| [hodgkin's disease: an epidemiological study on 140 children--urban/rural relation, profession of parents, domestic animal contact]. | in northern germany (schleswig-holstein, niedersachsen, hamburg and bremen) 140 children aged 2-14 years who had developed hodgkin's disease after world war ii were identified with the help of all 54 children's hospitals, the 101 local public health offices, and the hamburg cancer registry etc. only histologically confirmed cases were included. for boys, comparison by urban and rural residence showed a preponderance of cases in rural areas (places with less than 2000 inhabitants). this urban-rur ... | 1975 | 1237278 |
| hepatitis e virus in wild rabbits and european brown hares in germany. | recently, a change of hepatitis e from being a typical travel-associated disease to an autochthonous zoonosis in germany was observed. an increasing number of autochthonous infections with the hepatitis e virus (hev) have been recognized in developed countries. venison from wild boar is already known to be a potential source of infection, if not prepared properly by the consumer. in germany, certain wild animals are known to be a reservoir for hev. however, current information is missing about e ... | 2017 | 28371421 |