On the surface of influenza A viruses, the antigens hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (N) can be found.
Subtypes can be distinguished according to the antigen types. H1N1 was the virus responsible for the Spanish influenza pandemic in 1918-1920 and the swine flu in 2009. The natural reservoir of influenza A viruses is in wild aquatic birds. Infection can proceed asymptomatically but also be fatal.
Professor Gerd Sutter has died at the age of 61. His pioneering work on the development of MVA vaccines against measles, MERS-CoV and West Nile virus, among others, had a major impact on modern
New protection against severe respiratory diseases: Experts from eleven medical societies and institutions—including researchers from the German Center for Infection Research—are now calling on people
Researchers of the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) at the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut (PEI) and Philipps-Universität Marburg used the "recombinant measles virus" vaccine platform to test vaccine
