Publications

Richter J, Kling K, Hatz C, Neumayr A. Ultrasonographic findings in Schistosoma mekongi infection. A minireview. Parasitol Int. 2026;110:103138. DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2025.103138

Farnham A, Hatz C, Fehr J, Baroutsou V, Puhan M.A, Veit O, Bühler S. Travel to malaria-endemic areas: using digital geo-location to assess potential exposure risks and health behaviours. J Travel Med. 2025;32(3):taae141. DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taae141

Richter J, Neumayr A, Garba-Djirmay A, Ohmae H, Aniceto R, Zhou X.N, Xu J, Guo Z, Ning A, Kamau E.M, Tamarozzi F, Wu H.W, King C, Vennervald B.J, Chami G.F, Utzinger J, Hatz C. The Basel ultrasonography protocol for assessing hepatosplenic pathologies in Asian schistosomiasis: report of a WHO expert meeting. Infect Dis Poverty. 2025;14:83. DOI: 10.1186/s40249-025-01349-x

Eperon G, Veit O, Antonini P, Fehr J, Haller S, Hatz C, Landry P, Neumayr A, Niederer-Lohrer A, Schlagenhauf P, De Vallière S, Staehelin C, Swiss Expert Committee on Travel Medicine (ECTM). Vaccination against dengue fever for travellers. Swiss Med Wkly. 2024;154:3858. DOI: 10.57187/s.3858

McGuinness S.L, Veit O, Angelin M, Antonini P, Boecken G, Boering M, Bühler S, Calleri G, Éperon G, Flaherty G, Gossner C, Askling H.H, Holmberg V, Kuenzli E, Landry P, Lefevre E, Libman M, Longley N, Maniewski-Kelner U, Neumayr A, Rapp C, Ridpath A.D, Rodriguez N, Rosdahl A, Rosenbusch D, Rossanese A, Rothe C, Schlagenhauf P, Soentjens P, Staehelin C, Visser J, Visser L, Wagner A, Walker A, Wiedermann U, Wroczynska A, Hatz C. Streamlining malaria prevention recommendations for travellers: current and future approaches. J Travel Med. 2024;31(8):taae113. DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taae113

Saxer F, Hatz C, Vach W, PROFI Study Group. Waiting for surgery after hip fracture: health and/or economic risk?. Int J Health Plann Manage. 2024;40:57-85. DOI: 10.1002/hpm.3851

Veit O, Maniewski U, Rothe C, Eperon G, Boering M, Alcedo S, Boecken G, Ramharter M, Schel N, Soentjens P, Staehelin C, van Vugt M, Weitzel T, Visser L.G, Schlagenhauf P, Hatz C, Neumayr A. Methodology of the joint malaria prevention recommendations of Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands. J Travel Med. 2024;31(8):taae129. DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taae129

Alberer M, Moe C.L, Hatz C, Kling K, Kirby A.E, Lindsay L, Nothdurft H.D, Riera-Montes M, Steffen R, Verstraeten T, Wu H.M, DuPont H.L. Norovirus acute gastroenteritis among US and European travellers to areas of moderate to high risk of travellers' diarrhoea: a prospective cohort study. J Travel Med. 2023;30:1-11. DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taad051

Alberer M, Moe C.L, Hatz C, Kling K, Kirby A.E, Lindsay L, Nothdurft H.D, Riera-Montes M, Steffen R, Verstraeten T, Wu H.M, DuPont H.L. Correction to: Norovirus acute gastroenteritis amongst US and European travellers to areas of moderate to high risk of travellers' diarrhoea: a prospective cohort study. J Travel Med. 2023;30(6):taad076. DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taad076

Maier J.D, Anagnostopoulos A, Gazzotti A, Bühler S, Baroutsou V, Hatz C, Puhan M.A, Fehr J, Farnham A. The Ready-to-Go questionnaire predicts health outcomes during travel: a smartphone application-based analysis. J Travel Med. 2023;30(8):taad117. DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taad117

WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network - White Blood Cell Count in Malaria Study Group. Variability in white blood cell count during uncomplicated malaria and implications for parasite density estimation: a WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network individual patient data meta-analysis. Malar J. 2023;22:174. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-023-04583-6

Farnham A, Baroutsou V, Hatz C, Fehr J, Kuenzli E, Blanke U, Puhan M.A, Bühler S. Travel behaviours and health outcomes during travel: profiling destination-specific risks in a prospective mHealth cohort of Swiss travellers. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2022;47:102294. DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2022.102294

Gazzotti A, de Crom-Beer S, Haller S, Hasler T, Anagnostopoulos A, Hatz C, Fehr J.S. Ready-to-go questionnaire - development and validation of a novel medical pre-travel risk stratification tool. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2022;47:102304. DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2022.102304

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

Mischlinger J, Jaeger V.K, Ciurea A, Gabay C, Hasler P, Mueller R.B, Siegrist C.A, Villiger P, Walker U.A, Hatz C, Bühler S. Long-term persistence of antibodies after diphtheria/tetanus vaccination in immunosuppressed patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases and healthy controls. Vaccine. 2022;40(33):4897-4904. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.06.013

Weisser M, Rohacek M, Ndege R, Luoga E, Katende A, Mollel G.J, Gingo W, Vanobberghen F, Paris D.H, Hatz C, Battegay M, on behalf of the Kiularco Study Group. The Chronic Diseases Clinic of Ifakara (CDCI): establishing a model clinic for chronic care delivery in rural sub-Saharan Africa. Diseases. 2022;10(4):72. DOI: 10.3390/diseases10040072

WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network - Falciparum Haematology Study Group. Haematological consequences of acute uncomplicated falciparum malaria: a WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network pooled analysis of individual patient data. BMC Med. 2022;20:85. DOI: 10.1186/s12916-022-02265-9

Baerlocher S, Helfenstein S, Mahr A, Crippa S, Garcia Boy R, Kahlert C.R, Yurttas T, Hatz C, Kohler P. Leptospirosis followed by Kawasaki-like disease: case report from an adult Swiss patient and review of the literature. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021;8(4):ofab088. DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab088

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

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. 2021;11(1):81. DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics11010081

Kantele A, Kuenzli E, Dunn S.J, Dance D.A.B, Newton P.N, Davong V, Mero S, Pakkanen S.H, Neumayr A, Hatz C, Snaith A, Kallonen T, Corander J, McNally A. Dynamics of intestinal multidrug-resistant bacteria colonisation contracted by visitors to a high-endemic setting: a prospective, daily, real-time sampling study. Lancet Microbe. 2021;2(4):e151-e158. DOI: 10.1016/S2666-5247(20)30224-X

Moser A.I, Kuenzli E, Budel T, Campos-Madueno E.I, Bernasconi O.J, DeCrom-Beer S, Jakopp B, Mohammed A.H, Hassan N.K, Fehr J, Zinsstag J, Hatz C, Endimiani A. Travellers returning from the island of Zanzibar colonized with MDR Escherichia coli strains: assessing the impact of local people and other sources. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2021;76(2):330-337. DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkaa457

Moser A.I, Kuenzli E, Campos-Madueno E.I, Büdel T, Rattanavong S, Vongsouvath M, Hatz C, Endimiani A. Antimicrobial-resistant Escherichia coli strains and their plasmids in people, poultry, and chicken meat in Laos. Front Microbiol. 2021;12:708182. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.708182

Neumayr A, Schunk M, Theunissen C, Van Esbroeck M, Mechain M, Hatz C, Morch K, Soriano Perez M.J, Sydow V, Sothmann P, Kuenzli E, Rothe C, Bottieau E. Efficacy and tolerability of quinacrine monotherapy and albendazole plus chloroquine combination therapy in nitroimidazole-refractory giardiasis: a TropNet study. Clin Infect Dis. 2021;73(8):1517-1523. DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab513

Vignier N, Bouchaud O, Angheben A, Bottieau E, Calleri G, Salas-Coronas J, Martin C, Ramos J.M, Mechain M, Rapp C, Nothdurft H.D, Velasco M, Bardaji A, Rojo-Marcos G, Visser L.G, Hatz C, Bisoffi Z, Jelinek T, Duparc S, Bourhis Y, Tommasini S, Iannucelli M, Bacchieri A, Mattera G.G, Merlo Pich E, Behrens R.H. Longitudinal study based on a safety registry for malaria patients treated with artenimol-piperaquine in six European countries. Malar J. 2021;20:214. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-021-03750-x

Büdel T, Kuenzli E, Campos-Madueno E.I, Mohammed A.H, Hassan N.K, Zinsstag J, Hatz C, Endimiani A. On the island of Zanzibar people in the community are frequently colonized with the same MDR Enterobacterales found in poultry and retailed chicken meat. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2020;75(9):2432-2441. DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkaa198

Buhler S, Jaeger V.K, Eperon G, Furrer H, Fux C.A, Jansen S, Neumayr A, Rochat L, Schmid S, Schmidt-Chanasit J, Staehelin C, de Visser A.W, Visser L.G, Niedrig M, Hatz C. Safety and immunogenicity of a primary yellow fever vaccination under low-dose methotrexate therapy-a prospective multi-centre pilot study. J Travel Med. 2020;27(6):taaa126. DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taaa126

Burkhard J, Ciurea A, Gabay C, Hasler P, Muller R, Niedrig M, Fehr J, Villiger P, Visser L.G, de Visser A.W, Walker U.A, Hatz C, Buhler S. Long-term immunogenicity after yellow fever vaccination in immunosuppressed and healthy individuals. Vaccine. 2020;38(19):3610-3617. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.12.042

Endimiani A, Bernasconi O.J, Büdel T, Campos-Madueno E.I, Kuenzli E, Hatz C, Carattoli A. Whole-genome characterization of a Shewanella algae strain co-harboring bla CTX-M-15 and armA genes on a novel IncC plasmid. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2020;64(5):e00267-20. DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00267-20

Hatz C, Bühler S, Farnham A. The COVID-19 pandemic offers a key moment to reflect on travel medicine practice. J Travel Med. 2020;27(8):taaa149. DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taaa149

Hodel N.C, Hamad A, Reither K, Mwangoka G, Kasella I, Praehauser C, Abdulla S, Hatz C.F.R, Mayr M. Assessment of diabetes and prediabetes prevalence and predictors by HbA1c in a population from sub-Saharan Africa with a high proportion of anemia: a prospective cross-sectional study. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2020;8(1):e000939. DOI: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2019-000939

Lingscheid T, Kurth F, Stegemann M.S, Clerinx J, Calleri G, Rothe C, Angheben A, Gobbi F, Bisoffi Z, Hamer D.H, Libman M, Hatz C, Zoller T. Outpatient treatment of imported uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria: results from a survey among TropNet and GeoSentinel experts for tropical medicine. J Travel Med. 2020;27(4):taaa082. DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taaa082

Schmid N, Ciurea A, Gabay C, Hasler P, Fehr J, Müller R, Villiger P, Walker U, Hatz C, Bühler S. Travel patterns, risk behaviour and health problems of travellers with rheumatic diseases compared to controls: a multi-centre, observational study. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2020;38:101818. DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101818

Albrecht S, Franzeck F.C, Mapesi H, Hatz C, Kalinjuma A.V, Glass T.R, Mnzava D, Letang E, Paris D.H, Battegay M, Weisser M, KIULARCO Study Group. Age-related comorbidities and mortality in people living with HIV in rural Tanzania: data from a prospective cohort study. AIDS. 2019;33(6):1031-1041. DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002171

Antonini P, Beck B, Chappuis F, Eperon F, Etter H, Fehr J, Furrer H, Genton B, Hatz C, Landry P, Neumayr A, Niederer-Loher A, Paris D, Schlagenhauf P, Staehelin C, Stoeckle M, De Vallière S, Veit O. Reisemedizin: Impfungen und Malariaschutz bei Auslandreisen. Empfehlungen Stand Juni 2019. Bull BAG. 2019;30:14-53

Budel T, Künzli E, Clement M, Bernasconi O.J, Fehr J, Mohammed A.H, Hassan N.K, Zinsstag J, Hatz C, Endimiani A. Polyclonal gut colonization with extended-spectrum cephalosporin- and/or colistin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae: a normal status for hotel employees on the island of Zanzibar, Tanzania. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2019;74(10):2880-2890. DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkz296

Bühler S, Jaeger V.K, Adler S, Bannert B, Brümmerhoff C, Ciurea A, Distler O, Franz J, Gabay C, Hagenbuch N, Herzog C, Hasler P, Kling K, Kyburz D, Müller R, Nissen M.J, Siegrist C.A, Villiger P.M, Walker U.A, Hatz C. Safety and immunogenicity of tetanus/diphtheria vaccination in patients with rheumatic diseases - a prospective multi-centre cohort study. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2019;58(9):1585-1596. DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kez045

