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Research Alliance Leibniz INFECTIONS 

Improved hygiene and better prevention and treatment have diminished the incidence of infectious diseases particularly in industrialised countries. However, increasing antibiotic resistance, emergence of new pathogens, together with changes in pathogen distribution due to altered climate and mobility are global challenges for humankind. The Research Alliance Leibniz INFECTIONS aims to establish an interdisciplinary research agenda and opens up new avenues of communication across disciplines. New strategies and methods for early warning and outbreak management systems will be developed to control spread of pathogens.

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  • World Health Organization warns of widespread resistance to common antibiotics worldwide

    One in six bacterial infections no longer responds to common antibiotics – WHO calls for increased survaillance and responsible use

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  • Leibniz INFECTIONS at World Health Summit in Berlin

    The joint workshop on 14 October hosted by the research alliance Leibniz INFECTIONS and the Leibniz-Lab 'Systemic Sustainability' will focus on planetary boundaries, global food security and human health in times of a changing Earth system and the accelerating social change.

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  • Antibiotic resistance can also make bacteria more vulnerable

    Members of the research alliance Leibniz INFECTIONS participated in a new study investigating the evolution of antibiotic resistance in Haemophilus influenzae bacteria. The study shows that the human pathogen can rapidly adapt to commonly used beta-lactam antibiotics. However, the genetic changes and their consequences are surprisingly diverse and difficult to predict. Some mutations even make the bacteria more susceptible to other drugs.

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 Speaker
Prof. Dr. Ulrich E. Schaible
Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center (FZB)
T +49 4537 188 6000
uschaible@fz-borstel.de

Coordination
Dr. Marjan Ahmadi-Schmidt
Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center (FZB)
T 04537 188 5840
mahmadi-schmidt@fz-borstel.de

Public Relation
Kerstin Nees
Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center (FZB)
T 04537 188 2870
knees@fz-borstel.de

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Britta Weller
Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center (FZB)
T 04537 188 2870
bweller@fz-borstel.de