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Is the impact of childhood influenza vaccination less than expected: a transmission modelling study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background To reduce the burden of severe influenza, most industrialized countries target specific risk-groups with influenza vaccines, e.g. the elderly or individuals with comorbidities.
Felix Weidemann, Cornelius Remschmidt, Silke Buda, Udo Buchholz, Bernhard Ultsch, Ole Wichmann   +5 more
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Mutation on lysX from Mycobacterium avium hominissuis impacts the host–pathogen interaction and virulence phenotype

Virulence, 2020
The lysX gene from Mycobacterium avium hominissuis (MAH) is not only involved in cationic antimicrobial resistance but also regulates metabolic activity.
Greana Kirubakar, Hubert Schäfer, Volker Rickerts, Carsten Schwarz, Astrid Lewin   +4 more
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Completeness of tuberculosis case notifications in Germany in 2013–2017: first results of an inventory study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Evaluating the completeness of tuberculosis (TB) notification data is important for monitoring of TB surveillance systems. We conducted an inventory study to calculate TB underreporting in Germany in 2013–2017.
Teresa Domaszewska, Basel Karo, Ute Preuss, Christian Kollan, Annicka Reuss, Hans-Peter Blank, Bonita Brodhun, Barbara Hauer, Doris Altmann, Lena Fiebig, Walter Haas, Nita Perumal   +11 more
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The impact of regional socioeconomic deprivation on the timing of HIV diagnosis: a cross-sectional study in Germany

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background HIV infections which are diagnosed at advanced stages are associated with significantly poorer health outcomes. In Germany, the proportion of persons living with HIV who are diagnosed at later stages has remained continuously high.
Annemarie Pantke, Jens Hoebel, Matthias an der Heiden, Niels Michalski, Barbara Gunsenheimer-Bartmeyer, Kirsten Hanke, Norbert Bannert, Viviane Bremer, Uwe Koppe   +8 more
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SARS-CoV-2 Transmissibility Within Day Care Centers—Study Protocol of a Prospective Analysis of Outbreaks in Germany

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
Introduction: Until today, the role of children in the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 and the development of the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be dynamic and is not finally resolved.
Anja Schienkiewitz, Susanne Jordan, Anselm Hornbacher, Hanna Perlitz, Marie-Luise Zeisler, Anna Sandoni, Ulrike Kubisch, Barbara Wess, Tim Kuttig, Angelika Schaffrath-Rosario, Stefan Damerow, Petra Rattay, Gianni Varnaccia, Anne-Kathrin M. Loer, Jan Wormsbächer, Carolin Cohrdes, Matthias Wetzstein, Stefan Albrecht, Isabell Hey, Janine Michel, Livia Schrick, Antje Gößwald, Jennifer Allen, Martin Schlaud, Markus A. Busch, Hans Butschalowsky, Jörg Wernitz, Eveline Otte im Kampe, Udo Buchholz, Walter Haas, Lars Schaade, Lothar H. Wieler, Lothar H. Wieler, Thomas Ziese, Thomas Lampert, Julika Loss   +35 more
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EUREGIO MRSA-net Twente/Munsterland - a Dutch-German cross-border network for the prevention and control of infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus [PDF]

, 2008
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Becker, K., Daniels-Haardt, I., Friedrich, A.W., Gemert-Pijnen, J.E. van, Harmsen, D., Hendrix, M.G.R., Kock, R., Mellmann, A., Verhoeven, F.   +8 more
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seq-seq-pan: building a computational pan-genome data structure on whole genome alignment

BMC Genomics, 2018
Background The increasing application of next generation sequencing technologies has led to the availability of thousands of reference genomes, often providing multiple genomes for the same or closely related species.
Christine Jandrasits, Piotr W. Dabrowski, Stephan Fuchs, Bernhard Y. Renard   +3 more
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Recombinant Envelope-Proteins with Mutations in the Conserved Fusion Loop Allow Specific Serological Diagnosis of Dengue-Infections [PDF]

, 2015
Dengue virus (DENV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus and a major international public health concern in many tropical and sub-tropical areas worldwide. DENV is divided into four major serotypes, and infection with one serotype leads to immunity against the
Barzon, Luisa, Niedrig, Matthias, Pacenti, Monia, Palu', Giorgio, Rockstroh, Alexandra, Ulbert, Sebastian   +5 more
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New data for action. Data collection for KiGGS Wave 2 has been completed [PDF]

Journal of Health Monitoring, 2017
The fieldwork of the second follow-up to the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS) was completed in August 2017. KiGGS is part of the Robert Koch Institute’s Federal Health Monitoring.
Elvira Mauz, Antje Gößwald, Panagiotis Kamtsiuris, Robert Hoffmann, Michael Lange, Ursula von Schenck, Jennifer Allen, Hans Butschalowsky, Laura Frank, Heike Hölling, Robin Houben, Laura Krause, Ronny Kuhnert, Cornelia Lange, Stephan Müters, Hannelore Neuhauser, Christina Poethko-Müller, Almut Richter, Angelika Schaffrath Rosario, Jörg Schaarschmidt, Robert Schlack, Martin Schlaud, Patrick Schmich, Gina Schöne, Matthias Wetzstein, Thomas Ziese, Bärbel-Maria Kurth   +26 more
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The PadR-like transcriptional regulator LftR ensures efficient invasion of Listeria monocytogenes into human host cells

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2015
Invasion of the bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes into human host cells requires specialized surface molecules for attachment and induction of phagocytosis.
Karan Gautam Kaval, Birgitt eHahn, Nayana eTusamda, Dirk eAlbrecht, Sven eHalbedel   +4 more
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