Gerit PfuhlFilipe PrazeresMarta KowalToivo AavikBeatriz Abad-VillaverdeReza AfhamiLeonardo AguilarGrace AkelloLaith Al-ShawafJan AntfolkChiemezie S. AtamaDerya Atamturk DuyarRoberto BaioccoSercan BalimCarlota BatresYakhlef BelkacemTheo BessonAdam BodeMerve BogaJordane BoudesseulMahmoud BoussenaHamdaoui BrahimNana BurduliAli R. CanHakan CetinkayaAntonio ChirumboloDimitri ChubinidzeClement CornecBojana M. DinicSeda DuralIzzet DuyarSamuel O. EbimgboEdgardo EtchezaharPeter FedorTomasz FrackowiakDavid A. FrederickKatarzyna GalasinskaFelipe E. GarciaTalia Gomez YepesDmitry GrigoryevFarida GuemazIvana HromatkoGozde IkizerSteve M. J. JanssenJulia A. KamburidisTina KavcicNicolas KervynFarah KhanAleksander KobylarekMehmet KoyuncuYoshihiko KunisatoDavid LackoMiguel Landa-BlancoLinda H. LidborgSamuel LinsTetyana MandzykSilvia MariTiago A. MarotMartha Martinez-BanfiAlan D. A. MattiassiMarlon Mayorga-LascanoMoises MebarakNorbert MeskoMaria Rosa MiccoliVita MikuliciuteTaciona L. MilfontKatarina MiseticMara MorelliJean C. NatividadeIzuchukwu L. G. NdukaiheFelipe NovaesSalma S. OmarMohd Sofian Omar FauzeeTobias OtterbringBaris OzenerSimon OzerJu Hee ParkIrena Pavela BanaiFarid PazhoohiMariia PerunMartin PirkoEkaterine PirtskhalavaKatarzyna PisanskiNejc PlohlKoen PonnetPavol ProkopMatheus F. F. RibeiroFrederico RosarioAysegul SahinFatima Zahra SahliDusana SakanOksana SenykHenrik SiepelmeyerDiana Ribeiro da SilvaSangeeta SinghCaglar SolakSinem SoylemezAnna StudzinskaChee-Seng TanGulmira T. TopanovaMerve Bulut TopcuEzgi Toplu-DemirtasBastien TremoliereSingha TulyakulJoaquin UngarettiJaroslava V. ValentovaMarco A. C. VarellaMona VintilaTatiana VolkodavAnna WlodarczykYao-Yuan YehGyesook YooOulmann ZerhouniMarcos Zumarraga-EspinosaMaja ZupancicPiotr Sorokowski2025-10-0620250033-350610.1016/j.puhe.2025.02.030http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2025.02.030https://gcris.yasar.edu.tr/handle/123456789/7948Objectives: Infectious diseases are often associated with decline in quality of life. The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between personal history of communicable i.e. infectious and parasitic diseases and self-rated health. Study design: Secondary analysis of a large dataset multi-country observational study. Methods: We used a four-pronged analysis approach to investigate whether personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases is related to self-reported health measured with a single item. Results: Three of the four analyses found a small positive effect on self-reported health among those reporting a history of pathogen exposure. The meta-analysis found no support but large heterogeneity that was not reduced by two classifications of countries. Conclusion: Personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases does not reduce self-reported health across a global sample.EnglishMental health, Global health, Multiverse analysis, Communicable diseasesPREVALENCE, VARIABILITY, MORTALITYArticle