Pets not only play an important role as companions, but are also often considered as members of the family. This very close coexistence always carries a certain risk of pathogen transmission. Although this risk is low in most cases, companion-animal-associated zoonoses can occur and can lead to serious infections in humans.
Tasks
- Development of recommendations for (disease) control and diagnostics
- Phenotypical and molecular characterisation of Yersinia
- Research on the virulence and pathomechanisms of pathogenic Yersinia
- Prevalence and resistance studies
Links
PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
OpenAgrar Search result for: Institut für Bakterielle Infektionen und Zoonosen
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lisa-Sprague