"prevention of the spread of VHF. Prevention of viral hemorrhagic fever Prevention of viral hemorrhagic fever is similar for the different viruses. There are a number of different viral hemorrhagic fevers including Ebola virus disease, Lassa fever, Rift valley fever, Marburg virus disease, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) and yellow fever. Lassa, Ebola, Marburg and CCHF can be spread by direct contact with the body fluids of those infected. Thus the content here covers the prevention of Ebola. The use of standard precautions is recommended with all patients in a healthcare environment. This includes a minimum level of standard precautions for"
"Darmstadt Darmstadt () is a city in the state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt had a population of around 157,437 at the end of 2016. The Darmstadt Larger Urban Zone has 430,993 inhabitants. Darmstadt holds the official title ""City of Science"" () as it is a major centre of scientific institutions, universities, and high-technology companies. The European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) is located in Darmstadt, as well as GSI Centre for Heavy Ion Research, where several chemical elements such as bohrium (1981), meitnerium (1982), hassium (1984), darmstadtium (1994), roentgenium"
"lines. Friedberg is twinned with: Friedberg was previously twinned with Bishop's Stortford in the United Kingdom but in 2011, the English town council controversially ended its 45-year-old relationship with the city, as well as Villiers-sur-Marne in France. Contents Friedberg, Hesse Friedberg (Friedberg in der Wetterau) is a town and the capital of the Wetteraukreis district, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 16 miles (26 kilometers) north of Frankfurt am Main. In 1966, the town hosted the sixth ""Hessentag"" state festival, in 1979 the 19th. The town consists of 7 districts: The old city was refounded by the Hohenstaufen dynasty of"
"Hesse Hesse () or Hessia ( , Hessian dialect: ""Hesse"" ), officially the State of Hesse (German: ), is a federal state (""Land"") of the Federal Republic of Germany, with just over six million inhabitants. The state capital is Wiesbaden; the largest city is Frankfurt am Main. As a cultural region, Hesse also includes the area known as Rhenish Hesse (Rheinhessen) in the neighbouring state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The German name ""Hessen"", like the name of other German regions (""Schwaben"" ""Swabia"", ""Franken"" ""Franconia"", ""Bayern"" ""Bavaria"", ""Sachsen"" ""Saxony"") is derived from the dative plural form of the name of the inhabitants or"
"Bad Hersfeld The festival and spa town of Bad Hersfeld (""Bad"" is ""spa"" in German; the Old High German name of the city was ""Herolfisfeld"") is the district seat of the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northeastern Hesse, Germany, roughly 50 km southeast of Kassel. Bad Hersfeld is known countrywide above all for the ""Bad Hersfelder Festspiele"" (festival), which have taken place each year since 1951 at the monastery ruins. These themselves are said to be Europe's biggest Romanesque church ruin. In 1967, the town hosted the seventh ""Hessentag"" state festival. The town lies in the Hersfeld Basin formed here by the"
"air traffic control) has its headquarters in Langen. Hesse Hesse () or Hessia ( , Hessian dialect: ""Hesse"" ), officially the State of Hesse (German: ), is a federal state (""Land"") of the Federal Republic of Germany, with just over six million inhabitants. The state capital is Wiesbaden; the largest city is Frankfurt am Main. As a cultural region, Hesse also includes the area known as Rhenish Hesse (Rheinhessen) in the neighbouring state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The German name ""Hessen"", like the name of other German regions (""Schwaben"" ""Swabia"", ""Franken"" ""Franconia"", ""Bayern"" ""Bavaria"", ""Sachsen"" ""Saxony"") is derived from the dative plural"
"of arms shows a lion rampant striped with red and white. The official anthem of Hesse is called """"Hessenlied"""" (""Song of Hesse"") and was written by Albrecht Brede (music) and Carl Preser (lyrics). Hesse has a population of over 6 million, nearly 4 million of which is concentrated in the Rhein-Main region (German: ""Rhein-Main Gebiet"") in the south of the state, an area that includes the most populous city, Frankfurt am Main, the capital Wiesbaden, and Darmstadt and Offenbach. The population of Hesse is predicted to shrink by 4.3% by 2030, with the biggest falls in the north of the"
"Wiesbaden Wiesbaden () is a city in central western Germany and the capital of the federal state of Hesse. In January 2018, it had 289,544 inhabitants, plus approximately 19,000 United States citizens (mostly associated with the United States Army). The Wiesbaden urban area is home to approx. 560,000 people. The city, together with nearby Frankfurt am Main, Darmstadt, and Mainz, is part of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Region, a metropolitan area with a combined population of about 5.8 million people. Wiesbaden is one of the oldest spa towns in Europe. Its name translates to ""meadow baths"", a reference to the"
