Epidemiology investigates the occurrence and distribution of diseases within the population. Moreover, molecular biology techniques are used in molecular epidemiology.
Detailed description
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.
Prof. Dr. Christian Drosten, Director of Charité’s Institute of Virology and scientist in the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), has been awarded the ‘Special Award for Outstanding
Helicobacter pylori, a globally distributed gastric bacterium, is genetically highly adaptable. The DZIF team of Professor Sebastian Suerbaum at LMU has now characterized its population structure in
DZIF Course
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The working group deals with the genetic analysis of tuberculosis pathogens. It uses the latest techniques of DNA sequencing (next generation sequencing) to determine the distribution of individual TB strains based on gene sequences. The molecular epidemiological data are combined with traditional ...
The Clinical Research Unit (CRU) for healthcare-associated infections, headed by Dr. med. Siri Göpel, combines knowledge from clinical practice, microbiology, basic research and epidemiology. Scientists and physicians work closely together, investigate various aspects of hospital-associated ...