Faini D, Kalinjuma A.V, Katende A, Mbwaji G, Mnzava D, Nyuri A, Glass T.R, Furrer H, Hatz C, Boulware D.R, Letang E, Kiularco Study Group. Laboratory-reflex cryptococcal antigen screening is associated with a survival benefit in Tanzania. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2019;80(2):205-213. DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001899

Künzli E, Budel T, Bernasconi O.J, Schlagenhauf P, Florek P, Gultekin N, Hatz C, Endimiani A. Intestinal colonization with multidrug-resistant enterobacteriaceae: screening of Swiss military deployed to Kosovo. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2019;19:93-95. DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2019.08.027

Künzli E, Jaeger V.K, DeCrom S, Sydow V, Muigg V, Frei R, Egli A, Fehr J, Hatz C. Impact of alcohol-based hand-gel sanitizer and hand hygiene advice on travellers' diarrhoea and colonization with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae: a randomised, controlled trial. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2019;32:101475. DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2019.101475

McHomvu E, Mbunda G, Simon N, Kitila F, Temba Y, Msumba I, Namamba J, Kilindimo S, Mgubike H, Gingo W, Hatz C, Paris D.H, Weisser M, Rohacek M. Diagnoses made in an emergency department in rural sub-Saharan Africa. Swiss Med Wkly. 2019;149:w20018. DOI: 10.4414/smw.2019.20018

Neumayr A, Staehelin C, Künzli E, Hatz C. Arguments for a two-dose yellow fever vaccination regimen in travellers. J Travel Med. 2019;26(6):taz004. DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taz004

Pires J, Kraemer J.G, Künzli E, Kasraian S, Tinguely R, Hatz C, Endimiani A, Hilty M. Gut microbiota dynamics in travelers returning from India colonized with extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae: a longitudinal study. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2019;27:72-80. DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2018.10.012

Tozan Y, Headley T.Y, Sewe M.O, Schwartz E, Shemesh T, Cramer J.P, Eberhardt K.A, Ramharter M, Harrison N, Leder K, Angheben A, Hatz C, Neumayr A, Chen L.H, De Pijper C.A, Grobusch M.P, Wilder-Smith A. A prospective study on the impact and out-of-pocket costs of dengue illness in international travelers. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019;100(6):1525-1533. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0780

Behrens R.H, Hatz C, Visser L. Defining malaria risk: it is not only about epidemiology but also about perception and risk threshold of travellers and policy makers. J Travel Med. 2018;25(1):tay043. DOI: 10.1093/jtm/tay043

Bernasconi O.J, Donà V, Pires J, Künzli E, Hatz C, Luzzaro F, Perreten V, Endimiani A. Deciphering the complete deletion of the mgrB locus in an unusual colistin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae colonizing the gut of a traveler returning from India [Letter]. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2018;51(3):529-531. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2017.09.014

Chernet A, Neumayr A, Hatz C, Kling K, Sydow V, Rentsch K, Utzinger J, Probst-Hensch N, Marti H, Nickel B, Labhardt N.D. Spectrum of infectious diseases among newly arrived Eritrean refugees in Switzerland: a cross-sectional study. Int J Public Health. 2018;63(2):233-239. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-017-1034-x

Farnham A, Röösli M, Blanke U, Stone E, Hatz C, Puhan M.A. Streaming data from a smartphone application: a new approach to mapping health during travel. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2018;21:36-42. DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2017.11.005

Farnham A, Ziegler S, Blanke U, Stone E, Hatz C, Puhan M.A. Does the DOSPERT scale predict risk taking behaviour during travel? A study using smartphones. J Travel Med. 2018;25(1):tay064. DOI: 10.1093/jtm/tay064

Hatz C, Kling K.K, Neumayr A, Chappuis F, Zanoni R, Eperon G, Staehelin C, Fehr J, Etter H, Landry P, Antonini P, Bühler S, Beck B, Veit O, Genton B. Neues Tollwutimpfschema in der Reisemedizin. Swiss Med Forum. 2018;18(32):626-627. DOI: 10.4414/smf.2018.03356

Hodel N.C, Hamad A, Praehauser C, Mwangoka G, Kasella I.M, Reither K, Abdulla S, Hatz C.F.R, Mayr M. The epidemiology of chronic kidney disease and the association with non-communicable and communicable disorders in a population of sub-Saharan Africa. PLoS One. 2018;13(10):e0205326. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205326

Huber F, Ehrensperger B, Hatz C, Chappuis F, Bühler S, Eperon G. Safety of live vaccines on immunosuppressive or immunomodulatory therapy-a retrospective study in three Swiss travel clinics. J Travel Med. 2018;25(1):tax082. DOI: 10.1093/jtm/tax082

Lindsay L, DuPont H.L, Moe C.L, Alberer M, Hatz C, Kirby A.E, Wu H.M, Verstraeten T, Steffen R. Estimating the incidence of norovirus acute gastroenteritis among US and European international travelers to areas of moderate to high risk of traveler's diarrhea: a prospective cohort study protocol. BMC Infect Dis. 2018;18:605. DOI: 10.1186/s12879-018-3461-6

Mapesi H, Kalinjuma A.V, Ngerecha A, Franzeck F, Hatz C, Tanner M, Mayr M, Furrer H, Battegay M, Letang E, Weisser M, Glass T.R, KIULARCO Study Group. Prevalence and evolution of renal impairment in people living with HIV in rural Tanzania. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2018;5(4):ofy072. DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofy072

Pires J, Künzli E, Hauser C, Tinguely R, Kasraian S, Atkinson A, Rauch A, Furrer H, Perreten V, Marschall J, Hatz C. Intestinal colonization with extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant enterobacteriaceae in different populations in Switzerland: prevalence, risk factors and molecular features [Letter]. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2018;12:17-19. DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2017.11.007

Raphael D.M, Roos L, Myovela V, McHomvu E, Namamba J, Kilindimo S, Gingo W, Hatz C, Paris D.H, Weisser M, Kobza R, Rohacek M. Heart diseases and echocardiography in rural Tanzania: occurrence, characteristics, and etiologies of underappreciated cardiac pathologies. PLoS One. 2018;13(12):e0208931. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208931

Sikalengo G, Hella J, Mhimbira F, Rutaihwa L.K, Bani F, Ndege R, Sasamalo M, Kamwela L, Said K, Mhalu G, Mlacha Y, Hatz C, Knopp S, Gagneux S, Reither K, Utzinger J, Tanner M, Letang E, Weisser M, Fenner L. Distinct clinical characteristics and helminth co-infections in adult tuberculosis patients from urban compared to rural Tanzania. Infect Dis Poverty. 2018;7:24. DOI: 10.1186/s40249-018-0404-9

Stete K, Glass T.R, van Dam G.J, Ntamatungiro A, Letang E, de Dood C.J, Corstjens Plam, Ndege R, Mapesi H, Kern W.V, Hatz C, Weisser M, Utzinger J, Muller M.C. Effect of schistosomiasis on the outcome of patients infected with HIV-1 starting antiretroviral therapy in rural Tanzania. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018;12(10):e0006844. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006844

Veit O, Domingo C, Niedrig M, Staehelin C, Sonderegger B, Héquet D, Stoeckle M, Calmy A, Schiffer V, Bernasconi E, Flury D, Hatz C, Zwahlen M, Furrer H, Swiss HIV Cohort Study. Long-term immune response to yellow fever vaccination in HIV-infected individuals depends on HIV-RNA suppression status: implications for vaccination schedule. Clin Infect Dis. 2018;66(7):1099-1108. DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix960

Barda B, Coulibaly J.T, Hatz C, Keiser J. Ultrasonographic evaluation of urinary tract morbidity in school-aged and preschool-aged children infected with Schistosoma haematobium and its evolution after praziquantel treatment: a randomized controlled trial. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017;11(2):e0005400. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005400

Bühler S, Lang P, Bally B, Hatz C, Jaeger V.K. Stop measles in Switzerland - the importance of travel medicine. Vaccine. 2017;35(30):3760-3763. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.05.042

Chernet A, Hensch N.P, Kling K, Sydow V, Hatz C, Paris D.H, Rentsch K, Nickel B, Neumayr A, Labhardt N.D. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and intramuscular vitamin D3 supplementation among Eritrean migrants recently arrived in Switzerland. Swiss Med Wkly. 2017;147:w14568. DOI: 10.4414/smw.2017.14568

Chernet A, Kling K, Sydow V, Künzli E, Hatz C, Utzinger J, van Lieshout L, Marti H, Nickel B, Labhardt N.D, Neumayr A. Accuracy of diagnostic tests for Schistosoma mansoni infection in asymptomatic Eritrean refugees: serology and POC-CCA against stool microscopy. Clin Infect Dis. 2017;65(4):568-574. DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix366

Chernet A, Probst-Hensch N, Neumayr A, Kling K, Rentsch K, Hatz C, Labhardt N. Vitamin D levels, HbA1c and lipid profile in newly arrived Eritrean refugees in Switzerland. Eur J Public Health, 2017;26(Suppl. 1):378

Croce E, Hatz C, Jonker E.F, Visser L.G, Jaeger V.K, Bühler S. Safety of live vaccinations on immunosuppressive therapy in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases, solid organ transplantation or after bone-marrow transplantation – a systematic review of randomized trials, observational studies and case re. Vaccine. 2017;35(9):1216-1226. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.01.048

Eichenberger A, Buechi A.E, Neumayr A, Hatz C, Rauch A, Huguenot M, Diamantis-Karamitopoulou E, Staehelin C. A severe case of visceral leishmaniasis and liposomal amphotericin B treatment failure in an immunosuppressed patient 15 years after exposure. BMC Infect Dis. 2017;17:81. DOI: 10.1186/s12879-017-2192-4

Farnham A, Furrer R, Blanke U, Stone E, Hatz C, Puhan M.A. The quantified self during travel: mapping health in a prospective cohort of travellers. J Travel Med. 2017;24(5):1-8. DOI: 10.1093/jtm/tax050

Forrer A, Khieu V, Schär F, Hattendorf J, Marti H, Neumayr A, Char M.C, Hatz C, Muth S, Odermatt P. Strongyloides stercoralis is associated with significant morbidity in rural Cambodia, including stunting in children. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017;11(10):e0005685. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005685

Gamell A, Luwanda L.B, Kalinjuma A.V, Samson L, Ntamatungiro A.J, Weisser M, Gingo W, Tanner M, Hatz C, Letang E, Battegay M, Kiularco Study Group. Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV Option B+ cascade in rural Tanzania: the one stop clinic model. PLoS One. 2017;12(7):e0181096. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181096

Gebreselassie H.M, Kraus D, Fux C.A, Haubitz S, Scherrer A, Hatz C, Veit O, Stoeckle M, Fehr J, de Lucia S, Cavassini M, Bernasconi E, Schmid P, Furrer H, Staehelin C, Swiss HIV Cohort Study. Ethnicity predicts viral rebound after travel to the tropics in HIV-infected travelers to the tropics in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study. HIV Med. 2017;18(8):564-572. (SHCS). DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12491

Hatz C. Gute Reisevorbereitung schützt vor Krankheiten - und macht die Reise zum unvergesslichen Erlebnis!. Synapse. 2017(3):3-5

Hatz Christoph. Pestepidemie auf Madagaskar [Radio Broadcast] [Internet]. Zürich: Radio SRF, 2017

Huttner A, Hatz C, van den Dobbelsteen G, Abbanat D, Hornacek A, Frolich R, Dreyer A.M, Martin P, Davies T, Fae K, van den Nieuwenhof I, Thoelen S, de Valliere S, Kuhn A, Bernasconi E, Viereck V, Kavvadias T, Kling K, Ryu G, Hulder T, Groger S, Scheiner D, Alaimo C, Harbarth S, Poolman J, Fonck V.G. Safety, immunogenicity, and preliminary clinical efficacy of a vaccine against extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli in women with a history of recurrent urinary tract infection: a randomised, single-blind, placebo-controlled phase 1b trial. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017;17(5):528-537. DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30108-1

Künzli E, Juergensen D, Kling K, Jaeger V.K, DeCrom S, Steffen R, Widmer A.F, Battegay M, Hatz C, Neumayr A. Previous exposure in a high-risk area for travellers' diarrhoea within the past year is associated with a significant protective effect for travellers' diarrhoea: a prospective observational cohort study in travellers to South Asia. J Travel Med. 2017;24(5):1-6. DOI: 10.1093/jtm/tax056

Kurth F, Develoux M, Mechain M, Malvy D, Clerinx J, Antinori S, Gjorup I.E, Gascon J, Morch K, Nicastri E, Ramharter M, Bartoloni A, Visser L, Rolling T, Zanger P, Calleri G, Salas-Coronas J, Nielsen H, Just-Nubling G, Neumayr A, Hachfeld A, Schmid M.L, Antonini P, Lingscheid T, Kern P, Kapaun A, da Cunha J.S, Pongratz P, Soriano-Arandes A, Schunk M, Suttorp N, Hatz C, Zoller T. Severe malaria in Europe: an 8-year multi-centre observational study. Malar J. 2017;16:57. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1673-z

