Publications

Alidou S, Kamassa H.E, Lack F, Ataba E, Fleming F.M, Sossou E, Hemou M, Yakpa K, Tchalim M, Gnossike P, Vounatsou P, Pullan R, Gass K, Dorkenoo A.M. Risk factors associated with urogenital schistosomiasis: a multilevel assessment approach using an Oversampling Schistosomiasis Survey (SOS) community-based, Plateaux region, Togo 2022. BMJ Public Health. 2025;3(1):e001304. DOI: 10.1136/bmjph-2024-001304

Angelakis A, Nyawanda B.O, Vounatsou P. Modeling sparse Rift Valley fever incidence data: a Bayesian perspective on zero-inflated self-exciting and autoregressive models. BMC Infect Dis. 2025;25:1221. DOI: 10.1186/s12879-025-11506-0

Kim J, Vounatsou P, Chun B.C. Distribution and risk factors of scrub typhus in South Korea, from 2013 to 2019: bayesian spatiotemporal analysis. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2025;11:e68437. DOI: 10.2196/68437

Nyawanda B.O, Sullivan K.M, Tinkitina B, Beinamaryo P, Nabatte B, Kyarisiima H, Mubangizi A, Emerson P.M, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Geostatistical analysis to guide treatment decisions for soil-transmitted helminthiasis control in Uganda. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2025;19(9):e0013467. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0013467

Plass D, Beloconi A, Bessems J, Buekers J, Kienzler S, Martinez G.S, Purece A, Vounatsou P. Estimating the environmental burden of disease resulting from exposure to chemicals in European countries - potentials and challenges revealed in selected case studies. Environ Res. 2025;269:120828. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2025.120828

Singhal T, Widmer K, Beloconi A, Dhaini S, Schwenkglenks M, Blohm C, Weitkunat R, De Geest S, Vounatsou P. Mortality atlas of the main causes of death for the elderly population (≥75 years) in Switzerland during 2010–2020. Swiss Med Wkly. 2025;155(5):3433. DOI: 10.57187/s.3433

Grolimund C.M, Utzinger J, Coulibaly J.T, Sayasone S, Ali S.M, Keiser J, Vounatsou P. Modeling transmission mechanism to infer treatment efficacy of different drugs and combination therapy against Trichuris trichiura. Sci Rep. 2024;14:23543. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-73164-7

Kim J, Vounatsou P, Chun B.C. Changes in seasonality and sex ratio of scrub typhus: a case study of South Korea from 2003 to 2019 based on wavelet transform analysis. BMC Infect Dis. 2024;24:1066. DOI: 10.1186/s12879-024-09858-0

Massoda Tonye S.G, Wounang R, Kouambeng C, Vounatsou P. The influence of jittering DHS cluster locations on geostatistical model-based estimates of malaria risk in Cameroon. Parasite Epidemiol Control. 2024;27:e00397. DOI: 10.1016/j.parepi.2024.e00397

Mendieta M.J, Goderis G, Zeller A, Yip O, Siqeca F, Zúñiga F, Zullig L.L, De Geest S.M, Deschodt M, Flamaing J, Dhaini S, INSPIRE Consortium. Mapping implementation strategies to reach community-dwelling older adults in Northwest Switzerland. Implement Sci. 2024;19:44. DOI: 10.1186/s13012-024-01374-8

Nyawanda B.O, Kariuki S, Khagayi S, Bigogo G, Danquah I, Munga S, Vounatsou P. Forecasting malaria dynamics based on causal relations between control interventions, climatic factors, and disease incidence in western Kenya. J Glob Health. 2024;14:04208. DOI: 10.7189/jogh.14.04208

Nyawanda B.O, Khagayi S, Obor D, Odhiambo S.B, Beloconi A, Otieno N.A, Bigogo G, Kariuki S, Munga S, Vounatsou P. The effects of climatic and non-climatic factors on malaria mortality at different spatial scales in western Kenya, 2008-2019. BMJ Glob Health. 2024;9(9):e014614. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-014614

Nyawanda B.O, Khagayi S, Ochomo E, Bigogo G, Kariuki S, Munga S, Vounatsou P. The influence of malaria control interventions and climate variability on changes in the geographical distribution of parasite prevalence in Kenya between 2015 and 2020. Int J Health Geogr. 2024;23:22. DOI: 10.1186/s12942-024-00381-8

Plass D, Kienzler S, Bessems J, Buekers J, Cops J, Purece A, Beloconi A, Vounatsou P, Widmer K. Estimating the burden of disease due to lead, PFAS, phthalates, cadmium, pyrethroids and bisphenol A using HBM4EU data: test of feasibility and first results for selected countries: European Topic Centre on Human Health and the Environment, 2024

Rubuga F.K, Ahmed A, Siddig E, Sera F, Moirano G, Mbituyumuremyi A, Tuyishime A, Nshogoza G, Nébié E.I, Kitema G.F, Vounatsou P, Utzinger J, Cissé G. Potential impact of climatic factors on malaria in Rwanda between 2012 and 2021: a time-series analysis. Malar J. 2024;23:274. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-024-05097-5

Traoré N, Millogo O, Sié A, Vounatsou P. Impact of climate variability and interventions on malaria incidence and forecasting in Burkina Faso. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2024;21(11):1487. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph21111487

Traoré N, Singhal T, Millogo O, Sié A, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Relative effects of climate factors and malaria control interventions on changes of parasitaemia risk in Burkina Faso from 2014 to 2017/2018. BMC Infect Dis. 2024;24:166. DOI: 10.1186/s12879-024-08981-2

Beloconi A, Nyawanda B.O, Bigogo G, Khagayi S, Obor D, Danquah I, Kariuki S, Munga S, Vounatsou P. Malaria, climate variability, and interventions: modelling transmission dynamics. Sci Rep. 2023;13(1):7367. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-33868-8

Beloconi A, Vounatsou P. Long-term air pollution exposure and COVID-19 case-severity: an analysis of individual-level data from Switzerland. Environ Res. 2023;216(Pt 1):114481. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114481

Beloconi A, Vounatsou P. Revised EU and WHO air quality thresholds: where does Europe stand?. Atmos Environ (1994). 2023;314:120110. DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2023.120110

Gerber D.J.F, Dhakal S, Islam M.N, Al Kawsar A, Khair M.A, Rahman M.M, Karim M.J, Rahman M.S, Aktaruzzaman M.M, Tupps C, Stephens M, Emerson P.M, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Distribution and treatment needs of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Bangladesh: a Bayesian geostatistical analysis of 2017-2020 national survey data. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023;17(11):e0011656. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011656

Nyawanda B.O, Beloconi A, Khagayi S, Bigogo G, Obor D, Otieno N.A, Lange S, Franke J, Sauerborn R, Utzinger J, Kariuki S, Munga S, Vounatsou P. The relative effect of climate variability on malaria incidence after scale-up of interventions in western Kenya: a time-series analysis of monthly incidence data from 2008 to 2019. Parasite Epidemiol Control. 2023;21:e00297. DOI: 10.1016/j.parepi.2023.e00297

Phonekeo S, Kounnavong S, Vonglokham M, Siengsounthone L, Homsana A, Gummin S, Vounatsou P, Nittiyanant P, Worawichawong S, Aekplakorn W, Odermatt P, Sayasone S. Intestinal helminth infections and associated risk factors among adults in the Lao People's Democratic Republic. Infect Dis Poverty. 2023;12:61. DOI: 10.1186/s40249-023-01112-0

Grolimund C.M, Bärenbold O, Hatz C.F, Vennervald B.J, Mayombana C, Mshinda H, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Infection intensity-dependent accuracy of reagent strip for the diagnosis of Schistosoma haematobium and estimation of treatment prevalence thresholds. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022;16(4):e0010332. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010332

Grolimund C.M, Bärenbold O, Utzinger J, Keiser J, Vounatsou P. Modeling the effect of different drugs and treatment regimen for hookworm on cure and egg reduction rates taking into account diagnostic error. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022;16(10):e0010810. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010810

Kokaliaris C, Garba A, Matuska M, Bronzan R.N, Colley D.G, Dorkenoo A.M, Ekpo U.F, Fleming F.M, French M.D, Kabore A, Mbonigaba J.B, Midzi N, Mwinzi P.N.M, N'Goran E.K, Polo M.R, Sacko M, Tchuem Tchuenté L.A, Tukahebwa E.M, Uvon P.A, Yang G, Wiesner L, Zhang Y, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Effect of preventive chemotherapy with praziquantel on schistosomiasis among school-aged children in sub-Saharan Africa: a spatiotemporal modelling study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2022;22(1):136-149. DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00090-6

Wiegand R.E, Fleming F.M, de Vlas S.J, Odiere M.R, Kinung'hi S, King C.H, Evans D, French M.D, Montgomery S.P, Straily A, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P, Secor W.E. Defining elimination as a public health problem for schistosomiasis control programmes: beyond prevalence of heavy-intensity infections. Lancet Glob Health. 2022;10(9):e1355-e1359. DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00287-X

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

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

Beloconi A, Vounatsou P. Substantial reduction in particulate matter air pollution across Europe during 2006-2019: a spatiotemporal modeling analysis. Environ Sci Technol. 2021;55(22):15505-15518. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c03748

Klohe K, Koudou B.G, Fenwick A, Fleming F, Garba A, Gouvras A, Harding-Esch E.M, Knopp S, Molyneux D, D'Souza S, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P, Waltz J, Zhang Y, Rollinson D. A systematic literature review of schistosomiasis in urban and peri-urban settings. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021;15(2):e0008995. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008995

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

Rinaldo D, Perez-Saez J, Vounatsou P, Utzinger J, Arcand J.L. The economic impact of schistosomiasis. Infect Dis Poverty. 2021;10:134. DOI: 10.1186/s40249-021-00919-z

Siqeca F, Obas K, Yip O, Stenz S, Vounatsou P, Briel M, Schwenkglenks M, Quinto C, Blozik E, Zeller A, Zullig L.L, De Geest S, Deschodt M. The INSPIRE population survey: development, dissemination and respondent characteristics. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2021;21:131. DOI: 10.1186/s12874-021-01329-3

