Bacterial infection Archive - Euroimmun Blog

Two novel ways of TBE virus transmission discovered

Dr. Marc Pollmann — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 05:44:46 +0000

A few days ago, Prof Dr Ute Mackenstedt from the University of Hohenheim, an expert in the research of ticks, together with Dr Gerhard Dobler from the reference laboratory for tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) and Dr Rainer Oehme from the Baden-Württemberg Health Authority, reported on two novel ways by which TBE viruses can be transmitted to […]

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Whooping cough afflicts Germany more than ever

Dr. Konstanze Stiba — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 14:21:05 +0000

In 2016, the number of whooping cough cases has reached a worrying record in Germany – 22,000 lab confirmed cases were reported to the Robert-Koch-Institute (RKI). In the previous year there were 14,000 cases and more than 1,500 patients have already been registered in 2017 (as of February 9th, 2017). Whooping cough is caused by […]

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Sexually transmitted diseases often remain unnoticed

Dr. Daniel Langenstroth-Röwer — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 15:06:01 +0000

Still today, it seems to be a taboo to speak about sexually transmitted infections, short STI. However, sweeping the topic under the rug is not an option. According to the WHO, there are over a million new cases of STI in the world ̶ every day. STI pathogens include bacteria, viruses, parasites, or fungi, which […]

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Syphilis: A neglected problem

Dr. Marc Pollmann — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 13:30:24 +0000

The ongoing Zika virus epidemic has been and is still today an important topic in the Americas. There is, however, another serious health issue for pregnant women and their unborn babies which is far less frequently addressed: syphilis. According to current data, there were 33,000 infected pregnant women in Brazil in 2015, twenty times as […]

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Infections during pregnancy – health risks for the unborn child

Dr. Johanna Scholz — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 08:25:54 +0000

Along with the happiness about the pregnancy arises the worry about the unborn’s health. Some pathogens are of particular concern to the expectant mother. They may be transmitted from the mother to the fetus during pregnancy or birth or shortly after birth and can cause aborts, malformations or postnatal infections of the child. They include […]

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