Centre for research into climate change and infectious diseases in Latin America established
The Hamburg-based Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) and the Costa Rican Institute for Research and Education in…
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Success in the 2025 Leibniz Competition
Half a million euros over the next three years to study how climate change affects the mating behaviour of mosquitoes: the Vector Control…
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In search of new active substances from natural remedies
Hamburg, 23 Oktober 2024 – Dr. Fabien Schultz is heading the new junior research group, Ethnopharmacology and Zoopharmacognosy, at the…
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Cornelia Betsch appointed to the German Ethics Council
Hamburg, 21 October 2024 - Cornelia Betsch, Head of the Health Communication Working Group at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical…
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First case of Mpox clade IIa in Guinea
Guinea has confirmed its first case of Mpox, marking the country's initial detection of the virus. The case is from the West African clade…
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Combating Mpox
The East African Community (EAC) is facing a major challenge: seven of the eight member states are directly or indirectly affected by the…
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Weltmoskitotag | Verstärkte Usutu-Virus-Aktivität
In Deutschland kommt es offenbar erneut zu einem massiven Amselsterben durch das Usutu-Virus. Derzeit treffen täglich Dutzende Päckchen mit…
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BNITM successfully evaluated by the Leibniz Association
The Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) has received an excellent evaluation from the Leibniz Association. At its meeting…
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German research contribution to neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) is not increasing enough
Although Germany is increasing its research into neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), this increase puts it below the average of the ten most…
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Combining expertise to combat emerging viruses
How exactly are RNA viruses with epidemic potential structured? What happens at the molecular level during an infection? And how does the…
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Climate crisis, globalisation and urbanisation
Hamburg on World Malaria Day, 25 April 2024 - Malaria occurs mainly in rural areas: The vector mosquito Anopheles prefers clean natural…
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New pioneering Leibniz Lab to combat future pandemics
The new Leibniz Lab "Pandemic Preparedness: One Health, One Future" links excellent inter- and transdisciplinary research from 41 Leibniz…
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Further growth spurt at BNITM
The Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) is comprehensively putting its research on a digital footing: From 2025, it will…
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Focus on the long-term consequences of infections
The emergence of Long COVID has raised awareness of the long-term consequences of infections. However, other infections can also have…
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