Years of potential life lost for six major enteric pathogens, Germany, 2004–2008

摘要: In industrialized countries, acute infectious enteric diseases are usually mild, but they can also cause death. They do so, however, at different ages. Using 2004–2008 German notification data, we computed and compared crude premature mortality [three measures of years potential life lost (YPLL)] illnesses caused by Campylobacter spp., Listeria monocytogenes , norovirus, rotavirus, non-typhoidal Salmonella Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC). Among ∼1·5 million notified illnesses, those norovirus were the most frequent. The highest annual was registered for salmonellosis (0·55/1 000 population), listeriosis accounted number YPLL ( n =4245). Disregarding death advanced age (i.e. >70 years), STEC illness =757) rotavirus gastroenteritis =648) ranked second third, following =2306). Routine surveillance captures only a fraction all incident cases deaths, under-ascertaining true burden disease. Weighting permits view on disease individual pathogens particularly underscores public health importance prevention.