Publications
Karim A, Burri C, Kila J.S, Bambwelo N, Bakukulu J.T, de Savigny D. Systems thinking for supply chains: identifying bottlenecks using process mapping of a child health intervention in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Systems. 2024;12(4):137. DOI: 10.3390/systems12040137
Journal Article
Nebie E.I, van Eeuwijk P, Sawadogo H.N, Reus E, Utzinger J, Burri C. Operational differences between product development partnership, pharmaceutical industry, and investigator initiated clinical trials. Trop Med Infect Dis. 2024;9(3):56. DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed9030056
Blum J, Staehelin C, Neumayr A, Chappuis F, Burri C. Schlafkrankheit: der gefährliche Schlaf nach dem Erfolg. Swiss Med Forum. 2023;23(3):846–848. DOI: 10.4414/smf.2023.09243
Journal Article
Brunner N.C, Karim A, Athieno P, Kimera J, Tumukunde G, Angiro I, Signorell A, Delvento G, Lee T.T, Lambiris M, Ogwal A, Nakiganda J, Mpanga F, Kagwire F, Amutuhaire M, Burri C, Lengeler C, Awor P, Hetzel M.W. Starting at the community: treatment-seeking pathways of children with suspected severe malaria in Uganda. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023;3(7):e0001949. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001949
Burri C, Mäser P, Chappuis F. Human African trypanosomiasis. In: Farrar J,Hotez P.J,Junghanss T,Kang G,Lalloo D,White N.J,Garcia P.J, eds. Manson's Tropical Diseases, 623-635. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2023. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-7020-7959-7.00051-8
Book Section
Hetzel M.W, Awor P, Tshefu A, Omoluabi E, Burri C, Signorell A, Lambiris M.J, Visser T, Cohen J.M, Buj V, Lengeler C. Pre-referral rectal artesunate: no cure for unhealthy systems. Lancet Infect Dis. 2023;23(6):e213-e217. DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00762-9
Hetzel M.W, Okitawutshu J, Tshefu A, Omoluabi E, Awor P, Signorell A, Kwiatkowski M, Lambiris M.J, Visser T, Cohen J.M, Buj V, Burri C, Lengeler C. Pre-referral rectal artesunate is no "magic bullet" in weak health systems. BMC Med. 2023;21:119. DOI: 10.1186/s12916-023-02777-y
Kaboré J.M.T, Siribié M, Hien D, Soulama I, Barry N, Baguiya A, Tiono A.B, Burri C, Tchouatieu A.M, Sirima S.B. Feasibility and acceptability of a strategy deploying multiple first-line artemisinin-based combination therapies for uncomplicated malaria in the health district of Kaya, Burkina Faso. Trop Med Infect Dis. 2023;8(4):195. DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed8040195
Lambiris M.J, Venga G.N, Ssempala R, Balogun V, Galactionova K, Musiitwa M, Kagwire F, Olosunde O, Emedo E, Luketa S, Sangare M, Buj V, Delvento G, Tshefu A, Okitawutshu J, Omoluabi E, Awor P, Signorell A, Hetzel M.W, Lee T.T, Brunner N.C, Cereghetti N, Visser T, Napier H.G, Burri C, Lengeler C. Health system readiness and the implementation of rectal artesunate for severe malaria in sub-Saharan Africa: an analysis of real-world costs and constraints. Lancet Glob Health. 2023;11(2):e256-e264. DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00507-1
Mäser P, Bernhard S, Brun R, Burri C, Gagneux S, Hetzel M.W, Kaiser M, Lengeler C, Pluschke G, Reus E, Rottmann M, Utzinger J, Warryn L, Wittlin S, Keiser J. Key contributions by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute towards new and better drugs for tropical diseases. Chimia (Aarau). 2023;77(9):593-606. DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2023.593
Meier L, Antillón M, Burri C, Chitnis N, Endriss Y, Keiser J, Moore S, Müller P, Penny M, Voss T.S, Mäser P, Utzinger J. Repurposing know-how for drug development: case studies from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute. Chimia (Aarau). 2023;77(9):582-592. DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2023.582
Menang O, Kümmerle A, Maigetter K, Burri C. Strategies and interventions to strengthen pharmacovigilance systems in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review. BMJ Open. 2023;13(9):e071079. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-071079
Nébié E.I, Sawadogo H.N, van Eeuwijk P, Signorell A, Reus E, Utzinger J, Burri C. Opportunities and challenges for decentralised clinical trials in sub-Saharan Africa: a qualitative study. BMJ Open. 2023;13(9):e075903. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075903
Okitawutshu J, Tshefu A, Kalenga J.C, Delvento G, Burri C, Hetzel M.W, Lengeler C, Signorell A. Assessing caregivers' perceptions of treatment-seeking for suspected severe malaria in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Malar J. 2023;22:308. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-023-04737-6