Wiegand R.E, Fleming F.M, Straily A, Montgomery S.P, de Vlas S.J, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P, Secor W.E. Urogenital schistosomiasis infection prevalence targets to determine elimination as a public health problem based on microhematuria prevalence in school-age children. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021;15(6):e0009451. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009451

Wiegand R.E, Secor W.E, Fleming F.M, French M.D, King C.H, Deol A.K, Montgomery S.P, Evans D, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P, de Vlas S.J. Associations between infection intensity categories and morbidity prevalence in school-age children are much stronger for Schistosoma haematobium than for S. mansoni. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021;15(5):e0009444. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009444

Wiegand R.E, Secor W.E, Fleming F.M, French M.D, King C.H, Montgomery S.P, Evans D, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P, de Vlas S.J. Control and elimination of schistosomiasis as a public health problem: thresholds fail to differentiate schistosomiasis morbidity prevalence in children. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021;8(7):ofab179. DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab179

Beloconi A, Vounatsou P. Bayesian geostatistical modelling of high-resolution NO2 exposure in Europe combining data from monitors, satellites and chemical transport models. Environ Int. 2020;138:105578. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105578

Deschodt M, Laurent G, Cornelissen L, Yip O, Zúñiga F, Denhaerynck K, Briel M, Karabegovic A, De Geest S, INSPIRE consortium. Core components and impact of nurse-led integrated care models for home-dwelling older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Nurs Stud. 2020;105:103552. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103552

Fornace K.M, Fronterre C, Fleming F.M, Simpson H, Zoure H, Rebollo M, Mwinzi P, Vounatsou P, Pullan R.L. Evaluating survey designs for targeting preventive chemotherapy against Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma mansoni across sub-Saharan Africa: a geostatistical analysis and modelling study. Parasit Vectors. 2020;13:555. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-020-04413-7

Herrmann C, Ess S, Walser E, Frick H, Thürlimann B, Probst-Hensch N, Rothermundt C, Vounatsou P. Regional differences and trends in breast cancer surgical procedures and their relation to socioeconomic disparities and screening patterns. J Publ Health. 2020;28(1):71-80. DOI: 10.1007/s10389-018-01007-7

Midzi N, Bärenbold O, Manangazira P, Phiri I, Mutsaka-Makuvaza M.J, Mhlanga G, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Accuracy of different diagnostic techniques for Schistosoma haematobium to estimate treatment needs in Zimbabwe: application of a hierarchical Bayesian egg count model. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020;14(8):e0008451. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008451

Mlacha Y.P, Wang D, Chaki P.P, Gavana T, Zhou Z, Michael M.G, Khatib R, Chila G, Msuya H.M, Chaki E, Makungu C, Lin K, Tambo E, Rumisha S.F, Mkude S, Mahende M.K, Chacky F, Vounatsou P, Tanner M, Masanja H, Aregawi M, Hertzmark E, Xiao N, Abdulla S, Zhou X.N. Effectiveness of the innovative 1,7-malaria reactive community-based testing and response (1, 7-mRCTR) approach on malaria burden reduction in Southeastern Tanzania. Malar J. 2020;19:292. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-020-03363-w

Brunner N.C, Chacky F, Mandike R, Mohamed A, Runge M, Thawer S.G, Ross A, Vounatsou P, Lengeler C, Molteni F, Hetzel M.W. The potential of pregnant women as a sentinel population for malaria surveillance. Malar J. 2019;18:370. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-019-2999-0

Dekker-Boersema J, Hector J, Frances Jefferys L, Binamo J, Camilo D, Muganga G, Aly M.M, Langa E.B.R, Vounatsou P, Hobbins M.A. Triage conducted by lay-staff and emergency training reduces paediatric mortality in the emergency department of a rural hospital in Northern Mozambique. Afr J Emerg Med. 2019;9(4):172-176. DOI: 10.1016/j.afjem.2019.05.005

Dietler D, Leuenberger A, Bempong N.E, Campbell-Lendrum D, Cramer C, Eggen R.I.L, Erismann S, Ferazzi S, Flahault A, Fletcher H.A, Fuhrer B, Fuhrimann S, Greter H, Heerdegen A.C, Leach M, Leissing A, Lilje J, Penny M.A, Prytherch H, Staudacher P, Vounatsou P, Weiss F, Wiedermann R, Winkler M.S, Zhou X.N, Utzinger J. Health in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: from framework to action, transforming challenges into opportunities. J Glob Health. 2019;9(2):020201. DOI: 10.7189/jogh.09.020201

Dlamini S.N, Beloconi A, Mabaso S, Vounatsou P, Impouma B, Fall I.S. Review of remotely sensed data products for disease mapping and epidemiology. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment. 2019;14:108-118. DOI: 10.1016/j.rsase.2019.02.005

Forrer A, Khieu V, Vounatsou P, Sithithaworn P, Ruantip S, Huy R, Muth S, Odermatt P. Strongyloides stercoralis: spatial distribution of a highly prevalent and ubiquitous soil-transmitted helminth in Cambodia. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019;13(6):e0006943. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006943

Herrmann C, Ess S, Walser E, Frick H, Thurlimann B, Probst-Hensch N, Rothermundt C, Mousavi M, Morant R, Vounatsou P. Screening is associated with lower mastectomy rates in Switzerland. Breast, 2019;44(Suppl. 1):S47

Khagayi S, Desai M, Amek N, Were V, Onyango E.D, Odero C, Otieno K, Bigogo G, Munga S, Odhiambo F, Hamel M.J, Kariuki S, Samuels A.M, Slutsker L, Gimnig J, Vounatsou P. Modelling the relationship between malaria prevalence as a measure of transmission and mortality across age groups. Malar J. 2019;18:247. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-019-2869-9

Lai Y.S, Biedermann P, Shrestha A, Chammartin F, À Porta N, Montresor A, Mistry N.F, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Risk profiling of soil-transmitted helminth infection and estimated number of infected people in South Asia: a systematic review and Bayesian geostatistical analysis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019;13(8):e0007580. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007580

Millogo O, Doamba J.E.O, Sie A, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Geographical variation in the association of child, maternal and household health interventions with under-five mortality in Burkina Faso. PLoS One. 2019;14(7):e0218163. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218163

Nambuusi B.B, Ssempiira J, Makumbi F.E, Kasasa S, Vounatsou P. The effects and contribution of childhood diseases on the geographical distribution of all-cause under-five mortality in Uganda. Parasite Epidemiol Control. 2019;5:e00089. DOI: 10.1016/j.parepi.2019.e00089

Nambuusi B.B, Ssempiira J, Makumbi F.E, Utzinger J, Kasasa S, Vounatsou P. Geographical variations of the associations between health interventions and all-cause under-five mortality in Uganda. BMC Public Health. 2019;19:1330. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-7636-x

Papaioannou I, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Malaria-anemia comorbidity prevalence as a measure of malaria-related deaths in sub-Saharan Africa. Sci Rep. 2019;9:11323. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-47614-6

Stensgaard A.S, Vounatsou P, Sengupta M.E, Utzinger J. Schistosomes, snails and climate change: current trends and future expectations. Acta Trop. 2019;190:257-268. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.09.013

Thiam S, Cissé G, Stensgaard A.S, Niang-Diène A, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Bayesian conditional autoregressive models to assess spatial patterns of diarrhoea risk among children under the age of 5 years in Mbour, Senegal.. Geospat Health. 2019;14(2):321-328. DOI: 10.4081/gh.2019.823

Amek N.O, Van Eijk A, Lindblade K.A, Hamel M, Bayoh N, Gimnig J, Laserson K.F, Slutsker L, Smith T, Vounatsou P. Infant and child mortality in relation to malaria transmission in KEMRI/CDC HDSS, Western Kenya: validation of verbal autopsy. Malar J. 2018;17:37. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-018-2184-x

Bärenbold O, Garba A, Colley D.G, Fleming F.M, Haggag A.A, Ramzy R.M.R, Assaré R.K, Tukahebwa E.M, Mbonigaba J.B, Bucumi V, Kebede B, Yibi M.S, Meite A, Coulibaly J.T, N'Goran E.K, Tchuem Tchuente L.A, Mwinzi P, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Translating preventive chemotherapy prevalence thresholds for Schistosoma mansoni from the Kato-Katz technique into the point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen diagnostic test. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018;12(12):e0006941. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006941

Beloconi A, Chrysoulakis N, Lyapustin A, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Bayesian geostatistical modelling of PM10 and PM2.5 surface level concentrations in Europe using high-resolution satellite-derived products. Environ Int. 2018;121(Pt 1):57-70. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.08.041

Forrer A, Khieu V, Schär F, Vounatsou P, Chammartin F, Marti H, Muth S, Odermatt P. Strongyloides stercoralis and hookworm co-infection: spatial distribution and determinants in Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia. Parasit Vectors. 2018;11:33. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-017-2604-8

Herrmann C, Vounatsou P, Thürlimann B, Probst-Hensch N, Rothermundt C, Ess S. Impact of mammography screening programmes on breast cancer mortality in Switzerland, a country with different regional screening policies. BMJ Open. 2018;8(3):e017806. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017806

Massoda Tonye S.G, Kouambeng C, Wounang R, Vounatsou P. Challenges of DHS and MIS to capture the entire pattern of malaria parasite risk and intervention effects in countries with different ecological zones: the case of Cameroon. Malar J. 2018;17:156. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-018-2284-7

Moser W, Bärenbold O, Mirams G.J, Cools P, Vlaminck J, Ali S.M, Ame S.M, Hattendorf J, Vounatsou P, Levecke B, Keiser J. Diagnostic comparison between FECPAKG2 and the Kato-Katz method for analyzing soil-transmitted helminth eggs in stool. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018;12(6):e0006562. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006562

Ssempiira J, Kasirye I, Kissa J, Nambuusi B, Mukooyo E, Opigo J, Makumbi F, Kasasa S, Vounatsou P. Measuring health facility readiness and its effects on severe malaria outcomes in Uganda. Sci Rep. 2018;8(1):17928. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-36249-8

