Abstract Background The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus epidemic is hastening the discovery of
the most efficient vaccines. The development of cost-effective vaccines seems to be the only …

Lumpy skin disease, sheeppox and goatpox are high‐impact diseases of domestic
ruminants with a devastating effect on cattle, sheep and goat farming industries in endemic …

Abstract In Latin America, the country of Ecuador was one of the first and most severely
affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to evaluate the demand for a COVID …

Im Juni 2019 ist Prof. Lothar Sachs verstorben, ein Wegbereiter und Mentor für die
Anwendung statistischer Methoden in zahlreichen Gebieten. Er wurde 1929 in Berlin …

Since its emergence in December 2019, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19), has taken a tremendous toll globally; by 28 February 2021, there …

Several studies report high effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines against SARS-CoV-2
infection and severe disease, however an important knowledge gap is the vaccine …

The imperfect effectiveness of seasonal influenza vaccines is often blamed on antigenic
mismatch, but even when the match appears good, effectiveness can be surprisingly low …

Herd immunity has to do with the protection of populations from infection which is brought
about by the presence of immune individuals. The concept has a special aura, in its …

Background The candidate malaria vaccine RTS, S/AS01E has entered phase 3 trials, but
data on long-term outcomes are limited. Methods For 4 years, we followed children who had …

The need to stem the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance has prompted multiple,
sometimes conflicting, calls for changes in the use of antimicrobial agents. One source of …