Labhardt N.D, Müller U.F, Ringera I, Ehmer J, Motlatsi M.M, Pfeiffer K, Hobbins M.A, Muhairwe J.A, Muser J, Hatz C. Metabolic syndrome in patients on first-line antiretroviral therapy containing zidovudine or tenofovir in rural Lesotho, Southern Africa. Trop Med Int Health. 2017;22(6):725-733. DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12872

Letang E, Verdastus Kalinjuma A, Glass T.R, Gamell A, Mapesi H, Sikalengo G.R, Luwanda L.B, Mnzava D, Ntamatungiro A.J, Ndaki R, Francis G, Vanobbergen F, Furrer H, Klimkait T, Felger I, Tanner M, Hatz C, Weisser M, Battegay M, KIULARCO Study Group. Cohort profile: the Kilombero and Ulanga Antiretroviral Cohort (KIULARCO): a prospective HIV cohort in rural Tanzania. Swiss Med Wkly. 2017;147:w14485. DOI: 10.4414/smw.2017.14485

Lingscheid T, Kurth F, Clerinx J, Marocco S, Trevino B, Schunk M, Munoz J, Gjorup I.E, Jelinek T, Develoux M, Fry G, Janisch T, Schmid M.L, Bouchaud O, Puente S, Zammarchi L, Morch K, Bjorkman A, Siikamaki H, Neumayr A, Nielsen H, Hellgren U, Paul M, Calleri G, Kosina P, Myrvang B, Ramos J.M, Just-Nubling G, Beltrame A, Saraiva da Cunha J, Kern P, Rochat L, Stich A, Pongratz P, Grobusch M.P, Suttorp N, Witzenrath M, Hatz C, Zoller T, TropNet Schistosomiasis Investigator Group. Schistosomiasis in European travelers and migrants: analysis of 14 years TropNet Surveillance Data. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017;97(2):567-574. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0034

Marti H, Hatz C. Eosinophilie und Parasiten. Ther Umsch. 2017;74(6):297-300. DOI: 10.1024/0040-5930/a000918

Muri L, Gamell A, Ntamatungiro A.J, Glass T.R, Luwanda L.B, Battegay M, Furrer H, Hatz C, Tanner M, Felger I, Klimkait T, Letang E, Kiularco Study Group. Development of HIV drug resistance and therapeutic failure in children and adolescents in rural Tanzania - an emerging public health concern. AIDS. 2017;31(1):61-70. DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001273

Neumayr A, Hatz C. Eastern Africa. In: Pedersen E,Chen L.H,Schlagenhauf P, eds. Infectious diseases: a geographic guide, 104-123. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2017

Neumayr A, Munoz J, Schunk M, Bottieau E, Cramer J, Calleri G, Lopez-Velez R, Angheben A, Zoller T, Visser L, Serre-Delcor N, Genton B, Castelli F, Van Esbroeck M, Matteelli A, Rochat L, Sulleiro E, Kurth F, Gobbi F, Norman F, Torta I, Clerinx J, Poluda D, Martinez M, Calvo-Cano A, Sanchez-Seco M.P, Wilder-Smith A, Hatz C, Franco L, TropNet. Sentinel surveillance of imported dengue via travellers to Europe 2012 to 2014: TropNet data from the DengueTools Research Initiative. Euro Surveill. 2017;22(1):30433. DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.1.30433

Neumayr A, Paris D.H, Genton B, Hatz C. Artemether-lumefantrine treatment failure in nonimmune European travelers with P. falciparum malaria: do we need to reconsider dosing in patients from nonendemic regions?. Clin Infect Dis. 2017;64(10):1466-1467. DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix262

Ntamatungiro A.J, Muri L, Glass T.R, Erb S, Battegay M, Furrer H, Hatz C, Tanner M, Felger I, Klimkait T, Letang E, Kiularco Study Group. Strengthening HIV therapy and care in rural Tanzania affects rates of viral suppression. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2017;72(7):2069-2074. DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkx095

Rodriguez-Arboli E, Mwamelo K, Kalinjuma A.V, Furrer H, Hatz C, Tanner M, Battegay M, Letang E, Kiularco Study Group. Incidence and risk factors for hypertension among HIV patients in rural Tanzania - a prospective cohort study. PLoS One. 2017;12(3):e0172089. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172089

Rohacek M, Hatz C, Weisser M. Projekt Notfallstation im St. Francis Referral Hospital, Ifakara, Tansania. Praxis. 2017;106(12):651-655

Schmutz C, Mäusezahl D, Bless P.J, Hatz C, Schwenkglenks M, Urbinello D. Estimating healthcare costs of acute gastroenteritis and human campylobacteriosis in Switzerland. Epidemiol Infect. 2017;145(4):627-641. DOI: 10.1017/S0950268816001618

Shellvarajah M, Hatz C, Schlagenhauf P. Malaria prevention recommendations for risk groups visiting sub-Saharan Africa: a survey of European expert opinion and international recommendations. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2017;19:49-55. DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2017.09.002

Soukhathammavong P.A, Vonghachack Y, Hatz C, Akkhavong A, Odermatt P. Suspected cases of cholangiocarcinoma seen in reference hospitals in Lao People's Democratic Republic. Parasitol Int. 2017;66(4):510-514. DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2016.11.011

Vanobberghen F, Letang E, Gamell A, Mnzava D.K, Faini D, Luwanda L.B, Mapesi H, Mwamelo K, Sikalengo G, Tanner M, Hatz C, Furrer H, Battegay M, Glass T.R, Kiularco Study Group. A decade of HIV care in rural Tanzania: trends in clinical outcomes and impact of clinic optimisation in an open, prospective cohort. PLoS One. 2017;12(7):e0180983. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180983

Zuckerman J.N, Hatz C, Kantele A. Review of current typhoid fever vaccines, cross-protection against paratyphoid fever, and the European guidelines. Expert Rev Vaccines. 2017;16(10):1029-1043. DOI: 10.1080/14760584.2017.1374861

Bernasconi O.J, Künzli E, Pires J, Tinguely R, Carattoli A, Hatz C, Perreten V, Endimiani A. Travelers can import colistin-resistant enterobacteriaceae including those possessing the plasmid-mediated mcr-1 gene. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2016;60(8):5080-5084. DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00731-16

Farnham A, Blanke U, Stone E, Puhan M.A, Hatz C. Travel medicine and mHealth technology: a study using smartphones to collect health data during travel. J Travel Med. 2016;23(6):taw056. DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taw056

Freuler M, De Crom S, Hatz C, Bühler S. Varicella seroprevalence in individuals with a negative or unknown varicella history - results from a large travel clinic in Switzerland between 2008 and 2015. Swiss Med Wkly. 2016;146:w14342. DOI: 10.4414/smw.2016.14342

Gamell A, Glass T.R, Luwanda L.B, Mapesi H, Samson L, Mtoi T, Nyamtema A, Muri L, Ntamatungiro A, Tanner M, Hatz C, Battegay M, Letang E, KIULARCO Study Group. An integrated and comprehensive service delivery model to improve pediatric and maternal HIV care in rural Africa. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2016;73(5):e67-e75. DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001178

Gamell A, Muri L, Ntamatungiro A, Nyogea D, Luwanda L.B, Hatz C, Battegay M, Felger I, Tanner M, Klimkait T, Letang E. A case series of acquired drug resistance-associated mutations in human immunodeficiency virus-infected children: an emerging public health concern in rural Africa. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2016;3:ofv199. DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofv199

Grischott F, Puhan M, Hatz C, Schlagenhauf P. Non-vector-borne transmission of Zika virus: a systematic review. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2016;14(4):313-330. DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2016.07.002

Kiefer S, Kling K, Stephan R, Bratschi M.W, Jost M, Bless P, Schmutz C, Mäusezahl D, Wyss K, Mäusezahl-Feuz M, Hatz C. How can patients and their physicians contribute to an outbreak investigation? Experiences from a nationwide listeriosis outbreak in Switzerland. Swiss Med Wkly. 2016;146:w14366. DOI: 10.4414/smw.2016.14366

Manz Viviane, Gubser Alexandra. Ferien-Rückkehrer sind in Sorge wegen Zika [TV Broadcast]. Zürich: SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. Bericht: Viviane Manz, Alexandra Gubser. SRF, Sendung Tagesschau vom 17.08.2016. [Date Accessed: 10.01.2017]

Mapesi H, Ramirez A, Tanner M, Hatz C, Letang E, KIULARCO Study Group. Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome associated with dermatophytoses in two HIV-1 positive patients in rural Tanzania: a case report. BMC Infect Dis. 2016;16:495. DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1824-4

Mayorga O, Bühler S, Jaeger V.K, Bally S, Hatz C, Frosner G, Protzer U, Van Damme P, Egger M, Herzog C. Single-dose hepatitis A immunization: 7.5-year observational pilot study in Nicaraguan children to assess protective effectiveness and humoral immune memory response. J Infect Dis. 2016;214(10):1498-1506. DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiw411

Notter J, Labhardt N, Hatz C, Wallnöfer A, Vollgraff M, Ritze N, Wirza S, Berger C, Battegay M, Neumayr A, Fehr J, Jackson Y.L, Posfay-Barbej K, Durieux S, Lanzl C, Staehelin C, Boillat-Blanco N, Fuchs S, Martin B, Tarr P. Infections chez les réfugiés adultes. Swiss Med Forum. 2016;16(49-50):1067-1074

Notter J, Labhardt N, Hatz C, Wallnöfer A, Vollgraff M, Ritze N, Wirza S, Berger C, Battegay M, Neumayr A, Fehr J, Jackson Y.L, Posfay-Barbej K, Durieux S, Lanzl C, Staehelin C, Boillat-Blanco N, Fuchs S, Martin B, Tarr P. Infektionen bei erwachsenen Flüchtlingen. Swiss Med Forum. 2016;16(49-50):1067-1074

Pires J, Künzli E, Kasraian S, Tinguely R, Furrer H, Hilty M, Hatz C, Endimiani A. Polyclonal intestinal colonization with extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant enterbacteriaceae upon traveling to India. Front Microbiol. 2016;7:1069. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01069

Ramirez-Mena A, Glass T.R, Winter A, Kimera N, Ntamatungiro A, Hatz C, Tanner M, Battegay M, Furrer H, Wandeler G, Letang E. Prevalence and outcomes of hepatitis B coinfection and associated liver disease among antiretroviral therapy-naive individuals in a rural Tanzanian human immunodeficiency virus cohort. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2016;3(3):ofw162. DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofw162

Richter J, Azoulay D, Dong Y, Holtfreter M.C, Akpata R, Calderaro J, El-Scheich T, Breuer M, Neumayr A, Hatz C, Kircheis G, Botelho M.C, Dietrich C.F. Ultrasonography of gallbladder abnormalities due to schistosomiasis. Parasitol Res. 2016;115(8):2917-2924. DOI: 10.1007/s00436-016-5116-0

Richter J, Botelho M.C, Holtfreter M.C, Akpata R, El Scheich T, Neumayr A, Brunetti E, Hatz C, Dong Y, Dietrich C.F. Ultrasound assessment of schistosomiasis. Z Gastroenterol. 2016;54(7):653-660. DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-107359

Schonenberger S, Hatz C, Buhler S. Unpredictable checks of yellow fever vaccination certificates upon arrival in Tanzania. J Travel Med. 2016;23(5):taw035. DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taw035

Sikalengo G, Ramirez A, Faini D, Mwamelo K, Battegay M, Jugheli L, Hatz C, Reither K, Letang E. Tuberculous spondylitis diagnosed through Xpert MTB/RIF assay in urine: a case report. BMC Infect Dis. 2016;16:514. DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1844-0

SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen Radio SRF 2 Kultur. FOKUS: Studiogespräch mit Christoph Hatz [TV Broadcast]. Zürich: SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. SRF, Sendung 10 vor 10 vom 1.02.2016

Akpata R, Neumayr A, Holtfreter M.C, Krantz I, Singh D.D, Mota R, Walter S, Hatz C, Richter J. Erratum to: the WHO ultrasonography protocol for assessing morbidity due to Schistosoma haematobium. Acceptance and evolution over 14 years. Systematic review. Parasitol Res. 2015;114(5):2045-2046. DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4430-2

Akpata R, Neumayr A, Holtfreter M.C, Krantz I, Singh D.D, Mota R, Walter S, Hatz C, Richter J. The WHO ultrasonography protocol for assessing morbidity due to Schistosoma haematobium: acceptance and evolution over 14 years: systematic review. Parasitol Res. 2015;114(4):1279-1289. DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4389-z

Becker S.L, Piraisoody N, Kramme S, Marti H, Silué K.D, Panning M, Nickel B, Kern W.V, Herrmann M, Hatz C.F, N'Goran E.K, Utzinger J, von Müller L. Real-time PCR for detection of Strongyloides stercoralis in human stool samples from Côte d'Ivoire: diagnostic accuracy, inter-laboratory comparison and patterns of hookworm co-infection. Acta Trop. 2015;150:210-217. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.07.019