Ssempiira J, Kissa J, Nambuusi B, Kyozira C, Rutazaana D, Mukooyo E, Opigo J, Makumbi F, Kasasa S, Vounatsou P. The effect of case management and vector-control interventions on space-time patterns of malaria incidence in Uganda. Malar J. 2018;17:162. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-018-2312-7

Ssempiira J, Kissa J, Nambuusi B, Mukooyo E, Opigo J, Makumbi F, Kasasa S, Vounatsou P. Interactions between climatic changes and intervention effects on malaria spatio-temporal dynamics in Uganda. Parasit Epidemiol Control. 2018;3(3):e00070. DOI: 10.1016/j.parepi.2018.e00070

Bärenbold O, Raso G, Coulibaly J.T, N'Goran E.K, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Estimating sensitivity of the Kato-Katz technique for the diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni and hookworm in relation to infection intensity. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017;11(10):e0005953. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005953

Khagayi S, Amek N, Bigogo G, Odhiambo F, Vounatsou P. Bayesian spatio-temporal modeling of mortality in relation to malaria incidence in western Kenya. PLoS One. 2017;12(7):e0180516. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180516

Krauth S.J, Wandel N, Traoré S.I, Vounatsou P, Hattendorf J, Achi L.Y, McNeill K, N'Goran E.K, Utzinger J. Distribution of intermediate host snails of schistosomiasis and fascioliasis in relation to environmental factors during the dry season in the Tchologo region, Côte d'Ivoire. Adv Water Resour. 2017;108:386-396. DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2016.11.016

Lai Y.S, Zhou X.N, Pan Z.H, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Risk mapping of clonorchiasis in the People's Republic of China: a systematic review and Bayesian geostatistical analysis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017;11(3):e0005239. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005239

Pedersen U.B, Karagiannis-Voules D.A, Midzi N, Mduluza T, Mukaratirwa S, Fensholt R, Vennervald B.J, Kristensen T, Vounatsou P, Stensgaard A.S. Comparison of the spatial patterns of schistosomiasis in Zimbabwe at two points in time, spaced twenty-nine years apart: is climate variability of importance?. Geospat Health. 2017;12(1):59-66. DOI: 10.4081/gh.2017.505

Ssempiira J, Nambuusi B, Kissa J, Agaba B, Makumbi F, Kasasa S, Vounatsou P. The contribution of malaria control interventions on spatio-temporal changes of parasitaemia risk in Uganda during 2009-2014. Parasit Vectors. 2017;10:450. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-017-2393-0

Ssempiira J, Nambuusi B, Kissa J, Agaba B, Makumbi F, Kasasa S, Vounatsou P. Geostatistical modelling of malaria indicator survey data to assess the effects of interventions on the geographical distribution of malaria prevalence in children less than 5 years in Uganda. PLoS One. 2017;12(4):e0174948. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174948

Thiam S, Diene A.N, Fuhrimann S, Winkler M.S, Sy I, Ndione J.A, Schindler C, Vounatsou P, Utzinger J, Faye O, Cissé G. Prevalence of diarrhoea and risk factors among children under five years old in Mbour, Senegal: a cross-sectional study. Infect Dis Poverty. 2017;6:109. DOI: 10.1186/s40249-017-0323-1

Thiam S, Diene A.N, Sy I, Winkler M.S, Schindler C, Ndione J.A, Faye O, Vounatsou P, Utzinger J, Cissé G. Association between childhood diarrhoeal incidence and climatic factors in urban and rural settings in the health district of Mbour, Senegal. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017;14(9):1049. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14091049

Bennett A, Yukich J, Miller J.M, Keating J, Moonga H, Hamainza B, Kamuliwo M, Andrade-Pacheco R, Vounatsou P, Steketee R.W, Eisele T.P. The relative contribution of climate variability and vector control coverage to changes in malaria parasite prevalence in Zambia 2006-2012. Parasit Vectors. 2016;9:431. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-016-1693-0

Biggeri A, Catelan D, Conesa D, Vounatsou P. Spatio-temporal statistics: applications in epidemiology, veterinary medicine and ecology. Geospat Health. 2016;11(1):469. DOI: 10.4081/gh.2016.469

Boelaert M, NIDIAG Consortium. Clinical research on neglected tropical diseases: challenges and solutions. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016;10(11):e0004853. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004853

Chammartin F, Probst-Hensch N, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Mortality atlas of the main causes of death in Switzerland, 2008-2012. Swiss Med Wkly. 2016;146:w14280. DOI: 10.4414/smw.2016.14280

Diboulo E, Sié A, Vounatsou P. Assessing the effects of malaria interventions on the geographical distribution of parasitaemia risk in Burkina Faso. Malar J. 2016;15:228. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1282-x

Houngbedji C.A, Chammartin F, Yapi R.B, Hürlimann E, N'Dri P.B, Silué K.D, Soro G, Koudou B.G, Assi S.B, N'Goran E.K, Fantodji A, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P, Raso G. Spatial mapping and prediction of Plasmodium falciparum infection risk among school-aged children in Côte d'Ivoire. Parasit Vectors. 2016;9:494. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-016-1775-z

Kouassi B.L, de Souza D.K, Goepogui A, Balde S.M, Diakite L, Sagno A, Djameh G.I, Chammartin F, Vounatsou P, Bockarie M.J, Utzinger J, Koudou B.G. Low prevalence of Plasmodium and absence of malaria transmission in Conakry, Guinea: prospects for elimination. Malar J. 2016;15:175. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1230-9

Lo N.C, Lai Y.S, Karagiannis-Voules D.A, Bogoch I.I, Coulibaly J.T, Bendavid E, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P, Andrews J.R. Assessment of global guidelines for preventive chemotherapy against schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis: a cost-effectiveness modelling study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2016;16(9):1065-1075. DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30073-1

Schär F, Giardina F, Khieu V, Muth S, Vounatsou P, Marti H, Odermatt P. Occurrence of and risk factors for Strongyloides stercoralis infection in South-East Asia. Acta Trop. 2016;159:227-238. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.03.008

Stensgaard A.S, Vounatsou P, Onapa A.W, Utzinger J, Pedersen E.M, Kristensen T.K, Simonsen P.E. Ecological drivers of Mansonella perstans infection in Uganda and patterns of co-endemicity with lymphatic filariasis and malaria. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016;10(1):e0004319. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004319

Yapi R.B, Chammartin F, Hürlimann E, Houngbedji C.A, N'Dri P.B, Silué K.D, Utzinger J, N'Goran E.K, Vounatsou P, Raso G. Bayesian risk profiling of soil-transmitted helminth infections and estimates of preventive chemotherapy for school-aged children in Côte d'Ivoire. Parasit Vectors. 2016;9:162. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-016-1446-0

Adigun A.B, Gajere E.N, Oresanya O, Vounatsou P. Malaria risk in Nigeria: Bayesian geostatistical modelling of 2010 malaria indicator survey data. Malar J. 2015;14:156. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0683-6

Amek N, Vounatsou P, Obonyo B, Hamel M, Odhiambo F, Slutsker L, Laserson K. Using health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS) data to analyse geographical distribution of socio-economic status: an experience from KEMRI/CDC HDSS. Acta Tropica. 2015;144:24-30. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.01.006

Assaré R.K, Lai Y.S, Yapi A, Tian-Bi Y.N.T, Ouattara M, Yao P.K, Knopp S, Vounatsou P, Utzinger J, N'Goran E.K. The spatial distribution of Schistosoma mansoni infection in four regions of western Côte d'Ivoire. Geospat Health. 2015;10(345):69-79. DOI: 10.4081/gh.2015.345

Diboulo E, Sie A, Diadier D.A, Karagiannis-Voules D.A, Ye Y, Vounatsou P. Bayesian variable selection in modelling geographical heterogeneity in malaria transmission from sparse data: an application to Nouna Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) data, Burkina Faso. Parasit Vectors. 2015;8:679. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-0679-7

Dlamini S.N, Franke J, Vounatsou P. Assessing the relationship between environmental factors and malaria vector breeding sites in Swaziland using multi-scale remotely sensed data. Geospat Health. 2015;10(302):88-98. DOI: 10.4081/gh.2015.302

Forrer A, Vounatsou P, Sayasone S, Vonghachack Y, Bouakhasith D, Utzinger J, Akkhavong K, Odermatt P. Risk profiling of hookworm infection and intensity in southern Lao People's Democratic Republic using Bayesian models. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015;9(3):e0003486. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003486

Forrer A, Vounatsou P, Sayasone S, Vonghachack Y, Bouakhasith D, Utzinger J, Akkhavong K, Odermatt P. Bayesian-based risk profiling of the prevalence and intensity of hookworm infection in Champasack province, Lao People's Democratic Republic. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):225. Abstracts of the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, 6-10 September 2015, Basel, Switzerland

Giardina F, Franke J, Vounatsou P. Geostatistical modelling of the malaria risk in Mozambique: effect of the spatial resolution when using remotely-sensed imagery. Geospat Health. 2015;10(333):232-238. DOI: 10.4081/gh.2015.333

Herrmann C, Ess S, Thürlimann B, Probst-Hensch N, Vounatsou P. 40 years of progress in female cancer death risk: a Bayesian spatio-temporal mapping analysis in Switzerland. BMC Cancer. 2015;15:666. DOI: 10.1186/s12885-015-1660-8

Houngbedji C.A, N'Dri P.B, Hürlimann E, Yapi R.B, Silué K.D, Soro G, Koudou B.G, Acka C.A, Assi S.B, Vounatsou P, N'Goran E.K, Fantodji A, Utzinger J, Raso G. Disparities of Plasmodium falciparum infection, malaria-related morbidity and access to malaria prevention and treatment among school-aged children: a national cross-sectional survey in Côte d'Ivoire. Malar J. 2015;14:7. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-14-7

