Epidemiology investigates the occurrence and distribution of diseases within the population. Moreover, molecular biology techniques are used in molecular epidemiology.
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Epidemiologists use mainly statistical methods to make statements about the incidence of a disease in a population or to simulate the spread of an epidemic with models. Molecular epidemiology gains insights from the molecular properties of a human or a pathogen.
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
Just in time for today’s World Tuberculosis Day, the new "S3 guideline on tuberculosis prevention among newly arrived migrants" has gone online at the Association of Scientific Medical Societies (AWMF
At the DZIF partner site in Giessen, a ceremonial kickoff meeting marked the launch of the GUARDIAN research project, which is funded with 3.5 million euros by the Federal Ministry of Research
Prof. Christoph Lange, Head of the Clinical Tuberculosis Infrastructure at the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) and Medical Director of the Borstel Research Center, Leibniz Lung Center, has
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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
