Alexander von Gabain， Chairman of the EIT Governing Board，

European Institute of Innovation and Technology,31. March, 2014， Cascais

SOCIETAL CHALLENGE: MICROBIAL INFECTIONS

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» Terminate every 4th human life

» 13 million deaths per year in developing countries

» The major killers: AIDS, TB, Malaria, AI, Diarrhea

» Multi-drug resistant microbes

» Novel emerging pathogens

» Microbe-induced chronic diseases and Cancer

» Pandemic influenza

• Globally estim.: 250.000 to 500,000 people killed by the seasonal flu epidemic

• Estimated 50,000,000 people killed by pandemic flu 1918

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