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Researchers at the Heinrich Pette Institute, Hamburg, and at the Dresden Technical University (TUD) succeeded in developing a designer enzyme that is capable of specifically removing the provirus from

The Zika virus, which is transmitted by the mosquito species Aedes aegypti, is currently spreading rapidly in South America, particularly in Brazil. The virus may damage unborn foetuses during

Virologists at the DZIF partner site Bonn-Cologne have organised the first international WHO diagnostic training workshop on MERS coronavirus in Dubai.

Since its discovery in Saudi Arabia in 2012

For the first time, scientists from the Bernard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) including DZIF researchers have, in collaboration with Swiss colleagues, confirmed a long-lasting

A German-Dutch team of researchers has successfully vaccinated dromedaries against the MERS coronavirus. Dromedaries are believed to be the source of MERS infection in humans. At the German Center for

The hepatitis A virus – like HIV or Ebola as well – is of likely animal origin. An international team of researchers under the lead of the University of Bonn uncovered the evolutionary origins of the

Researchers of the Paul Ehrlich Institute (PEI) together with groups at the DZIF have developed a vaccine against MERS, that is highly immunogenic and indicates protection of vaccinated mice in

DZIF scientists at the Heinrich Pette Institute in Hamburg have shown that a cream containing Spirulina platensis, a cyanobacterium, effectively protects against oral herpes and other herpes virus

DZIF scientists from the Heinrich Pette Institute (HPI), Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology have identified two sequences in the hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome that could be targeted for

Patients infected with HIV have several benefits if they are treated with antiviral medication earlier than has been usual up to now: for a start, the severe AIDS-related complications occur less