Berthod D, Genton B, Hatz C, Blum J, de Vallière S. Ability of physicians to diagnose influenza and usefulness of a rapid influenza antigen test in febrile returning travelers: a randomized controlled trial. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2015;13(5):394-399. DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2015.08.001

Bühler S, Ciurea A, Eperon G, Furrer H, Gabay C, Hasler P, Müller R, Villinger P, Walker U, Hatz C. Immunogenicity and safety of tetanus/diphtheria booster vaccine and hepatitis A vaccine in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis and vasculitis - a cohort study in 6 Swiss rheumatology centres and 4 travel clinics. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):293. Abstracts of the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, 6-10 September 2015, Basel, Switzerland

Bühler S, Eperon G, Ribi C, Kyburz D, van Gompel F, Visser L.G, Siegrist C.A, Hatz C. Vaccination recommendations for adult patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases. Swiss Med Wkly. 2015;145:w14159. DOI: 10.4414/smw.2015.14159

El Scheich T, Holtfreter M.C, Ekamp H, Singh D.D, Mota R, Hatz C, Richter J. Erratum to: The WHO ultrasonography protocol for assessing hepatic morbidity due to Schistosoma mansoni: acceptance and evolution over 12 years. Parasitol Res. 2015;114(1):347. DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-4209-x

Faini D, Maokola W, Furrer H, Hatz C, Battegay M, Tanner M, Denning D.W, Letang E. Burden of serious fungal infections in Tanzania. Mycoses. 2015;58(Suppl. 5):70-79. DOI: 10.1111/myc.12390

Farnham A, Stone E, Blanke U, Puhan M, Hatz C. An exploratory study using mHealth technology to describe health risks to travelers. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):131. Abstracts of the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, 6-10 September 2015, Basel, Switzerland

Franco L, Cnops L, Navascues A, Boillat N, Neumayr A, Norman F, Vanio K, Dudman S, Van Esbroeck M, Molero F, Hernandez L, Potente A, Wilder-Smith A, Hatz C, Sanchez-Seco M.P. Dengue in Africa: sustained and silent circulation of multiple serotypes and genotypes, detected in travelers from 2010 to 2014. Trop Med Int Health. 2015;20(Suppl. 1):107-108. Abstracts of the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, 6-10 September 2015, Basel, Switzerland

Franco L, Fernandez M.D, Serre N, Martinez M, Sulleiro E, Neumayr A, Molero F, Schunk M, Guido C, Wilder-Smith A, Hatz C, Sanchez-Seco M.P. Dengue serotypes and genotypes circulating in recent years in the Caribbean and imported to Europe. Trop Med Int Health. 2015;20(Suppl. 1):104-105

Franco L, Pagan I, Serre Del Cor N, Schunk M, Neumayr A, Molero F, Potente A, Hatz C, Wilder-Smith A, Sanchez-Seco M.P, Tenorio A. Molecular epidemiology suggests Venezuela as the origin of the dengue outbreak in Madeira, Portugal in 2012-2013. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2015;21(7):713.e5-713.e8. DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.03.016.

Haraka F, Glass T.R, Sikalengo G, Gamell A, Ntamatungiro A, Hatz C, Tanner M, Furrer H, Battegay M, Letang E. Correction: a bundle of services increased ascertainment of Tuberculosis among HIV-infected individuals enrolled in a HIV cohort in rural sub-Saharan Africa. PLoS One. 2015;10(5):e0129185. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129185

Haraka F, Glass T.R, Sikalengo G, Gamell A, Ntamatungiro A, Hatz C, Tanner M, Furrer H, Battegay M, Letang E. A bundle of services increased ascertainment of tuberculosis among HIV-infected individuals enrolled in a HIV cohort in rural sub-Saharan Africa. PLoS One. 2015;10(4):e0123275. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123275

Hatz C.F.R, Bally B, Rohrer S, Steffen R, Kramme S, Siegrist C.A, Wacker M, Alaimo C, Gambillara Fonck V. Safety and immunogenicity of a candidate bioconjugate vaccine against Shigella dysenteriae type 1 administered to healthy adults: a single blind, partially randomized phase 1 study. Vaccine. 2015;33(36):4594-4601. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.06.102

Hollenstein Y, Elzi L, Hatz C, Passweg J, Weisser M, Stockle M, Halter J.P, Egli A. Travelling activity and travel-related risks after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation - a single centre survey. Swiss Med Wkly. 2015;145:w14136. DOI: 10.4414/smw.2015.14136

Jaeger V.K, Rüegg R, Steffen R, Hatz C, Bühler S. Travelers with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: are they different?. J Travel Med. 2015;22(3):161-167. DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12184

Jaeger V.K, Tschudi N, Rüegg R, Hatz C, Bühler S. The elderly, the young and the pregnant traveler - a retrospective data analysis from a large Swiss Travel Center with a special focus on malaria prophylaxis and yellow fever vaccination. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2015;13(6):475-484. DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2015.10.001

Knoblauch A.M, Bratschi M.W, Zuske M.K, Althaus D, Stephan R, Hächler H, Baumgartner A, Prager R, Rabsch W, Altpeter E, Jost M, Mäusezahl M, Hatz C, Kiefer S. Cross-border outbreak of Salmonella enterica ssp. enterica serovar Bovismorbificans: multiple approaches to outbreak investigation in Germany and Switzerland. Swiss Med Wkly. 2015;145:w14182. DOI: 10.4414/smw.2020.14182

Künzli E, Vlot J, Laaveri T, Visser L.G, Hatz C, Kantele A. Asymptomatic carriage of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in travelers returning from Southern Asia: trends over time. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):69-70. Abstracts of the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, 6-10 September 2015, Basel, Switzerland

Kurth F, Develoux M, Mechai M, Clerinx J, Antinori S, Gjorup I.E, Gascon J, Morch K, Nicastri E, Ramharter M, Bartoloni A, Visser L, Rolling T, Zanger P, Calleri G, Salas-Coronas J, Nielsen H, Just-Nübling G, Neumayr A, Hachfeld A, Schmid M.L, Antonini P, Pongratz P, Kern P, Saraiva da Cunha J, Soriano-Arandes A, Schunk M, Suttorp N, Hatz C, Zoller T. Intravenous artesunate reduces parasite clearance time, duration of intensive care and hospital treatment in patients with severe malaria in Europe: the TropNet Severe Malaria Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2015;61(9):1441-1444. DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ575

Letang E, Müller M.C, Ntamatungiro A.J, Kimera N, Faini D, Furrer H, Battegay M, Tanner M, Hatz C, Boulware D.R, Glass T.R. Cryptococcal antigenemia in immunocompromised human immunodeficiency virus patients in rural Tanzania: a preventable cause of early mortality. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2015;2(2):ofv046. DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofv046

Mapesi H, Ramirez A, Battegay M, Furrer H, Tanner M, Hatz C, Letang E. Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome associated with dermatophytoses in two HIV-1 positive patients in rural Tanzania. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):152. Abstracts of the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, 6-10 September 2015, Basel, Switzerland

Mapesi H, Ramirez A.R, Hatz C, Letang E. Nodular lymphangitis in HIV-infected patients in Tanzania. East Afr Med J. 2015;92(4):203-207

Nurjardi D, Friedrich-Jänicke B, Schäfer J, van Genderen P.J.J, Goorhuis A, Perignon A, Neumayr A, Mueller A, Kantele A, Schunk M, Gascon J, Stich A, Hatz C, Caumes E, Grobusch M.P, Fleck R, Mockenhaupt F.P, Zanger P. Skin and soft tissue infections in intercontinental travellers and the import of multi-resistant Staphylococcus aureus to Europe. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2015;21(6):567.e1-567.e10. DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.01.016

Nurjardi D, Schäfer J, Friedrich-Jänicke B, Mueller A, Neumayr A, Calvo-Cano A, Goorhuis A, Molhoek N, Lagler H, Kantele A, van Genderen P.J.J, Gascon J, Grobusch M.P, Caumes E, Hatz C, Fleck R, Mockenhaupt F.P, Zangler P. Predominance of dfrG as determinant of trimethoprim resistance in imported Staphylococcus aureus. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2015;21(12):1095.e5-1095.e9. DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.08.021

Nyogea D.S, Said H, Mwaigomole G, Stoeckle M, Felger I, Hatz C, Henning L, Franzeck F, Letang E, Geubbels E, Tanner M. An assessment of the supply chain management for HIV/AIDS care and treatment in Kilombero and Ulanga districts in southern Tanzania. Tanzan J Health Res. 2015;17(2):1-9

Pires J, Künzli N, Kasraian S, Tinguely R, Furrer H, Hilty M, Hatz C, Endimiani A. Polyclonal intestinal colonization with ESBL-producing enterobacteriaceae upon traveling to the Indian subcontinent. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):76. Abstracts of the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, 6-10 September 2015, Basel, Switzerland

Sayasone S, Utzinger J, Vonghachack Y, Hatz C, Tanner M, Akkhavong A, Odermatt P. Complex morbidity patterns in different parts of Lao People's Democratic Republic where Opisthorchis viverrini, Schistosoma mekongi and other helminths co-exist. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):316

Schindler V.M, Jaeger V.K, Held L, Hatz C, Bühler S. Travel style is a major risk factor for diarrhoea in India: a prospective cohort study. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2015;21(7):676.e1-676.e4. DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.03.005

Schlagenhauf P, Hatz C, Behrens R, Visser L, Funk M, Holzer B, Beck B, Bourquin C, Etter H, Furrer H, Genton B, Landry P, Chappuis F, Loutan L, Stossel U, Jeschko E, Rossano A, Nothdurft H.D. Mefloquine at the crossroads? Implications for malaria chemoprophylaxis in Europa [Commentary]. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2015;13(2):192-196. DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2015.03.010

Schmutz C, Mäusezahl D, Bless P.J, Hatz C, Schwenkglenks M, Urbinello D. Acute gastroenteritis and campylobacteriosis in Switzerland: how expensive are our patients?. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):102. Abstracts of the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, 6-10 September 2015, Basel, Switzerland

Shellvarajah M, Hatz C, Schlagenhauf P. Malaria recommendations for risk groups visiting sub-Saharan Africa: a survey of European expert opinion and international guidelines. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):161. Abstracts of the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, 6-10 September 2015, Basel, Switzerland

Sikalengo G, Ramirez A, Battegay M, Furrer H, Tanner M, Hatz C, Reither K, Letang E. Diagnosis of tuberculous spondylitis through Xpert MTB/RIF assay in urine in rural Africa. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):192. Abstracts of the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, 6-10 September 2015, Basel, Switzerland

Soukhathammavong P.A, Rajpho V, Phongluxa K, Vonghachack Y, Hattendorf J, Hongvanthong B, Rasaphon O, Sripa B, Akkhavong K, Hatz C, Odermatt P. Subtle to severe hepatobiliary morbidity in Opisthorchis viverrini endemic district in Lao PDR. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):310

Soukhathammavong PA, Rajpho V, Phongluxa K, Vonghachack Y, Hattendorf J, Hongvanthong B, Rasaphon O, Sripa B, Akkhavong K, Hatz C, Odermatt P. Subtle to severe hepatobiliary morbidity in Opisthorchis viverrini endemic settings in Southern Laos. Acta Trop. 2015;141(Pt B):303-309. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.09.014

Stephan R, Althaus D, Kiefer S, Lehner A, Hatz C, Schmutz C, Jost M, Gerber N, Baumgertner A, Hachler H, Mäusezahl-Feuz M. Foodborne transmission of Listeria monocytogenes via ready-to-eat salad: a nationwide outbreak in Switzerland, 2013-2014. Food Control. 2015;57:14-17. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2015.03.034

Vanobberghen F, Letang E, Gamell A, John A, Faini D, Bonaventure L, Mapesi H, Mwamelo K, Sikalengo G, Tanner M, Hatz C, Furrer H, Battegay M, Glass T. Challenges in estimating death and retention rates in a longitudinal cohort of HIV-infected persons in rural Tanzania. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):9. Abstracts of the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, 6-10 September 2015, Basel, Switzerland

Blum J, Buffet P, Visser L, Harms G, Bailey M.S, Caumes E, Clerinx J, van Thiel P.P.A.M, Morizot G, Hatz C, Dorlo T.P.C, Lockwood D.N.J. LeishMan recommendations for treatment of cutaneous and mucosal leishmaniasis in travelers, 2014. J Travel Med. 2014;21(2):116-129. DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12089

Bühler S, Jaeger V.K, Kling K, Hatz C. To vaccinate or let it be - current recommendations and the reality about yellow fever vaccination [Letter]. Swiss Med Wkly. 2014;144:w14095. DOI: 10.4414/smw.2014.14095

Bühler S, Rüegg R, Steffen R, Hatz C, Jaeger V.K. A profile of travelers - an analysis from a large Swiss travel clinic. J Travel Med. 2014;21(5):324-331. DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12139

