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INFECTIONS in an Urbanizing World - Humans, Animals, Environments

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 Leibniz Research Alliance (LRA) 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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  • Water flows from a pipe into a canal

    Wastewater, lakes and rivers – new episode of the INFECTIONS podcast

    It's Oktoberfest time again in Munich. And the approximately six million people at the Theresienwiese are also leaving their mark on the wastewater from sewage treatment plants. A research team from the Leibniz Research Alliance INFECTIONS has taken a closer look at this. In episode 6 of the podcast ‘Mikroben im Visier’, the scientists explain why they did this and what the results were.

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  • New study identifies gaps in the worldwide fight against antimicrobial resistance

    Within an international collaboration, members of the Leibniz Research Alliance INFECTIONS analysed national action plans from 161 countries and regions. Recently published findings indicate why some countries are more successful than others.

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  • Blick in einen Stall mit Kühen

    INFECTIONS podcast episode 5: Antibiotic resistance in animal husbandry

    How do resistant bacteria spread from animal husbandry into the environment and to humans, how is this being researched at the Leibniz Research Alliance INFECTIONS, and what measures can prevent the spread of resistance? These are the topics covered in episode 5 of the podcast “Mikroben im Visier”.

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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

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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