Glossary

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Cell therapy

Cell therapy refers to the transplantation of living cells with the aim of treating diseases.

CEPI

CEPI is the acronym for “Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations”, which is the international vaccine initiative DZIF is involved with.

Clinical phase

The clinical phase is a phase in drug development, in which the substance is tested in humans.

Co-infection

Co-infection is the simultaneous infection of a host with more than one pathogen .

Cohort

In the medical sense, a cohort is a group of patients with comparable symptoms or other similarities, which is observed over a certain period of time. The transplant cohort, a project within DZIF, provides data and biospecimen from transplant patients for studies.

Colistin

Colistin is an antibiotic of last resort.

Community-acquired infections

The term describes infections acquired in a normal (community) environment, i.e. not in connection with other illnesses or hospitalisation. Infections acquired during hospitalisation (nosocomial) are distinguished from community-acquired infections.

Controlled human malaria infection model

In the controlled human malaria infection model, the disease is triggered in a controlled manner to test therapies and vaccines.

Corallopyronin A

Corallopyronin A is a natural compound antibiotic. It is effective against Gram-positive bacteria and intracellular Gram-negative bacteria.

Coronavirus

Coronaviruses are a family of RNA viruses that can infect both animals and humans. In humans they mainly cause respiratory tract diseases. They can run like harmless colds, but can also be fatal.