Klaus Stark

Association of common polymorphisms in known susceptibility genes with rheumatoid arthritis in a Slovak population using osteoarthritis patients as controls (2009)

Stark, Klaus, Rovenský, Jozef, Blažičková, Stanislava, Grosse-Wilde, Hans, Ferencik, Stanislav, Hengstenberg, Christian, ...

Abstract Introduction Both genetic and environmental factors contribute to rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a common and complex autoimmune disease. As well as the major susceptibility gene HLA-DRB1 ,...

Aetiology of community-acquired, acute gastroenteritis in hospitalised adults: a prospective cohort study (2008)

Jansen, Andreas, Stark, Klaus, Kunkel, Jan, Schreier, Eckart, Ignatius, Ralf, Liesenfeld, Oliver, ...

Abstract Background The aetiology of severe gastroenteritis leading to hospitalisation in adults frequently remains unclear. Our objective was to study the causes and characteristics of...

Aetiology of community-acquired, acute gastroenteritis in hospitalised adults: a prospective cohort study (2008)

Jansen, Andreas, Stark, Klaus, Kunkel, Jan, Schreier, Eckart, Ignatius, Ralf, Liesenfeld, Oliver, ...

Background The aetiology of severe gastroenteritis leading to hospitalisation in adults frequently remains unclear. Our objective was to study the causes and characteristics of community-acquired,...

High rate of resistance to locally used antibiotics among enteric bacteria from children in Northern Ghana (2008)

Djie-Maletz, Andrea, Reither, Klaus, Danour, Stephen, Anyidoho, Louis, Saad, Eiman, Danikuu, Francis, ...

Objectives Information on antimicrobial susceptibility of bacterial pathogens is scarce in resource-poor settings. We determined the susceptibility of bacterial enteric pathogens and faecal...

Acute childhood diarrhoea in northern Ghana: epidemiological, clinical and microbiological characteristics (2007)

Reither, Klaus, Ignatius, Ralf, Weitzel, Thomas, Seidu-Korkor, Andrew, Anyidoho, Louis, Saad, Eiman, ...

Abstract Background Acute diarrhoea is a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Its microbiological causes and clinico-epidemiological aspects were examined during...

Acute childhood diarrhoea in northern Ghana: epidemiological, clinical and microbiological characteristics (2007)

Reither, Klaus, Ignatius, Ralf, Weitzel, Thomas, Seidu-Korkor, Andrew, Anyidoho, Louis, Saad, Eiman, ...

Background Acute diarrhoea is a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Its microbiological causes and clinico-epidemiological aspects were examined during the dry...

influence susceptibility (2007)

Andrea Baessler, Marcus Fischer, Bjoern Mayer, Martina Koehler, Silke Wiedmann, Klaus Stark, ...

interaction between haplotypes of the ghrelin ligand and receptor genes

Epistatic interaction between haplotypes of the ghrelin ligand and receptor genes influence susceptibility to myocardial infarction and coronary artery disease (2007)

Baessler, Andrea, Fischer, Marcus, Mayer, Bjoern, Koehler, Martina, Wiedmann, Silke, Stark, Klaus, ...

Data from both experimental models and humans provide evidence that ghrelin and its receptor, the growth hormone secretagogue receptor (ghrelin receptor, GHSR), possess a variety of cardiovascular...

Clinical features and pitfalls in the laboratory diagnosis of dengue in travellers (2006)

Wichmann, Ole, Stark, Klaus, Shu, Pei-Yun, Niedrig, Matthias, Frank, Christina, Huang, Jyh-Hsiung, ...

Abstract Background Several enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)-kits are commercially available for the rapid diagnosis of dengue infection, and have demonstrated good sensitivity and...

Clinical features and pitfalls in the laboratory diagnosis of dengue in travellers (2006)

Wichmann, Ole, Stark, Klaus, Shu, Pei-Yun, Niedrig, Matthias, Frank, Christina, Huang, Jyh-Hsiung, ...

Background Several enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)-kits are commercially available for the rapid diagnosis of dengue infection, and have demonstrated good sensitivity and specificity in...

Themenheft 15 "Hepatitis C" (2003)

Schreier, Eckart, Radun, Doris, Neuhauser, Hannelore, Stark, Klaus

Die Hepatitis C, die durch ein auf dem Blutweg übertragenes Virus verursacht wird, hat weltweit eine große medizinische, epidemiologische und gesundheitsökonomische Bedeutung. Die Infektion mit...

Themenheft 3 "Gesundheitsprobleme bei Fernreisen" (2001)

Stark, Klaus, Harms, Gundel

Reisen in subtropische und tropische Regionen sind mit erhöhten Gesundheitsrisiken verbunden. Bei etwa einem Drittel der Reisenden in solche Gebiete ist mit reise-assoziierten Durchfallerkrankungen...

Simulation und Regelung der ortsabhängigen Neutronendichte in einem Kernreaktor. (1974)

Stark, Klaus.

Stuttgart, Univ., Fachbereich Verfahrenstechnik, Diss. 1974. (Nicht f. d. Austausch.).

Two enhancers and one silencer located in the introns of regA control somatic cell differentiation in Volvox carteri

Stark, Klaus, Kirk, David L., Schmitt, Rüdiger

The regA gene plays a central role in germ-soma differentiation of Volvox carteri by suppressing all reproductive functions in somatic cells. Here we show that the minimal promoter of regA consists...

Two enhancers and one silencer located in the introns of regA control somatic cell differentiation in Volvox carteri

Stark, Klaus, Kirk, David L., Schmitt, Rüdiger

The regA gene plays a central role in germ-soma differentiation of Volvox carteri by suppressing all reproductive functions in somatic cells. Here we show that the minimal promoter of regA consists...

Field Evaluation of a Rota- and Adenovirus Immunochromatographic Assay Using Stool Samples from Children with Acute Diarrhea in Ghana▿

Weitzel, Thomas, Reither, Klaus, Mockenhaupt, Frank P., Stark, Klaus, Ignatius, Ralf, Saad, Eiman, ...

We evaluated the Rida Quick rotavirus/adenovirus Combi rapid immunochromatographic test (ICT) under field conditions with Ghanaian children with acute diarrhea. Compared to PCR results, sensitivities...

Shiga Toxin–producing Escherichia coli Serogroups in Food and Patients, Germany

Werber, Dirk, Beutin, Lothar, Pichner, Rohtraud, Stark, Klaus, Fruth, Angelika

We compared 61 Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli (STEC) serogroups from 448 food isolates with 71 STEC serogroups from 1,447 isolates from patients in Germany. Two thirds (41/61), representing...

Major Outbreak of Hepatitis A Associated with Orange Juice among Tourists, Egypt, 2004

Frank, Christina, Walter, Jan, Muehlen, Marion, Jansen, Andreas, Van Treeck, Ulrich, Hauri, Anja M., ...

In 2004, a major outbreak of hepatitis A among tourists returning from Egypt involved 351 case-patients from 9 European countries who were infected with a single strain (genotype 1b). The...

Leptospirosis in Urban Wild Boars, Berlin, Germany

Jansen, Andreas, Luge, Enno, Guerra, Beatriz, Wittschen, Petra, Gruber, Achim D., Loddenkemper, Christoph, ...

We found antibodies to leptospires in 25 (18%) of 141 wild boars from Berlin (95% confidence interval 12–25). Seropositivity was associated with chronic interstitial nephritis (odds ratio 10.5; p =...