El Scheich T, Holtfreter M.C, Ekamp H, Singh D.D, Mota R, Hatz C, Richter J. The WHO ultrasonography protocol for assessing hepatic morbidity due to Schistosoma mansoni: acceptance and evolution over 12 years. Parasitol Res. 2014;113(11):3915-3925. DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-4117-0

Franzeck F.C, Letang E, Mwaigomole G, Jullu B, Glass T.R, Nyogea D, Hatz C, Tanner M, Battegay M. cART prescription trends in a prospective HIV cohort in rural Tanzania from 2007 to 2011. BMC Infect Dis. 2014;14:90. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-90

Hatz C.F.R. Evidence-based information and experience, the perfect match [Introduction]. J Travel Med. 2014;10(Suppl. 2):ii

Hollenstein Y, Elzi L, Hatz C, Battegay M, Stöckle M, Halter J, Egli A. Travelling after allogeneic stem cell transplantation-a single centre experience. Bone Marrow Transplant, 2014;49(Suppl. 1):S477-S478

Künzli E, Jaeger V.K, Frei R, Neumayr A, DeCrom S, Haller S, Blum J, Widmer A.F, Furrer H, Battegay M, Endimiani A, Hatz C. High colonization rates of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli in Swiss travellers to South Asia- a prospective observational multicentre cohort study looking at epidemiology, microbiology and risk factors. BMC Infect Dis. 2014;14:528. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-528

Labhardt N.D, Cheleboi M, Faturyiele O, Motlatsi M.M, Pfeiffer K, Lejone T.I, Cerutti B, Muser J, Gupta R.S, Lynen L, Hatz C. Higher rates of metabolic syndrome among women taking zidovudine as compared to tenofovir in rural Africa: preliminary data from the CART-1 study. J Int AIDS Soc. 2014;17(4 Suppl 3):19552. DOI: 10.7448/IAS.17.4.19552

Müller M.C, Ntamatungiro A.J, Kimera N, Furrer H, Battegay M, Tanner M, Hatz C, Boulware D.R, Glass T.R, Letang E. Cryptococcal antigenemia in severely immunocompromised HIV patients in rural Tanzania. Topics Antiviral Med, 2014(e1):436

Reinau D, Achermann C, Arnet N, Meier C.R, Hatz C, Surber C. Sun protective behaviour of vacationers spending holidays in the tropics and subtropics. Br J Dermatol. 2014;171(4):868-874. DOI: 10.1111/bjd.12995

Salis Gross C, Tatzel J, Lang P, Rauber G, Hatz C. Explorative Studie zur Akzeptanz des Impfens in impfkritischen Bevölkerungsgruppen der Schweiz. Bern: PHS Public Health Services, 2014

Elling R, Henneke P, Hatz C, Hufnagel M. Dengue fever in children: where are we now?. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013;32(9):1020-1022. DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31829fd0e9

Franco L, Serre N, Kurolt I, Poluda D, Molero F, Neumayr A, Hatz C, Wilder-Smith A, Tenorio A. The caribbean connection and the re-emergence of dengue in Europe. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2013;89(5):184-185

Franco L, Serre N, Poluda D, Kurolt I, Molero F, Zarzuela F, Neumayr A, Hatz C, Wilder-Smith A, Tenorio A. Deciphering the origin of dengue virus introduced in Madeira, Portugal. Trop Med Int Health, 2013;18(Suppl. 1):119

Franzeck F.C, Ngwale R, Msongole B, Hamisi M, Abdul O, Henning L, Letang E, Mwaigomole G, Battegay M, Hatz C, Tanner M. Viral hepatitis and rapid diagnostic test based screening for HBsAg in HIV-infected patients in rural Tanzania. PLoS One. 2013;8(3):e58468. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058468

Furrer H, Staehelin C, Landolt R, Hatz C. Reisemedizinische Beratung - mehr als eine Impfcheckliste [Editorial]. Ther Umsch. 2013;70(6):309-312. DOI: 10.1024/0040-5930/a000408

Gamell A, Letang E, Jullu B, Mwaigomole G, Nyamtema A, Hatz C, Battegay M, Tanner M. Uptake of guidelines on prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in rural Tanzania: time for change. Swiss Med Wkly. 2013;143:w13775. DOI: 10.4414/smw.2013.13775

Hatz C. TropNet – a network for Europe. Trop Med Int Health, 2013;18(Suppl. 1):42

Hatz C. Swissness [Editorial]. Ther Umsch. 2013;70(6):307. DOI: 10.1024/0040-5930/a000407

Hatz C.F.R, Tanner M. Le paludisme en Suisse: comment le traiter?. Swiss Med Forum. 2013;13(3):33-34

Hatz C.F.R, Tanner M. Malaria in der Schweiz: wie behandeln?. Swiss Med Forum. 2013;13(3):33-34

Künzli N, Frei R, Jaeger V, Widmer A, Battegay M, Hatz C. Unwanted souvenirs from travelling abroad - colonization with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae. Trop Med Int Health, 2013;18(Suppl. 1):161

Marti H, Landolt R, Hatz C. Souvenir der etwas anderen Art - Helmintheninfektionen bei Reisenden. Ther Umsch. 2013;70(6):343-345. DOI: 10.1024/0040-5930/a000413

Masimba P.J, Kituma E, Klimkait T, Horvath E, Stöckle M, Hatz C, Mossdorf E, Mwaigomole E, Hamis S, Jullu B, Abdulla S, Tanner M, Felger I. Prevalence of drug-resistance mutations and HIV-1 subtypes in a HIV-1 infected COHORT in rural Tanzania. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2013;29(9):1229-1236. DOI: 10.1089/AID.2011.0367

Mosimann V, Neumayr A, Hatz C, Blum J.A. Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Switzerland: first experience with species-specific treatment. Infection. 2013;41(6):1177-1182. DOI: 10.1007/s15010-013-0500-5

Neumayr A, Hatz C, Blum J. Not to be missed! Differential diagnoses of common dermatological problems in returning travellers. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2013;11(6):337-349. DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2013.09.005

Nyamtema A, Abdulla S, Masanaja F, Battegay M, Stoeckle M, Klimkait T, Furrer H, Letang E, Gamell A, Hatz C, Tanner M. The Chronic Diseases Clinic of Ifakara, St. Francis Referral Hospital (CDCI), and the Kilombero and Ulanga Antiretroviral Cohort Study (KIULARCO): activity report, October 2013. Ifakara, Basel: Chronic Diseases Clinic of Ifakara, St. Francis Referral Hospital (CDCI), 2013

Walz A, Hatz C. Unfälle auf Reisen - die versteckte Epidemie. Ther Umsch. 2013;70(6):318-322. DOI: 10.1024/0040-5930/a000410

Walz A, Tschudi P, Badertscher N, Hatz C. Beratung vor der Reise - eine Umfrage bei Schweizer Hausärzten. Ther Umsch. 2013;70(6):313-317. DOI: 10.1024/0040-5930/a000409

Zimmermann R, Hattendorf J, Blum J, Nüesch R, Hatz C. Risk perception of travelers to tropical and subtropical countries visiting a Swiss travel health center. J Travel Med. 2013;20(1):3-10. DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2012.00671.x

Zimmermann R, Hatz C, Nüesch R. Response to letter. J Travel Med. 2013;20(4):271-272

Blum J, Lockwood D.N.J, Visser L, Harms G, Bailey M.S, Caumes E, Clerinx J, van Thiel P.P.A.M, Morizot G, Hatz C, Buffet P. Local or systematic treatment for New World cutaneous leishmaniasis? Re-evaluating the evidence for the risk of mucosal leishmaniasis. Int Health. 2012;4(3):153-163. DOI: 10.1016/j.inhe.2012.06.004

Blum J.A, Neumayr A.L, Hatz C.F. Human African trypanosomiasis in endemic populations and travellers. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2012;31(6):905-912. DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1403-y

Franzeck F, Letang E, Mwaigomole G, Jullu B, Glass T, Nyogea D, Hatz C, Tanner M, Battegay M. cART prescription trends in a prospective HIV cohort in rural Tanzania from 2007 to 2011. J Int AIDS Soc, 2012;15(Suppl. 4):18397. DOI: 10.7448/IAS.15.6.18397

Hatz C, Cramer J.P, Vertruyen A, Schwarz T.F, von Sonnenburg F, Borkowski A, Lattanzi M, Hilbert A.K, Cioppa G.D, Leroux-Roels G. A randomised, single-blind, dose-range study to assess the immunogenicity and safety of a cell-culture-derived A/H1N1 influenza vaccine in adult and elderly populations. Vaccine. 2012;30(32):4820-4827. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.05.013

Hatz C, von Sonnenburg F, Casula D, Lattanzi M, Leroux-Roels G. A randomized clinical trial to identify the optimal antigen and MF59((R)) adjuvant dose of a monovalent A/H1N1 pandemic influenza vaccine in healthy adult and elderly subjects. Vaccine. 2012;30(23):3470-3477. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.03.017

Hatz C. Boosting Japanese encephalitis vaccine [Editorial commentary]. Clin Infect Dis. 2012;55(6):835-836. DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis548

Hatz C.F, Künzli E, Funk M. Rabies: relevance, prevention, and management in travel medicine. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2012;26(3):739-753. DOI: 10.1016./j.idc.2012.05.001

Knopp S, Steinmann P, Hatz C, Keiser J, Utzinger J. Nematode infections: filariases. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2012;26(2):359-381. DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2012.02.005

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

Neumayr A, Gabriel M, Fritz J, Gunther S, Hatz C, Schmidt-Chanasit J, Blum J. Mayaro virus infection in traveler returning from Amazon basin, northern Peru [Letter]. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012;18(4):695-696. DOI: 10.3201/eid1804.111717

Neumayr A.L, Tschirky B, Warren A, Hatz C.F, Blum J.A. Acute febrile respiratory reaction after praziquantel treatment during asymptomatic late form of acute schistosomiasis. J Travel Med. 2012;19(4):264-267. DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2012.00626.x

Reynales H, Astudillo P, de Vallière S, Hatz C, Schlagenhauf P, Rath B, Velentgas P, Fariña A, Sales-Carmona V, Groth N. A prospective observational safety study on MF59((R)) adjuvanted cell culture-derived vaccine, Celtura((R)) during the A/H1N1 (2009) influenza pandemic. Vaccine. 2012;30(45):6436-6443. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.08.005

Saxer F, Hatz C. Gesund reisen : Medizinischer Reiseratgeber. 2. Aufl.. Zürich: Editions à la Carte, 2012

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

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

Utzinger J, Becker S.L, Knopp S, Blum J, Neumayr A.L, Keiser J, Hatz C.F. Neglected tropical diseases: diagnosis, clinical management, treatment and control. Swiss Med Wkly. 2012;142:w13727. DOI: 10.4414/smw.2012.13727

Wilder-Smith A, Renhorn K.E, Tissera H, Abu Bakar S, Alphey L, Kittayapong P, Lindsay S, Logan J, Hatz C, Reiter P, Rocklov J, Byass P, Louis V.R, Tozan Y, Massad E, Tenorio A, Lagneau C, L'ambert G, Brooks D, Wegerdt J, Gubler D. DengueTools: innovative tools and strategies for the surveillance and control of dengue. Glob Health Action. 2012;5:17273. DOI: 10.3402/gha.v5i0.17273

Becker S.L, Sieto B, Silué K.D, Adjossan L, Koné S, Hatz C, Kern W.V, N'Goran E.K, Utzinger J. Diagnosis, clinical features, and self-reported morbidity of Strongyloides stercoralis and hookworm infection in a co-endemic setting. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011;5(8):e1292. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001292

Calleri G, Behrens R.H, Schmid M.L, Gobbi F, Grobusch M.P, Castelli F, Gascon J, Bisoffi Z, Jelinek T, Caramello P, TropNedEurop. Malaria chemoprophylaxis recommendations for immigrants to Europe, visiting relatives and friends: a Delphi method study. Malar J. 2011;10:137. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-137

Hatz C, Beck B, Steffen R, Genton B, D'Acremont V, Loutan L, Hartmann K, Herzog C. Real-life versus package insert: a post-marketing study on adverse-event rates of the virosomal hepatitis A vaccine Epaxal(R) in healthy travellers. Vaccine. 2011;29(31):5000-5006. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.04.099

Hatz C, van der Ploeg R, Beck B.R, Frosner G, Hunt M, Herzog C. Successful memory response following an up to 11 years delayed booster dose with a virosome-formulated hepatitis a vaccine (Epaxal(R)). Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2011;18(5):885-887. DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00358-10

Keiser J, Sayed H, El-Ghanam M, Sabry H, Anani S, El-Wakeel A, Hatz C, Utzinger J, El-Din S.S, El-Maadawy W, Botros S. Efficacy and safety of artemether in the treatment of chronic fascioliasis in Egypt: exploratory phase-2 trials. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011;5(9):e1285. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001285