Signorell A, Awor P, Okitawutshu J, Tshefu A, Omoluabi E, Hetzel M.W, Athieno P, Kimera J, Tumukunde G, Angiro I, Kalenga J.C, Akano B.K, Ayodeji K, Okon C, Yusuf O, Delvento G, Lee T.T, Brunner N.C, Lambiris M.J, Okuma J, Cereghetti N, Buj V, Visser T, Napier H.G, Lengeler C, Burri C. Health worker compliance with severe malaria treatment guidelines in the context of implementing pre-referral rectal artesunate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, and Uganda: an operational study. PLoS Med. 2023;20(2):e1004189. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004189
van Zyl-Hermann D, Hammel T, Burri C, Chenal J, Fink G, Konou A.A, Nébié E.I, Osei Afriyie D, Pessoa Colombo V, Utzinger J, Tischler J. Examining African contributions to global health: reflections on knowledge circulation and innovation. Glob Public Health. 2023;18(1):2118343. DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2022.2118343
Awor P, Kimera J, Athieno P, Tumukunde G, Okitawutshu J, Tshefu A, Omoluabi E, Signorell A, Brunner N, Kalenga J.C, Akano B, Ayodeji K, Okon C, Yusuf O, Delvento G, Lee T, Burri C, Lengeler C, Hetzel M.W. Acceptability of pre-referral rectal artesunate for severe malaria in children under 5 years by health workers and caregivers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria and Uganda. Malar J. 2022;21:322. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-022-04348-7
Awor P, Kimera J, Brunner N.C, Athieno P, Tumukunde G, Angiro I, Signorell A, Delvento G, Lee T, Amutuhaire M, Opigo J, Kaggwa F.M, Kagwire F, Nakiganda J, Burri C, Lengeler C, Hetzel M.W. Care seeking and treatment of febrile children with and without danger signs of severe disease in northern Uganda: results from three household surveys (2018-2020). Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2022;107(4):934–938. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-1132
Bernhard S, Kaiser M, Burri C, Mäser P. Fexinidazole for human African trypanosomiasis, the fruit of a successful public-private partnership. Diseases. 2022;10(4):90. DOI: 10.3390/diseases10040090
Brunner N.C, Omoluabi E, Awor P, Okitawutshu J, Tshefu Kitoto A, Signorell A, Akano B, Ayodeji K, Okon C, Yusuf O, Athieno P, Kimera J, Tumukunde G, Angiro I, Kalenga J.C, Delvento G, Lee T.T, Lambiris M.J, Ross A, Cereghetti N, Visser T, Napier H.G, Buj V, Burri C, Lengeler C, Hetzel M.W. Prereferral rectal artesunate and referral completion among children with suspected severe malaria in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria and Uganda. BMJ Glob Health. 2022;7(5):e008346. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-008346
De Pretto-Lazarova A, Fuchs C, van Eeuwijk P, Burri C. Defining clinical trial quality from the perspective of resource-limited settings: a qualitative study based on interviews with investigators, sponsors, and monitors conducting clinical trials in sub-Saharan Africa. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022;16(1):e0010121. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010121
Hetzel M.W, Okitawutshu J, Tshefu A, Omoluabi E, Awor P, Signorell A, Brunner N.C, Kalenga J.C, Akano B.K, Ayodeji K, Okon C, Yusuf O, Athieno P, Kimera J, Tumukunde G, Angiro I, Delvento G, Lee T.T, Lambiris M.J, Kwiatkowski M, Cereghetti N, Visser T, Napier H.G, Cohen J.M, Buj V, Burri C, Lengeler C. Effectiveness of rectal artesunate as pre-referral treatment for severe malaria in children under 5 years of age: a multi-country observational study. BMC Med. 2022;20:343. DOI: 10.1186/s12916-022-02541-8
Kaboré J.M.T, Siribié M, Hien D, Soulama I, Barry N, Nombré Y, Dianda F, Baguiya A, Tiono A.B, Burri C, Tchouatieu A.M, Sirima S.B. Attitudes, practices, and determinants of community care-seeking behaviours for fever/malaria episodes in the context of the implementation of multiple first-line therapies for uncomplicated malaria in the health district of Kaya, Burkina Faso. Malar J. 2022;21:155. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-022-04180-z
Lengeler C, Burri C, Awor P, Athieno P, Kimera J, Tumukunde G, Angiro I, Tshefu A, Okitawutshu J, Kalenga J.-C, Omoluabi E, Akano B, Ayodeji K, Okon C, Yusuf O, Brunner N.C, Delvento G, Lee T, Lambiris M.J, Visser T, Napier H.G, Cohen J.M, Buj V, Signorell A, Hetzel Manuel W, Caramal Consortium. Community access to rectal artesunate for malaria (CARAMAL): a large-scale observational implementation study in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria and Uganda. PLoS Glob Public Health. 2022;2(9):e0000464. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000464
Journal Article
Ntamabyaliro N.Y, Burri C, Lula Y.N, Nzolo D.B, Engo A.B, Ngale M.A, Situakibanza H.N, Mukomena E.S, Mesia G.K, Mampunza S.M, Tona G.L. Determinants of patients' adherence to malaria treatment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Trop Med Infect Dis. 2022;7(7):138. DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed7070138
