Publications
Holzschuh A, Lerch A, Fakih B.S, Aliy S.M, Ali M.H, Ali M.A, Bruzzese D.J, Yukich J, Hetzel M.W, Koepfli C. Using a mobile nanopore sequencing lab for end-to-end genomic surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum: a feasibility study. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2024;4(2):e0002743. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002743
Fakih B.S, Holzschuh A, Ross A, Stuck L, Abdul R, Al-mafazy A.H, Irema I, Mbena A, Thawer S.G, Shija S.J, Aliy S.M, Ali A, Fink G, Yukich J, Hetzel M.W. Risk of imported malaria infections in Zanzibar: a cross-sectional study. Infect Dis Poverty. 2023;12:80. DOI: 10.1186/s40249-023-01129-5
Holzschuh A, Lerch A, Gerlovina I, Fakih B.S, Al-mafazy A.H, Reaves E.J, Ali A, Abbas F, Ali M.H, Ali M.A, Hetzel M.W, Yukich J, Koepfli C. Multiplexed ddPCR-amplicon sequencing reveals isolated Plasmodium falciparum populations amenable to local elimination in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Nat Commun. 2023;14:3699. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39417-1
Holzschuh A, Grünberg M, Hofmann N.E, Wampfler R, Kiniboro B, Robinson L.J, Mueller I, Felger I, White M.T. Co-infection of the four major Plasmodium species: effects on densities and gametocyte carriage. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022;16(9):e0010760. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010760
Holzschuh A, Koepfli C. Tenfold difference in DNA recovery rate: systematic comparison of whole blood vs. dried blood spot sample collection for malaria molecular surveillance. Malar J. 2022;21:88. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-022-04122-9
Vera-Arias C.A, Holzschuh A, Oduma C.O, Badu K, Abdul-Hakim M, Yukich J, Hetzel M.W, Fakih B.S, Ali A, Ferreira M.U, Ladeia-Andrade S, Sáenz F.E, Afrane Y, Zemene E, Yewhalaw D, Kazura J.W, Yan G, Koepfli C. High-throughput Plasmodium falciparum hrp2 and hrp3 gene deletion typing by digital PCR to monitor malaria rapid diagnostic test efficacy. eLife. 2022;11:e72083. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.72083
Grossenbacher B, Holzschuh A, Hofmann N.E, Omar K.A, Stuck L, Fakih B.S, Ali A, Yukich J, Hetzel M.W, Felger I. Molecular methods for tracking residual Plasmodium falciparum transmission in a close-to-elimination setting in Zanzibar. Malar J. 2020;19:50. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-020-3127-x
Stuck L, Fakih B.S, Al-mafazy A.H, Hofmann N.E, Holzschuh A, Grossenbacher B, Bennett A, Cotter C, Reaves E, Ali A, Van der Horst T, Felger I, Hetzel M.W, Yukich J. Malaria infection prevalence and sensitivity of reactive case detection in Zanzibar. Int J Infect Dis. 2020;97:337-346. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.06.017
Hofmann N.E, Antunes Moniz C, Holzschuh A, Keitel K, Boillat-Blanco N, Kagoro F, Samaka J, Mbarack Z, Ding X.C, Gonzalez I.J, Genton B, D'Acremont V, Felger I. Diagnostic performance of conventional and ultrasensitive rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in febrile outpatients in Tanzania. J Infect Dis. 2019;219(9):1490-1498. DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiy676