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FLI - Instiitute for Epidemology (FLI - IfE)
Institution
Section overview
Description
The Institute of Epidemiology conducts research on the epidemiology of endemic animal diseases (e.g. avian influenza, bluetongue disease, BSE, classical swine fever, rabies), the prevention of non-endemic infectious diseases (import risk assessment, early warning systems) and the biomathematical and epidemiological basis of risk assessment. Using modern epidemiological methods including mathematical models and geographic information systems we gain insights which are included into practical animal disease control.
Furthermore, the institute fulfils official tasks, particularly in connection with the animal disease reporting system (TSN) and the project TRACES of the member states of the European Union, and contributes to the development of electronic tools for animal disease management. The institute maintains a task force that is prepared to help with epidemiological investigations when animal disease outbreaks occur. Various working groups conduct epidemiological studies including laboratory diagnostic investigations. The evaluation of diagnostic procedures for epidemiological purposes and the fulfilment of reference functions on the national and international level are an important precondition for an optimal validity of the study results.
Research focuses on epizootic animal diseases, but also on other animal diseases which are of economic and/or zoonotic relevance, such as Q fever, chlamydiosis, salmonellosis, infections with enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli, toxoplasmosis, neosporosis, echinococcosis. The reservoir function of different animal populations for animal pathogens and economically important diseases of domestic animals is investigated.
Activities
- Research
Parent institution
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute - Federal Research Institute for Animal Health (FLI)
Coordinated projects
- African Swine Fever emergency preparedness in the Balkans
- APHAEA - Harmonised approaches in monitoring wildlife population health and ecology and abundance
- Collaborative project: Development of future-proof concepts for agricultural buildings with wood - from planning to deconstruction
- Development of active and passive bat rabies surveillance in Germany (part of a research network for zoonoses funded by BMBF [01KI1006C])
- Epidemiological modeling of the spread of MRSA in pig farming; identification of risk factors for zoonotic infections and identification of control strategies
- Establishment of a database for the epidemiological analysis of the AIV occurrence in wild birds in Germany
- Establishment of databases for serological monitoring in wild birds
- EURL CSF / ASF-Datenbank: EURL Classical- & African swine fever in Wild Boar Surveillance Database
- Hantavirus- and Coxiella burnetii-infections in rodents of Moldova and Germany
- Identification of Besnoitia besnoiti antigens of diagnostic importance and their use in studies on the epidemiology of bovine besnoitiosis
- RAPIDD- Modeling of EBLV-1 and -2 Infections in bat reservoir hosts
- Supporting the WHO in the activities on bridging the International Health Regulations (IHR) and the PVS
- Technical support to improve and automatize data collection and reporting on animal disease outbreaks and surveillance
- VICE - Vector-borne Infections: risk based and cost efficient surveillance systems
- Zoonotic Borna viruses – virus reservoir, virus detection, in vitro and vivocharacterisation as well as epidemiology
Involved in research projects
- Bats as potential transmitters of rabies: investigation on the occurrence of lyssavirus infections in bats
- Development of a health monitoring in Bavarian cattle herds
- Development of scientifically based infection control guidelines in case of reintroduction of BHV-1 into cattle farms in North Rhine-Westphalia
- EDENext Biology and control of vector-borne infections in Europe
- Epidemiology and control of rabies infections (National and OIE Reference Laboratory (Office International des Epizooties - World Organisation for Animal Health))
- EPIZONE - Network on epizootic disease diagnosis and control
- Establishmnet and validation of molecular methods for detection of Toxoplasma gondii in food
- Improve tools and strategies for the prevention and control of classical swine fever (CSFV_GoDIVA)
- Interdisciplinary Research Network (MedVet-Staph) IP3 - MRSA in the food chain: Source attribution and transmission modelling based on molecularcharacterization of isolates from the food chain and from humans
- Investigations by conventional parasitology (flotation) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on the role of the fox as a possible carrier of N. caninum and the frequency in wild ruminants and small mammals as a possible intermediate hosts in a wildlife cyc
- NEW-FLUBIRD - Network for early warning of influenza viruses in migratory birds in Europe
- Recombinant E. coli Shiga toxoids as broadly cross-protective vaccines to reduce STEC/EHEC shedding and transmission dynamics in cattle herds
- Securing the food and feed supply chain from potential bio- and agro-terroristic attempts (SiLeBAT)
- The reservoir within the reservoir: geno- and phenotypic characteristics of STEC strains persistently colonizing cattle
- TOXONET 01 - Network for toxoplasmosis in humans and animals in Germany: Pathogenesis, risk factors and control
- ToxoNet02 - Network for toxoplasmosis in humans and animals in Germany: Pathogenesis, risk factors and control
Contact
FLI - Instiitute for Epidemology
(FLI - IfE)
Südufer 10
17493 Greifswald - Insel Riems
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Germany
Phone: +49 38351 7-1863
Fax: +49 38351 7-1151
Email: Heike.Kubitza(@)fli.bund.de
