Publications

Abdikadir M.I. Public health and economic importance of livestock diseases with the emphasis on zoonoses including brucellosis, Q-fever and Rift Valley Fever in Somali region, Ethiopia. Basel: Univ. Basel, 2021. PhD Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Science

AbouZahr C, Bratschi M.W, Cercone E, Mangharam A, de Savigny D, Dincu I, Forsingdal A.B, Joos O, Kamal M, Fat D.M, Mathenge G, Marinho F, Mitra R.G, Montgomery J, Muhwava W, Mwamba R, Mwanza J, Onaka A, Sejersen T.B, Tuoane-Nkhasi M, Sferrazza L, Setel P. The COVID-19 pandemic: Effects on civil registration of births and deaths and on availability and utility of vital events data. Am J Public Health. 2021;111(6):1123-1131. DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306203

Addo S.O, Mensah G.I, Mosi L, Abrahams A, Bonfoh B, Kazwala R, Zinsstag J, Addo K.K. Trends in extrapulmonary TB cases at three teaching hospitals in Ghana, 2008-2017. Public Health Action. 2021;11(1):26-32. DOI: 10.5588/pha.20.0061

Adegnika A.A, Amuasi J.H, Basinga P, Berhanu D, Medhanyie A.A, Okwaraji Y.B, Persson L.A, Savadogo B, Schellenberg J, Steinmann P. Embed capacity development within all global health research. BMJ Glob Health. 2021;6(2):e004692. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-004692

Aebi N.J, de Ridder D, Ochoa C, Petrovic D, Fadda M, Elayan S, Sykora M, Naslund J.A, Mooney S.J, Gruebner O. Can big data be used to monitor the mental health consequences of COVID-19?. Int J Public Health. 2021;66:633451. DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2021.633451

Agboli E, Zahouli J.B.Z, Badolo A, Jost H. Mosquito-associated viruses and their related mosquitoes in West Africa. Viruses. 2021;13(5):891. DOI: 10.3390/v13050891

Agorinya I.A, Ross A, Flores G, Edejer T.T, Dalaba M.A, Mensah N.K, Le M.L, Dessie Y, Sumboh J, Oduro A.R, Tediosi F. Effect of specificity of health expenditure questions in the measurement of out-of-pocket health expenditure: evidence from field experimental study in Ghana. BMJ Open. 2021;11:e042562. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042562

Akweongo P, Aikins M, Wyss K, Salari P, Tediosi F. Insured clients out-of-pocket payments for health care under the national health insurance scheme in Ghana. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021;21:440. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-021-06401-8

Akweongo P, Chatio S.T, Owusu R, Salari P, Tediosi F, Aikins M. How does it affect service delivery under the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana? Health providers and insurance managers perspective on submission and reimbursement of claims. PLoS One. 2021;16(3):e0247397. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247397

Alaimo Di Loro P, Divino F, Farcomeni A, Jona Lasinio G, Lovison G, Maruotti A, Mingione M. Nowcasting COVID-19 incidence indicators during the Italian first outbreak. Stat Med. 2021(in press). DOI: 10.1002/sim.9004

Aliee M, Castaño S, Davis C.N, Patel S, Miaka E.M, Spencer S.E.F, Keeling M.J, Chitnis N, Rock K.S. Predicting the impact of COVID-19 interruptions on transmission of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis in two health zones of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2021;115(3):245-252. DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trab019

AlKhaldi M, James N, Chattu V.K, Ahmed S, Meghari H, Kaiser K, Jsselmuiden C.I, Tanner M. Rethinking and strengthening the Global Health Diplomacy through triangulated nexus between policy makers, scientists and the community in light of COVID-19 global crisis. Glob Health Res Policy. 2021;6:12. DOI: 10.1186/s41256-021-00195-2

Angora K.E. Population genetic structure and hybridization of schistosomes in schoolchildren in Côte d’Ivoire. Basel: Univ. Basel, 2021. PhD Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Science

Anufriyeva V, Pavlova M, Stepurko T, Groot W. The validity and reliability of self-reported satisfaction with healthcare as a measure of quality: a systematic literature review. Int J Qual Health Care. 2021;33(1):mzaa152. DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzaa152

Anufriyeva V, Pavlova M, Stepurko T, Groot W. Patient satisfaction and patient experience are not interchangeable concepts - authors' reply. Int J Qual Health Care. 2021;33(1):mzab024. DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzab024

