Publications

Accordini S, Calciano L, Marcon A, Pesce G, Anto J.M, Beckmeyer-Borowko A.B, Carsin A.E, Corsico A.G, Imboden M, Janson C, Keidel D, Locatelli F, Svanes C, Burney P.G.J, Jarvis D, Probst-Hensch N.M, Minelli C. Incidence trends of airflow obstruction among European adults without asthma: a 20-year cohort study. Sci Rep. 2020;10:3452. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-60478-5

Adair T, Rajasekhar M, Bo K.S, Hart J, Kwa V, Mukut M.A.A, Reeve M, Richards N, Ronderos-Torres M, de Savigny D, Cobos Muñoz D, Lopez A.D. Where there is no hospital: improving the notification of community deaths. BMC Med. 2020;18:65. DOI: 10.1186/s12916-020-01524-x

Aebi N.J, Bringolf-Isler B, Schaffner E, Caviezel S, Imboden M, Probst-Hensch N. Patterns of cross-sectional and predictive physical activity in Swiss adults aged 52+: results from the SAPALDIA cohort. Swiss Med Wkly. 2020;150:w20266. DOI: 10.4414/smw.2020.20266

Agrawala S, Amann M, Binimelis de Raga G, Borgford-Parnell N, Brauer M, Clark H, Emberson L, Haines A, Kejun J, Künzli N, Kuylenstierna J, Lacy R, Liu J, Mulugetta Y, Pachauri S, Ramanathan V, Ravishankara A.R, Shindell D, Wongwangwatana S, Scientific Advisory Panel of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition and Invited Experts. Call for comments: climate and clean air responses to covid-19. Int J Public Health. 2020;65:525-528. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-020-01394-3

Ahenkorah S, Coertzen D, Tong J.X, Fridianto K, Wittlin S, Birkholtz L.M, Tan K.S.W, Lam Y, Go M.L, Haynes R.K. Antimalarial N1,N3-dialkyldioxonaphthoimidazoliums: synthesis, biological activity, and structure-activity relationships. ACS Med Chem Lett. 2020;11:49-55. DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.9b00457

Ahmed N, Mauad V.A.Q, Gomez-Rojas O, Sushea A, Castro-Tejada G, Michel J, Linares J.M, Pedrosa Salles L, Candido Santos L, Shan M, Nassir R, Montanez-Valverde R, Fabiano R, Danyi S, Hassan Hosseyni S, Anand S, Ahmad U, Casteleins W.A, Sanchez A.T, Fouad A, Jacome A, Moura de Oliveira Paiva M.S, Saavedra Ruiz A.G, Grochowski R.A, Toyama M, Nagi H, Sarvodelli M.Z, Halalau A. The impact of rehabilitation-oriented virtual reality device in patients with ischemic stroke in the early subacute recovery phase: Study protocol for a phase III, single-blinded, randomized, controlled clinical trial. J Cent Nerv Syst Dis. 2020;12:1179573519899471. DOI: 10.1177/1179573519899471

Akoko J, Pelle R, Kivali V, Schelling E, Shirima G, Machuka E.M, Mathew C, Fevre E.M, Kyallo V, Falzon L.C, Lukambagire A.S, Halliday J.E.B, Bonfoh B, Kazwala R, Ouma C. Serological and molecular evidence of Brucella species in the rapidly growing pig sector in Kenya. BMC Vet Res. 2020;16:133. DOI: 10.1186/s12917-020-02346-y

Alinaitwe L, Kankya C, Namanya D, Pithua P, Dreyfus A. Leptospira seroprevalence among ugandan slaughter cattle: comparison of sero-status with renal Leptospira infection. Front Vet Sci. 2020;7:106. DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00106

AlKhaldi M, Alkaiyat A, Pfeiffer C, Haj-Yahia S, Meghari H, Abu Obaid H, Shaar A, Aljeesh Y, Tanner M, Abed Y. Mapping stakeholders of the Palestinian Health Research System: a qualitative study. East Mediterr Health J. 2020;26(3):340-348. DOI: 10.26719/emhj.19.016