"Friedberg, Hesse Friedberg (Friedberg in der Wetterau) is a town and the capital of the Wetteraukreis district, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 16 miles (26 kilometers) north of Frankfurt am Main. In 1966, the town hosted the sixth ""Hessentag"" state festival, in 1979 the 19th. The town consists of 7 districts: The old city was refounded by the Hohenstaufen dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire, conveniently located at important trading routes. The city initially rivaled Frankfurt am Main economically, with an important annual trading fair, and initial rapid expansion, though its economic fortunes soon dwindled. City tranquility was hampered"
"and Bad Vilbel in 1987. Bad Vilbel Bad Vilbel is a spa town in Hesse (Hessen), Germany, famous for its many mineral water springs. Bad Vilbel is the largest town in the Wetteraukreis district and part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area with its city center being located 8 km northeast of downtown Frankfurt am Main at the banks of the river Nidda. Bad Vilbel was founded in 774 (first written document) but much older artefacts were found in the area. In 1848 during railway works, a Roman villa was unearthed with a Thermae and a Mosaic. A replica of"
"as a category 6 station. It is only served by the ""Mittelhessen-Express"". The three stations of ""Burg (Dillkr) West"", ""Uckersdorf"" and ""Amdorf"" were located on the Westerwaldquer Railway (Herborn–Montabaur) and are now closed. Herborn, Hesse Herborn is a historic town on the Dill in the Lahn-Dill district of Hesse in Germany. Before World War I, it was granted its own title as ""Nassauisches Rothenburg"". The symbol or mascot of this town is a bear. Scenic attractions include its half-timbered houses; Herborn is located on the German Timber-Frame Road. Herborn hosted the 26th ""Hessentag"" state festival in 1986, and the 56th"
"Langen, Hesse ""Not to be confused with Langenhessen, which is 2 km north of Werdau."" Langen is a town of roughly 36,000 in the Offenbach district in the ""Regierungsbezirk"" of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. The town is located between Darmstadt and Frankfurt am Main and part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area. Langen is headquarters to Deutsche Flugsicherung (German air traffic control), and is also home to the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, a Federal serum- and vaccine-making institution. Langen borders in the north and northeast on the town of Dreieich, in the south on the community of Egelsbach and in the west on"
"Leverkusen Leverkusen (; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on the eastern bank of the Rhine. To the South, Leverkusen borders the city of Cologne and to the North is the state capital Düsseldorf. With about 161,000 inhabitants, Leverkusen is one of the state's smaller cities. The city is known for the pharmaceutical company Bayer and its associated sports club Bayer 04 Leverkusen. The heart of what is now Leverkusen was a village called Wiesdorf, which dates back to the 12th century. During the Cologne War, from 1583 to 1588 Leverkusen was ravaged by war. The entire area"
"Korbach Korbach (pronunciation: ˈkoːɐˌbax), officially the Hanseatic City of Korbach (German: Hansestadt Korbach), is the district seat of Waldeck-Frankenberg in northern Hesse, Germany. It is over a thousand years old and is located on the German Timber-Frame Road. In 2018, the town has hosted the 58th Hessentag state festival. Korbach lies at the north-east edge of the Rhenish Slate Mountains (here known as the ""Waldeck'sches Upland"", the second word being a German proper name, not the English word ""upland""). Neighbouring towns and communities are, clockwise from the northwest, Willingen, Diemelsee, Twistetal, Waldeck, Vöhl, Lichtenfels (likewise all in Waldeck-Frankenberg) and Medebach"
"Herborn, Hesse Herborn is a historic town on the Dill in the Lahn-Dill district of Hesse in Germany. Before World War I, it was granted its own title as ""Nassauisches Rothenburg"". The symbol or mascot of this town is a bear. Scenic attractions include its half-timbered houses; Herborn is located on the German Timber-Frame Road. Herborn hosted the 26th ""Hessentag"" state festival in 1986, and the 56th Hessentag in 2016. The town's coordinates are . It has an area of 64 km² (24 mi²), of which 28 km² (11 mi²) is forest. Herborn is connected by the A45 motorway (E40/E41)"
"town area. The parade on Shrove Monday (Rosenmontag) – sometimes called ""Lumpenmontag"" in Neu-Isenburg – running across the town enjoys great popularity. ""Ärzte-Zeitung"", a newspaper for physicians, has its headquarters in Neu-Isenburg. Bernfried Leiber (* 30. September 1919 in Freiburg im Breisgau; † 16. August 2003 in Neu-Isenburg) war ein deutscher Kinderarzt sowie Hochschullehrer. Neu-Isenburg The 'Huguenot city' of Neu-Isenburg is a town in Germany, located in the Offenbach district of Hesse. It is part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area and has a population of 35,472 (2007). The town is known nowadays mainly for its regionally used shopping centre,"
