Andrea Ammon

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Friedrich, Alexander W.; Bielaszewska, Martina; Zhang, Wen-Lan; Pulz, Matthias; Kuczius, Thorsten; Ammon, Andrea; Karch, Helge (2002-01-01). "Escherichia coli Harboring Shiga Toxin 2 Gene Variants: Frequency and Association with Clinical Symptoms". The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 185 (1): 74–84. doi: 10.1086/338115 . ISSN   0022-1899. PMID   11756984.
  • Ammon, Andrea; Petersen, Lyle R.; Karch, Helge (1999-05-01). "A Large Outbreak of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Caused by an Unusual Sorbitol-Fermenting Strain of Escherichia coli O157:H—". The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 179 (5): 1274–1277. doi:10.1086/314715. ISSN   0022-1899. PMID   10191236.
  • Werber, Dirk; Dreesman, Johannes; Feil, Fabian; van Treeck, Ulrich; Fell, Gerhard; Ethelberg, Steen; Hauri, Anja M.; Roggentin, Peter; Prager, Rita; Fisher, Ian S.T.; Behnke, Susanne C. (2005-02-03). "International outbreak of Salmonella Oranienburg due to German chocolate". BMC Infectious Diseases. 5 (1): 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-5-7 . ISSN   1471-2334. PMC   552305 . PMID   15691371.
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    Andrea Ammon
    Andrea Ammon at Slovakia Ministers for Health meeting.jpg
    Director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
    In office
    1 May 2015 15 June 2024