Case numbers of dengue fever increased in 2019
In spring 2019, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) called upon countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to prepare for possible outbreaks of dengue…
Articles of author „Dr. Konstanze Stiba“
Drastic increase in infections with West Nile virus in Europe – first case of West Nile fever in a person in Germany
According to a current publication of the European Centre for Prevention and Control of Diseases (ECDC), this year’s total number of cases exceeds the total n…
New pathogens on the rise – first commercial antibody detection test for Mayaro virus diagnostics now available
Over the past years, a global spread of a multitude of new viruses and other pathogens has been observed, leading to previously unknown diseases. Lately, there…
Robert Koch Institute registered noticeably high numbers of hantavirus infections in 2017
In its recent epidemiological bulletin (no. 15) the German Robert Koch Institute reports about exceedingly high numbers of hantavirus infections in Germany. I…
Novel ELISA for combined detection of anti-Zika virus IgA and IgM antibodies
Previous year, EUROIMMUN launched the Anti-Zika Virus ELISA IgA. It had turned out that specific anti-Zika virus IgA antibodies against the non-structural prote…
EUROIMMUN Anti-Zika Virus ELISA (IgA) closes a diagnostic gap in Zika virus infections
EUROIMMUN now offers a new ELISA for the detection of IgA antibodies for the diagnosis of Zika infections. But why is this necessary? Determination of anti-Zika…