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Ad hoc surveys at the Robert Koch Institute [PDF]

Journal of Health Monitoring, 2018
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) regularly conducts nationally representative cross-sectional studies (KiGGS, DEGS and GEDA) as part of the nationwide health monitoring system. In addition to these health surveys, data is collected in telephone interviews
Patrick Schmich, Johannes Lemcke, Marie-Luise Zeisler, Anja Müller, Jennifer Allen, Matthias Wetzstein   +5 more
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Lessons learned from the pandemic – ein Praxisbericht aus der Bibliothek des Robert Koch-Instituts

GMS Medizin – Bibliothek – Information, 2021
The coronavirus pandemic challenges the world in a previously unimaginable way. In Germany, the Robert Koch-Institute (RKI) as Germany’s national public health institute is in particular involved in the pandemic response.
Erling, Jens, Heldt, Katharina, Sturm, Jessica   +2 more
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Nationally representative results on SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and testing in Germany at the end of 2020

Scientific Reports, 2022
Pre-vaccine SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence data from Germany are scarce outside hotspots, and socioeconomic disparities remained largely unexplored. The nationwide representative RKI-SOEP study (15,122 participants, 18–99 years, 54% women) investigated ...
Hannelore Neuhauser, Angelika Schaffrath Rosario, Hans Butschalowsky, Sebastian Haller, Jens Hoebel, Janine Michel, Andreas Nitsche, Christina Poethko-Müller, Franziska Prütz, Martin Schlaud, Hans W. Steinhauer, Hendrik Wilking, Lothar H. Wieler, Lars Schaade, Stefan Liebig, Antje Gößwald, Markus M. Grabka, Sabine Zinn, Thomas Ziese   +18 more
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Genetic diversification of persistent Mycobacterium abscessus within cystic fibrosis patients

Virulence, 2021
Mycobacterium (M.) abscessus infections in Cystic Fibrosis (CF) patients cause a deterioration of lung function. Treatment of these multidrug-resistant pathogens is associated with severe side-effects, while frequently unsuccessful.
Astrid Lewin, Elisabeth Kamal, Torsten Semmler, Katja Winter, Sandra Kaiser, Hubert Schäfer, Lei Mao, Patience Eschenhagen, Claudia Grehn, Jennifer Bender, Carsten Schwarz   +10 more
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Pre-existing health conditions and severe COVID-19 outcomes: an umbrella review approach and meta-analysis of global evidence

BMC Medicine, 2021
Background This study applies an umbrella review approach to summarise the global evidence on the risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes in patients with pre-existing health conditions. Methods Systematic reviews (SRs) were identified in PubMed, Embase/Medline
Marina Treskova-Schwarzbach, Laura Haas, Sarah Reda, Antonia Pilic, Anna Borodova, Kasra Karimi, Judith Koch, Teresa Nygren, Stefan Scholz, Viktoria Schönfeld, Sabine Vygen-Bonnet, Ole Wichmann, Thomas Harder   +12 more
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Antibiotic resistance in hospital-acquired ESKAPE-E infections in low- and lower-middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2022
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are global health challenges. The burden of antibiotic resistance in HAIs is still unclear in low- and lower-middle-income countries (L-LMICs).
Olaniyi Ayobami, Simon Brinkwirth, Tim Eckmanns, Robby Markwart   +3 more
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Respiratory infections in children and adolescents in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic [PDF]

Journal of Health Monitoring, 2023
Background: Before the COVID-19 pandemic, acute respiratory infections (ARIs) in children were mainly characterised by three pathogens: respiratory syncytial viruses (RSV), influenza viruses and rhinoviruses.
Udo Buchholz, Ann-Sophie Lehfeld, Kristin Tolksdorf, Wei Cai, Janine Reiche, Barbara Biere, Ralf Dürrwald, Silke Buda   +7 more
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Concepts for migration-sensitive health monitoring [PDF]

Journal of Health Monitoring, 2019
According to microcensus data, nearly one quarter of the German population has a migration background. This means that either themselves or at least one parent was born without German citizenship.
Maria Schumann, Katja Kajikhina, Antonino Polizzi, Navina Sarma, Jens Hoebel, Marleen Bug, Susanne Bartig, Thomas Lampert, Claudia Santos-Hövener   +8 more
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Copy Number and Prevalence of Porcine Endogenous Retroviruses (PERVs) in German Wild Boars

Viruses, 2020
Porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERVs) are integrated in the genome of pigs and are transmitted like cellular genes from parents to the offspring. Whereas PERV-A and PERV-B are present in all pigs, PERV-C was found to be in many, but not all pigs.
Luise Krüger, Milena Stillfried, Carolin Prinz, Vanessa Schröder, Lena Katharina Neubert, Joachim Denner   +5 more
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Monitoring influenza vaccination coverage and acceptance among health-care workers in German hospitals – results from three seasons

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2021
Health-care workers are an important vaccination target group, they are more frequently exposed to infectious diseases and can contribute to nosocomial infections.
Julia Neufeind, Ronja Wenchel, Birte Boedeker, Sabine Wicker, Ole Wichmann   +4 more
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