Jürgens V, Ess S, Schwenkglenks M, Cerny T, Vounatsou P. Using lung cancer mortality to indirectly approximate smoking patterns in space. Spat Spattemporal Epidemiol. 2015;14/15:23-31. DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2015.06.003

Karagiannis-Voules D.A, Biedermann P, Ekpo U.F, Garba A, Langer E, Mathieu E, Midzi P, Mwinzi P, Polderman A.M, Raso G, Sacko M, Talla I, Tchuem Tchuenté L.A, Touré S, Winkler M.S, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Spatial and temporal distribution of soil-transmitted helminth infection in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and geostatistical meta-analysis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2015;15(1):74-84. DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(14)71004-7

Karagiannis-Voules D.A, Odermatt P, Biedermann P, Khieu V, Schär F, Muth S, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Geostatistical modelling of soil-transmitted helminth infection in Cambodia: do socioeconomic factors improve predictions?. Acta Trop. 2015;141(Pt B):204-212. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.09.001

Khieu V, Schär F, Forrer A, Hattendorf J, Bless P.J, Marti H, Duong S, Char M.C, Vounatsou P, Muth S, Odermatt P. Highest prevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis in Cambodia. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):310-311

Lai Y.S, Biedermann P, Ekpo U.F, Garba A, Mathieu E, Midzi N, Mwinzi P, N'Goran E.K, Raso G, Assaré R.K, Sacko M, Schur N, Talla I, Tchuem Tchuenté L.A, Touré S, Winkler M.S, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Spatial distribution of schistosomiasis and treatment needs in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and geostatistical analysis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2015;15(8):927-940. DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00066-3

Oluwole A.S, Ekpo U.F, Karagiannis-Voules D.A, Abe E.M, Olamiju F.O, Isiyaku S, Okoronkwo C, Saka Y, Nebe O.J, Braide E.I, Mafiana C.F, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Bayesian geostatistical model-based estimates of soil-transmitted helminth infection in Nigeria, including annual deworming requirements. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015;9(4):e0003740. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003740

Schär F, Khieu V, Giardina F, Muth S, Vounatsou P, Marti H, Odermatt P. Occurrence of and risk factors for Strongyloides stercoralis infection globally and in South-East Asia. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):305. Abstracts of the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, 6-10 September 2015, Basel, Switzerland

Walz Y, Wegmann M, Dech S, Vounatsou P, Poda J.N, N'Goran E.K, Utzinger J, Raso G. Modeling and validation of environmental suitability for schistosomiasis transmission using remote sensing. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015;9(11):e0004217. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004217

Walz Y, Wegmann M, Leutner B, Dech S, Vounatsou P, N'Goran E.K, Raso G, Utzinger J. Use of an ecologically relevant modelling approach to improve remote sensing-based schistosomiasis risk profiling. Geospat Health. 2015;10(398):271-279. DOI: 10.4081/gh.2015.398

Yapi R.B, Chammartin F, Houngbedji C.A, Hürlimann E, N'Dri P.B, Silue D.K, N'Goran E.K, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P, Raso G. Bayesian risk profiling and model-based prediction of soil-transmitted helminth infections among schoolchildren from Côte d'Ivoire. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):39. Abstracts of the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, 6-10 September 2015, Basel, Switzerland

Bennett A, Yukich J, Miller J.M, Vounatsou P, Hamainza B, Ingwe M.M, Moonga H.B, Kamuliwo M, Keating J, Smith T.A, Steketee R.W, Eisele T.P. A methodological framework for the improved use of routine health system data to evaluate national malaria control programs: evidence from Zambia. Popul Health Metr. 2014;12:30. DOI: 10.1186/s12963-014-0030-0

Chammartin F, Guimaraes L.H, Scholte R.G, Bavia M.E, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Spatio-temporal distribution of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Brazil. Parasit Vectors. 2014;7:440. DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-440

Chammartin F, Houngbedji C.A, Hürlimann E, Yapi R.B, Silué K.D, Soro G, Kouame F.N, N'Goran E.K, Utzinger J, Raso G, Vounatsou P. Bayesian risk mapping and model-based estimation of Schistosoma haematobium - Schistosoma mansoni co-distribution in Côte d'Ivoire. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014;8(12):e3407. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003407

Ekpo U.F, Oluwole A.S, Karagiannis-Voules D.A, Abe E.M, Olamiju F, Isiyaku S, Okoronkwo C, Saka Y, Nebe O.J, Braide E.I, Mafiana C.F, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Bayesian geostatistical model-based estimates of geospatial distribution of soil-transmitted helmitted helminthiasis and albendazole treatment requirement in nigeria. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2014;91(5 Suppl. 1):193

Giardina F, Kasasa S, Sié A, Utzinger J, Tanner M, Vounatsou P. Effects of vector-control interventions on changes in risk of malaria parasiotaemia in sub-Saharan Africa: a spatial and temporal analysis. Lancet Glob Health. 2014;2(10):e601-e615. DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70300-6

Hirve S, Vounatsou P, Juvekar S, Blomstedt Y, Wall S, Chatterji S, Ng N. Self-rated health: small area large area comparisons amongst older adults at the state, district and sub-district level in India. Health Place. 2014;26:31-38. DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.12.002

Jürgens V, Ess S, Cerny T, Vounatsou P. A Bayesian generalized age-period-cohort power model for cancer projections. Stat Med. 2014;33(26):4627-4636. DOI: 10.1002/sim.6248

Khieu V, Schär F, Forrer A, Hattendorf J, Marti H, Duong S, Vounatsou P, Muth S, Odermatt P. High prevalence and spatial distribution of Strongyloides stercoralis in rural Cambodia. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014;8(6):e2854. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002854

Rumisha S.F, Smith T, Abdulla S, Masanja H, Vounatsou P. Modelling heterogeneity in malaria transmission using large sparse spatio-temporal entomological data. Glob Health Action. 2014;7:22682. DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.22682

Rumisha S.F, Smith T.A, Masanja H, Abdulla S, Vounatsou P. Relationship between child survival and malaria transmission: an analysis of the malaria transmission intensity and mortality burden across Africa (MTIMBA) project data in Rufiji demographic surveillance system, Tanzania. Malar J. 2014;13:124. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-124

Scholte R.G.C, Gosoniu L, Malone J.B, Chammartin F, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Predictive risk mapping of schistosomiasis in Brazil using Bayesian geostatistical models. Acta Trop. 2014;132:57-63. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.12.007

Yapi R.B, Hürlimann E, Houngbedji C.A, Ndri P.B, Silué K.D, Soro G, Kouame F.N, Vounatsou P, Fürst T, N'Goran E.K, Utzinger J, Raso G. Infection and co-infection with helminths and Plasmodium among school children in Côte d'Ivoire: results from a national cross-sectional survey. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014;8(6):e2913. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002913

Briët O.J, Amerasinghe P.H, Vounatsou P. Generalized seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average models for count data with application to malaria time series with low case numbers. PLoS One. 2013;8(6):e65761. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065761

Chammartin F, Hürlimann E, Raso G, N'Goran E.K, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Statistical methodological issues in mapping historical schistosomiasis survey data. Acta Trop. 2013;128(2):345-352. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.04.012

Chammartin F, Scholte R.G, Guimaraes L.H, Tanner M, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Soil-transmitted helminth infection in South America: a systematic review and geostatistical meta-analysis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2013;13(6):507-518. DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70071-9

Chammartin F, Scholte R.G, Malone J.B, Bavia M.E, Nieto P, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Modelling the geographical distribution of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Bolivia. Parasit Vectors. 2013;6:152. DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-152

Ekpo U.F, Hürlimann E, Schur N, Oluwole A.S, Abe E.M, Mafe M.A, Nebe O.J, Isiyaku S, Olamiju F, Kadiri M, Poopola T.O, Braide E.I, Saka Y, Mafiana C.F, Kristensen T.K, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Mapping and prediction of schistosomiasis in Nigeria using compiled survey data and Bayesian geospatial modelling. Geospat Health. 2013;7(2):355-366. DOI: 10.4081/gh.2013.92

Herrmann C, Cerny T, Savidan A, Vounatsou P, Konzelmann I, Bouchardy C, Frick H, Ess S. Cancer survivors in Switzerland: a rapidly growing population to care for. BMC Cancer. 2013;13:287. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-13-287

Jürgens V, Ess S, Phuleria H.C, Früh M, Schwenkglenks M, Frick H, Cerny T, Vounatsou P. Bayesian spatio-temporal modelling of tobacco-related cancer mortality in Switzerland. Geospat Health. 2013;7(2):219-236. DOI: 10.4081/gh.2013.82

Jürgens V, Ess S, Phuleria H.C, Früh M, Schwenkglenks M, Frick H, Cerny T, Vounatsou P. Tobacco-related cancer mortality: projections for different geographical regions in Switzerland. Swiss Med Wkly. 2013;143:w13771. DOI: 10.4414/smw.2013.13771

Karagiannis-Voules D.A, Scholte R.G.C, Guimaraes L.H, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Bayesian geostatistical modeling of leishmaniasis incidence in Brazil. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013;7(5):e2213. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002213

Kasasa S, Asoala V, Gosoniu L, Anto F, Adjuik M, Tindana C, Smith T, Owusu-Agyei S, Vounatsou P. Spatio-temporal malaria transmission patterns in Navrongo demographic surveillance site, northern Ghana. Malar J. 2013;12:63. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-63

Lai Y.S, Zhou X.N, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Bayesian geostatistical modelling of soil-transmitted helminth survey data in the People's Republic of China. Parasit Vectors. 2013;6:359. DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-359

Musenge E, Freeman Chirwa T, Kahn K, Vounatsou P. Bayesian analysis of zero inflated spatiotemporal HIV/TB child mortality data through the INLA and SPDE approaches: applied to data observed between 1992 and 2010 in rural north east South Africa. Int J Appl Earth Obs Geoinf. 2013;22(100):86-98. DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2012.04.001

Musenge E, Vounatsou P, Collinson M, Tollman S, Kahn K. The contribution of spatial analysis to understanding HIV/TB mortality in children: a structural equation modelling approach. Glob Health Action. 2013;6:19266. DOI: 10.3402/gha.v6i0.19266

