The essay in this issue reflects the Ebola virus disease (EVD) by world-renowned immunologist Professor Ivo Hána. EVD first appeared in 1976 in simultaneously in Nzara, Sudan and in Yambuku, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It was detected in a village in the DRC near the Ebola River, from which the disease takes its name. and Ivo Hána.
A large outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome and bloody diarrhoea caused by the pathogenic E. coli strain in Germany in 2011 has increased attention to foodborne diseases – bacterial infections linked to the consumption of fresh produce. Since the early 1990s, evidence is emerging that en - teropathogenic bacteria have the ability to grow and persist on crop plants for prolonged periods of time, including until harvest, and to be the carrier of illness. and Václav Kůdela.