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ArticleEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin2025

Responsive population-based cohorts as platforms for characterising pathogen- and population-level infection dynamics for epidemic prevention, preparedness and response.

Ivonne Morales, Van Kính Nguyen, Mirna Abd El Aziz, Ayten Sultanli, Till Bärnighausen, Heiko Becher, Sandra Ciesek, Beate Kampmann, Berit Lange, Jan Rupp and 4 more

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Article in Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Ivonne MoralesDepartment of Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine, Center for Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Van Kính NguyenHeidelberg Institute for Global Health (HIGH), Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Mirna Abd El AzizDepartment of Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine, Center for Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Ayten SultanliDepartment of Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine, Center for Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Till BärnighausenHeidelberg Institute for Global Health (HIGH), Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Heiko BecherHeidelberg Institute for Global Health (HIGH), Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Sandra CiesekInstitute for Medical Virology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt, Germany.
Beate KampmannThe Vaccine Centre, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
Berit LangeDepartment of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Braunschweig, Germany.
Jan RuppDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
Simone ScheithauerDepartment of Infection Control and Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Helen WardImperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom.
André KarchInstitute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Münster, Germany.
Claudia M DenkingerDepartment of Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine, Center for Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Establishing population-based cohorts is indispensable for effective epidemic prevention, preparedness and response. Existing passive surveillance systems face limitations in their capacity to promptly provide representative data for estimating disease burden and modelling disease transmission. This perspective paper introduces a framework for establishing a dynamic and responsive nationally representative population-based cohort, with Germany as an example country. We emphasise the need for comprehensive demographic representation, innovative strategies to address participant attrition, efficient data collection and testing using digital tools, as well as novel data integration and analysis methods. Financial considerations and cost estimates for cohort establishment are discussed, highlighting potential cost savings through integration with existing research infrastructures and digital approaches. The framework outlined for creating, operating and integrating the cohort within the broader epidemiological landscape illustrates the potential of a population-based cohort to offer timely, evidence-based insights for robust public health interventions during both epidemics and pandemics, as well as during inter-epidemic periods.

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Communicable Disease ControlCommunicable DiseasesEpidemicsPopulation SurveillanceCohort StudiesCOVID-19GermanyHumansPandemicsPublic HealthSARS-CoV-2cohortepidemicsGermanypandemic prevention, pandemic preparednessPopulation-based cohortpopulation panels

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PMID40575912
PMCPMC12207196

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