We investigate the effects of cooperativity between contagion processes that spread and persist in a host population. We propose and analyze a dynamical model in which individuals that are affected by one transmissible ...

Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a contagious, severe and often lethal form of hemorrhagic fever in humans. The association of EVD outbreaks with forest clearance has been suggested previously but many aspects remained ...

Background: It is estimated that a total of 120,000 new cancer cases in men and in women in more developed countries could be avoided if exposure to HPV was prevented. We used the nationwide pool of German population-based ...

National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs) provide independent, evidence-informed advice to assist their governments in immunization policy formation. This is complex work and many NITAGs face challenges in ...

Time needed to report surveillance data within the public health service delays public health actions. The amendment to the infection protection act (IfSG) from 29 March 2013 requires local and state public health agencies ...

Colorectal cancer is one of the three most common cancers in German adults. There are several legally based examinations for the early detection of colorectal cancer. People aged 50 to 54 years can have a faecal blood ...

Experimental intranasal infection of marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) with calpox virus results in fatal disease. Route and dose used for viral inoculation of the test animals mimics the natural transmission of smallpox, ...

Staphylococcus aureus is a major pathogen causing osteomyelitis, amongst other diseases, and its methicillin-resistant form (MRSA) in particular poses a huge threat to public health. To increase our knowledge of the origin ...

Am 5.2.16 fand am Robert-Koch-Institut in Berlin ein Expertentreffen zum Thema „Schnelltests in der Diagnostik sexuell übertragbarer Infektionen“ statt. Das Ziel dieser Tagung war, die in einem vorangegangenen Treffen im ...

Palliativversorgung steht zunehmend im Blickfeld von Politik und Öffentlichkeit. Dabei wird deutlich, dass der Bedarf an palliativen Angeboten hoch und noch keine flächendeckende Versorgung erreicht ist, auch wenn Angebot ...