Knowledge Creates Health: Public Lecture on Global Pathogens and Immune System Defense by Infectiologist Gunter Weiss

2023-06-07 11:23:00

Public Lecture – Admission free!
Admission from 6 p.m
no registration needed

Not only people travel – viruses and bacteria are also mobile. Due to climate change and globalization, new and known pathogens are spreading worldwide. Recently, for example, an increase in diseases transmitted by ticks has been recorded. Diseases such as malaria, dengue fever or leishmaniasis are now also found in Europe

“In medicine, we are faced with new challenges,” says Gunter Weiss, Director of the University Clinic for Internal Medicine II. How can I protect myself? How does our immune system protect us? What can we do regarding antibiotic resistance? The infectiologist answers these and many other questions as part of his public lecture from the series “Knowledge creates health at the Medical University of Innsbruck. The expert also reveals new things regarding metabolic changes that take place in the body during infections.

All information regarding the event: www.wissenschafftgesundheit.at

Icon image: AdobeStock; Portrait Günter Weiss: MUI

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