Publications by authors named "H Wilking"
Re: 'Marburg virus disease outbreak in Rwanda 2024' by Grobusch et al.
Clin Microbiol Infect
January 2025
Article Synopsis
- Foodborne illnesses like listeriosis, caused by the Listeria bacteria, are a big worry for public health, especially during outbreaks.
- Scientists collected and studied over 1800 Listeria samples from patients in Germany to understand how the bacteria spread and caused infections.
- They found that many infection clusters lasted a long time and could affect people in different regions, with some bacteria types being more harmful than others.
Purpose: The emerging zoonotic Borna disease virus 1 (BoDV-1) and the variegated squirrel bornavirus 1 (VSBV-1) cause severe and fatal human encephalitis in Germany. We conducted the first systematic clinical analysis of acute, molecularly confirmed fatal bornavirus encephalitis cases comprising 21 BoDV-1 and four VSBV-1 patients to identify options for better diagnosis and timely treatment.
Methods: Analyses were based on medical records and, for BoDV-1, on additional medical interviews with patients' relatives.
In a representative sample of female children and adolescents in Germany, Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence was 6.3% (95% CI 4.7%-8.
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