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.

Infectious diseases can be spread and transferred to humans in many ways. A holistic approach is required to better understand transmission and to achieve optimal infection control strategies. Biomedical, ecological, socio-economic and political aspects all need to be considered.

The Leibniz Research Alliance “INFECTIONS in an Urbanizing World" is an interdisciplinary initiative which aims to promote research and scholarship in on this global challange. The alliance develops new strategies and methods for early warning and outbreak management systems to control spread of pathogens.

Further details can be found on the Alliance's website.