Publications
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
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
Brunetti G, Padovani F, De Pastina A, Rotella C, Monahan Am, Hoffman S.L, Jongo S.A, Abdulla S, Corradin G, Pluschke G, Daubenberger C, Hegner M. Nanotechnological immunoassay for rapid label-free analysis of candidate malaria vaccines. Nanoscale. 2021;in press. DOI: 10.1039/D0NR08083G
Journal Article
Bulthuis S.E, Kok M.C, Amon S, Agyemang S.A, Nsabagasani X, Sanudi L, Raven J, Finn M, Gerold J, Tulloch O, Dieleman M.A. How district health decision-making is shaped within decentralised contexts: a qualitative research in Malawi, Uganda and Ghana. Glob Public Health. 2021;16(1):120-135. DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2020.1791213
Cabré-Riera A, van Wel L, Liorni I, Thielens A, Birks L.E, Pierotti L, Joseph W, Gonzalez-Safont L, Ibarluzea J, Ferrero A, Huss A, Wiart J, Santa-Marina L, Torrent M, Vrijkotte T, Capstick M, Vermeulen R, Vrijheid M, Cardis E, Röösli M, Guxens M. Association between estimated whole-brain radiofrequency electromagnetic fields dose and cognitive function in preadolescents and adolescents. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2021;231:113659. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2020.113659
Cheuka P.M, Centani L, Arendse L.B, Fienberg S, Wambua L, Renga S.S, Dziwornu G.A, Kumar M, Lawrence N, Taylor D, Wittlin S, Coertzen D, Reader J, van der Watt M, Birkholtz L.M, Chibale K. New amidated 3,6-diphenylated imidazopyridazines with potent antiplasmodium activity are dual inhibitors of Plasmodium phosphatidylinositol-4-kinase and cGMP-dependent protein kinase. ACS Infect Dis. 2021;7(1):34-46. DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.0c00481
Diakité N.R, Ouattara M, Bassa F.K, Coulibaly J.T, Tian-Bi Y.N.T, Meïté A, Hattendof J, Utzinger J, N'Goran E.K. Baseline and impact of first-year intervention on Schistosoma haematobium infection in seasonal transmission foci in the northern and central parts of Côte d’Ivoire. Trop Med Infect Dis. 2021;6:7. DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed6010007
Ehrenberg J.P, Utzinger J, Fontes G, da Rocha E.M.M, Ehrenberg N, Zhou X.N, Steinmann P. Efforts to mitigate the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: potential entry points for neglected tropical diseases. Infect Dis Poverty. 2021;10(1):2. DOI: 10.1186/s40249-020-00790-4
Francetic I, Fink G, Tediosi F. Impact of social accountability monitoring on health facility performance: evidence from Tanzania. Health Econ. 2021(in press). DOI: 10.1002/hec.4219
Gallandat K, Kolus R.C, Julian T.R, Lantagne D.S. A systematic review of chlorine-based surface disinfection efficacy to inform recommendations for low-resource outbreak settings. Am J Infect Control. 2021;49(1):90-103. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.05.014
George C.M, Cirhuza L.B, Birindwa A, Williams C, Beck S, Julian T, Kuhl J, Coglianese N, Thomas E, Bauler S, Francois R, Saxton R, Presence A.S, Rusanga J.C.B, Perin J, Mirindi P. Child hand contamination is associated with subsequent pediatric diarrhea in rural Democratic Republic of the Congo (REDUCE Program). Trop Med Int Health. 2021;26(1):102-110. DOI: 10.1111/tmi.13510
Greter H, Ivol S, Oriol Mathieu V, Erismann S, Prytherch H, Steinmann P. Heterologous vaccine regimen: stakeholder acceptance and implementation considerations. Vaccine. 2021;39(3):580-587. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.12.003
Hodel N.C, Hamad A, Reither K, Kasella I.M, Abdulla S, Schoetzau A, Hatz C.F.R, Mayr M. Comparison of two different semiquantitative urinary dipstick tests with albumin-to-creatinine ratio for screening and classification of albuminuria according to KDIGO. A diagnostic test study. Diagnostics (Basel). 2021;11(1):81. DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics11010081
Jongo S.A, Urbano V, Church L.W.P, Olotu A, Manock S.R, Schindler T, Mtoro A, Kc N, Hamad A, Nyakarungu E, Mpina M, Deal A, Bijeri J.R, Ondo Mangue M.E, Ntutumu Pasialo B.E, Nguema G.N, Owono S.N, Rivas M.R, Chemba M, Kassim K.R, James E.R, Stabler T, Abebe Y, Saverino E, Sax J, Hosch S, Tumbo A.M, Gondwe L, Segura J.L, Falla C.C, Phiri W.P, Hergott D.E.B, Garcia G.A, Schwabe C, Maas C.D, Murshedkar T, Billingsley P.F, Tanner M, Ayekaba M.O, Sim B.K.L, Daubenberger C, Richie T.L, Abdulla S, Hoffman S.L. Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of radiation-attenuated and chemo-attenuated PfSPZ vaccines in Equatoguinean adults. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021;104(1):283-293. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0435
