The Deutsche Borreliose-Gesellschaft (German Borreliosis Society) is a multidisciplinary medical society. Its members are scientists and physicians who are concerned with Lyme and associated diseases. Its objectives are
- the organisation of conferences and workshops to promote
o the professional dialogue among research, clinic and practice
o and the medical training certified by the medical associations - the promotion of science and research to advance the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of this widespread disease
- advice of medical doctors and of political and government institutions
- the development of guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease and co-infections and their update corresponding to the current state of knowledge.
DBG Award
The Deutsche Borreliose-Gesellschaft (DBG) offers an award for PhD theses in the field of tick-borne diseases. The award is given every year and consists of a money price of 2.000 € and other benefits. More details can be found here.
News
- April 12-14, 2013. Yearly convention in Hamburg: Lyme and infectious diseases - immunology, biology, historic finding (stone age), diagnosis, treatment,
- The guidelines for the diagnosis and therapy have been revised and can be found here. They are among the 3% most downloaded guidelines in Germany, see here.
