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Open AccessRecovery and sequelae in 523 adults and children with tick-borne encephalitis in Germany
Despite being vaccine-preventable, tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) continues to cause considerable morbidity in Germany. Limited insight into potentially debilitating consequences of TBE may partially underly lo...
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Open AccessVaccine effectiveness against severe COVID-19 during the Omicron wave in Germany: results from the COViK study
COViK, a prospective hospital-based multicenter case-control study in Germany, aims to assess the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines against severe disease. Here, we report vaccine effectiveness (VE) against C...
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Open AccessSafety and effectiveness of acellular pertussis vaccination during pregnancy: a systematic review
Infants < 3 months of age are at highest risk for develo** severe complications after pertussis. The majority of pregnant women has low concentrations of pertussis-specific antibodies and thus newborns are i...
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Open AccessInfluenza and pertussis vaccination during pregnancy – attitudes, practices and barriers in gynaecological practices in Germany
In Germany, antenatal influenza vaccination is recommended since 2010, but uptake remains low. Several countries recently introduced antenatal pertussis vaccination, which is currently under consideration in G...
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Erratum zu: Umsetzung der Masern- und Pertussisimpfempfehlungen für Erwachsene
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Umsetzung der Masern- und Pertussisimpfempfehlungen für Erwachsene
Die Ständige Impfkommission empfiehlt Erwachsenen Masern- und Pertussisimpfungen. Eine Masernimpfung sollen seit 2010 alle nach 1970 Geborenen mit weniger als zwei Impfungen in der Kindheit erhalten, einen aze...
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Background Paper for the update of meningococcal vaccination recommendations in Germany: use of the serogroup B vaccine in persons at increased risk for meningococcal disease
In December 2013 Bexsero® became available in Germany for vaccination against serogroup B meningococci (MenB). In August 2015 the German Standing Committee on Vaccination (STIKO) endorsed a recommendation for ...
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Open AccessPublic health management of invasive meningococcal disease in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, 2012: adherence to guidance and estimation of resources required as determined in a survey of local health authorities
Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) incidence in Germany is low, but management of contacts to prevent subsequent cases still requires resources. Local public health authorities (LHA) advise antibiotic post-e...
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Open AccessProspective 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
We performed a case–control study to estimate vaccine effectiveness (VE) for prevention of hospitalization due to pandemic influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 (pH1N1) and to identify risk factors for pH1N1 and acute respir...
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Open AccessLessons from a one-year hospital-based surveillance of acute respiratory infections in Berlin- comparing case definitions to monitor influenza
Surveillance of severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) in sentinel hospitals is recommended to estimate the burden of severe influenza-cases. Therefore, we monitored patients admitted with respiratory infe...
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Open AccessThe epidemiology of pertussis in Germany: past and present
Current and past pertussis epidemiology in the two parts of Germany is compared in the context of different histories of vaccination recommendations and coverage to better understand patterns of disease transm...
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Durchimpfung von 24–30 Monate alten Kindern in pädiatrischen Praxen im Zeitraum von November 1999 bis Mai 2001
Ziel dieser Studie war es, ärztliche und praxisbezogene Einflussfaktoren für eine hohe Diphtherie-Tetanus -(DT-) bzw. Masern-Mumps-Röteln- (MMR-)Durchimpfung (DI) bei 24–30 Monate alten Kindern in pädiatrisch...
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Open AccessA super-spreading ewe infects hundreds with Q fever at a farmers' market in Germany
In May 2003 the Soest County Health Department was informed of an unusually large number of patients hospitalized with atypical pneumonia.
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Diet in residents of East and West Germany in 1991–1992 as ascertained by a retrospective food frequency questionnaire
In this study, we compared dietary habits of residents in East (N=76) and West Germany (N=266) using results obtained in 1992–1993 from a retrospective semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire referring ...