Kalolo A, Gautier L, Radermacher R, Srivastava S, Meshack M, De Allegri M. Factors influencing variation in implementation outcomes of the redesigned community health fund in the Dodoma region of Tanzania: a mixed-methods study. BMC Public Health. 2021;21(1):1. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-10013-y
Keiser J, Häberli C. Evaluation of commercially available anthelminthics in laboratory models of human intestinal nematode infections. ACS Infect Dis. 2021(in press). DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.0c00719
Klompmaker J.O, Janssen N, Andersen Z.J, Atkinson R, Bauwelinck M, Chen J, de Hoogh K, Houthuijs D, Katsouyanni K, Marra M, Oftedal B, Rodopoulou S, Samoli E, Stafoggia M, Strak M, Swart W, Wesseling J, Vienneau D, Brunekeef B, Hoek G. Comparison of associations between mortality and air pollution exposure estimated with a hybrid, a land-use regression and a dispersion model. Environ Int. 2021;146:106306. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106306
Léchenne M, Traoré A, Hattendorf J, Kallo V, Oussiguere A, Tetchi M, Moyengar R, Traoré A.K, Moto D.D, Ngandolo R, Bonfoh B, Zinsstag J. Increasing rabies data availability: the example of a One Health research project in Chad, Côte d'Ivoire and Mali. Acta Trop. 2021;215(105808). DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105808
Liu S, Jørgensen J.T, Ljungman P, Pershagen G, Bellander T, Leander K, Magnusson P.K.E, Rizzuto D, Hvidtfeldt U.A, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Wolf K, Hoffman B, Brunekreef B, Strak M, Chen J, Mehta A, Atkinson R.W, Bauwelinck M, Varraso R, Boutron-Ruault M.C, Brandt J, Cesaroni G, Forastiere F, Fecht D, Gulliver J, Hertel O, de Hoogh K, Janssen N.A.H, Katsouyanni K, Ketzel M, Klompmaker J.O, Nagel G, Oftedal B, Peters A, Tjønneland A, Rodopoulou S.P, Samoli E, Bekkevold T, Sigsgaard T, Stafoggia M, Vienneau D, Weinmayr G, Hoek G, Andersen Z.J. Long-term exposure to low-level air pollution and incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the ELAPSE project. Environ Int. 2021;146:106267. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106267
Mbuba E, Odufuwa O.G, Tenywa F.C, Philipo R, Tambwe M.M, Swai J.K, Moore J.D, Moore S.J. Single blinded semi-field evaluation of MAÏA® topical repellent ointment compared to unformulated 20% DEET against Anopheles gambiae, Anopheles arabiensis and Aedes aegypti in Tanzania. Malar J. 2021;20:12. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-020-03461-9
Menardo F, Gagneux S, Freund F. Multiple merger genealogies in outbreaks of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Mol Biol Evol. 2021;38(1):290-306. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msaa179
Millogo O, Doamba J.E.O, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Constructing a malaria-related health service readiness index and assessing its association with child malaria mortality: an analysis of the Burkina Faso 2014 SARA data. BMC Public Health. 2021;21:20. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-09994-7
Muchengeti M, Bohlius J, Dhokotera T.G. Conjunctival cancer in people living with HIV. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2021;34:1-7. DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000705
Mwaisaka J, Gonsalves L, Thiongo M, Waithaka M, Sidha H, Alfred O, Mukiira C, Gichangi P. Young people's experiences using an on-demand mobile health sexual and reproductive health text message intervention in Kenya: qualitative study. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2021;9(1):e19109. DOI: 10.2196/19109
Njoroge M.M, Fillinger U, Saddler A, Moore S, Takken W, van Loon J.J.A, Hiscox A. Evaluating putative repellent 'push' and attractive 'pull' components for manipulating the odour orientation of host-seeking malaria vectors in the peri-domestic space. Parasit Vectors. 2021;14:42. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-020-04556-7
Ouattara M, Diakite N.R, Yao P.K, Saric J, Coulibaly J.T, Assaré R.K, Bassa F.K, Kone N, Guindo-Coulibaly N, Hattendorf J, Utzinger J, N'Goran E.K. Effectiveness of school-based preventive chemotherapy strategies for sustaining the control of schistosomiasis in Côte d’Ivoire: results of a 5-year cluster randomized trial. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021;15(1):e0008845. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008845
Palmeirim M.S, Mrimi E.C, Minja E.G, Samson A.J, Keiser J. A cross-sectional survey on parasitic infections in schoolchildren in a rural Tanzanian community. Acta Trop. 2021;213:105737. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105737
Papajová I, Bystrianska J, Giboda M, Becker S.L, Utzinger J, Marti H. Intestinal parasites in segregated minority communities of Slovakia: results from a cross-sectional survey in children. Acta Trop. 2021;214:105783. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105783
