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Top-Virologen in Deutschland
Christian Drosten, Charité in Berlin – Repräsentative Publikation: „Detection of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by real-time RT-PCR.“ Euro Surveill. 2020 Jan;25(3):2000045. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.3.2000045. Sandra Ciesek, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt – Repräsentative Publikation: „Limited Neutralization of Authentic Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Variants Carrying E484K In Vitro.“ J Infect Dis. 2021 Oct 13;224(7):1109-1114. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiab355. Buqing Yi, Universitätsklinikum Carl…
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Why do we have „winter waves“ for infectious diseases?
After a hot summer and a beautiful autumn, in winter, we often encounter a wave of infectious diseases, either influenza, corona, or Streptococcus infection and so on. Why so? If these viruses or bacteria disappear in summer, how do they come to our lives in winter? Here we don’t discuss certain seasonal reason, such as…
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With big data to study the emergence of religion and human society evolution
It has been a long-standing debate about the cause of the evolution of complex human societies. The near universal prevalence of religion suggests belief in moralizing high gods plays an important role in shaping human societies. However, the emergence of religion, especially belief in moralizing high gods, is still considered as a mystery. Recently, scientists…