Zoonoses research in the German National Cohort
Hille, K.; Möbius, N.; Akmatov, M.K.; Verspohl, J.; Rabold, D.; Hartmann, M.; Günther, K.; Obi, N.; Kreienbrock, L. · Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz · 2014 · Heft 9 · S. 1277 bis 1282
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Cats and dogs live in more than 20 % of German households and the contact between these pets and their owners can be very close. Therefore, a transmission of zoonotic pathogens may occur. To investigate whether zoonotic research questions can be examined in the context of population-based studies like the German National Cohort (GNC), two studies on different study populations were conducted as part of the feasibility tests of the GNC. The aim of the first study was to quantify the actual exposure of participants of the GNC to cats and dogs. In the second study summarised here the feasibility of the sampling of…
