Publications

Avezum Á, Drager L.F, Reiker T, Bigoni A, Leonel L.P, Abreu A, Bortolotto L, Palmeirim M.S, Silveira M, Aquino B, Maggion R.V, Baxter Y.C, Cobos Muñoz D, Dib K.M, Amaral A.Z, Saric J, Jarrett C, Boch J. An intersectoral approach to hypertension care: solutions for improving blood pressure control in São Paulo, Brazil. Am J Hypertens. 2024(in press). DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpae005

Saric J, Aerts A, Anne M, Barboza J, Boch J, Dashdorj N, McGhie D.V, Santana A, Shellaby J.T, Rollemberg S.M.S, Silveira M, Steinmann P, Cobos Muñoz D. Assessing the contributions of an urban population health initiative to shift political priority towards cardiovascular health: three case studies from Brazil, Mongolia and Senegal. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024;24:16. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-10432-8

N'Dri B.P, Wipf N.C, Saric J, Fodjo B.K, Raso G, Utzinger J, Müller P, Mouhamadou C.S. Species composition and insecticide resistance in malaria vectors in Ellibou, southern Côte d’Ivoire and first finding of Anopheles arabiensis in Côte d’Ivoire. Malar J. 2023;22:93. DOI: 0.1186/s12936-023-04456-y

Saric J, Breu T, Fokou G, Gass S.-J, Kiteme B, Masanj H, Utzinger J, Zeleke G, Käser F. Research-implementation organisations and their role for sustainable development. Sustain Dev. 2023;31:1401-1416. DOI: 10.1002/sd.2455

Saric J. Research-implementation: organisations and their role for sustainable development. Allschwil: Swiss TPH, 2023. Swiss TPH Policy Brief

Boch J, Venkitachalam L, Santana A, Jones O, Reiker T, Rosiers S.D, Shellaby J.T, Saric J, Steinmann P, Ferrer J.M.E, Morgan L, Barshilia A, Albuquerque E.P.R, Avezum A, Barboza J, Baxter Y.C, Bortolotto L, Byambasuren E, Cerqueira M, Dashdorj N, Dib K.M, Guèye B, Seck K, Silveira M, Rollemberg S.M.S, de Oliveira R.W, Luvsansambuu T, Aerts A. Implementing a multisector public-private partnership to improve urban hypertension management in low- and middle-income countries. BMC Public Health. 2022;22:2379. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-14833-y

Jarrett C, Baxter Y.C, Boch J, Carrasco C, Cobos Muñoz D, Mauro Dib K, Pessoa L, Saric J, Silveira M, Steinmann P. Deconstructing design thinking as a tool for the implementation of a population health initiative. Health Res Policy Syst. 2022;20:91. DOI: 10.1186/s12961-022-00892-5

Ndione I, Aerts A, Barshilia A, Boch J, Rosiers S.D, Ferrer J.M.E, Saric J, Seck K, Sene B.N, Steinmann P, Venkitachalam L, Shellaby J.T. Fostering cardiovascular health at work - case study from Senegal. BMC Public Health. 2021;21:1108. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-11109-9

Ouattara M, Diakité N.R, Yao P.K, Saric J, Coulibaly J.T, Assaré R.K, Bassa F.K, Kone N, Guindo-Coulibaly N, Hattendorf J, Utzinger J, N'Goran E.K. Effectiveness of school-based preventive chemotherapy strategies for sustaining the control of schistosomiasis in Côte d’Ivoire: results of a 5-year cluster randomized trial. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021;15(1):e0008845. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008845

Saric J, Bolz M, Waser M, Käser M. The consequences of compromising the EU's free movement of persons principle on Swiss research: how to survive constrained access to regional funding. Health Res Policy Syst. 2021;19:30. DOI: 10.1186/s12961-021-00684-3

Saric J, Käser F, Lys J.A, Utzinger J, Breu T. Synergising research and service activities at Swiss research institutions to accelerate sustainable development. Sustainability. 2021;13(17):9626. DOI: 10.3390/su13179626

