Neglected Tropical Diseases | German Center for Infection Research

Short description

Neglected Tropical Diseases are a group of communicable diseases that are mainly found in tropical and subtropical countries and that mainly affect people living in poverty.

Detailed description

Most of these diseases are caused by worms and single-cell organisms, have a chronic form and reduce productivity of the affected persons, which traps them in a circle of poverty and disease. According to the WHO, the neglected tropical diseases include 19 diseases such as leprosy, and sleeping sickness. They affect more than one million people worldwide and are called neglected diseases as no large research funds are provided to study them.

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DZIF Academy—Autumn School 2023

30 January – World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day

More than one billion people worldwide are at risk of illness, disfigurement, disability, and even death from neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Especially in the poorest regions of the world where

25 Jahre KCCR_Wissenschaftler:innen des DZIF gratulieren vor Ort

25 years Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR)

The Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR) in Ghana is celebrating its 25th anniversary and its successful infection research with a ceremony and a scientific symposium

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Translationale Mikrobiologie

Prof. Dr. Marc P. Hübner aims to identify new drug candidates against parasitic threadworms, so-called filariae, and developing them further for human use. To this end, new in vitro and in vivo models are being developed and identified candidates are being tested in clinical trials in humans. With ...

Corallopyronin A: A new antibiotic against worm infections

In 2009, Prof. Achim Hörauf and his team at the University Hospital Bonn discovered that the natural substance is effective against . Infections with these worms can

Infectious Disease Specialist Christian Keller receives the 2020 Memento Research Award

Dr Christian Keller, from Philipps-University Marburg and the German Center for Infection Research, and Dr Anke Osterloh, Research Center Borstel, were awarded this year’s "Memento Award for neglected

Coalition launched to accelerate research of COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries

A group of scientists, physicians, funders, and policy makers from over 70 institutions from over 30 countries have launched an international coalition to respond to COVID-19 in resource-poor settings

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United against infections The corona pandemic has made it clear how important infection research is. However, the emergence and spread of unknown viruses such as, most recently, is not new

Jürgen May is awarded the 2019 Memento Research Award

This year, the Memento Research Award for neglected diseases goes to Professor Jürgen May from the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) in Hamburg. The jury honours his longstanding

Corallopyronin A inhibits intracellular growth of Orientia tsutsugamushi.

New antibiotic against the Tsutsugamushi disease pathogen discovered

Tsutsugamushi fever, or “scrub typhus”, is an infectious disease related to typhus, which is endemic in large parts of Asia. The disease has an estimated incidence of approximately one million cases