proved to be competent reservoir hosts for several vector-borne pathogens. Their prevalence varies according to the geographical area. Many vector-borne pathogens may be transmitted by blood transfusion.
Maria Teresa Antognoni, Marta Vascellari, Graziana Da Rold, Federica Toniolo, Sofia Sgubin, Claudia Zanardello, Antonio Carminato, Arianna Miglio   +7 more
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