AlKhaldi M, Kaloti R, Shella D, Al Basuoni A, Meghari H. Health system's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in conflict settings: policy reflections from Palestine. Glob Public Health. 2020;15(8):1244-1256. DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2020.1781914

Alkhaldi M, Meghari H, Alkaiyat A, Abed Y, Pfeiffer C, Marie M, Haj-Yahia S, Meghari H, Obaid H.A, Aljeesh Y.I, Tanner M. A vision to strengthen resources and capacity of the Palestinian health research system: a qualitative assessment. East Mediterr Health J. 2020;26(10):1262-1272. DOI: 10.26719/emhj.19.096

Allan F, Ame S.M, Tian-Bi Y.T, Hofkin B.V, Webster B.L, Diakite N.R, N'Goran E.K, Kabole F, Khamis I.S, Gouvras A.N, Emery A.M, Pennance T, Rabone M, Kinung'hi S, Hamidou A.A, Mkoji G.M, McLaughlin J.P, Kuris A.M, Loker E.S, Knopp S, Rollinson D. Snail-related contributions from the Schistosomiasis Consortium for Operational Research and Evaluation Program including xenomonitoring, focal mollusciciding, biological control, and modeling. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020;103(Suppl 1):66-79. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0831

Altafim E.R.P, McCoy D.C, Brentani A, Escobar A.M.U, Grisi Sjfe, Fink G. Measuring early childhood development in Brazil: validation of the Caregiver Reported Early Development Instruments (CREDI). J Pediatr (Rio J). 2020;96(1):66-75. DOI: 10.1016/j.jped.2018.07.008

Alvar J, Alves F, Bucheton B, Burrows L, Buscher P, Carrillo E, Felger I, Hubner M.P, Moreno J, Pinazo M.J, Ribeiro I, Sosa-Estani S, Specht S, Tarral A, Wourgaft N.S, Bilbe G. Implications of asymptomatic infection for the natural history of selected parasitic tropical diseases. Semin Immunopathol. 2020;42(3):231-246. DOI: 10.1007/s00281-020-00796-y

Amaral A.F.S, Imboden M, Wielscher M, Rezwan F.I, Minelli C, Garcia-Aymerich J, Peralta G.P, Auvinen J, Jeong A, Schaffner E, Beckmeyer-Borowko A, Holloway J.W, Jarvelin M.R, Probst-Hensch N.M, Jarvis D.L, ALEC consortium. Role of DNADNA methylation in the association of lung function with body mass index: a two-step epigenetic Mendelian randomisation study. BMC Pulm Med. 2020;20:171. DOI: 10.1186/s12890-020-01212-9

Amstutz A, Kopo M, Lejone T.I, Khesa L, Kao M, Muhairwe J, Glass T.R, Labhardt N.D. "If it is left, it becomes easy for me to get tested": use of oral self-tests and community health workers to maximize the potential of home-based HIV testing among adolescents in Lesotho. J Int AIDS Soc. 2020;23(Suppl 5):e25563. DOI: 10.1002/jia2.25563

Amstutz A, Lejone T.I, Khesa L, Muhairwe J, Bresser M, Vanobberghen F, Kopo M, Kao M, Nsakala B.L, Tlali K, Klimkait T, Battegay M, Labhardt N.D, Glass T.R. Home-based oral self-testing for absent and declining individuals during a door-to-door HIV testing campaign in rural Lesotho (HOSENG): a cluster-randomised trial. Lancet HIV. 2020(in press). DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(20)30233-2

Amstutz A, Nsakala B.L, Cheleboi M, Lejone T.I, Hobbins M.A, Battegay M, Klimkait T, Labhardt N.D. Low rates of active hepatitis B and C infections among adults and children living with HIV and taking antiretroviral therapy: a multicenter screening study in Lesotho. J Med Virol. 2020(in press). DOI: 10.1002/jmv.25970

