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repositories = "Publikationsserver des Robert Koch-Instituts"
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): burden of disease and control challenges in Europe
Author(s) :
Köck, Robin
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Becker, K.
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Cookson, B.
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van Gemert-Pijnen, J. E.
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Harbarth, S.
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Kluytmans, J.
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Mielke, Martin
,
Peters, G.
Description :
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major cause of healthcare- and community-associated infections worldwide. Within the healthcare setting alone, MRSA infections are estimated to affect more than 150,000 patients annually in the European Union (EU), resulting in attributable ext...
Repository :
Publikationsserver des Robert Koch-Instituts
Language(s) :
German
Characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates from hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province, Republic of South Africa
Description :
Epidemiological data based on phenotypic and molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in sub-Saharan Africa are limited. This investigation studied 61 MRSA isolates obtained from 13 health care institutions in KwaZulu-Natal province (KZN), South Africa, from M...
Repository :
Publikationsserver des Robert Koch-Instituts
Language(s) :
German
Vertigo: Epidemiologic Aspects
Description :
Vertigo is a frequent symptom in the general population with a 12-month prevalence of 5% and an incidence of 1.4% in adults. Its prevalence rises with age and is about two to three times higher in women than in men. The epidemiology of vertigo and underlying specific vestibular disorders is still an...
Repository :
Publikationsserver des Robert Koch-Instituts
Language(s) :
German
Allergische Erkrankungen Ergebnisse aus dem Kinder- und Jugendgesundheitssurvey (KiGGS)
Description :
Im Kinder- und Jugendgesundheitssurvey (KiGGS) wurden von 2003–2006 an einer bevölkerungsbezogenen Stichprobe von 17.641 0- bis 17-Jährigen Daten zu allergischen Erkrankungen (Asthma, atopisches Ekzem, Heuschnupfen, allergisches Kontaktekzem) erhoben und Blutproben auf spezifische IgE-Antikörper geg...
Repository :
Publikationsserver des Robert Koch-Instituts
Language(s) :
German
Transcription of the phage-encoded Panton–Valentine leukocidin of Staphylococcus aureus is dependent on the phage life-cycle and on the host background
Description :
Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) is a pore-forming, bi-component toxin secreted by Staphylococcus aureus strains epidemiologically associated with diseases such as necrotizing pneumonia and skin and soft-tissue infections. Here we demonstrate that transcription of the phage-encoded PVL (encoded in ...
Repository :
Publikationsserver des Robert Koch-Instituts
Language(s) :
German
High-throughput microarray technology in diagnostics of enterobacteria based on genome-wide probe selection and regression analysis
Author(s) :
Friedrich, Torben
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Rahmann, Sven
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Weigel, Wilfried
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Rabsch, Wolfgang
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Fruth, Angelika
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Ron, Eliora
,
Gunzer, Florian
Description :
Background: The Enterobacteriaceae comprise a large number of clinically relevant species with several individual subspecies. Overlapping virulence-associated gene pools and the high overall genome plasticity often interferes with correct enterobacterial strain typing and risk assessment. A...
Repository :
Publikationsserver des Robert Koch-Instituts
Language(s) :
German
CAMCR: Computer-assisted mixture model analysis for capture-recapture count data
Description :
Population size estimation with discrete or nonparametric mixture models is considered, and reliable ways of construction of the nonparametric mixture model estimator are reviewed and set into perspective. Construction of the maximum likelihood estimator of the mixing distribution is done for any nu...
Repository :
Publikationsserver des Robert Koch-Instituts
Language(s) :
German
Food intake of young people with a migration background living in Germany
Author(s) :
Kleiser, Christina
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Mensink, Gert
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Neuhauser, Hannelore
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Schenk, Liane
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Kurth, Bärbel-Maria
Description :
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 examined in a representative health survey. Food frequency data of 7186 boys and 69...
Design: Children and adolescents aged 0 to 17 years living in Germany, including 17?1% with a migration background, were examined in a representative health survey. Food frequency data of 7186 boys and 69...
Repository :
Publikationsserver des Robert Koch-Instituts
Language(s) :
German
Increasing case numbers of adenovirus conjunctivitis in Germany, 2010
Description :
In 2010 (as of 13 October 2010), the number of adenovirus conjunctivitis cases reported to the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin, Germany, has increased by more than 250% compared with same period in the previous two years. An investigation was initiated to identify spatial or temporal clusters, possi...
Repository :
Publikationsserver des Robert Koch-Instituts
Language(s) :
German
A comparison of the active surveillance of scrapie in the European Union
Description :
The abattoir and the fallen stock surveys constitute the active surveillance component aimed at improving the detection of scrapie across the European Union. Previous studies have suggested the occurrence of significant differences in the operation of the surveys across the EU. In the present study ...
Repository :
Publikationsserver des Robert Koch-Instituts
Language(s) :
German