Arn Karoline. Christian Lengeler: Malaria breitet sich wieder aus [Internet]. Zürich: SRF, 2021. [Date Accessed: 21.04.2021]. Available from: https://podcasts.srf.ch/world/audio/Tagesgespraech_21-04-2021-1300.1619006356184.mp3

Arnskötter W, Marcar V.L, Wolf M, Hund-Georgiadis M, Hediger K. Animal presence modulates frontal brain activity of patients in a minimally conscious state: a pilot study. Neuropsychol Rehabil. 2021(in press). DOI: 10.1080/09602011.2021.1886119

Arowosegbe O.O, Röösli M, Künzli N, Saucy A, Adebayo-Ojo T.C, Jeebhay M.F, Dalvie M.A, de Hoogh K. Comparing methods to impute missing daily ground-level PM10 concentrations between 2010-2017 in South Africa. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(7):3374. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18073374

Asare P, Osei-Wusu S, Baddoo N.A, Bedeley E, Otchere I.D, Brites D, Loiseau C, Asante-Poku A, Prah D.A, Borrell S, Reinhard M, Omari M.A, Forson A, Koram K.A, Gagneux S, Yeboah-Manu D. Genomic epidemiological analysis identifies high relapse among individuals with recurring tuberculosis and provides evidence of household recent TB transmission in Ghana. Int J Infect Dis. 2021;106:13-22. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.02.110

Baerlocher S, Helfenstein S, Mahr A, Crippa S, Garcia Boy R, Kahlert C.R, Yurttas T, Hatz C, Kohler P. Leptospirosis followed by kawasaki-like disease: case report from an adult Swiss patient and review of the literature. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021;8(4):ofab088. DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab088

Bärenbold O, Garba A, Colley D.G, Fleming F.M, Assaré R.K, Tukahebwa E.M, Kebede B, Coulibaly J.T, N'Goran E.K, Tchuem Tchuenté L.A, Mwinzi P, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Estimating true prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni from population summary measures based on the Kato-Katz diagnostic technique. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021;15(4):e0009310. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009310

Baroutsou V, Hatz C, Blanke U, Haile S.R, Fehr J, Neumayr A, Puhan M.A, Bühler S. TOURIST2 - tracking of urgent risks in Swiss travellers to the 6 main travel destinations - feasibility and ethical considerations of a smartphone application-based study. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2021;39:101912. DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101912

Baumann A, Wyss K. The shift from inpatient care to outpatient care in Switzerland since 2017: policy processes and the role of evidence. Health Policy. 2021;125(4):512-519. DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2021.01.012

Becker S.L, Gauer A, Thurner L. Fatigue, weight loss, hypotension and electrolyte imbalance after a long-term stay in Thailand: a diagnostic challenge. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2021;41:102063. DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102063

Beckmann J, Lang C, du Randt R, Gresse A, Long K.Z, Ludyga S, Müller I, Nqweniso S, Pühse U, Utzinger J, Walter C, Gerber M. Prevalence of stunting and relationship between stunting and associated risk factors with academic achievement and cognitive function: a cross-sectional study with South African primary school children. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18:4218. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18084218

Beloconi A, Probst-Hensch N, Vounatsou P. Spatio-temporal modelling of changes in air pollution exposure associated to the COVID-19 lockdown measures across Europe. Sci Total Environ. 2021;787:147607. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147607

Benhamou J, Schindler C, Rutishauser J. Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in an inpatient population in the Swiss Canton of Basel-Country. Swiss Med Wkly. 2021;151:w20470. DOI: 10.4414/smw.2021.20470

Berger-González M, Pelikan K, Zinsstag J, Ali S.M, Schelling E. Transdisciplinary research and One Health. In: Zinsstag J,Schelling E,Waltner-Toews D,Whittaker M,Tanner M, eds. One Health: the theory and practice of integrated health approaches, 57-70. Wallingford: CABI, 2021

Bevkal S, Naguleswaran A, Rehmann R, Kaiser M, Heller M, Roditi I. An Alba-domain protein required for proteome remodelling during trypanosome differentiation and host transition. PLoS Pathog. 2021;17:e1009239. DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009239