"are baked in a special iron over an open fire. There are also the ""Fispeln"", which unlike the usual ""Naujohrn"" are filled with pickled meat. The ""Fispeln"" are baked in Steinbach. Haiger Haiger is a country town in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany. The nearest city is Siegen, about 25 km north of Haiger. Haiger lies about 5 km west of Dillenburg, and 20 km southeast of Siegen on the eastern edge of the Westerwald range, near where the three states of Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate all share a common point. It is the district's northernmost town. The river"
"Bad Soden Bad Soden (also: ""Bad Soden am Taunus"") is a town and spa in the Main-Taunus-Kreis, Hessen, Germany. Population 21,412 (2005). Bad Soden is a residential town for commuters working in Frankfurt am Main and other surrounding cities. It is known for its various springs, which contain carbonic acid gas and various iron oxides. The waters are used both internally and externally, and are widely exported. Soden lozenges (), condensed from the waters, are also in great demand. Bad Soden has a well-appointed Kurhaus, an Evangelical and a Roman Catholic church, and a hospital. It also has a residential"
"International Airport, 140 km distance to city-center Hünfeld is twinned with: Hünfeld Hünfeld is a town in the district of Fulda, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 16 km northeast of Fulda. In 2000, the town hosted the 40th Hessentag state festival. Hünfeld has a population close to 16,000. The federal road B27 crosses Hünfeld from north to south. Eastbound B84 begins here. The closest motorway is Autobahn A7 Flensburg - Füssen, the nearest interchange is ""Hünfeld / Schlitz AS 90"", 7 km distance to the town center. Hünfeld has a railway station on the Bebra–Fulda railway. The nearest Intercity-Express"
"is in 2015. Wetter, Hesse Wetter (Hessen) is a small town in Hesse, Germany. The rather unusual designation Wetter (Hessen-Nassau) stems from a time when the town belonged to the Prussian province of the same name, and nowadays is only used by the railway – even today, the railway station in town bears this name. Wetter lies in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district on the western edge of the ""Burgwald"", a low range of hills, in the Wetschaft valley and neighbouring places about 14 km north of Marburg. To the north, Wetter borders on the town of Rosenthal in Waldeck-Frankenberg district, to"
"Bad Nauheim Bad Nauheim is a town in the Wetteraukreis district of Hesse state of Germany. As of 2012, Bad Nauheim has a population of 30,788. The town is approximately north of Frankfurt am Main, on the east edge of the Taunus mountain range. It is a world-famous resort, noted for its salt springs, which are used to treat heart and nerve diseases. A Nauheim or ""effervescent"" bath, named after Bad Nauheim, is a type of spa bath through which carbon dioxide is bubbled. This bath was one of several types of hydrotherapy used at Battle Creek Sanitarium and it"
"female police officer, Michéle Kiesewetter, was in 2007 fatally shot in Heilbronn, an event that gave its name to the so-called Phantom of Heilbronnan elusive serial killer hunted by German police for several years. The ""Phantom"" was in March 2009 revealed not be a serial killer, but the result of procedural errors by the German police. In 2011 the police discovered that Kiesewetter was murdered by National Socialist Underground terrorists. Heilbronn is sister city to the following six cities in five countries: Heilbronn Heilbronn () is a city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is surrounded by Heilbronn County and, with"
"Wiesbaden. The move from Heidelberg took place in 2012 and 2013, and was completed in 2014. By 2015 all United States forces had left Heidelberg. The barracks and the housing areas were returned to the German state for conversion to civilian use. Throughout the year there are different regular festivals and events hosted and organized in Heidelberg. In February, the ""Ball der Vampire"" (Ball of the Vampires) is arranged and Fasching, the equivalent of Mardis Gras or Carnival in some German regions, with a giant vampire-themed costume party at the local castle or city hall is celebrated. In March or"
"von Hindenburg, Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring, Jakob Sprenger and Prince Philipp of Hesse (Chief President of the Province of Hesse-Nassau) were all stripped of their civic honours in 1946 by order of the town council. Weilburg Weilburg is, with just under 14,000 inhabitants, the third biggest city in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany, after Limburg an der Lahn and Bad Camberg. The community lies in the Lahn valley between the Westerwald and the Taunus just upstream from where the Weil empties into the river Lahn and 80 km northeast of Koblenz. The Old Town, built on and around a rocky"
"many German towns and cities such as Aschersleben, Coburg, Frankenberg (Eder), Fulda, Gelnhausen, Geseke, Heidelberg, Herborn, Hofheim am Taunus, Idstein, Jülich, Kaufbeuren, Lahnstein, Landsberg am Lech, Marburg, Markdorf, Memmingen, Olpe, Rheinbach, Rüthen, Treysa, Windecken. Today these towers are sometimes renovated and used to house museums. According to legend, witches were burnt at the stake at the Witches' Tower at the Wildensteiner Burg. With trials from the region of the Upper Danube valley may be seen in the archives. In Babenhausen, a special beer, the ""Hexe"" (""Witch"") is brewed which depicts on its label the local witch tower. In Salzburg there"
