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Die Rolle der Bibliothek im Forschungszyklus am Beispiel der Bibliothek des RKI. Ein Praxisbericht

GMS Medizin – Bibliothek – Information, 2017
At least since the beginning of digitization of science and society libraries are set under the pressure of competing with their services against the internet and social media. To encounter this competition, the experience and the needs of the users must
Senst, Henriette, Heldt, Katharina
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Novel type of pilus associated with a Shiga-toxigenic E. coli hybrid pathovar conveys aggregative adherence and bacterial virulence

Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2018
A large German outbreak in 2011 was caused by a locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE)-negative enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) strain of the serotype O104:H4. This strain harbors markers that are characteristic of both EHEC and enteroaggregative E. coli (
Christina Lang, Angelika Fruth, Gudrun Holland, Michael Laue, Sabrina Mühlen, Petra Dersch, Antje Flieger   +6 more
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International harm reduction indicators are still not reached: results from a repeated cross-sectional study on drug paraphernalia distribution in Germany, 2021

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background To prevent the transmission of blood-borne infections and reach the elimination of viral hepatitis by 2030, the World Health Organization (WHO) has set the goal to distribute 300 sterile needles and syringes each year per person who injects ...
Franziska Hommes, Amrei Krings, Achim Dörre, Esther Neumeier, Dirk Schäffer, Ruth Zimmermann   +5 more
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Intravenous injection of beta-amyloid seeds promotes cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA)

Acta Neuropathologica Communications, 2018
Seeding and spread of beta-amyloid (Aβ) pathologies have been considered to be based on prion-like mechanisms. However, limited transmissibility of Aβ seeding activity upon peripheral exposure would represent a key difference to prions, not only in terms
Michael Burwinkel, Manuel Lutzenberger, Frank L. Heppner, Walter Schulz-Schaeffer, Michael Baier   +4 more
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Impact of climate change on vector- and rodent-borne infectious diseases [PDF]

Journal of Health Monitoring, 2023
Background: Endemic and imported vector- and rodent-borne infectious agents can be linked to high morbidity and mortality. Therefore, vector- and rodent-borne human diseases and the effects of climate change are important public health issues.
Sandra Beermann, Gerhard Dobler, Mirko Faber, Christina Frank, Birgit Habedank, Peter Hagedorn, Helge Kampen, Carola Kuhn, Teresa Nygren, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Erik Schmolz, Klaus Stark, Rainer G. Ulrich, Sabrina Weiss, Hendrik Wilking   +14 more
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Differential Involvement of L-Type Calcium Channels in Epileptogenesis of Rat Hippocampal Slices during Ontogenesis

Neurobiology of Disease, 2000
Organic calcium channel antagonists block epileptiform activity in adult tissue, suggesting an essential role of L-type channels in epileptogenesis in the mature CNS.
R. Köhling, H. Straub, E.-J. Speckmann
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Seasonal and inter-annual variation of malaria parasite detection in wild chimpanzees

Malaria Journal, 2018
Background Cross-sectional surveys of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) communities across sub-Saharan Africa show large geographical variation in malaria parasite (Plasmodium spp.) prevalence.
Doris F. Wu, Therese Löhrich, Andreas Sachse, Roger Mundry, Roman M. Wittig, Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer, Tobias Deschner, Fabian H. Leendertz   +7 more
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Seizure-related activity of intralaminar thalamic neurons in a genetic model of absence epilepsy

Neurobiology of Disease, 2011
Absence seizures are characterized by bilateral spike-and-wave discharges (SWDs) in thalamo-cortical circuits. In view of clinical studies indicating a critical involvement of intralaminar thalamic nuclei, we thought it timely to characterize the ...
Ali Gorji, Christoph Mittag, Parviz Shahabi, Thomas Seidenbecher, Hans-Christian Pape   +4 more
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Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in self-rated health in Germany: a time-trend analysis of repeated cross-sectional health surveys between 2003 and 2012

BMJ Open, 2019
Objectives This study assessed the extent of educational and income inequalities in self-rated health (SRH) in the German adult population between 2003 and 2012 and how these inequalities changed over time.Design Repeated cross-sectional health interview
Benjamin Wachtler, Jens Hoebel, Thomas Lampert   +2 more
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Effectiveness, immunogenicity and safety of 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine revaccinations in the elderly: a systematic review

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2016
Background In many industrialized countries routine vaccination with the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV-23) is recommended to prevent pneumococcal disease in the elderly. However, vaccine-induced immunity wanes after a few years, and
Cornelius Remschmidt, Thomas Harder, Ole Wichmann, Christian Bogdan, Gerhard Falkenhorst   +4 more
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