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Jan Wohlfahrt is affiliated with the Statens Serum Institut in Denmark and has contributed extensively to research in the field of medicine, with a particular focus on infectious diseases, public health, and cardiology-related subjects. Their work spans multiple subfields including obstetrics and gynecology, infectious diseases, public health, environmental and occupational health, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

They have a notable publication record in significant scientific venues, with frequent contributions to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Scientific Reports, BMJ, and PLoS Medicine.

Key topics in their research include pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, birth, development and health, COVID-19 clinical research studies, gestational diabetes research and management, as well as lipoproteins and cardiovascular health and diabetes-related cardiovascular risks.

Some of their recent published papers are:

  • SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and myocarditis or myopericarditis: population based cohort study, 2021, BMJ
  • Risk of hospitalisation associated with infection with SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant versus delta variant in Denmark: an observational cohort study, 2022, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination and Myocarditis in a Nordic Cohort Study of 23 Million Residents, 2022, JAMA Cardiology
  • Risk of hospitalisation associated with infection with SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in Denmark: an observational cohort study, 2021, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Hospitalisation associated with SARS-CoV-2 delta variant in Denmark, 2021, The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jan Wohlfahrt include:

  • Mads Melbye
  • Heather A. Boyd
  • Marie Lund
  • Saima Basit
  • Anders Hviid

Best Publications

  • Maternal age and fetal loss: population based register linkage study

    Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen;Jan Wohlfahrt;Peter Christens;Jørn Olsen

  • Effects of family history and place and season of birth on the risk of schizophrenia.

    Preben Bo Mortensen;Carsten Bøcker Pedersen;Tine Westergaard;Jan Wohlfahrt

  • A Population-Based Study of Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccination and Autism

    Kreesten Meldgaard Madsen;Anders Hviid;Mogens Vestergaard;Diana Schendel

  • Sexually Transmitted Infection as a Cause of Anal Cancer

    Frisch M;Glimelius B;van den Brule Aj;Wohlfahrt J

  • Caesarean delivery and risk of atopy and allergic disesase: meta-analyses

    P Bager;J Wohlfahrt;T Westergaard

  • Growth patterns and the risk of breast cancer in women.

    M. Ahlgren;M. Melbye;J. Wohlfahrt;T.I.A. Sørensen

  • Factors influencing the effect of age on prognosis in breast cancer: population based study

    Niels Kroman;Maj-Britt Jensen;Jan Wohlfahrt;Henning T Mouridsen

  • Environmental risk factors differ between rheumatoid arthritis with and without auto-antibodies against cyclic citrullinated peptides

    Merete Pedersen;Søren Jacobsen;Mette Klarlund;Bo V Pedersen

  • Association between thimerosal-containing vaccine and autism.

    Anders Hviid;Michael Stellfeld;Jan Wohlfahrt;Mads Melbye

  • Recurrence of Congenital Heart Defects in Families

    Nina Øyen;Gry Poulsen;Heather A. Boyd;Jan Wohlfahrt

  • Changes in medical treatment and surgery rates in inflammatory bowel disease: a nationwide cohort study 1979–2011

    Christine Rungoe;Ebbe Langholz;Mikael Andersson;Saima Basit

  • Cohort study of sibling effect, infectious diseases, and risk of atopic dermatitis during first 18 months of life

    Christine Stabell Benn;Mads Melbye;Jan Wohlfahrt;Bengt Björkstén

  • Risk of post-pregnancy hypertension in women with a history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: nationwide cohort study.

    Ida Behrens;Saima Basit;Mads Melbye;Jacob A Lykke

  • Induced Abortion and the Risk of Breast Cancer

    Mads Melbye;Jan Wohlfahrt;Jørgen H. Olsen;Morten Frisch

  • Measles in Europe: an epidemiological assessment

    Mark Muscat;Henrik Bang;Jan Wohlfahrt;Steffen Glismann

  • Strong combined gene-environment effects in anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide-positive rheumatoid arthritis: a nationwide case-control study in Denmark.

    Merete Pedersen;Søren Jacobsen;Peter Garred;Hans O. Madsen

  • Maternal risk of breast cancer and birth characteristics of offspring by time since birth.

    Jan Wohlfahrt;Mads Melbye

  • Body mass index and risk of autoimmune diseases: a study within the Danish National Birth Cohort

    Maria C Harpsøe;Saima Basit;Mikael Andersson;Nete M Nielsen

  • Cohort study of relation between donating blood and risk of myocardial infarction in 2682 men in eastern finland

    Tuomainen Tp;Salonen R;Nyyssönen K;Salonen Jt

  • Population based study of rates of multiple pregnancies in denmark, 1980-94

    Tine Westergaard;Jan Wohlfahrt;Peter Aaby;Mads Melbye

Frequent Co-Authors

Mads Melbye
Mads Melbye University of Copenhagen
Per Kragh Andersen
Per Kragh Andersen University of Copenhagen
Morten Frisch
Morten Frisch Statens Serum Institut
Henrik Hjalgrim
Henrik Hjalgrim Statens Serum Institut
Peter Aaby
Peter Aaby University of Southern Denmark
Robert J. Biggar
Robert J. Biggar National Institutes of Health
Christine Stabell Benn
Christine Stabell Benn University of Southern Denmark
Jørn Olsen
Jørn Olsen Aarhus University
Jacob P. Thyssen
Jacob P. Thyssen University of Copenhagen
Bjarke Feenstra
Bjarke Feenstra Statens Serum Institut

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