1.
Protein function prediction using domain families
Robert
Rentzsch,
Christine
A
Orengo
BMC Bioinformatics 2013, 14 (Suppl 3):S5 (28 February 2013)
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Prevalence and comorbidity of diabetes mellitus among non-institutionalized older adults in Germany - results of the national telephone health interview survey 'German Health Update (GEDA)' 2009
Yong
Du,
Christin
Heidemann,
Antje
Gößwald,
Patrick
Schmich,
Christa
Scheidt-Nave
BMC Public Health 2013, 13 :166 (23 February 2013)
Abstract | Provisional PDF
| PubMed
3.
Comparison of host cell gene expression in cowpox, monkeypox or vaccinia virus-infected cells reveals virus-specific regulation of immune response genes
Daniel
Bourquain,
Piotr
Wojtek
Dabrowski,
Andreas
Nitsche
Virology Journal 2013, 10 :61 (20 February 2013)
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Editor’s summary
A microarray study in cells infected with cowpox, monkeypox or vaccinia virus showed differential expression of immune responses genes, providing a key resource for understanding these important zoonotic infections
4.
Development of one-step quantitative reverse transcription PCR for the rapid detection of flaviviruses
Pranav
Patel,
Olfert
Landt,
Marco
Kaiser,
Oumar
Faye,
Tanja
Koppe,
Ulrich
Lass,
Amadou
A
Sall,
Matthias
Niedrig
Virology Journal 2013, 10 :58 (14 February 2013)
Abstract | Provisional PDF
| PubMed
5.
Microsomal triglyceride transfer protein -164 T > C gene polymorphism and risk of cardiovascular disease: results from the EPIC-Potsdam case-cohort study
Romina
di Giuseppe,
Sonali
Pechlivanis,
Eva
Fisher,
Maria
Arregui,
Beate
Weikert,
Sven
Knüppel,
Brian
Buijsse,
Andreas
Fritsche,
Stefan
N
Willich,
Hans-Georg
Joost,
Heiner
Boeing,
Susanne
Moebus,
Cornelia
Weikert
BMC Medical Genetics 2013, 14 :19 (29 January 2013)
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HIV-1 subtype distribution and its demographic determinants in newly diagnosed patients in Europe suggest highly compartmentalized epidemics
Ana
B
Abecasis,
Annemarie
MJ
Wensing,
Dimitris
Paraskevis,
Jurgen
Vercauteren,
Kristof
Theys,
David
AMC
Van de Vijver,
Jan
Albert,
Birgitta
Asjö,
Claudia
Balotta,
Danail
Beshkov,
Ricardo
J
Camacho,
Bonaventura
Clotet,
Cillian
De Gascun,
Algis
Griskevicius,
Zehava
Grossman,
Osamah
Hamouda,
Andrzej
Horban,
Tatjana
Kolupajeva,
Klaus
Korn,
Leon
G
Kostrikis,
Claudia
Kücherer,
Kirsi
Liitsola,
Marek
Linka,
Claus
Nielsen,
Dan
Otelea,
Roger
Paredes,
Mario
Poljak,
Elisabeth
Puchhammer-Stöckl,
Jean-Claude
Schmit,
Anders
Sönnerborg,
Danika
Stanekova,
Maja
Stanojevic,
Daniel
Struck,
Charles
AB
Boucher,
Anne-Mieke
Vandamme
et al.
Retrovirology 2013, 10 :7 (14 January 2013)
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Editor’s summary
The association of subtype with demographic parameters suggests highly compartmentalized epidemics, determined by social and behavioural characteristics of the patients.
7.
A cluster-analytic approach towards multidimensional health-related behaviors in adolescents: the MoMo-Study
Sarah
Spengler,
Filip
Mess,
Nadine
Mewes,
Gert
BM
Mensink,
Alexander
Woll
BMC Public Health 2012, 12 :1128 (31 December 2012)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
8.
Physical activity patterns and socioeconomic position: the German National Health Interview and Examination Survey 1998 (GNHIES98)
Jonas
D
Finger,
Thorkild
Tylleskär,
Thomas
Lampert,
Gert
BM
Mensink
BMC Public Health 2012, 12 :1079 (15 December 2012)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
9.