"in Germany. Bad Nauheim is twinned with: Bad Nauheim Bad Nauheim is a town in the Wetteraukreis district of Hesse state of Germany. As of 2012, Bad Nauheim has a population of 30,788. The town is approximately north of Frankfurt am Main, on the east edge of the Taunus mountain range. It is a world-famous resort, noted for its salt springs, which are used to treat heart and nerve diseases. A Nauheim or ""effervescent"" bath, named after Bad Nauheim, is a type of spa bath through which carbon dioxide is bubbled. This bath was one of several types of hydrotherapy"
"Aachen. North of Aachen (between Kerkrade and Herzogenrath) the river landmarks the border with the Netherlands for roughly. 10 km. It flows into the Rur near Heinsberg. Other towns alongst the river Wurm are Würselen, Übach-Palenberg and Geilenkirchen. The name ""Wurm"" is thought to originate from the German word ""warm"" (same meaning in English), as the headwater brooks were fed from the hotsprings in Aachen. Wurm The Wurm (German; ) is a river in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany. It rises in the Eifel mountains and flows for 57 kilometres before discharging into the Rur. The Wurm"
"Hockenheim Hockenheim () is a town in northwest Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about 20 km south of Mannheim and 10 km west of Walldorf. It is located in the Upper Rhine valley on the tourist theme routes ""Baden Asparagus Route"" (""Badische Spargelstraße"") and ""Bertha Benz Memorial Route"". The town is widely known for its Hockenheimring, a motor racing course, which has hosted over 30 Formula One German Grand Prix races since 1970. Hockenheim is one of the six largest towns in the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district; since 1999 the number of inhabitants exceeded the 20,000 threshold, thus the town received the status of a"
"The daily newspaper with the highest circulation is the ""Langener Zeitung"", a local edition of the ""Offenbach-Post"". Langen, Hesse ""Not to be confused with Langenhessen, which is 2 km north of Werdau."" Langen is a town of roughly 36,000 in the Offenbach district in the ""Regierungsbezirk"" of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. The town is located between Darmstadt and Frankfurt am Main and part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area. Langen is headquarters to Deutsche Flugsicherung (German air traffic control), and is also home to the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, a Federal serum- and vaccine-making institution. Langen borders in the north and northeast on"
"Werder (Havel) Werder (Havel) (official name derived from ""Werder an der Havel"" (""Werder upon Havel""), colloquially just ""Werder""), is a town in the state of Brandenburg, Germany, located on the Havel river in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, west of the state's capital Potsdam. Werder has a long and rich history and is a nationally recognized ""Erholungsort"" – a government designation given to regions of Germany that have been recognized and must be continuously re-certified as having air and climate qualities which provide a healthful environment to visitors. Werder is also famous for hosting one of Germany’s three largest festivals, the """","
"Bad Vilbel Bad Vilbel is a spa town in Hesse (Hessen), Germany, famous for its many mineral water springs. Bad Vilbel is the largest town in the Wetteraukreis district and part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area with its city center being located 8 km northeast of downtown Frankfurt am Main at the banks of the river Nidda. Bad Vilbel was founded in 774 (first written document) but much older artefacts were found in the area. In 1848 during railway works, a Roman villa was unearthed with a Thermae and a Mosaic. A replica of this mosaic is presented in"
"Wehrheim Wehrheim is a municipality in Hesse, Germany some 30 km (20 mi) north of Frankfurt am Main. The town's nickname is ""Apfeldorf Wehrheim"" (""Apple-village Wehrheim""). Wehrheim lies from 300 to 600 m above sea level on the north slope of the crest of the Taunus between Bad Homburg and Usingen im Taunus. Wehrheim borders in the north on the town of Usingen and the community of Ober-Mörlen (Wetteraukreis), in the east on the towns of Friedberg and Rosbach (both in the Wetteraukreis), in the south on the towns of Friedrichsdorf and Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, and in the"
"named ""Tettnang"" because of the hops grown in Tettnang being used for making beer. The release was preceded by the beer-related name ""Yarrow"" (an early substitute for hops) and followed by ""Heidelberg"" (a German city and the name of a distributor of beer). The anti-virus software vendor Avira, a company with around 100 million customers and 500 employees all over the world has its headquarters in Tettnang. Based near Lake Constance, the security specialist is one of the biggest regional entrepreneurs. Tettnang Tettnang is a town in the Bodensee district in southern Baden-Württemberg in a region of Germany known as"