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Regional differences in the epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease in toddlers in GermanyAnette Siedler
Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
Pediatr Infect Dis J 24:1114-5. 2005..Day-care attendance appears to be a relevant risk factor in some German states and should be considered for inclusion in the recommendations for pneumococcal vaccination of children at risk...
Invasive Haemophilus influenzae infections in Germany: impact of non-type b serotypes in the post-vaccine eraHelen Kalies
Department Epidemiology, Institute for Social Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
BMC Infect Dis 9:45. 2009....- Measles outbreaks in Hessen and Bavaria, Germany, 2005Anette Siedler
Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany
Euro Surveill 10:E050728.2. 2005 - [Relevance of sentinel surveillance systems for the implementation and evaluation of vaccination strategies]A Siedler
Robert Koch Institut, Berlin
Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 47:1136-43. 2004..This would make more effective use of limited resources and better enable timely and flexible investigation of conceptual and organisational questions... 
Closer to the goal: efforts in measles elimination in Germany 2010Anette Siedler
Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Immunization Unit, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
J Infect Dis 204:S373-80. 2011..Intensification of public awareness and sound information on vaccinations are necessary to convince skeptics and remind the forgetful...- Laboratory investigations are indispensable to monitor the progress of measles elimination--results of the German Measles Sentinel 1999-2003Annedore Tischer
Division of Viral Infections, Robert Koch Institute, Nordufer 20, D 13353 Berlin, Germany
J Clin Virol 31:165-78. 2004..The elimination of measles is a goal set by the World Health Organisation to be reached by 2010 in the European region... - Further efforts needed to achieve measles elimination in Germany: results of an outbreak investigationOle Wichmann
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
Bull World Health Organ 87:108-15. 2009..To determine morbidity and costs related to a large measles outbreak in Germany and to identify ways to improve the country's national measles elimination strategy... - Progress toward measles elimination in GermanyWiebke Hellenbrand
Center for Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
J Infect Dis 187:S208-16. 2003..However, further improvement of age-appropriate vaccine coverage and closure of immunity gaps in school-age children are necessary to eliminate measles in Germany... - Under-reporting of measles: an evaluation based on data from north rhine-westphaliaAnnedore Mette
Abteilung für Infektionsepidemiologie, Robert Koch Institut, Berlin, Germany
Dtsch Arztebl Int 108:191-6. 2011.... - Large measles outbreak at a German public school, 2006Ole Wichmann
Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
Pediatr Infect Dis J 26:782-6. 2007..An investigation was launched to determine reasons for the resurgence of measles, assess vaccination coverage and vaccine effectiveness (VE)... - The first wave of pandemic influenza (H1N1) 2009 in Germany: from initiation to accelerationGabriele Poggensee
Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, DGZ Ring 1, 13086 Berlin, Germany
BMC Infect Dis 10:155. 2010..However, the first wave with measurable burden of disease started only in October 2009. The basic epidemiological and clinical characteristics of the pandemic were analysed in order to understand the course of the pandemic in Germany... - Two outbreaks of measles in Germany 2005A Siedler
Respiratory Diseases and Immunization group, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany
Euro Surveill 11:131-4. 2006..Despite high average vaccination coverage levels, local variations may lead to regionally limited outbreaks... - Measles vaccination advised before travel to World Cup in Germany, but risk of measles infection lowG Krause
Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany
Euro Surveill 11:E060615.5. 2006 - Measles transmission from an anthroposophic community to the general population, Germany 2008Maria Wadl
Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
BMC Public Health 11:474. 2011..We investigated this outbreak to guide future public health action... - Incidence rate of nontuberculous mycobacterial disease in immunocompetent children: a prospective nationwide surveillance study in GermanyAnnicka M Reuss
Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
Pediatr Infect Dis J 28:642-4. 2009..Ninety-seven percent of children presented with lymphadenitis; median age was 2.5 years. Using the capture-recapture method, we estimated a cumulative incidence rate of 3.1/100000 children... - Consequences of delayed measles vaccination in GermanyAnette Siedler
Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases Unit, Robert Koch-Institute, Berlin, Germany
Pediatr Infect Dis J 21:826-30. 2002..If vaccination were delivered according to the recommended time schedule, the incidence of measles would be considerably reduced... - Herpes zoster in Germany: quantifying the burden of diseaseBernhard Ultsch
Immunization Unit, Robert Koch Institute, 13086 Berlin, Germany
BMC Infect Dis 11:173. 2011..To support the decision making process related to a potential vaccination recommendation, we estimated annual HZ disease burden in people aged≥50 years in Germany by utilizing various data sources... - [Investigation of a family cluster of influenza A/H1N1 infections in Germany, 2009]M Faber
Robert Koch Institut, Abteilung für Infektionsepidemiologie, Berlin
Gesundheitswesen 71:675-9. 2009..In order to stop the possible spread of the virus and to study the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of the infection, an investigation was launched by the local health authorities and the RKI... - [Overview and assessment of available data sources to determine incidence of vaccine preventable diseases, vaccination coverage, and immune status in Germany]G Poggensee
Abteilung für Infektionsepidemiologie, Fachgebiet Surveillance, Robert Koch Institut, Postfach 650261, 13302, Berlin
Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 52:1019-28. 2009.... - An outbreak of measles in Lower Bavaria, Germany, January-June 2007H Bernard
Robert Koch Institute, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Berlin, Germany
Euro Surveill 12:E071004.1. 2007..Between January and June 2007, a total of 90 cases of measles were notified in Passau and Rottal-Inn, two districts of Lower Bavaria in south-east Germany sharing a border with Austria... - [Surveillance of measles in Germany]A Tischer
Robert Koch Institut, Berlin
Gesundheitswesen 63:703-9. 2001..In particular, the vaccination rates for the 2(nd) dose are inadequate to be able to reach those with vaccine failures in a greater proportion and to close the gaps of vaccination... - Universal childhood immunisation with pneumococcal vaccine and meningococcal serogroup C vaccine introduced in GermanyM Wiese-Posselt
Immunisation Division, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany
Euro Surveill 11:E060907.4. 2006 - Varicella vaccination coverage of children under two years of age in GermanyAnnicka M Reuss
Robert Koch Institute, DGZ Ring 1, 13086 Berlin, Germany
BMC Public Health 10:502. 2010.... - Rapid replacement of endemic measles virus genotypesSabine Santibanez
National Reference Centre Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Robert Koch Institute, Nordufer 20, D 13353 Berlin, Germany
J Gen Virol 83:2699-708. 2002..This raises the possibility of a selective advantage of D7 viruses transmitted in the presence of H-specific antibodies... - Prediction of the potential benefit of different pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on invasive pneumococcal disease in German childrenRudiger Von Kries
Institute for Social Pediatrics, Ludwig Maximillans Universität, Munich, Germany
Pediatr Infect Dis J 21:1017-23. 2002..How much invasive pneumococcal disease can potentially be prevented by the 7-valent (or 11-valent) vaccine in Europe?.. - Will the 7-valent pneumococcal vaccine have a similar impact on all invasive pneumococcal infections in children in Germany as in the Kaiser Permanente Trial?Rudiger Von Kries
Institute for Social Paediatrics, Ludwig Maximilians Universitat, Heiglhofstrasse 63, 81377 Munich, Germany
Eur J Pediatr 161:S140-3. 2002..Although 14% lower than in the Kaiser Permanente Trial, 71% of potentially preventable cases of invasive pneumococcal infection still predict an excellent effectiveness for the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Germany... - Antibiotic susceptibility in neonatal invasive isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae in a 2-year nationwide surveillance study in GermanyKirsten Fluegge
Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg, Mathildenstrasse 1, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 48:4444-6. 2004..Erythromycin and clindamycin resistance was found in 10.1 and 5.7%, respectively. The ermB, ermTR, or mefA gene was detected in all but one of the erythromycin-resistant isolates... - Four and one-half-year follow-up of the effectiveness of diphtheria-tetanus toxoids-acellular pertussis/Haemophilus influenzae type b and diphtheria-tetanus toxoids-acellular pertussis-inactivated poliovirus/H. influenzae type b combination vaccines in GeHelen Kalies
Institute for Social Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Ludwig Maxilimilians University, Heiglhofstrasse 63, 81377 Munich, Germany
Pediatr Infect Dis J 23:944-50. 2004..A study in Germany based on approximately 2 years of follow-up, estimated vaccine effectiveness (VE) of DTaP/Hib and DTaP-inactivated poliovirus/Hib combination vaccines against invasive Hib disease to be high... - Invasive nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae infections in Germany: a case report of a previously healthy 7-year-old boy with an intracranial abscess, and epidemiological data from 2001 to 2004Anna Sandqvist
Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of General Pediatrics, , Moorenstr. 5, 40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
Eur J Pediatr 165:658-9. 2006 - Surveillance for rare infectious diseases: is one passive data source enough for Haemophilus influenzae?Astrid Milde-Busch
Institute of Social Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Eur J Public Health 18:371-5. 2008..The completeness of a compulsory reporting system of systemic Haemophilus influenzae infections in children in Germany is studied by means of cross-linking registry data from three sources and applying capture-recapture methods... - Effectiveness of hexavalent vaccines against invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b disease: Germany's experience after 5 years of licensureHelen Kalies
Institute of Social Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
Vaccine 26:2545-52. 2008..6) for incomplete primary series and 90.4% (95% CI: 70.6-96.8) for the full primary series. For full immunisation VE was 100.0% (95% CI: 52.7-100.0). Hexavalent vaccines show a high effectiveness against invasive Hib disease in Germany... - Serotype distribution of invasive group B streptococcal isolates in infants: results from a nationwide active laboratory surveillance study over 2 years in GermanyKirsten Fluegge
Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Clin Infect Dis 40:760-3. 2005..Use of a trivalent GBS vaccine in Germany could theoretically provide protection against 84% and 94% of invasive early-onset and late-onset infections, respectively... - Incidence and clinical presentation of invasive neonatal group B streptococcal infections in GermanyKirsten Fluegge
Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Pediatrics 117:e1139-45. 2006..So far, there have been no published data on the incidence, morbidity, and mortality of invasive neonatal group B Streptococcus infections in Germany... - Molecular epidemiology of invasive neonatal Streptococcus agalactiae isolates in GermanyUlrich von Both
Centre for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Pediatr Infect Dis J 27:903-6. 2008..A comprehensive nationwide active surveillance study over 2 years was performed in Germany to describe the molecular epidemiology among 296 invasive neonatal GBS isolates...