Mwanga J.R, Lwambo N.J.S, Rumisha S.F, Vounatsou P, Utzinger J. Dynamics of people's socio-economic status in the face of schistosomiasis control interventions in Ukerewe district, Tanzania. Acta Trop. 2013;128(2):399-406. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.01.004

Rumisha S.F, Smith T, Abdulla S, Masanja H, Vounatsou P. Assessing seasonal variations and age patterns in mortality during the first year of life in Tanzania. Acta Trop. 2013;126(1):28-36. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.12.002

Schär F, Trostdorf U, Giardina F, Khieu V, Muth S, Marti H.P, Vounatsou P, Odermatt P. Strongyloides stercoralis: global distribution and risk factors. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013;7(7):e2288. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002288

Scholte R.G.C, Schur N, Bavia M.E, Carvalho E.M, Chammartin F, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Spatial analysis and risk mapping of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Brazil, using Bayesian geostatistical models. Geospat Health. 2013;8(1):97-110. DOI: 10.4081/gh.2013.58

Schur N, Hürlimann E, Stensgaard A.S, Chimfwembe K, Mushinge G, Simoonga C, Kabatereine N.B, Kristensen T.K, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Spatially explicit Schistosoma infection risk in eastern Africa using Bayesian geostatistical modelling. Acta Trop. 2013;128(2):365-377. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2011.10.006

Standley C.J, Vounatsou P, Gosoniu L, McKeon C, Adriko M, Kabatereine N.B, Stothard J.R. Micro-scale investigation of intestinal schistosomiasis transmission on Ngamba and Kimi islands, Lake Victoria, Uganda. Acta Trop. 2013;128(2):353-364. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.02.005

Stensgaard A.S, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P, Hürlimann E, Schur N, Saarnak C.F, Simoonga C, Mubita P, Kabatereine N.B, Tchuente L.A, Rahbek C, Kristensen T.K. Large-scale determinants of intestinal schistosomiasis and intermediate host snail distribution across Africa: does climate matter?. Acta Trop. 2013;128(2):378-390. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2011.11.010

Amek N, Bayoh N, Hamel M, Lindblade K.A, Gimnig J, Odhiambo F, Laserson K.F, Slutsker L, Smith T, Vounatsou P. Spatial and temporal dynamics of malaria transmission in rural western Kenya. Parasit Vectors. 2012;5:86. DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-86

Forrer A, Sayasone S, Vounatsou P, Vonghachack Y, Bouakhasith D, Vogt S, Glaser R, Utzinger J, Akkhavong K, Odermatt P. Spatial distribution of, and risk factors for, Opisthorchis viverrini infection in southern Lao PDR. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012;6(2):e1481. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001481

Giardina F, Gosoniu L, Konate L, Diouf M.B, Perry R, Gaye O, Faye O, Vounatsou P. Estimating the burden of malaria in Senegal: Bayesian zero-inflated binomial geostatistical modeling of the MIS 2008 data. PLoS One. 2012;7(3):e32625. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032625

Gosoniu L, Msengwa A, Lengeler C, Vounatsou P. Spatially explicit burden estimates of malaria in Tanzania: Bayesian geostatistical modeling of the malaria indicator survey data. PLoS One. 2012;7(5):e23966. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023966

Gsell A.S, Knobel D.L, Cleaveland S, Kazwala R.R, Vounatsou P, Zinsstag J. Domestic dog demographic structure and dynamics relevant to rabies control planning in urban areas in Africa: the case of Iringa, Tanzania. BMC Vet Res. 2012;8:236. DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-8-236

Lovis L, Mak T.K, Phongluxa K, Soukhathammavong P.A, Vonghachack Y, Keiser J, Vounatsou P, Tanner M, Hatz C, Utzinger J, Odermatt P, Akkhavong K. Efficacy of praziquantel against Schistosoma mekongi and Opisthorchis viverrini: a randomized, single-blinded dose-comparison trial. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012;6(7):e1726. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001726

Mischler P, Kearney M, McCarroll J.C, Scholte R.G.C, Vounatsou P, Malone J.B. Environmental and socio-economic risk modelling for Chagas disease in Bolivia. Geospat Health. 2012;6(3):S59-S66. DOI: 10.4081/gh.2012.123

Mudenda N.B, Malone J.B, Kearney M.T, Mischler P.D, del Mar Nieto P, McCarroll J.C, Vounatsou P. Modelling the ecological niche of hookworm in Brazil based on climate. Geospat Health. 2012;6(3):S111-S123. DOI: 10.4081/gh.2012.129

Raso G, Schur N, Utzinger J, Koudou B.G, Tchicaya E.S, Rohner F, N'Goran E.K, Silué K.D, Matthys B, Assi S, Tanner M, Vounatsou P. Mapping malaria risk among children in Côte d'Ivoire using Bayesian geo-statistical models. Malar J. 2012;11:160. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-160

Sayasone S, Rasphone O, Vanmany M, Vounatsou P, Utzinger J, Tanner M, Akkhavong K, Hatz C, Odermatt P. Severe morbidity due to Opisthorchis viverrini and Schistosoma mekongi infection in Lao PDR. Clin Infect Dis. 2012;55(6):e54-e57. DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis528

Scholte R.G.C, Carvalho O.S, Malone J.B, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Spatial distribution of Biomphalaria spp., the intermediate host snails of Schistosoma mansoni in Brazil. Geospat Health. 2012;6(3):S95-S101. DOI: 10.4081/gh.2012.127

Schur N, Vounatsou P, Utzinger J. Determining treatment needs at different spatial scales using geostatistical model-based risk estimates of schistosomiasis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012;6(9):e1773. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001773

Soukhathammavong P.A, Sayasone S, Phongluxa K, Xayaseng V, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P, Hatz C, Akkhavong K, Keiser J, Odermatt P. Low efficacy of single-dose albendazole and mebendazole against hookworm and effect on concomitant helminth infection in Lao PDR. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012;6(1):e1417. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001417

Standley C.J, Vounatsou P, Gosoniu L, Jorgensen A, Adriko M, Lwambo N.J.S, Lange C.N, Kabatereine N.B, Stothard J.R. The distribution of Biomphalaria (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) in Lake Victoria with ecological and spatial predictions using Bayesian modelling. Hydrobiologia. 2012;683(1):249-264. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0962-3

Weiss M.G, Jadhav S, Raguram R, Vounatsou P, Littlewood R. Psychiatric stigma across cultures: local validation in Bangalore and London. In: Chavan B.S,Gupta N,Priti A,Sidana A,Jadhav S, eds. Community mental health in India, 550-559. Delhi: Jaypee, 2012

Amek N, Bayoh N, Hamel M, Lindblade K.A, Gimnig J, Laserson K.F, Slutsker L, Smith T, Vounatsou P. Spatio-temporal modeling of sparse geostatistical malaria sporozoite rate data using a zero inflated binomial model. Spat Spattemporal Epidemiol. 2011;2(4):283-290. DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2011.08.001

Coulibaly J.T, Knopp S, N'Guessan N.A, Silué K.D, Fürst T, Lohourignon L.K, Brou J.K, N'Gbesso Y, Vounatsou P, N'Goran E.K, Utzinger J. Accuracy of urine circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) test for Schistosoma mansoni diagnosis in different settings of Côte d'Ivoire. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011;5(11):e1384. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001384

Gosoniu L, Vounatsou P. Non-stationary partition modeling of geostatistical data for malaria risk mapping. J Appl Stat. 2011;38(1):3-13. DOI: 10.1080/02664760903008961

Hürlimann E, Schur N, Boutsika K, Stensgaard A.S, Laserna de Himpsl M, Ziegelbauer K, Laizer N, Camenzind L, Di Pasquale A, Ekpo U.F, Simoonga C, Mushinge G, Saarnak C.F, Utzinger J, Kristensen T.K, Vounatsou P. Toward an open-access global database for mapping, control, and surveillance of neglected tropical diseases. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011;5(12):e1404. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001404

Machault V, Vignolles C, Borchi F, Vounatsou P, Pages F, Briolant S, Lacaux J.P, Rogier C. The use of remotely sensed environmental data in the study of malaria. Geospat Health. 2011;5(2):151-168. DOI: 10.4081/gh.2011.167

Musenge E, Vounatsou P, Kahn K. Space-time confounding adjusted determinants of child HIV/TB mortality for large zero-inflated data in rural South Africa. Spat Spattemporal Epidemiol. 2011;2(4):205-217. DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2011.07.001

Sartorius B, Kahn K, Collinson M.A, Vounatsou P, Tollman S.M. Survived infancy but still vulnerable: spatial-temporal trends and risk factors for child mortality in the Agincourt rural sub-district, South Africa, 1992-2007. Geospat Health. 2011;5(2):285-295. DOI: 10.4081/gh.2011.181

Sayasone S, Mak T.K, Vanmany M, Rasphone O, Vounatsou P, Utzinger J, Akkhavong K, Odermatt P. Helminth and intestinal protozoa infections, multiparasitism and risk factors in Champasack Province, Lao People's Democratic Republic. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011;5(4):e1037. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001037

Schur N, Gosoniu L, Raso G, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Modelling the geographical distribution of co-infection risk from single-disease surveys. Stat Med. 2011;30(14):1761-1767. DOI: 10.1002/sim.4243

Schur N, Hürlimann E, Garba A, Traoré M.S, Ndir O, Ratard R.C, Tchuem Tchuenté L.A, Kristensen T.K, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Geostatistical model-based estimates of schistosomiasis prevalence among individuals aged </=20 years in West Africa. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011;5(6):e1194. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001194

Schur N, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Modelling age-heterogeneous Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni survey data via alignment factors. Parasit Vectors. 2011;4:142. DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-4-142

Soukhathammavong P, Odermatt P, Sayasone S, Vonghachack Y, Vounatsou P, Hatz C, Akkhavong K, Keiser J. Efficacy and safety of mefloquine, artesunate, mefloquine-artesunate, tribendimidine, and praziquantel in patients with Opisthorchis viverrini: a randomised, exploratory, open-label, phase 2 trial. Lancet Infect Dis. 2011;11(2):110-118. DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(10)70250-4

