At the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), research projects can be initiated within a week via a fast track procedure if required. This is especially relevant to emerging infections and
The University of Amsterdam has awarded the Spinoza Chair in Medicine for the academic year 2016/2017 to DZIF Professor Christoph Lange, Research Center Borstel/ University of Lübeck. Lange is
Salmonella infections in the bloodstream, caused by Salmonella enterica bacteria, are still the cause of many deaths in southern regions and Southeast Asia. Children between the age of two and five
The clinical phase I trial of a potential vaccine against the dreaded Ebola virus has been successfully completed at four partner sites in Africa and Europe. The safety of the tested vaccine “rVSV
Infections with Zika viruses are usually harmless. However, in Brazil, reports about a potential link between an infection with the virus and brain malformations (microcephaly) in newborns have
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
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 MERScoronavirus. Dromedaries are believed to be the source of MERS infection in humans. At the German Center for
