Colistin is used as the “last-resort antibiotic” for dreaded multidrug-resistant pathogens, especially in hospitals. However, gut bacteria that have become insensitive to colistin now exist—owing to
An international team of scientists has sequenced the genomes of two rare malaria pathogens, both parasites of the plasmodium species. A scientist from the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical
Scientists from the University of Tübingen and the German Center of Infection Research (DZIF) have been able to demonstrate that sugar polymers on the outer cell envelope of Staphylococcus aureus mean
The recent Ebola crisis has triggered global rethinking: the global community wants to be better prepared for serious infectious disease epidemics than before. For this purpose, the international
A research team led by investigators of the Rockefeller University in New York and Prof Florian Klein, University Hospital Cologne and German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), has tested a new HIV
In laboratory experiments, scientists at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) and the DZIF have confirmed that some specimens of the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus that
Drugs against malaria, tuberculosis, HIV and other infectious diseases are still urgently needed in poorer countries. According to World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates, almost 430,000 people died
Scientists from the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) are on a specific quest for the causes of and biomarkers for severe courses of Pfeiffer’s disease. The disease is caused by the Epstein
Florian Klein’s main goal is to improve HIV therapy with the help of antibodies and to develop a HIV vaccine. His research on a new generation of broadly neutralising antibodies has found worldwide