Parish S.J, Cottler-Casanova S, Clayton A.H, McCabe M.P, Coleman E, Reed G.M. The evolution of the female sexual disorder/dysfunction definitions, nomenclature, and classifications: a review of DSM, ICSM, ISSWSH, and ICD. Sex Med Rev. 2021;9(1):36-56. DOI: 10.1016/j.sxmr.2020.05.001
Petritsch M, Seebacher W, Mohsin N.U, Dolensky J, Hochegger P, Kaiser M, Mäser P, Belaj F, Saf R, Kretschmer N, Alajlani M, Brantner A, Bauer R, Schuhly W, Weis R. Preparation of new 1,3-dibenzyl tetrahydropyridinylidene ammonium salts and their antimicrobial and anticellular activities. Eur J Med Chem. 2021;210:112969. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112969
Priest J.W, Ngandolo B.N.R, Léchenne M, Cleveland C.A, Yabsley M.J, Weiss A.J, Roy S.L, Cama V. Development of a multiplex bead assay for the detection of canine IgG4 antibody responses to Guinea worm. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021;104(1):303-312. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0914
Richardus J.H, Tiwari A, Barth-Jaeggi T, Arif M.A, Banstola N.L, Baskota R, Blaney D, Blok D.J, 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, Pandey B.D, Saunderson P, Singh R, 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, Steinmann P. Leprosy post-exposure prophylaxis with single-dose rifampicin (LPEP): an international feasibility programme. Lancet Glob Health. 2021;9(1):e81-e90. DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30396-X
Samoli E, Rodopoulou S, Hvidtfeldt U.A, Wolf K, Stafoggia M, Brunekreef B, Strak M, Chen J, Andersen Z.J, Atkinson R, Bauwelinck M, Bellander T, Brandt J, Cesaroni G, Forastiere F, Fecht D, Gulliver J, Hertel O, Hoffmann B, de Hoogh K, Janssen N.A.H, Ketzel M, Klompmaker J.O, Liu S, Ljungman P, Nagel G, Oftedal B, Pershagen G, Peters A, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Renzi M, Kristoffersen D.T, Severi G, Sigsgaard T, Vienneau D, Weinmayr G, Hoek G, Katsouyanni K. Modeling multi-level survival data in multi-center epidemiological cohort studies: applications from the ELAPSE project. Environ Int. 2021;147:106371. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106371
Soroury S, Alilou M, Gelbrich T, Tabefam M, Danton O, Ebrahimi S.N, Kaiser M, Hamburger M, Stuppner H, Moridi Farimani M. Unusual derivatives from Hypericum scabrum. Sci Rep. 2021;10:22181. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-79305-y
Straily A, Malit A.O, Wanja D, Kavere E.A, Kiplimo R, Aera R, Momanyi C, Mwangi S, Mukire S, Souza A.A, Wiegand R.E, Montgomery S.P, Secor W.E, Odiere M. Use of a tablet-based system to perform abdominal ultrasounds in a field investigation of schistosomiasis-related morbidity in western Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021(in press). DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-1175
Sy I, Margardt L, Ngbede E.O, Adah M.I, Yusuf S.T, Keiser J, Rehner J, Utzinger J, Poppert S, Becker S.L. Identification of adult Fasciola spp. using matrix-assisted laser/desorption ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry. Microorganisms. 2021;9:82. DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9010082
van Nunen E, Hoek G, Tsai M.Y, Probst-Hensch N, Imboden M, Jeong A, Naccarati A, Tarallo S, Raffaele D, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Vlaanderen J, Gulliver J, Amaral A.F.S, Vineis P, Vermeulen R. Short-term personal and outdoor exposure to ultrafine and fine particulate air pollution in association with blood pressure and lung function in healthy adults. Environ Res. 2021;194:110579. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.110579
Vienneau D, Boz S, Forlin L, Flückiger B, de Hoogh K, Berlin C, Bochud M, Bulliard J.L, Zwahlen M, Röösli M. Residential radon - comparative analysis of exposure models in Switzerland. Environ Pollut. 2021;271:116356. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116356
Visser T, Ramachandra S, Pothin E, Jacobs J, Cunningham J, Menach A.L, Gatton M.L, Dos Santos Souza S, Nelson S, Rooney L, Aidoo M. A comparative evaluation of mobile medical APPS (MMAS) for reading and interpreting malaria rapid diagnostic tests. Malar J. 2021;20:39. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-020-03573-2
Yankoty L.I, Gamache P, Plante C, Goudreau S, Blais C, Perron S, Fournier M, Ragettli M.S, Fallah-Shorshani M, Hatzopoulou M, Liu Y, Smargiassi A. Long─term residential exposure to environmental/transportation noise and the incidence of myocardial infarction. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2021(in press). DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2020.113666