Orthohepevirus C1, also known as rat hepatitis E virus (HEV), has been shown to sporadically cause disease in immunocompromised and immunocompetent adults. While routine serological assays vary in reactivity, rat HEV is ...

Background: From birth to young adulthood, health and development of young people are strongly linked to their living situation, including their family’s socioeconomic position (SEP) and living environment. The impact of ...

It has long been recognized that the patterning of social interactions within a group can give rise to a social structure that holds very different places for different individuals. Such within-group variation in sociality ...

Background: The disability weight is an essential factor to estimate the healthy time that is lost due to living with a certain state of illness. A 2014 review showed a considerable variation in methods used to derive ...

Die fortlaufende und systematische Beobachtung der Bevölkerungsgesundheit ist grundlegend für eine effektive Public-Health-Praxis. Angesichts der wachsenden Bedeutung psychischer Gesundheit für die Bevölkerungsgesundheit ...

Hintergrund: Summenmaße wie die „disability-adjusted life years“ (DALY) werden zur standardisierten Erfassung der Krankheitslast durch Tod und gesundheitliche Einschränkungen zunehmend bedeutsamer. Das Projekt BURDEN 2020 ...

Background: Co-morbidities may complicate the clinical management of chronic conditions such as asthma. Aims: To quantify the strength of the relationship between asthma and other chronic diseases and to analyse whether ...

Background: Allergies are an increasingly relevant public health problem. Specific immunotherapy (sIT) is presently the only causal treatment option. This study aimed to assess the frequency and determinants of sIT use ...

Daten des bundesweiten Befragungs- und Untersuchungssurveys KiGGS2 (2014 – 2017) wurden genutzt, um Versorgungsaspekte bei Kindern und Jugendlichen (11 – 17 Jahre) sowie jungen Erwachsenen (18 – 28 Jahre) mit Asthma zu ...