Birks L.E, van Wel L, Liorni I, Pierotti L, Guxens M, Huss A, Foerster M, Capstick M, Eeftens M, El Marroun H, Estarlich M, Gallastegi M, Safont L.G, Joseph W, Santa-Marina L, Thielens A, Torrent M, Vrijkotte T, Wiart J, Röösli M, Cardis E, Vermeulen R, Vrijheid M. Radiofrequency electromagnetic fields from mobile communication: description of modeled dose in brain regions and the body in European children and adolescents. Environ Res. 2021;193:110505. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.110505

Blok D.J, Steinmann P, Tiwari A, Barth-Jaeggi T, Arif M.A, Banstola N.L, Baskota R, Blaney D, Bonenberger M, Budiawan T, Cavaliero A, Gani Z, Greter H, Ignotti E, Kamara D.V, Kasang C, Manglani P.R, Mieras L, Njako B.F, Pakasi T, Saha U.R, Saunderson P, Smith W.C.S, Staheli R, Suriyarachchi N.D, Tin Maung A, Shwe T, van Berkel J, van Brakel W.H, Vander Plaetse B, Virmond M, Wijesinghe M.S.D, Aerts A, Richardus J.H. The long-term impact of the Leprosy Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (LPEP) program on leprosy incidence: a modelling study. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021;15(3):e0009279. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009279

Bohle L.F, Valencia E, Ross G, Dzhabarovna D.D, Yarbaeva S.N, Kasymova Z.A, Prytherch H. Medical education reform in Tajikistan: comparison of the conventional one-year family medicine residency program and the new two-year residency program for postgraduate medical education. BMC Med Educ. 2021;21:306. DOI: 10.1186/s12909-021-02749-x

Boillat-Blanco N, Mbarack Z, Samaka J, Mlaganile T, Kazimoto T, Mamin A, Genton B, Kaiser L, D'Acremont V. Causes of fever in Tanzanian adults attending outpatient clinics: a prospective cohort study. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2021;27(6):913.e1-913.e7. DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.08.031

Bosch F, Palmeirim M.S, Ali S.M, Ame S.M, Hattendorf J, Keiser J. Diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminths using the Kato-Katz technique: what is the influence of stirring, storage time and storage temperature on stool sample egg counts?. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021;15:e0009032. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009032

Brand M, Wang L, Agnello S, Gazzola S, Gall F.M, Raguz L, Kaiser M, Schmidt R.S, Ritschl A, Jelk J, Hemphill A, Maser P, Butikofer P, Adams M, Riedl R. Antiprotozoal structure-activity relationships of synthetic leucinostatin derivatives and elucidation of their mode of action. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2021(in press). DOI: 10.1002/anie.202102153

Brattig N.W, Tanner M, Bergquist R, Utzinger J. Impact of environmental changes on infectious diseases: key findings from an international conference in Trieste, Italy in May 2017. Acta Trop. 2021;213:105165. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2019.105165

Brentani A, Walker S, Chang-Lopez S, Grisi S, Powell C, Fink G. A home visit-based early childhood stimulation programme in Brazil-a randomized controlled trial. Health Policy Plan. 2021;36(3):288-297. DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czaa195

Brown J.A, Amstutz A, Nsakala B.L, Seeburg U, Vanobberghen F, Muhairwe J, Klimkait T, Daniel Labhardt N. Extensive drug resistance during low-level HIV viraemia while taking NNRTI-based ART supports lowering the viral load threshold for regimen switch in resource-limited settings: a pre-planned analysis from the SESOTHO trial. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2021;76(5):1294-1298. DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkab025

Brown J.A, Mbunkah H.A, Lejone T.I, Ringera I, Cheleboi M, Klimkait T, Metzner K.J, Gunthard H.F, Labhardt N.D, Kouyos R.D, Tschumi N. Emergence of human immunodeficiency virus-1 drug resistance during the 3-month World Health Organization-recommended enhanced adherence counseling period in the CART-1 cohort study. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021;8(5):ofab046. DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab046

Brummaier T, Archasuksan L, Watthanakulpanich D, Paris D.H, Utzinger J, McGready R, Proux S, Nosten F. Improved detection of intestinal helminth infections with a formalin ethyl-acetate-based concentration technique compared to a crude formalin concentration technique. Trop Med Infect Dis. 2021;6(2):51. DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed6020051