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Looking beyond one‘s own nose
Networking meeting of young infectious disease professionals in Ratingen, Germany. Medicine distinguishes between communicable and non-communicable diseases. The former fall under the remit of infectious medicine. Defining infectious medicine itself is much more complex than it might seem at first glance. The range of pathogens causing infectious diseases is wide. In addition to viruses and bacteria, parasites, fungi or prions can also be causative agents. In addition, the modes of transmission, courses of disease and therapies differ fundamentally from one another. Various players are