Saric J, Kiefer S, Peshkatari A, Wyss K. Assessing the quality of care at primary health care level in two pilot regions of Albania. Front Public Health. 2021;9:747689. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.747689

Saric J. Combining research and services at swiss research institutions to accelerate sustainable development. Basel: Swiss TPH, 2021. Policy Brief

Signorell A, Saric J, Appenzeller-Herzog C, Ewald H, Burri C, Goetz M, Gerold J. Methodological approaches for conducting follow-up research with clinical trial participants: a scoping review and expert interviews. Trials. 2021;22:961. DOI: 10.1186/s13063-021-05866-6

Camacho S, Maher D, Kamau E.M, Saric J, Segura L, Zachariah R, Wyss K. Incorporating operational research in programmes funded by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in four sub-Saharan African countries. Global Health. 2020;16:67. DOI: 10.1186/s12992-020-00599-8

Monemo P, Demba N, Touré F.S, Traoré A, Avi C, N'Guessan M.A, Tadet J.O, Gobey A.R, Anoh A.E, Diarrassouba A, Tuo M.N, Cissé A, Saric J, Utzinger J, Tia H, Kouassi-N'Djeundo J, Becker S.L, Akoua-Koffi C. Pharyngeal carriage of beta-haemolytic Streptococcus species and seroprevalence of anti-streptococcal antibodies in children in Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire. Trop Med Infect Dis. 2020;5(4):177. DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed5040177

Orou Seko M, Ndour A.P.N, Ossebi W, Saric J, Kreppel K, Dao D, Bonfoh B. Consumer perception on purchase decision factors and health indicators related to the quality and safety of meat sold in dibiteries in Dakar, Senegal. Sustainability. 2020;12:7428. DOI: 10.3390/su12187428

Tetchi M.S, Coulibaly M, Kallo V, Traoré G.S, Issaka T, Joseph B.B.V, Gerber F, Saric J, Léchenne M, Zinsstag J, Bonfoh B. Risk factors for rabies in Côte d'Ivoire. Acta Trop. 2020;212:105711. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105711

Konan D.O, Mosi L, Fokou G, Dassi C, Narh C.A, Quaye C, Saric J, Abe N.N, Bonfoh B. Buruli ulcer in southern Côte d'Ivoire: dynamic schemes of perception and interpretation of modes of transmission. J Biosoc Sci. 2019;51(4):520-533. DOI: 10.1017/S0021932018000317

Orou Seko M, Ossebi W, Traore G.S, Ndour A.P.N, Saric J, Fokou G, Dao D, Bonfoh B. Typology, technical efficiency and scale economy of dibiteries in Dakar, Senegal. AAS Open Res. 2019;2:10. DOI: 10.12688/aasopenres.12953.2

Saric J, Blaettler D, Bonfoh B, Hostettler S, Jimenez E, Kiteme B, Koné I, Lys J.-A, Masanja H, Steinger E, Upreti B.R, Utzinger J, Winkler M.S, Breu T. Leveraging research partnerships to achieve the 2030 Agenda: experiences from North-South cooperation. GAIA. 2019;28(2):143-150. DOI: 10.14512/gaia.28.2.13

Bonfoh B, Saric J, Utzinger J. Research hotspots in Côte d'Ivoire. Nature. 2018;558(7709):189. DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-05413-5

Diakité N.R, N'Zi K.G, Ouattara M, Coulibaly J.T, Saric J, Yao P.K, Hattendorf J, Utzinger J, N'Goran E.K. Association of riverine prawns and intermediate host snails and correlation with human schistosomiasis in two river systems in south-eastern Côte d'Ivoire. Parasitology. 2018;145(13):1792-1800. DOI: 10.1017/S003118201800135X

Fodjo B.K, Koudou B.G, Tia E, Saric J, N'Dri P.B, Zoh M.G, Gba C.S, Kropf A, Kesse N.B, Chouaibou M. Insecticides resistance status of An. gambiae in areas of varying agrochemical use in Côte D'Ivoire. Biomed Res Int. 2018;2018:2874160. DOI: 10.1155/2018/2874160