Kramme S, Marti H, Genton B, Hatz C. Comment la sérologie peut-elle aider à l'établissement du diagnostic des parasites?. Rev Méd Suisse. 2011;7(294):995-999

Mossdorf E, Stöckle M, Mwaigomole E.G, Chiweka E, Kibatala P.L, Geubbels E, Urassa H, Abdulla S, Elzi L, Tanner M, Furrer H, Hatz C, Battegay M. Improved antiretroviral treatment outcome in a rural African setting is associated with cART initiation at higher CD4 cell counts and better general health condition. BMC Infect Dis. 2011;11:98. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-98

Neumayr A, Troia G, De Bernardis C, Tamarozzi F, Goblirsch S, Piccoli L, Hatz C, Filice C, Brunetti E. Justified concern or exaggerated fear: the risk of anaphylaxis in percutaneous treatment of cystic echinococcosis - a systematic literature review. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011;5(6):e1154. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001154

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

Barnett E.D, MacPherson D.W, Stauffer W.M, Loutan L, Hatz C.F, Matteelli A, Behrens R.H. The visiting friends or relatives traveler in the 21st century: time for a new definition. J Travel Med. 2010;17(3):163-170. DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00411.x

Behrens R.H, Carroll B, Hellgren U, Visser L.G, Siikamaki H, Vestergaard L.S, Calleri G, Janisch T, Myrvang B, Gascon J, Hatz C. The incidence of malaria in travellers to South-East Asia: is local malaria transmission a useful risk indicator?. Malar J. 2010;9:266. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-266

Behrens R.H, Stauffer W.M, Barnett E.D, Loutan L, Hatz C.F, Matteelli A, MacPherson D.W. Travel case scenarios as a demonstration of risk assessment of VFR travelers: introduction to criteria and evidence-based definition and framework. J Travel Med. 2010;17(3):153-162. DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00398.x

Blum J.A, Pfeifer S, Hatz C.F. Psychiatric manifestations as the leading symptom in an expatriate with dengue fever. Infection. 2010;38(4):341-343. DOI: 10.1007/s15010-010-0029-9

Forno C, Hausermann P, Hatz C, Itin P, Blum J. The difficulty in diagnosis and treatment of leprosy. J Travel Med. 2010;17(4):281-283. DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00419.x

Frey S.G, Chelo D, Kinkela M.N, Djoukoue F, Tietche F, Hatz C, Weber P. Artesunate-mefloquine combination therapy in acute Plasmodium falciparum malaria in young children: a field study regarding neurological and neuropsychiatric safety. Malar J. 2010;9:291. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-291

Hatz C, Inoubli S, Loutan L, Genton B, Behrens R, Hufnagel M. Encéphalite japonaise : risque pour les populations vivant en zones d'endémie et pour les voyageurs. Rev Méd Suisse. 2010;6(248):956-959

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

Matteelli A, Stauffer W.M, Barnett E.D, MacPherson D.W, Loutan L, Hatz C, Behrens R.H. Is a new definition required for travelers who visit friends and relatives?. J Travel Med. 2010;17(6):430-431. DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00468_1.x

Mossdorf E, Stoeckle M, Vincenz A, Mwaigomole E.G, Chiweka E, Kibatala P, Urassa H, Abdulla S, Elzi L, Tanner M, Furrer H, Hatz C, Battegay M. Impact of a national HIV voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) campaign on VCT in a rural hospital in Tanzania. Trop Med Int Health. 2010;15(5):567-573. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02490.x

Navarini A.A, Stoeckle M, Navarini S, Mossdorf E, Jullu B.S, Mchomvu R, Mbata M, Kibatala P, Tanner M, Hatz C, Schmid-Grendelmeier P. Antihistamines are superior to topical steroids in managing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated papular pruritic eruption. Int J Dermatol. 2010;49(1):83-86. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2009.04279.x

Neumayr A, Blum J, Hatz C. Aktuelle Änderungen der schweizerischen Empfehlungen für "Impfungen und Malariaschutz bei Auslandreisen". Synapse. 2010(4):9

Neumayr A, Funk M, Werlein J, Blum J, Hatz C. Impfungen bei Auslandreisen 2010: neu überarbeitete Richtlinien. Schweiz Med Forum. 2010;10(43):753-756

Nothdurft H.D, Hatz C. Malariaprophylaxe. In: Löscher T,Burchard G.D, eds. Tropenmedizin in Klinik und Praxis : mit Reise- und Migrationsmedizin, 937-946. Stuttgart: Thieme, 2010

Tietche F, Chelo D, Mina Ntoto N.K, Djoukoue F.M, Hatz C, Frey S, Frentzel A, Trapp S, Zielonka R, Mueller E.A. Tolerability and efficacy of a pediatric granule formulation of artesunate-mefloquine in young children from Cameroon with uncomplicated falciparum malaria. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010;82(6):1034-1040. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0704

Bertschy S, Rothen M, Hatz C. Neurozystizerkose. Swiss Med Forum. 2009;9(14):288-289

Blum J, Hatz C.F. Dengue- und Chikungunya-Fieber in der Allgemeinpraxis. Swiss Med Forum. 2009;9(35):610-614

Blum J, Schmid C, Burri C, Hatz C, Olson C, Fungula B, Kazumba L, Mangoni P, Mbo F, Deo K, Mpanya A, Dala A, Franco J.R, Pohlig G, Zellweger M.J. Cardiac alterations in human African trypanosomiasis (T.b. gambiense) with respect to the disease stage and antiparasitic treatment. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2009;3(2):e383. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000383

Blum J.A, Hatz C.F. Treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis in travelers 2009. J Travel Med. 2009;16(2):123-131. DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00286.x

Hatz C, Werlein J, Mutsch M, Hufnagel M, Behrens R.H. Japanese encephalitis: defining risk incidence for travelers to endemic countries and vaccine prescribing from the UK and Switzerland. J Travel Med. 2009;16(3):200-203. DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2009.00334.x

Saxer F, Widmer A, Fehr J, Soka I, Kibatala P, Urassa H, Frei R, Smith T, Hatz C. Benefit of a single preoperative dose of antibiotics in a sub-Saharan district hospital: minimal input, massive impact. Ann Surg. 2009;249(2):322-326. DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31819782fd

Sayasone S, Tesana S, Utzinger J, Hatz C, Akkhavong K, Odermatt P. Rare human infection with the trematode Echinochasmus japonicus in Lao PDR. Parasitol Int. 2009;58(1):106-109

Van Damme P, von Sonnenburg F, Hatz C, Hoet B, Lefevre I, Leyssen M. Long-term immunogenicity of preservative-free hepatitis B vaccine formulations in adults. J Med Virol. 2009;81(10):1710-1715. DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21568

Veit O, Niedrig M, Chapuis-Taillard C, Cavassini M, Mossdorf E, Schmid P, Bae H.G, Litzba N, Staub T, Hatz C, Furrer H. Immunogenicity and safety of yellow fever vaccination for 102 HIV-infected patients. Clin Infect Dis. 2009;48(5):659-666. DOI: 10.1086/597006

von Dobler G, Frühwein N, Hatz C, Jelinek T, Kaiser R, Kollaritsch H, Nothdurft H.D, Schönfeld C, Steffen R, Weiss W, Wiedermann U. Konsensuspapier zur Prophylaxe der japanischen Enzephalitis für Reisende. MMW-Fortschritte der Medizin Originalien. 2009;151(1):24-26

Battegay M, Stoeckle M, Tanner M, Hatz C. Wo HIV-Betreuung in Afrika wirkt. Gazzetta des Universitätsspitals Basel. 2008;8(1):4-5

Blum J.A, Zellweger M.J, Burri C, Hatz C. Cardiac involvement in African and American trypanosomiasis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2008;8(10):631-641

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

Dumoulin A, Marti H, Panning M, Hatz C, Hirsch H.H. Pan-dengue virus detection by PCR for travelers returning from the tropics. J Clin Microbiol. 2008;46(9):3104-3106

Hatz C, Soto J, Nothdurft H.D, Zoller T, Weitzel T, Loutan L, Bricaire F, Gay F, Burchard G.D, Andriano K, Lefèvre G, De Palacios P.I, Genton B. Treatment of acute uncomplicated Falciparum malaria with artemether-lumefantrine in nonimmune populations: a safety, efficacy, and pharmacokinetic study. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2008;78(2):241-247

Hatz C. Management of malaria in returned travelers. In: Schlagenhauf-Lawlor P, ed. Travelers' malaria, 306-315. Hamilton: BC Decker, 2008

Soukhathammavong P, Sayasone S, Harimanana A.N, Akkhavong A, Thammasack S, Phoumindr N, Choumlivong K, Choumlivong K, Keoluangkhot V, Phongmany S, Akkhavong K, Hatz C, Strobel M, Odermatt P. Three cases of intestinal capillariasis in Lao People's Democratic Republic. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2008;79(5):735-738

Weinke T, Liebold I, Burchard G.D, Fruhwein N, Grobusch M.P, Hatz C, Kollaritsch H, Nothdurft H.D, Reisinger E, Rieke B, Schonfeld Ch, Steffen R, Stich A. Prophylactic immunisation against traveller's diarrhoea caused by enterotoxin-forming strains of Escherichia coli and against cholera: does it make sense and for whom?. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2008;6(6):362-367

Behrens R.H, Carroll B, Beran J, Bouchaud O, Hellgren U, Hatz C, Jelinek T, Legros F, Muhlberger N, Myrvang B, Siikamaki H, Visser L. The low and declining risk of malaria in travellers to Latin America: is there still an indication for chemoprophylaxis?. Malar J. 2007;6:114. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-6-114

Behrens R.H, Hatz C, Gushulak B.D, MacPherson D.W. Illness in travelers visiting friends and relatives: what can be concluded? [Correspondence]. Clin Infect Dis. 2007;44(5):761-762

Blum J.A, Burri C, Hatz C, Kazumba L, Mangoni P, Zellweger M.J. Sleeping hearts: the role of the heart in sleeping sickness (human African trypanosomiasis). Trop Med Int Health. 2007;12(12):1422-1432

Blum J.A, Schmid C, Hatz C, Kazumba L, Mangoni P, Rutishauser J, la Torre A, Burri C. Sleeping glands? - The role of endocrine disorders in sleeping sickness (T.b. gambiense Human African Trypanosomiasis). Acta Trop. 2007;104(1):16-24. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2007.07.004

Dinkela A, Ferié J, Mbata M, Schmid-Grendelmeier M, Hatz C. Efficacy of triclosan soap against superficial dermatomycoses: a double-blind clinical trial in 224 primary school-children in Kilombero District, Morogoro Region, Tanzania. Int J Dermatol. 2007;46(Suppl. 2):23-28

Hatz C, Steffen R, Rougemont A. Reise-, Migrations- und Tropenmedizin. In: Gutzwiller F,Paccaud F, eds. Sozial- und Präventivmedizin - Public Health, 338-347. Bern: Hans Huber, 2007

Keang H, Odermatt P, Odermatt-Biays S, Cheam S, Degrémont A, Hatz C. Liver morbidity due to Schistosoma mekongi in Cambodia after seven rounds of mass drug administration. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2007;101(8):759-765

Kollaritsch H, Wenisch C, Hatz C, von Laer G, Bauer B, Hollenstein U, Haditsch M, Diridl G, Malinowski W, Jeschko E, Payer-Neundlinger G, Speiser-Remp N, Pichler H.E.T, Rumpold H, Stemberger H, Eder G, Wiedermann G, Wiedermann U. Entsendungseignungsuntersuchung (EEU): Definition, Empfehlungen zum Untersuchungsaufwand und Einsatz. Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2007;119(Suppl. 3):13-25. DOI: 10.1007/s00508-007-0873-5

Rossi I, de Vallière S, Hatz C, Rudin W. Mesures de protection personnelle contre les piqûres de moustiques et d'autres arthropodes. Rev Méd Suisse. 2007;3(111):1241-1244, 1246

Weisser M, Khanlari B, Terracciano L, Arber C, Gratwohl A, Bassetti S, Hatz C, Battegay M, Flückiger U. Visceral leishmaniasis: a threat to immunocompromised patients in non-endemic areas?. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2007;13(8):751-753

Behrens R.H, Bisoffi Z, Bjorkman A, Gascon J, Hatz C, Jelinek T, Legros F, Muhlberger N, Voltersvik P. Malaria prophylaxis policy for travellers from Europe to the Indian subcontinent. Malar J. 2006;5:7. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-5-7

Blum J, Hatz C. Tropen- und Reisemedizin: Leishmaniose - Neues zu einer alten Krankheit. Swiss Med Forum. 2006;6(1):36-37

Blum J, Hatz C. Médecine tropicale et médecine des voyageurs: Leishmaniose – du nouveau sur une vieille maladie. Swiss Med Forum. 2006;6:36-37

