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Laboratory characteristics of poxviruses isolated from captive elephants in Germany

COVID-19 Control: Can Germany Learn From China?

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak started in China in December 2019 and has developed into a pandemic. Using mandatory large-scale public health interventions including a lockdown with locally varying intensity and duration, China has been successful in controlling the epidemic at an early stage. The epicentre of the pandemic has since shifted to Europe a...

Fluoride and Dental Caries: Second Thoughts in View of Recent Evidence from Germany

After seventy years of controversial discussion, the reports by Dean et al. that purported to demonstrate an inverse relationship between the prevalence of tooth decay in children and the fluoride content of drinking water are still cited as strong evidence for a significant anti-caries effect of fluoride, despite their many shortcomings. In addition, major hypotheses for possible cariostatic m...

Mandatory quality reports in Germany from the hospitals’ point of view: a cross-sectional observational study

BACKGROUND Public reporting of hospital quality is to enable providers, patients and the public to make comparisons regarding the quality of care and thus contribute to informed decisions. It stimulates quality improvement activities in hospitals and thus positively impacts treatment results. Hospitals often use publicly reported data for further internal or external purposes.As of 2005, German...

Fluoride and Dental Caries: Second Thoughts in View of Recent Evidence from Germany

After seventy years of controversial discussion, the reports by Dean et al. that purported to demonstrate an inverse relationship between the prevalence of tooth decay in children and the fluoride content of drinking water are still cited as strong evidence for a significant anti-caries effect of fluoride, despite their many shortcomings. In addition, major hypotheses for possible cariostatic m...