The newly described zoonotic variegated squirrel bornavirus 1 (VSBV‐1) in German squirrel holdings has been associated with the death of three private owners and one zoo animal caretaker (confirmed cases). Epidemiological ...

A decade ago, de novo transcriptome assembly evolved as a versatile and powerful approach to make evolutionary assumptions, analyse gene expression, and annotate novel transcripts, in particular, for non‐model organisms ...

Informal caregivers are people providing some type of unpaid, ongoing assistance to a person with a chronic illness or disability. Long-term care measures and policies cannot take place without taking into account the ...

When facing an emerging virus outbreak such as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a quick reaction time is key to control the spread. It takes time to develop antivirals and vaccines, and implement ...

According to a recent article published in Genome Biology, Duggan and coworkers sequenced and partially assembled five genomes of smallpox vaccines from the nineteenth century. No information regarding the ends of genomes ...

Repurposing of approved drugs that target host functions also important for virus replication promises to overcome the shortage of antiviral therapeutics. Mostly, virus biology including initial screening of antivirals is ...

Die Rolle der Krebsregister hat in Deutschland über die Jahrzehnte einen deutlichen Wandel erfahren: Ging es zunächst vor allem um die Aufgabe, im Sinne von „Cancer Control“ die Entwicklung der Inzidenz von Krebserkrankungen ...

Das Jahr 2020 war kein gutes Jahr für Menschen mit Lepra. Obwohl es noch keine Zahlen zur weltweiten Entwicklung der Lepra im Jahr 2020 gibt, ist schon jetzt klar, dass einige der Erfolge der Lepraprogramme der letzten ...

Die STIKO empfiehlt die Impfung gegen COVID-19. Für die Impfung soll einer der beiden zugelassenen mRNA-Impfstoffe verwendet werden. Eine begonnene Impfserie soll mit demselben Produkt abgeschlossen werden. Die beiden ...

Background Antibiotic-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae are a major cause of hospital- and community-acquired infections, including sepsis, liver abscess, and pneumonia, driven mainly by the emergence of successful high-risk ...