Brenneke F, Hatz C. Stonefish envenomation: a lucky outcome. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2006;4(5):281-285

Fehr J, Hatz C, Soka I, Kibatala P, Urassa H, Battegay M, Jeffrey Z, Smith T, Mshinda H, Frei R, Widmer A.F. Antimicrobial prophylaxis to prevent surgical site infections in a rural sub-Saharan hospital. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2006;12(12):1224-1227

Fehr J, Hatz C, Soka I, Kibatala P, Urassa H, Smith T, Mshinda H, Frei R, Widmer A. Risk factors for surgical site infection in a Tanzanian district hospital: a challenge for the traditional National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance system index. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006;27(12):1401-1404

Ferie J, Dinkela A, Mbata M, Idindili B, Schmid-Grendelmeier P, Hatz C. Skin disorders among school children in rural Tanzania and an assessment of therapeutic needs. Trop Doct. 2006;36(4):219-221

Fux C.A, Chappuis B, Holzer B, Aebi C, Bordmann G, Marti H, Hatz C. Mansonella perstans causing symptomatic hypereosinophilia in a missionary family. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2006;4(5):275-280

Genton B, D'Acremont V, Furrer H, Hatz C, Loutan L. Hepatitis A vaccines and the elderly: a review. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2006;4:303-312. DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2005.10.002

Hagen M.L, Hatz C. Response to letter. J Travel Med. 2006;13(2):123. DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2006.00028.x

Hatz C, Beck B, Blum J, Bourquin C, Brenneke F, Funk M, Furrer H, Genton B, Holzer B, Jeschko E, Loutan L, Nothdurft H, Raeber P.A, Rudin W. Malariaschutz für Kurzzeitaufenthalter. Bulletin BAG. 2006;15(Suppl 1):1-13

Hatz C.F, Nothdurft H.D. Aktueller Malariaschutz bei Kurzzeitaufenthalt. Internist (Berl). 2006;47(8):810-817. DOI: 10.1007/s00108-006-1653-4

Lehky Hagen M.R, Haley J.L, Hatz C. Mixed species malaria infections in travellers. Response to a letter. J Travel Med. 2006;13(2):123

Marti H, Hatz C.F. Diagnostik von Parasiteninfektionen: Stellen der Serologie. Internist (Berl). 2006;47(8):786-797. DOI: 10.1007/s00108-006-1654-3

Marti H, Hatz C.F. Diagnosis of parasite infections: significance of serological examinations. Internist (Berl). 2006;47(8):786-792. DOI: 10.1007/s00108-006-1654-3

Mehlig A.K, Arnold A, Spicher T, Koch G, Hatz C, Laifer G. Late relapse of mucosal leishmaniasis of the tongue in a patient after thymectomy. Arch Dermatol. 2006;142(6):785-786

Ronellenfitsch U, Bircher A, Hatz C, Blum J. Parasiten als Ursache von Urtikaria: Helminthen und Protozooen als Auslöser der Nesselsucht?. Hautarzt. 2006;58(2):133-141. DOI: 10.1007/s00105-006-1174-z

Schwartz E, Hatz C, Blum J. New world cutaneous leishmaniasis in travellers. Lancet Infect Dis. 2006;6(6):342-349

Schwitz F.M, Haley T.J, Stat C, Hatz C.F. Health information given by Swiss travel agencies. J Travel Med. 2006;13(5):294-299

Stoeckle M, Mchomvu R, Hatz C, Battegay M, Aris E.A, Mshinda H, Tanner M. Moving up from 3 by 5. Lancet Infect Dis. 2006;6(8):460-461

Veit O, Beck B, Steuerwald M, Hatz C. First case of ivermectin-induced severe hepatitis. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2006;100(8):795-797. DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2006.02.003

Weinke T, Liebold I, Buchard G.D, Frühwein N, Grobusch M.P, Hatz C, Kollaritsch H, Nothdurft H, Reisinger E, Rieke B, Schönfeld C, Steffen R. Impfprophylaxe gegen ETEC-Reisediarrhoe und Cholera: ist sie sinnvoll und für wen?. Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2006;131(30):1-6

Battegay M, Hatz C, Stoeckle M, Tanner M. "3 by 5" - Ein WHO/UNAIDS-Plan - können 3 Millionen Menschen bis Ende 2005 eine HIV-Therapie erhalten?. Praxis. 2005;94:1887-1889

Blum J, Beck B.R, Brun R, Hatz C. Clinical and serologic responses to human 'apathogenic' trypanosomes. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2005;99(10):795-797

Gilgen D, Mäusezahl D, Salis Gross C, Battegay E, Flubacher P, Tanner M, Weiss M.G, Hatz C. Impact of migration on illness experience and help-seeking strategies of patients from Turkey and Bosnia in primary health care in Basel. Health Place. 2005;11:261-273

Hatz C, Beck B, Blum J, Funk M, Furrer H, Genton B, Holzer B, Loutan L, Markwalder K, Raeber P.A, Schlagenhauf P, Siegl G, Steffen R, Wyss R. Änderung der Empfehlungen zum Malariaschutz für Reisende nach Südasien (Indien, Bangla Desh, Nepal). Bulletin BAG. 2005;9:138-139

Hatz C. Ektoparasitosen. Ther Umsch. 2005;62(11):765-771

Hatz C. Schistosomiasis: an underestimated problem in industrialized countries?. J Travel Med. 2005;12(1):1-2

Hatz C.F.R. Schistosomiasis: an underestimated problem in industrialized countries? [Editorial]. J Travel Med. 2005;12(1):1-2

Holzer B, Hatz C. Editorial : was kreucht und fleucht - Zecken und Würmer. Ther Umsch. 2005;62(11):705-705

Lehky Hagen M.R, Haley T.J, Hatz C.F.R. Factors influencing the pattern of imported malaria. J Travel Med. 2005;12(2):72-79

Nawa Y, Hatz C, Blum J. Sushi delights and parasites: the risk of fishborne and foodborne parasitic zoonoses in Asia. Clin Infect Dis. 2005;41(9):1297-1303

Nothdurft H.D, Bialek R, Burchard G.D, Hatz C, Jelinek T, Kollaritsch H, Schönfeld C, Volkmer K.J. Konsensus-Empfehlungen zur Malariaprophylaxe. Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2005;130:1392-1396

Nothdurft H.D, Bialek R, Burchard G.D, Hatz C, Jelinek T, Kollaritsch H, Schonfeld C, Volkmer K.J. Consensus recommendations for malaria prophylaxis. Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2005;130(22):1392-1396

Nuesch R, Gremmelmaier D, Hirsch H.H, Marti H, Hatz C. Chest pain after air travel [Case report]. Lancet. 2005;365(9474):1902

Nuesch R, Zimmerli L, Stockli R, Gyr N, Hatz C.F.R. Imported strongyloidosis: a longitudinal analysis of 31 cases. J Travel Med. 2005;12(2):80-84

Sawatzki M, Hatz C, Buser A, Battegay M. Status febrilis mit Bewusstlosigkeit. Internist (Berl). 2005;46(2):202-205

Bannister B, Hatz C, Toovey S, Price R, Zuckerman J.N. The role of standby emergency medication for falciparum malaria: current opinion. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2004;2(3-4):119-126

Beck B.R, Hatz C, Loutan L, Steffen R. Immunogenicity of booster vaccination with a virosomal hepatitis A vaccine after primary immunization with aluminium-adsorbed hepatitis A vaccine. J Travel Med. 2004;11:1-7

Blum J, Desjeux P, Schwartz E, Beck B, Hatz C. Treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis among travellers. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2004;53(2):158-166

Hatz C, Kardorff R, Ohmae Y.S, Li Y.S, Richter J. A practical guide to the standardised use of ultrasonography for the assessment of morbidity due to Schistosoma japonicum and Schistosoma mekongi: UNICEF, UNDP, World Bank, WHO TDR, 2004. International Workshop, may 28, 2002 Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Hatz C. Prophylaxe und Therapie der Malaria in der Praxis. Internist (Berl). 2004;45(6):677-683

Li Y.S, Kardorff R, Richter J, Sun K.J, Zhou H, McManus D.P, Hatz C. Ultrasound organometry: the importance of body height adjusted normal ranges in assessing liver and spleen parameters among Chinese subjects with Schistosoma japonicum infection.. Acta Trop. 2004;92(2):133-138

Muhlberger N, Jelinek T, Gascon J, Probst M, Zoller T, Schunk M, Beran J, Gjorup I, Behrens R.H, Clerinx J, Bjorkman A, McWhinney P, Matteelli A, Lopez-Velez R, Bisoffi Z, Hellgren U, Puente S, Schmid M.L, Myrvang B, Holthoff-Stich M.L, Laferl H, Hatz C, Kollaritsch H, Kapaun A, Knobloch J, Iversen J, Kotlowski A, Malvy D.J, Kern P, Fry G, Siikamaki H, Schulze M.H, Soula G, Paul M, Prat J, Lehmann V, Bouchaud O, Da Cunha S, Atouguia J, Boecken G. Epidemiology and clinical features of vivax malaria imported to Europe: sentinel surveillance data from TropNetEurop. Malar J. 2004;3:5

Toovey S, Jamieson A, Nettleton G, Hatz C. Falciparum malaria presenting with pruritic rashes. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2004;2(3-4):189-191

Wichmann O, Muehlberger N, Jelinek T, Alifrangis M, Peyerl-Hoffmann G, Muhlen M, Grobusch M.P, Gascon J, Matteelli A, Laferl H, Bisoffi Z, Ehrhardt S, Cuadros J, Hatz C, Gjorup I, McWhinney P, Beran J, Da Cunha S, Schulze M, Kollaritsch H, Kern P, Fry G, Richter J. Screening for mutations related to atovaquone/proguanil resistance in treatment failures and other imported isolates of Plasmodium falciparum in Europe. J Infect Dis. 2004;190(9):1541-1546

Beck B.R, Hatz C, Bronnimann R, Herzog C. Successful booster antibody response up to 54 months after single primary vaccination with virosome-formulated, aluminum-free hepatitis A vaccine. Clin Infect Dis. 2003;37(9):e126-e128

Felger I, Steiger S, Hatz C, Smith T, Beck H.P. Antigenic cross-reactivity between different alleles of the Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 2. Parasite Immunol. 2003;25(11-12):531-543

Gilgen D, Mäusezahl D, Salis Gross C, Battegay E, Flubacher P, Tanner M, Weiss M, Hatz C. Klinische cultural epidemiology von Gesundheitsproblemen ambulant behandelter Migrantinnen und Migranten aus der Türkei und aus Bosnien. In: Wicker H.R,Fibbi R,Haug W, eds. Migration und die Schweiz : Ergebnisse des nationalen Forschungsprogramms "Migration und interkulturelle Beziehungen", 507-530. Zürich: Seismo, 2003

Grobusch M.P, Muhlberger N, Jelinek T, Bisoffi Z, Corachan M, Harms G, Matteelli A, Fry G, Hatz C, Gjorup I, Schmid M.L, Knobloch J, Puente S, Bronner U, Kapaun A, Clerinx J, Nielsen L.N, Fleischer K, Beran J, Da Cunha S, Schulze M, Myrvang B, Hellgren U. Imported schistosomiasis in Europe: sentinel surveillance data from TropNetEurop. J Travel Med. 2003;10(3):164-169

Hatz C, Beck B, Blum J, Funk M, Furrer H, Genton B, Holzer B, Loutan L, Markwalder K, Raeber P.-A, Schlagenhauf P, Siegl G, Steffen R, Wyss R. Neue und praxisrelevante Empfehlungen zum Malariaschutz 2003. Bulletin BAG. 2003;14:1-5

Hatz C. Malaria. In: Gyr N.E,Schöneneberger R.A,Haefeli W.E, eds. Internistische Notfälle, 286-290. Stuttgart: G.Thieme, 2003

Hatz C. Viren ohne Grenzen - Tollwutrisiko auf Reisen. Ther Umsch. 2003;60:657-661

Liechti M.E, Zumsteg V, Hatz C.F.R, Herren T. Plasmodium falciparum cerebral malaria complicated by disseminated intravascular coagulation and symmetrical peripheral gangrene: case report and review. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2003;22(9):551-554

Muhlberger N, Jelinek T, Behrens R.H, Gjorup I, Coulaud J.P, Clerinx J, Puente S, Burchard G, Gascon J, Grobusch M.P, Weitzel T, Zoller T, Kollaritsch H, Beran J, Iversen J, Hatz C, Schmid M.L, Bjorkman A, Fleischer K, Bisoffi Z, Guggemos W, Knobloch J, Matteelli A, Schulze M.H, Laferl H, Kapaun A, McWhinney P, Lopez-Velez R, Fatkenheuer G, Kern P, Zieger B.W, Kotlowski A, Fry G, Cuadros J, Myrvang B. Age as a risk factor for severe manifestations and fatal outcome of falciparum malaria in European patients: observations from TropNetEurop and SIMPID Surveillance Data. Clin Infect Dis. 2003;36(8):990-995

