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

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

Yongeun Grimm P, Oliver S, Merten S, Han W.W, Wyss K. Enhancing the understanding of resilience in health systems of low- and middle-income countries: a qualitative evidence synthesis. Int J Health Policy Manag. 2021(in press). DOI: 10.34172/ijhpm.2020.261

Zeelen J, van Straaten M, Verdi J, Hempelmann A, Hashemi H, Perez K, Jeffrey P.D, Hälg S, Wiedemar N, Maser P, Papavasiliou F.N, Stebbins C.E. Structure of trypanosome coat protein VSGsur and function in suramin resistance. Nat Microbiol. 2021(in press). DOI: 10.1038/s41564-020-00844-1

Zhao L, Le Chapelain C, Brachmann A.O, Kaiser M, Groll M, Bode H.B. Activation, structure, biosynthesis and bioactivity of glidobactin-like proteasome inhibitors from Photorhabdus laumondii. Chembiochem. 2021(in press). DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202100014

Zinsstag J,Schelling E,Crump L,Whittaker M,Tanner M,Stephen C, eds. One Health: the theory and practice of integrated health approaches. 2nd. Wallingford: CABI, 2021

Accordini S, Calciano L, Marcon A, Pesce G, Anto J.M, Beckmeyer-Borowko A.B, Carsin A.E, Corsico A.G, Imboden M, Janson C, Keidel D, Locatelli F, Svanes C, Burney P.G.J, Jarvis D, Probst-Hensch N.M, Minelli C. Incidence trends of airflow obstruction among European adults without asthma: a 20-year cohort study. Sci Rep. 2020;10:3452. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-60478-5

Adair T, Rajasekhar M, Bo K.S, Hart J, Kwa V, Mukut M.A.A, Reeve M, Richards N, Ronderos-Torres M, de Savigny D, Cobos Muñoz D, Lopez A.D. Where there is no hospital: improving the notification of community deaths. BMC Med. 2020;18:65. DOI: 10.1186/s12916-020-01524-x

Aebi N.J, Bringolf-Isler B, Schaffner E, Caviezel S, Imboden M, Probst-Hensch N. Patterns of cross-sectional and predictive physical activity in Swiss adults aged 52+: results from the SAPALDIA cohort. Swiss Med Wkly. 2020;150:w20266. DOI: 10.4414/smw.2020.20266

Agrawala S, Amann M, Binimelis de Raga G, Borgford-Parnell N, Brauer M, Clark H, Emberson L, Haines A, Kejun J, Künzli N, Kuylenstierna J, Lacy R, Liu J, Mulugetta Y, Pachauri S, Ramanathan V, Ravishankara A.R, Shindell D, Wongwangwatana S, Scientific Advisory Panel of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition and Invited Experts. Call for comments: climate and clean air responses to covid-19. Int J Public Health. 2020;65:525-528. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-020-01394-3

Ahenkorah S, Coertzen D, Tong J.X, Fridianto K, Wittlin S, Birkholtz L.M, Tan K.S.W, Lam Y, Go M.L, Haynes R.K. Antimalarial N1,N3-dialkyldioxonaphthoimidazoliums: synthesis, biological activity, and structure-activity relationships. ACS Med Chem Lett. 2020;11:49-55. DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.9b00457

Ahmed N, Queiroz Mauad V.A, Gomez-Rojas O, Sushea A, Castro-Tejada G, Michel J, Linares J.M, Pedrosa Salles L, Candido Santos L, Shan M, Nassir R, Montanez-Valverde R, Fabiano R, Danyi S, Hassan Hosseyni S, Anand S, Ahmad U, Casteleins W.A, Sanchez A.T, Fouad A, Jacome A, Moura de Oliveira Paiva M.S, Saavedra Ruiz A.G, Grochowski R.A, Toyama M, Nagi H, Sarvodelli M.Z, Halalau A. The impact of rehabilitation-oriented virtual reality device in patients with ischemic stroke in the early subacute recovery phase: Study protocol for a phase III, single-blinded, randomized, controlled clinical trial. J Cent Nerv Syst Dis. 2020;12:1179573519899471. DOI: 10.1177/1179573519899471

Akoko J, Pelle R, Kivali V, Schelling E, Shirima G, Machuka E.M, Mathew C, Fèvre E.M, Kyallo V, Falzon L.C, Lukambagire A.S, Halliday J.E.B, Bonfoh B, Kazwala R, Ouma C. Serological and molecular evidence of Brucella species in the rapidly growing pig sector in Kenya. BMC Vet Res. 2020;16:133. DOI: 10.1186/s12917-020-02346-y

Alinaitwe L, Kankya C, Namanya D, Pithua P, Dreyfus A. Leptospira seroprevalence among Ugandan slaughter cattle: comparison of sero-status with renal Leptospira infection. Front Vet Sci. 2020;7:106. DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00106

AlKhaldi M, Alkaiyat A, Pfeiffer C, Haj-Yahia S, Meghari H, Abu Obaid H, Shaar A, Aljeesh Y, Tanner M, Abed Y. Mapping stakeholders of the Palestinian Health Research System: a qualitative study. East Mediterr Health J. 2020;26(3):340-348. DOI: 10.26719/emhj.19.016

AlKhaldi M, Kaloti R, Shella D, Al Basuoni A, Meghari H. Health system's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in conflict settings: policy reflections from Palestine. Glob Public Health. 2020;15(8):1244-1256. DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2020.1781914

