(arboviruses) are of growing importance in many countries of the world. Continuing eco-climatic changes and globalization create suitable conditions for the emergence of arboviruses. Thus, we are involved in [...] data are used 1) to understand the distribution, diversity and phenology of the different vector species and 2) for arbovirus screening. Dead-bird surveillance Usutu virus and West Nile virus are threats [...] Downstream analysis including the detection of new viruses and phylogenetic characterization of viruses are conducted in cooperation with the Virus Discovery, Genomics and Evolution Lab (Dr Dániel Cadar). Vector

as a clinical trial and training center and an isolation ward. Patients are recruited on the ward and basic analysis of samples are carried out on-site using glovebox-laboratories (see picture below). Further [...] hindered by the lack of our understanding of its pathology. We are therefore recruiting cohorts of patients with distinct organ manifestations. Cases are examined in detail also using non-invasive diagnostic equipment [...] damage, coagulopathy, etc. are measures at the BSL4 laboratory in Hamburg. Minimal-invasive tissue sampling (MITS) study To finally understand the tissue pathology of Lassa fever we are colleting postmortem

continents and is a major, compounding complication in HIV infections. The parasites are unicellular microorganisms that are transmitted to mammals, including humans, by blood-feeding sandflies. They infect [...] Former RG Leishmania Genetics Former RG Leishmania Genetics ©Joachim Clos Overview Leishmania parasites are the causative agents of diseases ranging from self-healing cutaneous lesions known as Oriental Sore [...] lethal visceral leishmaniasis known as Kala-Azar. According to WHO figures, more than 12 million humans are currently infected, with 2 million new infections per year. Leishmaniasis exists in 88 countries on

occurring more often in the dry season than in the rainy season. Epidemiological data are scarce and some data are contradictory as the pattern is not identical from one year to the next. By studying the [...] childhood. The dark corners. When farmers are going to the field, they close their houses, leading to the darkness inside. The rodents M. natalensis, which are usually nocturnal when they live outside become [...] habitat. Clearly, houses that are not sealed, with many holes or gaps in the walls, harbour more rodents than well-sealed houses. Other practices such as indoor waste storage are also a risk factor for rodents

with non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) are typically limited to gastrointestinal disease in industrialized countries. In contrast, in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), NTS are the most frequent cause of bacterial [...] ed countries, infections with NTS are typically of zoonotic origin with regular food-borne outbreaks. In developing countries, studies on transmission reservoirs are limited but previously it has been

climate change in Ecuador Viral emerging and re-emerging diseases are a significant burden for global public health. These diseases are caused by either previously undetected or unknown viruses or known [...] In contrast, sand flies are also known to be vectors of relevant viral pathogens such as Toscana and Naples virus but the knowledge on evolution, ecology and medical importance are very scarce, especially [...] birds from Africa and Asia. Mosquito-borne diseases are characterized as being mostly local and focal with transmission foci and hotspots which are influenced by the presence of the aquatic biotopes suitable

Togaviridae) as well as some that are unclassified. Studies show that many mosquitoes are naturally infected with at least one MSV, but it is not known if some MSVs are an ancestral form of arboviruses [...] its transmission, showed that ASALV infects the female Ae. aegypti and replicates when mosquitoes are infected intrathoracically or orally. ASALV disseminated to different tissues, including the midgut [...] survival as well as the interaction with the mosquito immune response. Different infection routes are tested, including micro-injection, feeding and larvae exposure. Interaction of MSVs with arboviruses

environment. A growing number of social scientists investigate multispecies contact zones and how these are bound up with anthropogenic processes, such as climate change, land use, resource exploitation, pollution [...] pollution and toxicity. Anthropological ambitions to compose coexistence in a sensitive way are higher than ever. However, multispecies researchers face several challenges and barriers, for example with [...] questions of human health and well-being. As a result, anthropocentric and human exceptionalist approaches are often promoted, neglecting the perspectives and needs of non-human beings. How can social scientists

NTDs and schistosomiasis. The majority of our studies are conducted in Madagascar, where a high burden of schistosomiasis exists. Additional studies are conducted in Sub-Saharan Africa with a major focus [...] International Teaching and Capacity Building Unit, higher education and capacity building activities are coordinated by the Implementation Research Group. Team want to know more Research Topics want to know

tularemia and Q fever are analyzed. For a list of the group's publications about rickettsioses , click here . More information (in German) about ticks and their respective pathogens which are diagnosed at our [...] many other members of this group, are harbored by ticks. Besides ongoing prevelance studies in the arthropod vectors, seroprevalence and cohort studies in humans are conducted. The occurrence of the pathogens [...] and analyze them for zoonotic bacterial pathogens. Farm animals are being screened nation-wide for the presence of various ticks which are collected and examined for rickettsiae, borreliae, and other bacteria