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Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute of Epidemiology Wusterhausen
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The Institute of Epidemiology investigates the epidemiology of animal diseases that occur endemically in Germany (e.g. BSE, classical swine fever, rabies), works on the prevention of non-endemic animal diseases (import risk assessment, early-warning systems) and on the biomathematical and epidemiological principles of risk assessment. New insights are gained using modern epidemiological methods that include mathematical modelling and geographic information systems, and prepared for an application in practical disease control. In addition, the institute has administrative duties which include the national electronic animal disease reporting system (TSN) and the ANIMO project of the member states of the Eureopean Union. The institute also contributes to the development of electronic tools for the management of animal disease control. Laboratory-based working groups conduct epidemiological studies. The evaluation of diagnostic techniques for epidemiological purposes as well as an involvement as reference laboratories at both, national and international level for certain diseases are prerequisites for optimising the validity of study results. The main topic of research are notifiable animal diseases, but also other infectious diseases which are economically important or represent a risk for human health (zoonoses) are studied, e.g. Q-fever, chlamydiosis, salmonellosis, infections with enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli, toxoplasmosis, neosporosis, echinococcosis). The reservoir function of animal populations (e.g. wildlife animals) for agents causing animal diseases in domestic animals is investigated.
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