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Prof Achim Hörauf: Coordinator of the consortium "Neglected tropical diseases" at DZIF.

Prof. Dr. Achim Hörauf

Deputy Partner Site Speaker Bonn-Cologne

Deputy Coordinator Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases

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Partner Site

Bonn - Köln

Institution

University Hospital Bonn

Research Area

Novel Antibiotics

Research of the employee

Working Groups Projects

Bonn - Köln | Hamburg - Lübeck - Borstel - Riems | München | Tübingen

Neglected Tropical Diseases

Currently, approximately one billion people worldwide are at risk of developing an inability to work or blindness, becoming maimed or dying due to neglected tropical diseases (NTD). NTDs include river blindness, dengue fever, sleeping sickness, snakebites and leprosy, only to name a few known examples of this diverse group of [...]

Bonn - Köln | Hannover - Braunschweig

Corallopyronin - A development through to phase I trial

More than 21 million people in Africa are infected with the threadworm Onchocerca volvulus, the pathogen causing river blindness. About one in ten of those affected goes blind. What is needed are active agents that kill the long-lived adult worms. With Corallopyronin A, DZIF scientists have found an active ingredient [...]

Duration of protection from pneumonia after pneumococcal vaccination in hemodialysis patients

Advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) is among the most common chronic health conditions in Germany. CKD 5D patients (CKD stage five with indication for dialysis) have a weakened immune system and are highly susceptible to infections. Pneumococcal pneumonia is one of the most frequent causes of death, even in vaccinated [...]