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Scientists answer questions about their study results in different animal species More than 60% of all emerging infectious diseases in humans are caused by pathogens of zoonotic origin, i.e. pathogens that originate from animals [1]. A zoonotic origin is also probable for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. However, the rapid spread of COVID-19 throughout the world is characterised by human-to-human transmission. However, two questions remain unclear: 1. From which animal was the pathogen originally transmitted to humans? 2. Can other animals in the vicinity of humans, such as farm animals, be

new scientific hotspot for "One Health" The Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research ( www.helmholtz-hzi.de ) is founding a new outpost in Greifswald, which will be dedicated to "One Health" research topics. With an annual institutional budget of € 5.5 million, the new Helmholtz Institute will focus on epidemiology, molecular mechanisms and pathogenesis as well as pathogen-host-environment interactions of primarily zoonotic infections. The local cooperation partners are the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, the University of Greifswald and the University Medicine Greifswald. Position of the

On 14 May 2019, the workshop "Vector-borne zoonoses - Current scenarios in Germany and beyond" took place at the TMF premises in Berlin. The workshop is part of a series of events jointly organized by the Academy of Public Health Düsseldorf and the National Research Platform for Zoonoses, which aim to strengthen the exchange between public health services and research. The workshop, which was attended by scientists and representatives of the public health service, addressed a variety of different arboviroses (arthropod-borne viral diseases), with a particular focus on mosquitoes and sand flies

The Junior Scientist Zoonoses Meeting (JSZM) took place in 2016 from 1 to 3 June in the German Primate Center (DPZ) in Göttingen. This special venue provided the 32 participating young scientists from different departments and research institutions in Germany with an adequate setting for an exciting and varied programme. Numerous speakers from all over Germany The speakers were Dr. Ahmed Abd El Wahed (University of Göttingen), Dr. Linda Brunotte (University Hospital Münster), Dr. Franziska Dahlmann (Fraunhofer ITEM), Dr. Daniel Eibach (Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg)