Publications by authors named "F H M E Mockenhaupt"
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- - The study investigates the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of intensive care personnel in Rwanda regarding high-consequence infectious diseases (HCIDs) like Ebola, revealing that many staff have limited experience and training in infection prevention and control (IPC).
- - A survey conducted with 107 participants highlighted that while 58% felt knowledgeable and 72.9% adhered to hand hygiene, a significant number failed to consistently follow IPC measures, particularly in high-risk situations like aerosol-generating procedures.
- - The findings suggest that although staff perceive a high risk of infection, their moderate knowledge and inconsistent IPC compliance indicate a need for ongoing education and training to ensure better protection against preventable infections.
Background: A series of modifiable lifestyle factors, such as diet quality, physical activity, alcohol intake, and smoking, may drive the rising burden of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) among sub-Saharan Africans globally. It is unclear whether epigenetic changes play a mediatory role in the associations between these lifestyle factors and T2DM. We assessed the associations between a comprehensive lifestyle index, DNA methylation and T2DM among Ghanaian adults.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ACL) shows variable response to therapy, but data on species-specific treatment efficacy is scarce. We describe the clinical characteristics and outcome of patients with ACL imported to a tertiary centre in Germany and determine whether species-specific therapy according to the 2014 "LeishMan" group recommendations is associated with cure.
Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted at the Charité Institute of International Health in Berlin.
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- Strongyloidiasis is a chronic intestinal infection caused by a nematode that is becoming a concern in non-endemic countries, particularly for travelers and migrants, and its diagnosis is complicated due to a lack of standardized testing methods.
- Researchers evaluated three commercial ELISA kits for detecting IgG antibodies to Strongyloides stercoralis using serum samples from affected travelers and healthy controls, finding varying sensitivity and specificity among the assays.
- Results indicated that while the assays had high specificity overall, their sensitivity was low, highlighting the challenges in reliably diagnosing strongyloidiasis, especially in patients with recent or acute infections.
In the earlier phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, studies in Germany and elsewhere found an overall reduction in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among students. However, there is little evidence on later pandemic stages as well as socioeconomic influencing factors. We aimed to (1) describe HRQoL in a Berlin student cohort at two time points in mid-2021, and to (2) analyze the effects of household income and education.
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