Alkhaldi M, Meghari H, Alkaiyat A, Abed Y, Pfeiffer C, Marie M, Haj-Yahia S, Meghari H, Obaid H.A, Aljeesh Y.I, Tanner M. A vision to strengthen resources and capacity of the Palestinian health research system: a qualitative assessment. East Mediterr Health J. 2020;26(10):1262-1272. DOI: 10.26719/emhj.19.096

Allan F, Ame S.M, Tian-Bi Y.T, Hofkin B.V, Webster B.L, Diakite N.R, N'Goran E.K, Kabole F, Khamis I.S, Gouvras A.N, Emery A.M, Pennance T, Rabone M, Kinung'hi S, Hamidou A.A, Mkoji G.M, McLaughlin J.P, Kuris A.M, Loker E.S, Knopp S, Rollinson D. Snail-related contributions from the Schistosomiasis Consortium for Operational Research and Evaluation Program including xenomonitoring, focal mollusciciding, biological control, and modeling. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020;103(Suppl 1):66-79. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0831

Altafim E.R.P, McCoy D.C, Brentani A, Escobar A.M.U, Grisi Sjfe, Fink G. Measuring early childhood development in Brazil: validation of the Caregiver Reported Early Development Instruments (CREDI). J Pediatr (Rio J). 2020;96(1):66-75. DOI: 10.1016/j.jped.2018.07.008

Alvar J, Alves F, Bucheton B, Burrows L, Buscher P, Carrillo E, Felger I, Hubner M.P, Moreno J, Pinazo M.J, Ribeiro I, Sosa-Estani S, Specht S, Tarral A, Wourgaft N.S, Bilbe G. Implications of asymptomatic infection for the natural history of selected parasitic tropical diseases. Semin Immunopathol. 2020;42(3):231-246. DOI: 10.1007/s00281-020-00796-y

Amaral A.F.S, Imboden M, Wielscher M, Rezwan F.I, Minelli C, Garcia-Aymerich J, Peralta G.P, Auvinen J, Jeong A, Schaffner E, Beckmeyer-Borowko A, Holloway J.W, Jarvelin M.R, Probst-Hensch N.M, Jarvis D.L, ALEC consortium. Role of DNA methylation in the association of lung function with body mass index: a two-step epigenetic Mendelian randomisation study. BMC Pulm Med. 2020;20:171. DOI: 10.1186/s12890-020-01212-9

Amstutz A, Brown J.A, Ringera I, Muhairwe J, Lejone T.I, Klimkait T, Glass T.R, Labhardt N.D. Engagement in care, viral suppression, drug resistance and reasons for non-engagement after home-based same-day ART initiation in Lesotho: a two-year follow-up of the CASCADE trial. Clin Infect Dis. 2020;71(10):2608-2614. DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz1126

Amstutz A, Kopo M, Lejone T.I, Khesa L, Kao M, Muhairwe J, Glass T.R, Labhardt N.D. "If it is left, it becomes easy for me to get tested": use of oral self-tests and community health workers to maximize the potential of home-based HIV testing among adolescents in Lesotho. J Int AIDS Soc. 2020;23(Suppl 5):e25563. DOI: 10.1002/jia2.25563

Amstutz A, Lejone T.I, Khesa L, Muhairwe J, Bresser M, Vanobberghen F, Kopo M, Kao M, Nsakala B.L, Tlali K, Klimkait T, Battegay M, Labhardt N.D, Glass T.R. Home-based oral self-testing for absent and declining individuals during a door-to-door HIV testing campaign in rural Lesotho (HOSENG): a cluster-randomised trial. Lancet HIV. 2020;7(11):e752-e761. DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(20)30233-2

Amstutz A, Nsakala B.L, Cheleboi M, Lejone T.I, Hobbins M.A, Battegay M, Klimkait T, Labhardt N.D. Low rates of active hepatitis B and C infections among adults and children living with HIV and taking antiretroviral therapy: a multicenter screening study in Lesotho. J Med Virol. 2020;92:3857–3861. DOI: 10.1002/jmv.25970

Amstutz A, Nsakala B.L, Vanobberghen F, Muhairwe J, Glass T.R, Namane T, Mpholo T, Battegay M, Klimkait T, Labhardt N.D. Switch to second-line versus continued first-line antiretroviral therapy for patients with low-level HIV-1 viremia: an open-label randomized controlled trial in Lesotho. PLoS Med. 2020;17(9):e1003325. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003325

Andrews K.G, Martin M.W, Shenberger E, Pereira S, Fink G, McConnell M. Financial support to medicaid-eligible mothers increases caregiving for preterm infants. Matern Child Health J. 2020;24(5):587-600. DOI: 10.1007/s10995-020-02905-7

Angora E.K, Allienne J.F, Rey O, Menan H, Touré A.O, Coulibaly J.T, Raso G, Yavo W, N'Goran E.K, Utzinger J, Balmer O, Boissier J. High prevalence of Schistosoma haematobium x Schistosoma bovis hybrids in schoolchildren in Côte d'Ivoire. Parasitology. 2020;147(3):287-294. DOI: 10.1017/S0031182019001549

Anufriyeva V, Pavlova M, Stepurko T, Groot W. The validity and reliability of self-reported satisfaction with healthcare as a measure of quality: a systematic literature review. Int J Qual Health Care. 2020(in press). DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzaa152

Arbués A, Brees D, Chibout S.D, Fox T, Kammüller M, Portevin D. TNF- α antagonists differentially induce TGF-β1-dependent resuscitation of dormant-like Mycobacterium tuberculosis. PLoS Pathog. 2020;16(2):e1008312. DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008312

Arbués A, Kammüller M, Portevin D. Generating three-dimensional human granulomas in vitro to study Mycobacterium tuberculosis-host interaction. Bio Protoc. 2020;10(22):e3820. DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.3820

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