Richter J, Hatz C, Häussinger D. Ultrasound in tropical and parasitic diseases. Lancet. 2003;362(13):9000-9002

Thierfelder C, Hatz C, Kessler Bodiang C. Migrantinnen mit genitaler Verstümmelung in der Schweiz: Hintergrundinformation und Vorschläge für die ärztliche Praxis. Praxis. 2003;92(31/32):1307-1314

Wichmann O, Jelinek T, Peyerl-Hoffmann G, Mühlberger N, Grobusch M.P, Gascon J, Matteelli A, Hatz C, Laferl H, Schulze M, Burchard G, Da Cunha S, Beran J, McWhinney P, Kollaritsch H, Kern P, Cuadros J, Alifrangis M, Gjorup I. Molecular surveillance of the antifolateresistant mutation I164L in imported African isolates of Plasmodium falciparum in Europe: sentinel data from TropNetEurop. Malar J. 2003;2:17

Estlinbaum T, Hatz C. 50- jähriger Rückkehrer aus Hawaii mit veränderten Stuhlgewohnheiten. Praxis. 2002;91:936-938

Gilgen D, Salis Gross C, Mäusezahl D, Frey C, Tanner M, Weiss M.G, Hatz C. Impact of organized violence on illness experience of Turkish/Kurdish and Bosnian migrant patients in primary care. J Travel Med. 2002;9(5):236-243

Hatz C, Beck B, Blum J, Funk M, Furrer H, Genton B, Holzer B, Loutan L, Markwalder K, Raeber P.-A, Schlagenhauf P, Siegl G, Steffen R, Wyss R. Neue und praxisrelevante Empfehlungen zum Malariaschutz 2002. Bulletin BAG. 2002;23:896-401

Hatz C, Loutan L. La rage chez le voyageur: prévenir et traiter. Méd Hyg. 2002;60(2391):959-961

Hatz C, Tanner M. Tropenmedizin 2001: Lichter am Malariahorizont. Swiss Med Forum. 2002;1:27-28

Hatz C. Austauschtransfusion bei schwerer Malaria: ja oder nein?. Praxis. 2002

Jelinek T, Muhlberger N, Harms G, Corachan M, Grobusch M.P, Knobloch J, Bronner U, Laferl H, Kapaun A, Bisoffi Z, Clerinx J, Puente S, Fry G, Schulze M, Hellgren U, Gjorup I, Chalupa P, Hatz C, Matteelli A, Schmid M, Nielsen L.N, Da Cunha S, Atouguia J, Myrvang B, Fleischer K. Epidemiology and clinical features of imported dengue fever in Europe: sentinel surveillance data from TropNetEurop5. Clin Infect Dis. 2002;35(9):1047-1052

Jelinek T, Peyerl-Hoffmann G, Muhlberger N, Wichmann O, Wilhelm M, Schmider N, Grobusch M.P, von Sonnenburg F, Gascon J, Laferl H, Hatz C, Alifrangis M, Burchard G, McWhinney P, Schulze M, Kollaritsch H, Da Cunha S, Beran J, Kern P, Gjorup I, Cuadros J. Molecular surveillance of drug resistance through imported isolates of Plasmodium falciparum in Europe. Malar J. 2002;1:11

Jelinek T, Schulte C, Behrens R, Grobusch M.P, Coulaud J.P, Bisoffi Z, Matteelli A, Clerinx J, Corachan M, Puente S, Gjorup I, Harms G, Kollaritsch H, Kotlowski A, Bjorkmann A, Delmont J.P, Knobloch J, Nielsen L.N, Cuadros J, Hatz C, Beran J, Schmid M.L, Schulze M, Lopez-Velez R, Fleischer K, Kapaun A, McWhinney P, Kern P, Atougia J, Fry G, Da Cunha S, Boecken G. Imported falciparum malaria in Europe: sentinel surveillance data from the European network on surveillance of imported infectious diseases. Clin Infect Dis. 2002;34(5):572-576

Kiefer G, Battegay M, Gyr N, Hatz C. Mansonella perstans-Filariose nach Aufenthalt in Kamerun. 19-jährige Patientin, geboren in Kamerun, seit zehn Jahren in der Schweiz. Schweiz Rundsch Med Prax. 2002;91(3):61-66

Stürchler M.S, Hatz C, Gyr N, Stürchler D. Zerebrale Malaria - jede Stunde zählt. Praxis. 2002;91:1983-1940

Urbani C, Sinoun M, Socheat D, Polsena K, Dalsgaart H, Odermatt P, Hatz C. Epidemiology and control of mekongi schistosomiasis. Acta Trop. 2002;82(2):157-168

Blum J, Wiestner A, Fuhr P, Hatz C. Encephalopathy following Loa loa treatment with albendazole. Acta Trop. 2001;78(1):63-65

Hatz C, Beck B, Blum J, Funk M, Furrer H, Genton B, Holzer B, Loutan L, Markwalder K, Raeber P.-A, Schlagenhauf P, Siegl G, Steffen R, Stürchler D, Wyss R. Malaria-Chemoprophylaxe 2001. Ther Umsch. 2001;58(6):347-351

Hatz C, Schlagenhauf P. Strategische Überlegungen zum Stellenwert einer Notfall-Selbsttherapie in der Malariaprophylaxe. Med Welt. 2001;52(7-8):201-204

Hatz C, Thisyakorn U, Thisyakorn C, Wilde H. Other important viral infections. In: Du Pont H.L,Steffen R, eds. Textbook of travel medicine and health, 312-324. Hamilton: Decker, 2001

Hatz C. Clinical treatment of malaria in returned travelers. In: Schlagenhauf-Lawlor P, ed. Travelers' malaria, 431-443. Hamilton: B.C. Decker, 2001

Hatz C.F. The practicalities of standby treatment. Traveller's malaria : New trends and treatment strategies, 2-6. Basel: Novartis, 2001

Hatz C.F. The use of ultrasound in schistosomiasis. Adv Parasitol. 2001;48:225-284

Kessler D, Hatz C, Schär A. L'automédication comme mobilisation des resources médicales et personnelles. In: Thierry B,Ammon C, eds. L'Automédication : Pratique banale, motifs complexes, 247-256. Lausanne: Université de Lausanne, 2001

Hanck C, Hatz C. Treatment of strongyloides infections. Gastroenterology. 2000;119(6):1805-1806

Hatz C. Reisemedizinische Beratung und Impfungen. Praxis. 2000;89(20):868-877

Hatz C. Malariaprophylaxe bei Langzeitaufenthaltern. Bull Medicus Mundi. 2000(78):35-36

Kurmann M, Hatz C. Flüchtlinge in der Sprechstunde. Basel: Schweiz. Tropeninstitut, 2000

Nothdurft H.D, Hatz C. Reisemedizinische Beratung. In: Lang W,Löscher T, eds. Tropenmedizin in Klinik und Praxis, 598-602. New York: Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart, 2000

Oehler Th, Büchel B, Hatz C, Furrer H. Beratung HIV-Infizierter vor Reisen in tropische Gebiete. Schweiz Med Wochenschr. 2000;130(27 /28):1041-1050

Oster N, Krause E, Hatz C. Towards a rational malaria management at district hospital level: Exploratory case series of febrile adult patients in a holoendemic area of Tanzania. Trop Doct. 2000;30(4):203-207

Reimert C.M, Mshinda H.M, Hatz C, Kombe Y, Nkulila T, Poulsen L.K, Christensen N.O, Vennervald B.J. Quantitative assessment of eosinophiluria in Schistosoma haematobium infections: a new marker of infection and bladder morbidity. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2000;62(1):19-28

Steffen R, Stürchler D, Genton B, Hatz C, Holzer B, Loutan L, Markwalder K, Raeber P.A, Siegl G, Wyss R. Vaccinations pour les voyages à l'étranger. Bulletin BAG. 2000;Suppl. Vl:1-10

Bakteriologielabor Kantonsspital Basel, Diagnostik-Zentrum Schweizerisches Tropeninstitut Basel, Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie Basel, Rheumatologisches Labor Felix Platter-Spital Basel. Basler Diagnostik-Fibel. 3. Aufl.. Basel, 1999

Beck H.P, Blum J, Genton B, Hatz C, Rudin W, Marti H.P, Dobler M. Malaria: Institut Tropical Suisse, 1999

Blum J, Tichelli A, Hatz C. Diagnostische und therapeutische Probleme der Malaria tertiana. Praxis. 1999;88(22):985-991

Bordmann G, Marti H.P, Hatz C, Genton B. La place de la sérologie dans le diagnostic en parasitologie. Méd Hyg. 1999;57(2257):1136-1142

Formenty P, Hatz C, Le Guenno B, Stoll A, Rogenmoser P, Widmer A.F. Human infection due to Ebola virus, subtype Côte d'Ivoire: clinical and biologic presentation. J Infect Dis. 1999;179(Suppl. 1):S48-S53

Hatz C, Genton B, Holzer B, Loutan L, Markwalder K, Raeber P.-A, Siegl G, Steffen R, Stürchler D, Wyss R. Arthemeter et luméfantrine: une nouvelle combinaison contre le paludisme. Bulletin BAG. 1999;19:345-346

Hatz C, Hoffmann A. Auf dem Weg zu einem zukunftsweisenden Studienangebot in Afrika. Uni Nova. 1999(85):32-35

Hatz C, Mäusezahl D, Salis Gross C, Tanner M, Weiss M. Gesundheitsstrategien von Asylsuchenden und Flüchtlingen und die allgemeinmedizinische Versorgung in der Schweiz: Schlussbericht. Basel: Swiss Tropical Institute, 1999. NFP 39 (Projektnr. 4039-44867)

Kessler D, Hatz C, Schär A. Parallelität? Muster der Nutzung komplementär- und schulmedizinischer Versorgungsangebote. Praxis. 1999;88(26-26):1113-1119

Kodkani N, Jenkins J.M, Hatz C.F. Travel advice given by pharmacists. J Travel Med. 1999;6(2):87-93

Krause E, Grundmann H, Hatz C. Pretravel advice neglects rabies risk for travellers to tropical countries. J Travel Med. 1999;6(3):163-167

Terrier P, Hack I, Hatz C, Theintz G, Roulet M. Hepatic capillariasis in a 2-year-old boy. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 1999;28(3):338-340

Wagatsuma Y, Aryeetey M.A, Sack D.A, Morrow R.H, Hatz C, Kojima S. Resolution and resurgence of Schistosoma haematobium-induced pathology after community-based chemotherapy in Ghana, as detected by ultrasound. J Infect Dis. 1999;179(6):1515-1522

Blöchliger C, Junghanss T, Weiss R, Herzog C, Raeber P.-A, Tanner M, Hatz C. Asylsuchende und Flüchtlinge in der hausärztlichen Praxis: Probleme und Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten. Soz Präventivmed. 1998;43(1):18-28

Blöchliger C, Osterwalder J, Hatz C, Tanner M, Junghanss T. Asylsuchende und Flüchtlinge in der Notfallstation. Soz Präventivmed. 1998;43(1):39-48

Blöchliger C, Ries N, Gonon M, Loutan L, Mark K, Vetterli S, Tanner M, Hatz C, Junghanss T. Asylsuchende und Flüchtlinge in der medizinischen Poliklinik: ein Vergleich zwischen den Polikliniken Basel, Bern und Genf. Soz Präventivmed. 1998;43(1):29-38

Blum J, Beck B, Strnad I, Hatz C. Vulva-Läsion bei uro-genitaler Schistosomiasis (S. haematobium). Z Geburtshilfe Neonatol. 1998;202(6):255-257

Hatz C, Abdulla S, Mull R, Schellenberg D, Gathmann I, Kibatala P, Beck H.P, Tanner M, Royce C. Efficacy and safety of CGP 56697 (artemether and benflumetol) compared with chloroquine to treat acute falciparum malaria in Tanzanian children aged 1-5 years. Trop Med Int Health. 1998;3(6):498-504

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

Irion A, Felger I, Abdulla S, Smith T, Mull R, Tanner M, Hatz C, Beck H.P. Distinction of recrudescences from new infections by PCR-RFLP analysis in a comparative trial of CGP 56 697 and chloroquine in Tanzanian children. Trop Med Int Health. 1998;3(6):490-497

Markwalder K, Hatz C. Malaria-Therapie 1998. Schweiz Med Wochenschr. 1998;128(36):1313-1327

Marti H.P, Markwalder K, Hatz C. Neue Malaria-Schnelltests. Schweiz Ärzteztg. 1998;79(35):1689

Blöchliger C, Tanner M, Hatz C, Junghanss T. Asylsuchende und Flüchtlinge in der ambulanten Gesundheitsversorgung: Kommunikation zwischen Arzt und Patient. Praxis. 1997;86(19):800-810

Hatz C, Krause E, Grundmann H. Travel advice: a study among Swiss and German general practitioners. Trop Med Int Health. 1997;2(1):6-12