Droplet infection

The MERS coronavirus—MERS stands for “Middle East Respiratory Syndrome”—causes severe respiratory diseases with a high mortality rate. To date, there is neither a vaccine nor a specific treatment. The

In a large-scale systematic review, researchers from an international consortium analysed more than 25,000 publications from the last 20 years. They examined the circumstances under which contact

Tuberculosis and malaria are among the deadliest infectious diseases worldwide and are increasingly spreading, not least due to climate change. In both cases, antimicrobial resistance renders

Rapidly growing numbers of monkeypox virus infections have been recorded on at least four continents. Therefore, rapid and consistent action is needed to limit the outbreak. Initially, the best way to

Based on data involving more than 80,000 patients, an international research group has developed a programme that can predict the individual risk of tuberculosis. The results of this work were

The smallpox virus was already circulating in Northern Europe in the 7th century. This is indicated by DNA from Viking skeletons that researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, including

Every year on 24 March, we commemorate Robert Koch’s discovery of the tubercle bacillus. Almost 140 years later, tuberculosis is still the leading infectious disease with the most number of deaths

CEPI (the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations) supports the development and manufacture of a vaccine against Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), a zoonotic disease

In the light of growing antibiotic resistance, developing alternative tuberculosis treatment approaches is of critical importance. Scientists at the Research Center Borstel and the DZIF have now shown