Amstutz A, Nsakala B.L, Vanobberghen F, Muhairwe J, Glass T.R, Namane T, Mpholo T, Battegay M, Klimkait T, Labhardt N.D. Switch to second-line versus continued first-line antiretroviral therapy for patients with low-level HIV-1 viremia: an open-label randomized controlled trial in Lesotho. PLoS Med. 2020;17(9):e1003325. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003325

Andrews K.G, Martin M.W, Shenberger E, Pereira S, Fink G, McConnell M. Financial support to medicaid-eligible mothers increases caregiving for preterm infants. Matern Child Health J. 2020;24(5):587-600. DOI: 10.1007/s10995-020-02905-7

Angora E.K, Allienne J.F, Rey O, Menan H, Toure A.O, Coulibaly J.T, Raso G, Yavo W, N'Goran E.K, Utzinger J, Balmer O, Boissier J. High prevalence of Schistosoma haematobium x Schistosoma bovis hybrids in schoolchildren in Côte d'Ivoire. Parasitology. 2020;147(3):287-294. DOI: 10.1017/S0031182019001549

Arbues A, Brees D, Chibout S.D, Fox T, Kammuller M, Portevin D. TNF-alpha antagonists differentially induce TGF-beta1-dependent resuscitation of dormant-like Mycobacterium tuberculosis. PLoS Pathog. 2020;16(2):e1008312. DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008312

Archer J, Barksby R, Pennance T, Rostron P, Bakar F, Knopp S, Allan F, Kabole F, Ali S.M, Ame S.M, Rollinson D, Webster B.L. Analytical and clinical assessment of a portable, isothermal Recombinase Polymerase Amplification (RPA) assay for the molecular diagnosis of urogenital schistosomiasis. Molecules. 2020;25(18):4175. DOI: 10.3390/molecules25184175

Areesanan A. Studies on recombinant Strongyloides ratti prolyl oligopetidase and Plasmodial cystein-rich protective antigens. Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Insitute, 2020. MSc Thesis

Arosio T, Ziehmer M.M, Nicolussi K, Schlüchter C, Leuenberger M. Alpine holocene tree-ring dataset: age-related trends in the stable isotopes of cellulose show species-specific patterns. Biogeosciences. 2020;17:4871-4882. DOI: 10.5194/bg-17-4871-2020

Arpagaus A, Franzeck F.C, Sikalengo G, Ndege R, Mnzava D, Rohacek M, Hella J, Reither K, Battegay M, Glass T.R, Paris D.H, Bani F, Rajab O.N, Weisser M, Kiularco Study Group. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients in rural Tanzania: the prospective Kilombero and Ulanga antiretroviral cohort. PLoS One. 2020;15(3):e0229875. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229875

Asare P, Otchere I.D, Bedeley E, Brites D, Loiseau C, Baddoo N.A, Asante-Poku A, Osei-Wusu S, Prah D.A, Borrell S, Reinhard M, Forson A, Koram K.A, Gagneux S, Yeboah-Manu D. Whole genome sequencing and spatial analysis identifies recent tuberculosis transmission hotspots in Ghana. Front Med (Lausanne). 2020;7:161. DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2020.00161

Assaré R.K, N'Tamon R.N, Bellai L.G, Koffi J.A, Mathieu T.I, Ouattara M, Hürlimann E, Coulibaly J.T, Diabate S, N'Goran E.K, Utzinger J. Characteristics of persistent hotspots of Schistosoma mansoni in western Cote d'Ivoire. Parasit Vectors. 2020;13:337. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-020-04188-x

Ateudjieu J, Stoll B, Bisseck A.C, Tembei A.M, Genton B. Safety profile of the meningococcal conjugate vaccine (Menafrivac™) in clinical trials and vaccination campaigns: a review of published studies. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2020;16(6):1245-1259. DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2019.1652041

