Although the infectious disease Lassa fever can be fatal, there is a lack of treatment options with proven efficacy. Researchers at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) and the
On the occasion of ESCMID Global 2026, ANRS MIE and the DZIF organized a joint symposium dedicated to the future of West Nile virus (WNV) research in Europe.
Prof. Achim Hörauf, Director of the Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology at the University Hospital Bonn and scientist at the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), has
Most malaria drugs are combination therapies based on artemisinin, an active ingredient derived from the medicinal plant Artemisia annua (sweet wormwood). The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum is
Poliomyelitis, also known as polio, is a contagious disease caused by the poliovirus. Thanks to the development of effective vaccines, the poliovirus has been largely eradicated and was endemic in
