Join us later today for the next World AMR Awareness Week webinar starting at 16:00 CET – and register for part 3 taking place next week and focusing on behavioural science and AMR!

Science and Research

Applications for the ESCMID CAREer Grant open in two weeks! This grant supports researchers balancing scientific work with family or caregiving responsibilities by funding a support person to help sustain research progress.

Education

We didn’t want you to miss out on finding your perfect mentor, so we extended the deadline to apply! Get paired with experienced mentors to receive guidance on career development, scientific skills and more with funding up to 1000 EUR. Application deadline is now 14 November 2025.

Module 1 is now live for our joint ESCMID / Ecraid data governance course after our successful opening webinar. This self-paced course is free of charge and the first module provides a foundational overview of the course material.

Congress and Events

Every year ESCMID offers a variety of grants and awards directly associated with our annual congress. These applications run in tandem with the abstract submission so be sure to get your abstract in on time and check the grants you want to apply for.

The IMMEM XIV poster presentations are being released on our YouTube channel over the next weeks. You can keep up with the series by subscribing to ESCMID. ESCMID Members can enjoy all of the videos now on ESCMID Media.

Guidelines and Journals

The draft document “ESCMID clinical guidelines on the evaluation and management of a reported antibiotic allergy” is now available for public consultation. ESCMID members are invited to comment on the manuscript before 26 November 2025.

Elsevier is looking to get your feedback on the ESCMID journal, Clinical Microbiology and Infection (CMI). Take the readership survey by using the link below to help us ensure that CMI is fulfilling your needs. The survey is open until 15 December.

In this episode, Annie Joseph and Nav Narayanan welcome two dengue experts, André Siqueira and Steven Lim. Together, they discuss the epidemiology, clinical presentation and management of dengue including comparisons to other arboviral infections. 

Record pertussis activity in Japan and Ecuador. Dengue remains widespread across the Americas and Asia, with DENV-3 predominance and sharp increases in Vietnam. New orally transmitted Chagas cases in Brazil, rising Rift Valley fever in West Africa, and increasing Q fever in Australia underscore continued zoonotic and vector-borne threats. Read the full alert on our website.

Real-world effectiveness of influenza vaccination and subsequent waning in a tropical setting: a retrospective cohort study

Gender of Authors and Editors in Top-Ranked Infectious Diseases Journals: A Longitudinal Trend Analysis

Public consultation for “Reflection paper on non-human primates in safety testing of human medicinal products and opportunities for 3Rs implementation”