Auer C, Mazitov R, Makhmudov A, Pirmahmadzoda B, Skrahina S, Dobre A, Sécula F, Bosch-Capblanch X, van den Boom M, Battista Migliori G, Mdivani N, Yassin M.A. Factors contributing to drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment outcome in five countries in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region. Monaldi Arch Chest Dis. 2020;90:1235. DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2020.1235

Avanzi C, Lecorche E, Rakotomalala F.A, Benjak A, Rapelanoro Rabenja F, Ramarozatovo L.S, Cauchoix B, Rakoto-Andrianarivelo M, Tio-Coma M, Leal-Calvo T, Busso P, Boy-Rottger S, Chauffour A, Rasamoelina T, Andrianarison A, Sendrasoa F, Spencer J.S, Singh P, Dashatwar D.R, Narang R, Berland J.L, Jarlier V, Salgado C.G, Moraes M.O, Geluk A, Randrianantoandro A, Cambau E, Cole S.T. Population genomics of Mycobacterium leprae reveals a new genotype in Madagascar and the Comoros. Front Microbiol. 2020;11:711. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00711

Avanzi C, Singh P, Truman R.W, Suffys P.N. Molecular epidemiology of leprosy: an update. Infect Genet Evol. 2020(in press):104581. DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2020.104581

Ayadi I, Balam S, Audran R, Bikorimana J.P, Nebie I, Diakite M, Felger I, Tanner M, Spertini F, Corradin G, Arevalo M, Herrera S, Agnolon V. P. falciparum and P. vivax orthologous coiled-coil candidates for a potential cross-protective vaccine. Front Immunol. 2020;11:574330. DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.574330

Ayé P, Phongluxa K, Vonghachack Y, Sayasone S, Oroth R, Odermatt P. Patients with severe schistosomiasis mekongi morbidity in Southern Lao People's Democratic Republic demonstrating ongoing transmission. Acta Trop. 2020;204:105323. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2019.105323

Babanezhad Harikandei K, Salehi P, Ebrahimi S.N, Bararjanian M, Kaiser M, Al-Harrasi A. Synthesis, in-vitro antiprotozoal activity and molecular docking study of isothiocyanate derivatives. Bioorg Med Chem. 2020;28(1):115185. DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2019.115185

Bahrainwala L, Knoblauch A.M, Andriamiadanarivo A, Diab M.M, McKinney J, Small P.M, Kahn J.G, Fair E, Rakotosamimanana N, Grandjean Lapierre S. Drones and digital adherence monitoring for community-based tuberculosis control in remote Madagascar: A cost-effectiveness analysis. PLoS One. 2020;15(7):e0235572. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235572

Ballod M, Pelikan K, Roelcke T, Weber T. Transferwissenschaften - gestern und heute: zur Weiterführung und -entwicklung der Reihe. In: Pelikan K,Roelcke T, eds. Information und Wissen - Beiträge zur transdisziplinären Diskussion, 7-16. Bern: Peter Lang, 2020

Bapolisi W.A, Ferrari G, Blampain C, Makelele J, Kono-Tange L, Bisimwa G, Merten S. Impact of a complex gender-transformative intervention on maternal and child health outcomes in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: protocol of a longitudinal parallel mixed-methods study. BMC Public Health. 2020;20:51. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-8084-3

Baral R, Li X, Willem L, Antillon M, Vilajeliu A, Jit M, Beutels P, Pecenka C. The impact of maternal RSV vaccine to protect infants in Gavi-supported countries: estimates from two models. Vaccine. 2020;38(33):5139-5147. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.06.036

Barda B, Schindler C, Wampfler R, Ame S, Ali S.M, Keiser J. Comparison of real-time PCR and the Kato-Katz method for the diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminthiasis and assessment of cure in a randomized controlled trial. BMC Microbiol. 2020;20:298. DOI: 10.1186/s12866-020-01963-9