Okitawutshu J, Signorell A, Kalenga J.C, Mukomena E, Delvento G, Burri C, Mwaluke F, Buj V, Sangare M, Luketa S, Brunner N, Lee T, Hetzel M, Lengeler C, Tshefu A. Key factors predicting suspected severe malaria case management and health outcomes: an operational study in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Malar J. 2022;21:274. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-022-04296-2
Awor P, Khim N, Coppée R, Rondepierre L, Roesch C, Khean C, Kul C, Eam R, Lorn T, Athieno P, Kimera J, Clain J, Ringwald P, Signorell A, Lengeler C, Burri C, Ariey F, Hetzel M.W, Witkowski B. Clonal expansion of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Uganda is associated with substandard treatment practices. Lancet. 2021(in press). DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3974542
Journal Article
Burri C, Gerold J. Executive summary: external assessment of Unitaid’s human subject research management. Basel: Swiss TPH, 2021
Report
Das A.M, Chitnis N, Burri C, Paris D.H, Patel S, Spencer S.E.F, Miaka E.M, Castaño M.S. Modelling the impact of fexinidazole use on human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) transmission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021;15(11):e0009992. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009992
De Pretto-Lazarova A, Brancati-Badarau D.O, Burri C. Transparent reporting of recruitment and informed consent approaches in clinical trials recruiting children with minor parents in sub-Saharan Africa: a secondary analysis based on a systematic review. BMC Public Health. 2021;21:1473. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-11079-y
Kümmerle A, Schmid C, Bernhard S, Kande V, Mutombo W, Ilunga M, Lumpungu I, Mutanda S, Nganzobo P, Tete D.N, Kisala M, Burri C, Blesson S, Valverde Mordt O. Effectiveness of Nifurtimox Eflornithine Combination Therapy (NECT) in T. b. gambiense second stage sleeping sickness patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo: report from a field study. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021;15(11):e0009903. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009903
Kümmerle A, Sikalengo G, Vanobberghen F, Ndege R.C, Foe G, Schlaeppi C, Burri C, Battegay M, Paris D.H, Glass T.R, Weisser M, Marzolini C, Kiularco Study Group. Recognition and management of clinically significant drug-drug interactions between antiretrovirals and co-medications in a cohort of people living with HIV in rural Tanzania: a prospective questionnaire-based study. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2021;76(10):2681-2689. DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkab254
Lee T.T, Omoluabi E, Ayodeji K, Yusuf O, Okon C, Brunner N.C, Delvento G, Signorell A, Lambiris M, Kwiatkowski M, Burri C, Lengeler C, Emedo E, Cheshi F, Hetzel M.W. Treatment-seeking for children with suspected severe malaria attending community health workers and primary health centres in Adamawa State, Nigeria. medRxiv. 2021(in press). DOI: 10.1101/2021.12.01.21267130
Journal Article
Ntamabyaliro N.Y, Burri C, Lula Y.N, Ishoso D, Engo A.B, Ngale M.A, Liwono J.Y, Mukomena E.S, Mesia G.K, Mampunza S.M, Tona G.L. Knowledge of antimalarials and health seeking behaviour of households in case of suspected malaria in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Trop Med Infect Dis. 2021;6(3):157. DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed6030157
Signorell A, Saric J, Appenzeller-Herzog C, Ewald H, Burri C, Goetz M, Gerold J. Methodological approaches for conducting follow-up research with clinical trial participants: a scoping review and expert interviews. Trials. 2021;22:961. DOI: 10.1186/s13063-021-05866-6
Blum A, Mudji J, Grize L, Burri C, Zellweger M.J, Blum J. Sleeping hearts: 12 years after a follow up study on cardiac findings due to sleeping sickness. One Health. 2020;11:100182. DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2020.100182
Burri C. Sleeping sickness at the crossroads. Trop Med Infect Dis. 2020;5(2):57. DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed5020057
Burri C, ed. Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness): the road to elimination revisited - achievements and remaining challenges. Basel: MDPI, 2020. Printed edition of the special issue published in . DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-03928-964-6
Edited Book
De Pretto-Lazarova A, Brancati-Badarau D.O, Burri C. Informed consent approaches for clinical trial participation of infants with minor parents in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review. PLoS One. 2020;15(8):e0237088. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237088
Dickie E.A, Giordani F, Gould M.K, Mäser P, Burri C, Mottram J.C, Rao S.P.S, Barrett M.P. New drugs for human African trypanosomiasis: a twenty first century success story. Trop Med Infect Dis. 2020;5:29. DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed5010029