Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin (BNITM)
Forschungsgruppe Pathogen
Abteilung Virologie
Address
Bernhard-Nocht-Straße 74
20359 Hamburg
Deutschland
GERiT
This institution in GERiT
20359 Hamburg
Projects
Research Grants
Current projects
Five years of molecular epidemiology of Lassa virus from human cases in Nigeria
(Applicant
Duraffour, Sophie
)
Immunological and virological characterization Lassa Fever and Ebola Virus Disease survivors
(Applicants
Günther, Stephan
;
Munoz-Fontela, Cesar
)
Intrahost evolution of Lassa virus during acute infection and virus persistence
(Applicant
Duraffour, Sophie
)
Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling (MITS) in Lassa Fever - A postmortem Study at the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital
(Applicants
Günther, Stephan
;
Ondruschka, Benjamin
)
Modelling of viral respiratory co-infection dynamics in human epithelium
(Applicants
Graw, Frederik
;
Rodriguez Burgos, Ph.D., Rosa Estefania
)
Completed projects
Biogeography and evolutionary history of two RNA viruses (arena and hantaviruses) in Africa
(Applicant
Günther, Stephan
)
Bunyavirus and Paramyxovirus infections at the interface between wildlife, livestock and humans in Nigeria and Cameroon
(Applicant
Groschup, Martin
)
Development of recombinant ELISA for diagnosis of Lassa fever in Africa and structural and biochemical characterisation of the replication complex of Lassa virus
(Applicants
Günther, Stephan
;
Hilgenfeld, Rolf
)
Emerging viruses in Africa: Molecular identification and characterisation of rodent-, shrew-, and bat-borne hantaviruses and assessment of their public health potential
(Applicant
Krüger, Detlev H.
)
Lassa Fever in Guinea and Sierra Leone: rodent control, and seasonality of human exposure to rodents
(Applicants
Borchert, Ph.D., Matthias
;
Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth
)
Lassa Fever in Guinea and Sierra Leone: rodent-human cohabitation and disease control (LAROCS 2)
(Applicants
Borchert, Ph.D., Matthias
;
Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth
)
Pathophysiology, treatment, and epidemiology of Lassa fever in Nigeria
(Applicant
Günther, Stephan
)
Structural and Biochemical Characterisation of Bunyavirus L proteins.
(Applicant
Reindl, Sophia
)
Synthesis and characterization of various prodrugs of the antivirally active T 705- and T-1105-ribose phosphate metabolites
(Applicant
Huchting, Johanna
)
Virus-host interactions essential for genome replication and transcription of Lassa virus
(Applicants
Kosinski, Ph.D., Jan
;
Rosenthal, Maria
)
Priority Programmes
Completed projects
Ecology of Lassa virus and related arenaviruses in the natural host Mastomys natalensis
(Applicants
Günther, Stephan
;
Leirs, Herwig
)
Collaborative Research Centres
Current projects
Characterisation of pathogen-specific T cells in viral haemorrhagic fever
(Project Head
Oestereich, Lisa
)
Pathophysiology of severe manifestations of Lassa fever
(Project Heads
Günther, Stephan
;
Omansen, Ph.D., Till
;
Ramharter, Michael
)
Structural cell biology of Bunyaviruses
(Project Heads
Grünewald, Kay
;
Rosenthal, Maria
)
Research Training Groups
Current projects
GRK 2887: VISualization and structure in virus infectION (VISION)
(Spokesperson
Krey, Thomas
)