Stensgaard A.S, Vounatsou P, Onapa A.W, Simonsen P.E, Pedersen E.M, Rahbek C, Kristensen T.K. Bayesian geostatistical modelling of malaria and lymphatic filariasis infections in Uganda: predictors of risk and geographical patterns of co-endemicity. Malar J. 2011;10:298. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-298

The malERA Consultative Group on Modeling. A research agenda for malaria eradication: modeling. PLoS Med. 2011;8:e1000403. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000403

Utzinger J, Raso G, Steinmann P, Zhou X.N, Vounatsou P, Brooker S, N'Goran E.K. Schistosomiasis. In: Nriagu J.O, ed. Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, vol. 5, 10-19. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science, 2011

Gosoniu L, Veta A.M, Vounatsou P. Bayesian geostatistical modeling of Malaria Indicator Survey data in Angola. PLoS One. 2010;5(3):e9322. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009322

Gsell A, Knobel D.L, Cleaveland S, Kazwala R.R, Vounatsou P, Zinsstag J. Features of domestic dog demography relevant to rabies control planning in Tanzania. J Vet Behav. 2010;4(2):63-63

Keiser J, N'Guessan N.A, Adoubryn K.D, Silué K.D, Vounatsou P, Hatz C, Utzinger J, N'Goran E.K. Efficacy and safety of mefloquine, artesunate, mefloquine-artesunate, and praziquantel against Schistosoma haematobium: randomized, exploratory open-label trial. Clin Infect Dis. 2010;50(9):1205-1213. DOI: 10.1086/651682

Matthys B, Koudou B.G, N'Goran E.K, Vounatsou P, Gosoniu L, Koné M, Cissé G, Utzinger J. Spatial dispersion and characterisation of mosquito breeding habitats in urban vegetable-production areas of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2010;104(8):649-666. DOI: 10.1179/136485910X12851868780108

Riedel N, Hürlimann E, Kristensen T.K, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Geostatistical model-based estimates of schistosomiasis risk in West Africa. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2010;83(5 Suppl. 1):266-266

Riedel N, Vounatsou P, Miller J.M, Gosoniu L, Chizema-Kawesha E, Mukonka V, Steketee R.W. Geographical patterns and predictors of malaria risk in Zambia: Bayesian geostatistical modelling of the 2006 Zambia national malaria indicator survey (ZMIS). Malar J. 2010;9:37. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-37

Rohner F, Zimmermann M.B, Amon R.J, Vounatsou P, Tschannen A.B, N'Goran E.K, Nindjin C, Cacou M.C, Te-Bonle M.D, Aka H, Sess D.E, Utzinger J, Hurrell R.F. In a randomized controlled trial of iron fortification, anthelmintic treatment, and intermittent preventive treatment of malaria for anemia control in Ivorian children, only anthelmintic treatment shows modest benefit. J Nutr. 2010;140(3):635-641. DOI: 10.3945/jn.109.114256

Sartorius B, Kahn K, Vounatsou P, Collinson M.A, Tollman S.M. Space and time clustering of mortality in rural South Africa (Agincourt HDSS), 1992-2007. Glob Health Action. 2010;3(Suppl. 1):50-58. DOI: 10.3402/gha.v3i0.5225

Sartorius B.K, Kahn K, Vounatsou P, Collinson M.A, Tollman S.M. Young and vulnerable: spatial-temporal trends and risk factors for infant mortality in rural South Africa (Agincourt), 1992-2007. BMC Public Health. 2010;10:645. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-645

Utzinger J, Botero-Kleiven S, Castelli F, Chiodini P.L, Edwards H, Köhler N, Gulletta M, Lebbad M, Manser M, Matthys B, N'Goran E.K, Tannich E, Vounatsou P, Marti H. Microscopic diagnosis of sodium acetate-acetic acid-formalin-fixed stool samples for helminths and intestinal protozoa: a comparison among European reference laboratories. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2010;16(3):267-273. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02782.x

Yang G.J, Gao Q, Zhou S.S, Malone J.B, McCarroll J.C, Tanner M, Vounatsou P, Bergquist R, Utzinger J, Zhou X.N. Mapping and predicting malaria transmission in the People's Republic of China, using integrated biology-driven and statistical models. Geospat Health. 2010;5(1):11-22. DOI: 10.4081/gh.2010.183

Yang G.J, Utzinger J, Lv S, Qian Y.J, Li S.Z, Wang Q, Bergquist R, Vounatsou P, Li W, Yang K, Zhou X.N. The regional network for Asian schistosomiasis and other helminth zoonoses (RNAS+): target diseases in face of climate change. Adv Parasitol. 2010;73:101-135. DOI: 10.1016/S0065-308X(10)73005-0

Dürr S, Mindekem R, Kaninga Y, Moto D.D, Meltzer M.I, Vounatsou P, Zinsstag J. Effectiveness of dog rabies vaccination programmes: comparison of owner-charged and free vaccination campaigns. Epidemiol Infect. 2009;137(11):1558-1567. DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809002386

Gosoniu L, Vounatsou P, Sogoba N, Maire N, Smith T. Mapping malaria risk in West Africa using a Bayesian nonparametric non-stationary model. Comput Stat Data Anal. 2009;53(9):3358-3371

Koudou B.G, Tano Y, Keiser J, Vounatsou P, Girardin O, Klero K, Koné M, N'Goran E.K, Cissé G, Tanner M, Utzinger J. Effect of agricultural activities on prevalence rates, and clinical and presumptive malaria episodes in central Côte d'Ivoire. Acta Trop. 2009;111(3):268-274. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.05.006

Müller B, Vounatsou P, Ngandolo B.N.R, Diguimbaye-Djaibe C, Schiller I, Marg-Haufe B, Oesch B, Schelling E, Zinsstag J. Bayesian receiver operating characteristic estimation of multiple tests for diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis in Chadian cattle. PLoS One. 2009;4(12):e8215. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008215

Raso G, Silué K.D, Vounatsou P, Singer B.H, Yapi A, Tanner M, Utzinger J, N'Goran E.K. Spatial risk profiling of Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia in a high endemicity area in Côte d'Ivoire. Malar J. 2009;8:252. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-252

Simoonga C, Utzinger J, Brooker S, Vounatsou P, Appleton C.C, Stensgaard A.S, Olsen A, Kristensen T.K. Remote sensing, geographical information system and spatial analysis for schistosomiasis epidemiology and ecology in Africa. Parasitology. 2009;136(13):1683-1693. DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009006222

Stensgaard A.S, Saarnak C.F.L, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P, Simoonga C, Mushinge G, Rahbek C, Møhlenberg F, Kristensen T.K. Virtual globes and geospatial health: the potential of new tools in the management and control of vector-borne diseases. Geospat Health. 2009;3(2):127-141

Vounatsou P, Raso G, Tanner M, N'Goran E.K, Utzinger J. Bayesian geostatistical modelling for mapping schistosomiasis transmission. Parasitology. 2009;136(13):1695-1705. DOI: 10.1017/S003118200900599X

Briët O.J, Vounatsou P, Amerasinghe P.H. Malaria seasonality and rainfall seasonality in Sri Lanka are correlated in space. Geospat Health. 2008;2(2):183-190. DOI: 10.4081/gh.2008.242

Briët O.J, Vounatsou P, Gunawardena D.M, Galappaththy G.N, Amerasinghe P.H. Temporal correlation between malaria and rainfall in Sri Lanka. Malar J. 2008;7:77

Briët O.J, Vounatsou P, Gunawardena D.M, Galappaththy G.N, Amerasinghe P.H. Models for short term malaria prediction in Sri Lanka. Malar J. 2008;7:76

Brun R, Smith T, Maire N, Vounatsou P, Beck H.P, Lengeler C, Obrist B, Tanner M, Pluschke G, Burri C, Rudin W, Wyss K, Clary B, Hatz C, Marti H.P. Malaria Projektinformationen: Forschung und Dienstleistungen am Schweizerischen Tropeninstitut: Innovation - Validierung - Umsetzung. Basel: Schweiz. Tropeninstitut, 2008

Gosoniu L, Vounatsou P, Tami A, Nathan R, Grundmann H, Lengeler C. Spatial effects of mosquito bednets on child mortality. BMC Public Health. 2008;8:356

Silué K.D, Raso G, Yapi A, Vounatsou P, Tanner M, N'Goran E.K, Utzinger J. Spatially-explicit risk profiling of Plasmodium falciparum infections at a small scale: a geostatistical modelling approach. Malar J. 2008;7:111

Sogoba N, Vounatsou P, Bagayoko M.M, Doumbia S, Dolo G, Gosoniu L, Traore S.F, Smith T.A, Toure Y.T. Spatial distribution of the chromosomal forms of anopheles gambiae in Mali. Malar J. 2008;7:205

Wang X.H, Zhou X.N, Vounatsou P, Chen Z, Utzinger J, Yang K, Steinmann P, Wu X.H. Bayesian spatio-temporal modeling of Schistosoma japonicum prevalence data in the absence of a diagnostic 'Gold' standard. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008;2(6):e250

Aponte J.J, Menendez C, Schellenberg D, Kahigwa E, Mshinda H, Vounatsou P, Tanner M, Alonso P.L. Age interactions in the development of naturally acquired immunity to Plasmodium falciparum and its clinical presentation. PLoS Med. 2007;4(7):e242. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040242

Beck-Wörner C, Raso G, Vounatsou P, N'Goran E.K, Rigo G, Parlow E, Utzinger J. Bayesian spatial risk prediction of Schistosoma mansoni infection in western Côte d'Ivoire using a remotely-sensed digital elevation model. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007;76(5):956-963

Genton B, Pluschke G, Degen L, Kammer A.R, Westerfeld N, Okitsu S.L, Schroller S, Vounatsou P, Mueller M.M, Tanner M, Zurbriggen R. A randomized placebo-controlled phase a malaria vaccine trial of two virosome-formulated synthetic peptides in healthy adult volunteers. PLoS One. 2007;2(10):e1018