Guidance for contact tracing of cases of Lassa fever, Ebola or Marburg haemorrhagic fever on an airplane: results of a European expert consultation
Andreas
Gilsdorf,
Dilys
Morgan,
Katrin
Leitmeyer
BMC Public Health 2012, 12 :1014 (21 November 2012)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
10.
Prevalence of HIV among MSM in Europe: comparison of self-reported diagnoses from a large scale internet survey and existing national estimates
Ulrich
Marcus,
Ford
Hickson,
Peter
Weatherburn,
Axel
J
Schmidt,
BMC Public Health 2012, 12 :978 (14 November 2012)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
11.
Increased titers of neutralizing antibodies after immunization with both envelope proteins of the porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERVs)
Joachim
Denner,
Debora
Mihica,
Danny
Kaulitz,
Christa-Maria
Schmidt
Virology Journal 2012, 9 :260 (5 November 2012)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
12.
Barriers to pandemic influenza vaccination and uptake of seasonal influenza vaccine in the post-pandemic season in Germany
Merle
M
Böhmer,
Dietmar
Walter,
Gerhard
Falkenhorst,
Stephan
Müters,
Gérard
Krause,
Ole
Wichmann
BMC Public Health 2012, 12 :938 (31 October 2012)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
13.
Associations of dietary indices with biomarkers of dietary exposure and cardiovascular status among adolescents in Germany
Julia
Truthmann,
Almut
Richter,
Silke
Thiele,
Larissa
Drescher,
Jutta
Roosen,
Gert
BM
Mensink
Nutrition & Metabolism 2012, 9 :92 (24 October 2012)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
14.
Personal attributes that influence the adequate management of hypertension and dyslipidemia in patients with type 2 diabetes. Results from the DIAB-CORE Cooperation
Ina-Maria
Rückert,
Werner
Maier,
Andreas
Mielck,
Sabine
Schipf,
Henry
Völzke,
Alexander
Kluttig,
Karin-Halina
Greiser,
Klaus
Berger,
Grit
Müller,
Ute
Ellert,
Hannelore
Neuhauser,
Wolfgang
Rathmann,
Teresa
Tamayo,
Susanne
Moebus,
Silke
Andrich,
Christa
Meisinger
Cardiovascular Diabetology 2012, 11 :120 (5 October 2012)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
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Treatment-associated polymorphisms in protease are significantly associated with higher viral load and lower CD4 count in newly diagnosed drug-naive HIV-1 infected patients
Kristof
Theys,
Koen
Deforche,
Jurgen
Vercauteren,
Pieter
Libin,
David
AMC
van de Vijver,
Jan
Albert,
Birgitta
Åsjö,
Claudia
Balotta,
Marie
Bruckova,
Ricardo
J
Camacho,
Bonaventura
Clotet,
Suzie
Coughlan,
Zehava
Grossman,
Osamah
Hamouda,
Andrzei
Horban,
Klaus
Korn,
Leondios
G
Kostrikis,
Claudia
Kücherer,
Claus
Nielsen,
Dimitrios
Paraskevis,
Mario
Poljak,
Elisabeth
Puchhammer-Stockl,
Chiara
Riva,
Lidia
Ruiz,
Kirsi
Liitsola,
Jean-Claude
Schmit,
Rob
Schuurman,
Anders
Sönnerborg,
Danica
Stanekova,
Maja
Stanojevic,
Daniel
Struck,
Kristel
Van Laethem,
Annemarie
MJ
Wensing,
Charles
AB
Boucher,
Anne-Mieke
Vandamme,
et al.
Retrovirology 2012, 9 :81 (3 October 2012)
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Editor’s summary
The evolutionary cost of drug resistance (TDR) in HIV should result in a 'less fit' virus in the absence of drugs, but in newly infected people, TDR strains have gained unexpected virulence with worrying implications on future therapy.
16.
Illegitimate recombination: An efficient method for random mutagenesis in Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis
Faisal
Khattak,
Ashutosh
Kumar,
Elisabeth
Kamal,
Ralph
Kunisch,
Astrid
Lewin
BMC Microbiology 2012, 12 :204 (11 September 2012)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
17.
German health interview and examination survey for adults (DEGS) - design, objectives and implementation of the first data collection wave
Christa
Scheidt-Nave,
Panagiotis
Kamtsiuris,
Antje
Gößwald,
Heike
Hölling,
Michael
Lange,
Markus
A
Busch,
Stefan
Dahm,
Rüdiger
Dölle,
Ute
Ellert,
Judith
Fuchs,
Ulfert
Hapke,
Christin
Heidemann,
Hildtraud
Knopf,
Detlef
Laussmann,
Gert
BM
Mensink,
Hannelore
Neuhauser,
Almut
Richter,
Anke-Christine
Sass,
Angelika
Rosario,
Heribert
Stolzenberg,
Michael
Thamm,
Bärbel-Maria
Kurth
BMC Public Health 2012, 12 :730 (1 September 2012)
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Ecological analysis of social risk factors for Rotavirus infections in Berlin, Germany, 2007–2009
Hendrik
Wilking,
Michael
Höhle,
Edward
Velasco,
Marlen
Suckau,
Tim
Eckmanns
International Journal of Health Geographics 2012, 11 :37 (28 August 2012)
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19.
An overview of the European Health Examination Survey Pilot Joint Action
Kari
Kuulasmaa,
Hanna
Tolonen,
Päivikki
Koponen,
Katri
Kilpeläinen,
Mária
Avdicová,
Grazyna
Broda,
Neville
Calleja,
Carlos
Dias,
Antje
Gösswald,
Ruzena
Kubinova,
Jennifer
Mindell,
Satu
Männistö,
Luigi
Palmieri,
Grethe
S
Tell,
Antonia
Trichopoulou,
WM
Verschuren
Archives of Public Health 2012, 70 :20 (28 August 2012)
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Editor’s summary
The European Health Examination Survey pilot project establishes comparable high quality health indicators and important modifiable risk factors of major non-communicable
diseases from EU countries.
20.
Comorbidity of overweight and obesity in a nationally representative sample of German adults aged 18-79 years
Anja
Schienkiewitz,
Gert B
M
Mensink,
Christa
Scheidt-Nave
BMC Public Health 2012, 12 :658 (15 August 2012)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
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Single mutations in the transmembrane envelope protein abrogate the immunosuppressive property of HIV-1
Vladimir
A
Morozov,
Alexey
V
Morozov,
Marwan
Semaan,
Joachim
Denner
Retrovirology 2012, 9 :67 (13 August 2012)
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Editor’s summary
This study indicates that the immunosuppressive domain of gp41 modulates cytokine expression in vitro and suppresses antibody response in vivo and therefore may contribute to the virus induced immunodeficiency.
22.
The role of the mycobacterial DNA-binding protein 1 (MDP1) from Mycobacterium bovis BCG in host cell interaction
Ralph
Kunisch,
Elisabeth
Kamal,
Astrid
Lewin
BMC Microbiology 2012, 12 :165 (3 August 2012)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
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The FIFA Women’s World Cup in Germany 2011 – A practical example for tailoring an event-specific enhanced infectious disease surveillance system
Anja
Takla,
Edward
Velasco,
Justus
Benzler
BMC Public Health 2012, 12 :576 (31 July 2012)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
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Serological cross-sectional studies on salmonella incidence in eight European countries: no correlation with incidence of reported cases
Gerhard
Falkenhorst,
Jacob
Simonsen,
Tina
H
Ceper,
Wilfrid
van Pelt,
Henriette
de Valk,
Malgorzata
Sadkowska-Todys,
Lavinia
Zota,
Markku
Kuusi,
Cecilia
Jernberg,
Maria Cristina
Rota,
Yvonne THP
van Duynhoven,
Peter FM
Teunis,
Karen
A
Krogfelt,
Kåre
Mølbak
BMC Public Health 2012, 12 :523 (16 July 2012)
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Prospective hospital-based case–control study to assess the effectiveness of pandemic influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 vaccination and risk factors for hospitalization in 2009–2010 using matched hospital and test-negative controls
Wiebke
Hellenbrand,
Pernille
Jorgensen,
Brunhilde
Schweiger,
Gerhard
Falkenhorst,
Matthias
Nachtnebel,
Benedikt
Greutélaers,
Christian
Traeder,
Ole
Wichmann
BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12 :127 (31 May 2012)
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