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Vaccination of health care workers against pertussis: Meeting the need for safety within hospitals by Heininger, U

“…Highlights • Pertussis outbreaks in hospitals are reason for substantial concern; more studies on the impact of health care workers as the source of pertussis…”
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A systematic review of varicella seroprevalence in European countries before universal childhood immunization: deriving incidence from seroprevalence data by BOLLAERTS, K., RIERA-MONTES, M., HEININGER, U., HENS, N., SOUVERAIN, A., VERSTRAETEN, T., HARTWIG, S.

“…Surveillance systems for varicella in Europe are highly heterogeneous or completely absent. We estimated the varicella incidence based on seroprevalence data,…”
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Travel vaccinations in rheumatic diseases : Specific considerations in children and adults by Welzel, T, Wörner, A, Heininger, U

“…Children and adults with rheumatic diseases (RD) have a higher risk to contract infections due to the underlying disease and the frequently necessary…”
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Gastrointestinal pathogens detected by multiplex nucleic acid amplification testing in stools of pediatric patients and patients returning from the tropics by Beckmann, C., Heininger, U., Marti, H., Hirsch, H. H.

“…Background Gastrointestinal infections are caused by a broad spectrum of pathogens. Conventional diagnostic procedures are resource and time consuming due to…”
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Epidemiology of tick-borne encephalitis in Switzerland, 2005 to 2011 by Schuler, M, Zimmermann, H, Altpeter, E, Heininger, U

“…Binary file ES_Abstracts_Final_ECDC.txt matches…”
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Dose-dependent effectiveness of acellular pertussis vaccine in infants: A population-based case-control study by Mack, I., Erlanger, T.E., Lang, P., Sinniger, P., Perisa, D., Heininger, U.

“…•Acellular pertussis vaccines continue to offer effectiveness against hospitalization.•Vaccine effectiveness is increasing from dose to dose.•Timely…”
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Outbreak investigation for toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae wound infections in refugees from Northeast Africa and Syria in Switzerland and Germany by whole genome sequencing by Meinel, D.M., Kuehl, R., Zbinden, R., Boskova, V., Garzoni, C., Fadini, D., Dolina, M., Blümel, B., Weibel, T., Tschudin-Sutter, S., Widmer, A.F., Bielicki, J.A., Dierig, A., Heininger, U., Konrad, R., Berger, A., Hinic, V., Goldenberger, D., Blaich, A., Stadler, T., Battegay, M., Sing, A., Egli, A.

“…Toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae is an important and potentially fatal threat to patients and public health. During the current dramatic influx of…”
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Comparative varicella vaccine effectiveness during outbreaks in day-care centres by Spackova, M, Wiese-Posselt, M, Dehnert, M, Matysiak-Klose, D, Heininger, U, Siedler, A

“…Abstract Background Routine varicella vaccination for children >11 months was introduced in Germany in 2004 with three different vaccine brands available. In…”
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Child-parent immunization survey: How well are national immunization recommendations accepted by the target groups? by Erb, M L, Erlanger, T E, Heininger, U

“…Pertussis disease rates are high in Switzerland, especially in infants and young infants. To protect newborns from this serious disease, EKIF, the Swiss…”
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The Swiss National Registry for Primary Immunodeficiencies: report on the first 6 years’ activity from 2008 to 2014 by Marschall, K., Hoernes, M., Bitzenhofer‐Grüber, M., Jandus, P., Duppenthaler, A., Wuillemin, W. A., Rischewski, J., Boyman, O., Heininger, U., Hauser, T., Steiner, U., Posfay‐Barbe, K., Seebach, J., Recher, M., Hess, C., Helbling, A., Reichenbach, J.

“…Summary The Swiss National Registry for Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders (PID) was established in 2008, constituting a nationwide network of paediatric and…”
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Influenza-associated myositis in children by Agyeman, P, Duppenthaler, A, Heininger, U, Aebi, C

“…Influenza-associated myositis (IAM) is an infrequent and poorly known complication of influenza virus infection in children. The aim of this study was to…”
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The concept of vaccination failure by Heininger, U, Bachtiar, N.S, Bahri, P, Dana, A, Dodoo, A, Gidudu, J, Santos, E. Matos dos

“…Highlights ► Vaccines for humans have been proven to be highly successful. ► Occurrence of a specific disease in an individual despite previous vaccination may…”
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Prospective multinational serosurveillance study of Bordetella pertussis infection among 10- to 18-year-old Asian children and adolescents by Son, S., Thamlikitkul, V., Chokephaibulkit, K., Perera, J., Jayatilleke, K., Hsueh, P.-R., Lu, C.-Y., Balaji, V., Moriuchi, H., Nakashima, Y., Lu, M., Yang, Y., Yao, K., Kim, S.H., Song, J.H., Kim, S., Kim, M.-J., Heininger, U., Chiu, C.-H., Kim, Y.-J.

“…Bordetella pertussis continues to cause outbreaks worldwide. To assess the role of children and adolescent in transmission of pertussis in Asia, we performed a…”
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Surveillance for adverse events following immunization (AEFI) in Switzerland—1991–2001 by Schumacher, Z, Bourquin, C, Heininger, U

“…Abstract In Switzerland, reporting of adverse events following immunization (AEFI) has been mandatory by law since 1988. The goal of this study was a detailed…”
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New Pertussis Vaccination Strategies beyond Infancy: Recommendations by the Global Pertussis Initiative by Forsyth, Kevin D., Campins-Marti, Magda, Caro, Jaime, Cherry, James D., Greenberg, David, Guiso, Nicole, Heininger, Ulrich, Schellekens, Joop, Tan, Tina, von König Carl-Heinz, Wirsing, Plotkin, Stanley

“…Background. The Global Pertussis Initiative, an expert scientific forum, was established to address the ongoing problems associated with pertussis disease…”
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Molecular epidemiology of the nasal colonization by methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in Swiss children by Mégevand, C., Gervaix, A., Heininger, U., Berger, C., Aebi, C., Vaudaux, B., Kind, C., Gnehm, H.-P., Hitzler, M., Renzi, G., Schrenzel, J., François, P.

“…Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus contributes to an increased risk of developing an infection with the same bacterial strain. Genetic regulatory elements…”
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Perianal streptococcal dermatitis is not a major cause of constipation in pediatric patients with cerebral palsy by Nava, E, Heininger, U, Weber, P

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Hepatitis B Postexposure Prophylaxis in Preterm and Low-Birth-Weight Infants by Waitz, Markus, Hopfner, Reinhard, Hummler, Helmut D, Heininger, U

“…Objective Recommendations for immunoprophylaxis in low-birth-weight (LBW) infants born to hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-positive mothers vary. We…”
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Assessment of varicella vaccine effectiveness in Germany: a time-series approach by HÖHLE, M., SIEDLER, A., BADER, H.-M., LUDWIG, M., HEININGER, U., VON KRIES, R.

“…A multivariate time-series regression model was developed in order to describe the 2005–2008 age-specific time-course of varicella sentinel surveillance data…”
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Rational diagnostic strategies for Lyme borreliosis in children and adolescents: recommendations by the Committee for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinations of the German Academy for Pediatrics and Adolescent Health by Huppertz, H. I., Bartmann, P., Heininger, U., Fingerle, V., Kinet, M., Klein, R., Korenke, G. C., Nentwich, H. J.

“…The varying clinical manifestations of Lyme borreliosis, transmitted by Ixodes ricinus and caused by Borrelia burgdorferi , frequently pose diagnostic…”
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