Matthys B, Tschannen A.B, Tian-Bi N.T, Comoe H, Diabate S, Traore M, Vounatsou P, Raso G, Gosoniu L, Tanner M, Cissé G, N'Goran E.K, Utzinger J. Risk factors for Schistosoma mansoni and hookworm in urban farming communities in western Côte d'Ivoire. Trop Med Int Health. 2007;12(6):709-723

Raso G, Vounatsou P, McManus D.P, N'Goran E.K, Utzinger J. A Bayesian approach to estimate the age-specific prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni and implications for schistosomiasis control. Int J Parasitol. 2007;37(13):1491-1500

Raso G, Vounatsou P, McManus D.P, Utzinger J. Bayesian risk maps for Schistosoma mansoni and hookworm mono-infections in a setting where both parasites co-exist. Geospat Health. 2007;2(1):85-96

Sogoba N, Doumbia S, Vounatsou P, Baber I, Keita M, Maiga M, Traore S.F, Toure A, Dolo G, Smith T, Ribeiro J.M. Monitoring of larval habitats and mosquito densities in the Sudan savanna of Mali: implications for malaria vector control. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007;77(1):82-88

Sogoba N, Doumbia S, Vounatsou P, Bagayoko M.M, Dolo G, Traore S.F, Maiga H.M, Toure Y.T, Smith T. Malaria transmission dynamics in Niono, Mali: the effect of the irrigation systems. Acta Trop. 2007;101(3):232-240

Sogoba N, Vounatsou P, Bagayoko M.M, Doumbia S, Dolo G, Gosoniu L, Traore S.F, Toure Y.T, Smith T. The spatial distribution of Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto and An. arabiensis (Diptera: Culicidae) in Mali. Geospat Health. 2007;1(2):213-222

Sogoba N, Vounatsou P, Doumbia S, Bagayoko M, Toure M.B, Sissoko I.M, Traore S.F, Toure Y.T, Smith T. Spatial analysis of malaria transmission parameters in the rice cultivation area of office du Niger, Mali. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007;76(6):1009-1015

Steinmann P, Zhou X.N, Li Y.L, Li H.J, Chen S.R, Yang Z, Fan W, Jia T.W, Li L.H, Vounatsou P, Utzinger J. Helminth infections and risk factor analysis among residents in Eryuan county, Yunnan province, China. Acta Trop. 2007;104(1):38-51

Steinmann P, Zhou X.N, Matthys B, Li Y.L, Li H.J, Chen S.R, Yang Z, Fan W, Jia T.W, Li L.H, Vounatsou P, Utzinger J. Spatial risk profiling of Schistosoma japonicum in Eryuan county, Yunnan province, China. Geospat Health. 2007;2(1):59-73

Yang G.J, Utzinger J, Sun L.P, Hong Q.B, Vounatsou P, Tanner M, Zhou X.N. Effect of temperature on the development of Schistosoma japonicum within Oncomelania hupensis, and hibernation of O. hupensis. Parasitol Res. 2007;100:695-700

Gemperli A, Sogoba N, Fondjo E, Mabaso M.L, Bagayoko M, Briët O.J.T, Anderegg D, Liebe J, Smith T, Vounatsou P. Mapping malaria transmission in West- and Central Africa. Trop Med Int Health. 2006;11(7):1032-1046

Gemperli A, Vounatsou P, Sogoba N, Smith T. Malaria mapping using transmission models: application to survey data from Mali. Am J Epidemiol. 2006;163(3):289-297. DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj026

Gemperli A, Vounatsou P. Strategies for fitting large, geostastistical data in MCMC simulation. Commun Stat Theory Methods. 2006;35(2):331-345

Gosoniu L, Vounatsou P, Sogoba N, Smith T. Bayesian modelling of geostatistical malaria risk data. Geospat Health. 2006;1:126-139

Mabaso M.L.H, Vounatsou P, Midizi S, Da Silva J, Smith T. Spatio-temporal analysis of the role of climate in inter-annual variation of malaria incidence in Zimbabwe. Int J Health Geogr. 2006;5:20

Matthys B, N'Goran E.K, Koné M, Koudou B.G, Vounatsou P, Cissé G, Tschannen A.B, Tanner M, Utzinger J. Urban agricultural land use and characterization of mosquito larval habitats in a medium-sized town of Côte d'Ivoire. J Vector Ecol. 2006;31(2):319-333

Matthys B, Vounatsou P, Raso G, Tschannen A.B, Becket E.G, Gosoniu L, Cissé G, Tanner M, N'Goran E.K, Utzinger J. Urban farming and malaria risk factors in a medium-sized town in Côte d'Ivoire. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2006;75(6):1223-1231

Ochola L.B, Vounatsou P, Smith T, Mabaso M.L.H, Newton C.R.J.C. The reliability of diagnostic techniques in the diagnosis and management of malaria in the absence of a gold standard. Lancet Infect Dis. 2006;6(9):582-588

Raso G, Vounatsou P, Gosoniu L, Tanner M, N'Goran E.K, Utzinger J. Risk factors and spatial patterns of hookworm infection among schoolchildren in a rural area of western Côte d'Ivoire. Int J Parasitol. 2006;36(2):201-210. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.09.003

Raso G, Vounatsou P, Singer B.H, N'Goran E.K, Tanner M, Utzinger J. An integrated approach for risk profiling and spatial prediction of Schistosoma mansoni-hookworm coinfection. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2006;103(18):6934-6939

Smith T, Maire N, Dietz K, Killeen G, Vounatsou P, Molineaux L, Tanner M. Relationship between the entomologic inoculation rate and the force of infection for Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2006;75(Suppl. 2):11-18

Wang J, Häusermann M, Vounatsou P, Weiss M.G. Health status, behavior, and care utilization in the Geneva Gay Men's Health Survey. Prev Med. 2006;44(1):70-75

Wang S.J, Lengeler C, Smith T, Vounatsou P, Akogbeto M, Tanner M. Rapid urban malaria appraisal (RUMA) IV: epidemiology of urban malaria in Cotonou (Benin). Malar J. 2006;5:45

Wang S.J, Lengeler C, Smith T.A, Vounatsou P, Cissé G, Tanner M. Rapid urban malaria appraisal (RUMA) III: epidemiology of urban malaria in the municipality of Yopougon (Abidjan). Malar J. 2006;5:29. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-5-28

Yang G.J, Gemperli A, Vounatsou P, Tanner M, Zhou X.N, Utzinger J. A growing degree-days based time-series analysis for prediction of Schistsoma japonicum transmission in Jiangsu province, China. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2006;75(3):549-555

Yang G.J, Vounatsou P, Tanner M, Zhou X.N, Utzinger J. Remote sensing for predicting potential habitats of Oncomelania hupensis in Hongze, Baima and Gaoyou lakes in Jiangsu province, China. Geospat Health. 2006;1:85-92

Abdulla S, Gemperli A, Mukasa O, Armstrong Schellenberg J, Lengeler C, Vounatsou P, Smith T. Spatial effects of the social marketing of insecticide-treated nets on malaria morbidity. Trop Med Int Health. 2005;10(1):11-18

Aponte J, Costa J, Dietz D, Hutton G, Killeen G, Maire N, Molineaux L, Raddatz G, Ross A, Smith T, Tanner M, Tediosi F, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Mathematical modeling of the impact of malaria vaccines on the clinical epidemiology and natural history of Plasmodium falciparum malaria: phase A report to MVI at PATH. Basel: Swiss Tropical Institute, 2005

Guo J.G, Vounatsou P, Cao C.L, Utzinger J, Zhu H.Q, Anderegg D, Zhu R, He Z.Y, Li D, Hu F, Chen M.G, Tanner M. A geographic information and remote sensing based model for prediction of Oncomelania hupensis habitats in the Poyang Lake area, China. Acta Trop. 2005;96(2-3):213-222

Koudou B.G, Tano Y, Doumbia M, Nsanzabana C, Cissé G, Girardin O, Dao D, N'Goran E.K, Vounatsou P, Bordmann G, Keiser J, Tanner M, Utzinger J. Malaria transmission dynamics in central Côte d'Ivoire: the influence of changing patterns of irrigated rice agriculture. Med Vet Entomol. 2005;19(1):27-37

Mabaso M.L.H, Craig M, Vounatsou P, Smith T. Towards empirical description of malaria seasonality in southern Africa: the example of Zimbabwe. Trop Med Int Health. 2005;10(9):909-918

Raso G, Matthys B, N'Goran E.K, Tanner M, Vounatsou P, Utzinger J. Spatial risk prediction and mapping of Schistosoma mansoni infections among schoolchildren living in western Côte d'Ivoire. Parasitology. 2005;131(Pt 1):97-108

Raso G, Utzinger J, Silué K.D, Ouattara M, Yapi A, Toty A, Matthys B, Vounatsou P, Tanner M, N'Goran E.K. Disparities in parasitic infections, perceived ill health and access to health care among poorer and less poor schoolchildren of rural Côte d'Ivoire. Trop Med Int Health. 2005;10(1):42-57

Sama W, Owusu-Agyei S, Felger I, Vounatsou P, Smith T. An immigration-death model to estimate the duration of malaria infection when detectability of the parasite is imperfect. Stat Med. 2005;24(21):3269-3288

Wang S.J, Lengeler C, Smith T.A, Vounatsou P, Cissé G, Diallo D.A, Akogbeto M, Mtasiwa D, Teklehaimanot A, Tanner M. Rapid urban malaria appraisal (RUMA) in sub-Saharan Africa. Malar J. 2005;4:40. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-4-40

Wang S.J, Lengeler C, Smith T.A, Vounatsou P, Diadie D.A, Pritroipa X, Convelbo N, Kientga M, Tanner M. Rapid urban malaria appraisal (RUMA) I: Epidemiology of urban malaria in Ouagadougou. Malar J. 2005;4:43. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-4-43

