Die Gesundheitsberichterstattung (GBE) des Bundes übernimmt zentrale Aufgaben in der Politikberatung sowie bei der Information der Öffentlichkeit über den Gesundheitszustand und das Gesundheitsverhalten der Bevölkerung. ...

Bisher wurden die Empfehlungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Ernährung zum Obst- und Gemüseverzehr von einem Großteil der Bevölkerung nicht erreicht. In der von 2008 bis 2011 durchgeführten ersten Welle der „Studie zur ...

Background: Occult hepatitis B virus infection (OBI) characterized by the absence of detectable HBsAg remains a potential threat in blood safety. We investigated the actual prevalence, viral factors and genotype of OBI ...

Unintentional injuries cause much of the global mortality burden, with the workplace being a common accident setting. Even in high-income economies, occupational injury figures remain remarkably high. Because risk factors ...

Background: Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) has a wide host range and is transmissible to humans, especially to those with close contact to colonized animals. This study presents ...

The newly identified severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes COVID-19, a pandemic respiratory disease. Moreover, thromboembolic events throughout the body, including in the CNS, have been ...

One-Health-Konzept: Die bessere Vernetzung zwischen Tier- und Humanmedizin soll abgestimmte Interventionen gewährleisten und evidenzbasierte Maßnahmen ermöglichen.

We report an ongoing, protracted and geographically dispersed outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) and gastroenteritis in Germany, involving 30 cases since December 2016. The outbreak was caused by the sorbitol-fermenting ...

Since the introduction of a two-dose MMR vaccination regime the incidence of mumps virus infections has substantially declined. However, mumps outbreaks have recently been reported from several countries. Here we report ...