Yang G.J, Vounatsou P, Zhou X.N, Tanner M, Utzinger J. A Bayesian-based approach for spatio-temporal modeling of county level prevalence of Schistosoma japonicum infection in Jiangsu province, China. Int J Parasitol. 2005;35(2):155-162

Yang G.J, Vounatsou P, Zhou X.N, Tanner M, Utzinger J. A potential impact of climate change and water resource development on the transmission of Schistosoma japonicum in China. Parassitologia. 2005;47(1):127-134

Yang G.J, Vounatsou P, Zhou X.N, Utzinger J, Tanner M. A review of geographic information system and remote sensing with applications to the epidemiology and control of schistosomiasis in China. Acta Trop. 2005;96(2-3):117-129

Yapi Y.G, Briët O.J.T, Diabate S, Vounatsou P, Akodo E, Tanner M, Teuscher T. Rice irrigation and schistosomiasis in savannah and forest areas of Côte d'Ivoire. Acta Trop. 2005;93(2):201-211

Zinsstag J, Roth F, Orkhon D, Chimed-Ochir G, Nansalmaa M, Kolar J, Vounatsou P. A model of animal-human brucellosis transmission in Mongolia. Prev Vet Med. 2005;69(1-2):77-95

Gemperli A, Vounatsou P, Kleinschmidt I, Bagayoko M, Lengeler C, Smith T. Spatial patterns of infant mortality in Mali: the effect of malaria endemicity. Am J Epidemiol. 2004;159(1):64-72

Gemperli A, Vounatsou P. Fitting generalized linear mixed models for point-referenced data.. J Mod Appl Stat Methods. 2004;2:497-511

Raguram R, Raghu T.M, Vounatsou P, Weiss M.G. Schizophrenia and the cultural epidemiology of stigma in Bangalore, India. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2004;192:734-744

Raso G, Luginbühl A, Adjoua C.A, Tian-Bi N.T, Silué K.D, Matthys B, Vounatsou P, Wang Y, Dumas M.E, Holmes E, Singer B.H, Tanner M, N'Goran E.K, Utzinger J. Multiple parasite infections and their relationship to self-reported morbidity in a community of rural Côte d'Ivoire. Int J Epidemiol. 2004;33(5):1092-1102

Raso G, N'Goran E.K, Toty A, Luginbühl A, Adjoua C.A, Tian-Bi N.T, Bogoch I.I, Vounatsou P, Tanner M, Utzinger J. Efficacy and side effects of praziquantel against Schistosoma mansoni in a community of western Côte d'Ivoire. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2004;98(1):18-27

Schmid C, Nkunku S, Merolle A, Vounatsou P, Burri C. Efficacy of 10-day melarsoprol schedule 2 years after treatment for late-stage gambiense sleeping sickness. Lancet. 2004;364(9436):789-790

Smith T, Dietz K, Vounatsou P, Müller I, English M, Marsh K. Bayesian age-stage modelling of P. falciparum sequestered parasite loads in severe malaria patients. Parasitology. 2004;129:289-299

Zinsstag J, Schelling E, Daoud S, Schierle J, Hofmann P, Diguimbaye C, Daugla D.M, Ndoutamia G, Knopf L, Vounatsou P, Tanner M. Taux sérique de rétinol chez les femmes nomades pastoralistes tchadiennes en relation avec la teneur en rétinol et en Beta-carotène dans le lait de leur bétail. Méd Trop (Mars. ). 2004;64(5):478-481

Booth M, Vounatsou P, N'Goran E.K, Tanner M, Utzinger J. The influence of sampling effort and the performance of the Kato-Katz technique in diagnosing Schistosoma mansoni and hookworm co-infections in rural Côte d'Ivoire. Parasitology. 2003;127(Pt 6):525-531

Gelfand A.E, Vounatsou P. Proper multivariate conditional autoregressive models for spatial data analysis. Biostatistics. 2003;4(1):11-25

Heckendorn F, N'Goran E.K, Felger I, Vounatsou P, Yapi A, Oettli A, Marti H, Dobler M, Traore M, Lohourignon K.L, Lengeler C. Species-specific field testing of Entamoeba spp. in an area of high endemicity. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2003;96:521-528

Kayali U, Mindekem R, Yémadji N, Vounatsou P, Kaninga Y, Ndoutamia A.G, Zinsstag J. Coverage of pilot parenteral vaccination campaign against canine rabies in N'Djaména, Chad. Bull World Health Organ. 2003;81(10):739-744

Mwanakasale V, Vounatsou P, Sukwa T.Y, Ziba M, Ernest A, Tanner M. Interactions between Schistosoma haematobium and HIV-1: The effects of coinfection on the efficacy of praziquantel, egg excretion and symptoms in rural Zambia. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2003;69(4):420-428

Smith T, Vounatsou P. Estimation of infection and recovery rates for highly polymorphic parasites when detectability is imperfect, using hidden Markov models. Stat Med. 2003;22(10):1709-1724

Utzinger J, Muller I, Vounatsou P, Singer B.H, N'Goran E.K, Tanner M. Random spatial distribution of Schistosoma mansoni and hookworm infections among school children within a single village. J Parasitol. 2003;89(4):686-692

Vounatsou P, Smith T, Gelfand A. Spatial modeling of gene frequencies in the presence of undetectable alleles. J Appl Stat. 2003;30(1):49-62

Kleinschmidt I, Sharp B, Müller I, Vounatsou P. Rise in malaria incidence rates in South Africa: a small-area spatial analysis of variation in time trends. Am J Epidemiol. 2002;155(3):257-264

Utzinger J, Vounatsou P, N'Goran E.K, Tanner M, Booth M. Reduction in the prevalence and intensity of hookworm infections after praziquantel treatment for schistosomiasis infection. Int J Parasitol. 2002;32(6):759-765

Weiss M.G, Jaffar S, Raguram R, Vounatsou P, Littlewood R. Psychiatric stigma across cultures: local validation in Bangalore and London. Anthropol Med. 2002;8:71-87

Zinsstag J, Schelling E, Daoud S, Schierle J, Hofmann P, Diguimbaye C, Daugla D.M, Ndoutamia G, Knopf L, Vounatsou P, Tanner M. Serum retinol of Chadian nomadic pastoralist women in relation to their livestocks` milk retinol and ß-carotene content. Int J Vitam Nutr Res. 2002;72(3):27-31

Hii J.L.K, Smith T, Vounatsou P, Alexander N, Mai A, Ibam E, Alpers M.P. Area effects of bednet use in a malaria-endemic area in Papua New Guinea. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2001;95(1):7-13

Mueller I, Vounatsou P, Allen B.J, Smith T. Spatial patterns of child growth in Papua New Guinea and their relation to environment, diet, socio-economic status and subsistence activities. Ann Hum Biol. 2001;28(3):263-280

Müller I, Vounatsou P, Smith T, Allen B.J. Subsistence agriculture and child growth in Papua New Guinea. Ecol Food Nutr. 2001;40(4):367-395

Vounatsou P, Smith T, Gelfand A.E. Spatial modelling of multinomial data with latent structure: an application to geographical mapping of human gene and haplotype frequencies. Biostatistics. 2000;1(2):177-189

Vounatsou P, Smith T, Kitua A.Y, Alonso P.L, Tanner M. Apparent tolerance of Plasmodium falciparum in infants in a highly endemic area. Parasitology. 2000;120(Pt 1):1-9

Beck H.P, Felger I, Vounatsou P, Hirt R, Tanner M, Alonso P.L, Menendez C. The epidemiology of multiple Plasmodium falciparum infections. 8. Effect of iron supplementation and malaria prophylaxis in infants on Plasmodium falciparum genotypes and multiplicity of infection. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1999;Suppl. 1(93):41-45

Kitua A.Y, Urassa H, Wechsler M, Smith T, Vounatsou P, Weiss N.A, Alonso P.L, Tanner M. Antibodies against Plasmodium falciparum vaccine candidates in infants in an area of intense and perennial transmission: relationships with clinical malaria and with entomological inoculation rates. Parasite Immunol. 1999;21(6):307-317

Müller I, Vounatsou P. Bayesian spatial models for mapping child growth and nutrition. Student. 1999;3(1):1-18

Hatz C.F, Vennervald B.J, Nkulila T, Vounatsou P, Kombe Y, Mayombana C, Mshinda H, Tanner M. Evolution of Schistosoma haematobium-related pathology over 24 months after treatment with praziquantel among school children in southeastern Tanzania. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1998;59(5):775-781

Vounatsou P, Smith T. Bayesian analysis of two-component mixture distributions applied to estimating malaria attributable fractions. Appl Stat. 1998;47(4):575-587

Menendez C, Kahigwa E, Hirt R, Vounatsou P, Aponte J.J, Font F, Acosta C.J, Schellenberg D.M, Galindo C.M, Kimario J, Urassa H, Brabin B, Smith T.A, Kitua A.Y, Tanner M, Alonso P.L. Randomised placebo-controlled trial of iron supplementation and malaria chemoprophylaxis for prevention of severe anaemia and malaria in Tanzanian infants. Lancet. 1997;350(9081):844-850

Smith T, Vounatsou P. Logistic regression and latent class models for estimating positivities in diagnostic assays with poor resolution. Commun Stat Theory Methods. 1997;26(7):1677-1700

Vounatsou P, Smith A.F.M. Simulation-based Bayesian inferences for two-variance components linear models. J Stat Plann Inference. 1997;59(1):139-161

Vounatsou P, Smith A.F.M. Bayesian analysis of contigency tables: a simulation and graphics-based approach. Stat Comput. 1996;6(3):277-287

Vounatsou P, Smith A.F.M. Graphical methods for simulation-based Bayesian inference. In: Bernardo J.M,Berger J.O,Dawid A.P,Smith A.F.M, eds. Bayesian statistics: 5th proceedings of the Valencia International Meeting, June 5-9, 1994, 773-781. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996

Vounatsou P, Smith A.F.M. Bayesian analysis of ring-recovery data via Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation. Biometrics. 1995;51(2):687-708