Liu Z, Xia B, Saric J, Utzinger J, Holmes E, Keiser J, Li J.V. Effects of vancomycin and ciprofloxacin on the NMRI mouse metabolism. J Proteome Res. 2018;17(10):3565-3573. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.8b00583

Saric J, Lamour S.D, Li J.V. 1H NMR-based metabolic profiling in infectious disease research. In: Keun H.C, ed. NMR-based metabolomics, 264-279. London: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2018. DOI: 10.1039/9781782627937-00264

Saric J, Utzinger J, Bonfoh B. Research productivity and main publishing institutions in Côte d’Ivoire, 2000–2016. Global Health. 2018;14:88. DOI: 10.1186/s12992-018-0406-1

Bosch-Capblanch X, Auer C, Njepuome N, Saric J, Jarrett C, Guterman A, Curry M, O'Donnell D, Oyo-Ita A, Nwaze E, Ogah P, Garba A.B. Characterisation of the health information system in Nigeria. Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2017

Diagbouga S, Kientega T, Erismann S, Ouermi D, Saric J, Odermatt P, Compaore T.R, Zongo A, Tarnagda G, Savadogo B, Utzinger J, Cissé G, Simpore J. Evaluation of a real-time polymerase chain reaction for the laboratory diagnosis of Giardia intestinalis in stool samples from schoolchildren from the Centre-Ouest and Plateau Central regions of Burkina Faso. Appli Micro Open Access. 2017;3(1):126. DOI: 10.4172/2471-9315.1000126

Lamour S.D, Gomez-Romero M, Vorkas P.A, Alibu V.P, Saric J, Holmes E, Sternberg J.M. Discovery of infection associated metabolic markers in human African trypanosomiasis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015;9(10):e0004200. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004200

Lamour S.D, Veselkov K.A, Posma J.M, Giraud E, Rogers M.E, Croft S, Marchesi J.R, Holmes E, Seifert K, Saric J. Metabolic, immune, and gut microbial signals mount a systems response to Leishmania major infection. J Proteome Res. 2015;14(1):318-329. DOI: 10.1021/pr5008202

Lamour S.D, Straschil U, Saric J, Delves M.J. Changes in metabolic phenotypes of Plasmodium falciparum in vitro cultures during gametocyte development. Malar J. 2014;13:468. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-468

Tritten L, Keiser J, Karwa T, Utzinger J, Holmes E, Saric J. Comparing systemic metabolic responses in mice to single or dual infection with Plasmodium berghei and Heligmosomoides bakeri. Mol Biosyst. 2014;10(9):2358-2367. DOI: 10.1039/c4mb00097h

Lass S, Hudson P.J, Thakar J, Saric J, Harvill E, Albert R, Perkins S.E. Generating super-shedders: co-infection increases bacterial load and egg production of a gastrointestinal helminth. J R Soc Interface. 2013;10(80):20120588. DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0588

Li J.V, Saric J, Yap I.K, Utzinger J, Holmes E. Metabonomic investigations of age- and batch-related variations in female NMRI mice using proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Mol Biosyst. 2013;9(12):3155-3165. DOI: 10.1039/c3mb70215d

Tritten L, Keiser J, Godejohann M, Utzinger J, Vargas M, Beckonert O, Holmes E, Saric J. Metabolic profiling framework for discovery of candidate diagnostic markers of malaria. Sci Rep. 2013;3:2769. DOI: 10.1038/srep02769

Lamour S.D, Choi B.S, Keun H.C, Müller I, Saric J. Metabolic characterization of Leishmania major infection in activated and nonactivated macrophages. J Proteome Res. 2012;11(8):4211-22. DOI: 10.1021/pr3003358

Saric J, Want E.J, Duthaler U, Lewis M, Keiser J, Schockcor J.P, Ross G.A, Nicholson J.K, Holmes E, Tavares M.F. Systematic evaluation of extraction methods for multi-platform based metabotyping: application to the Fasciola hepatica metabolome. Anal Chem. 2012;84(16):6963-6972. DOI: 10.1021/ac300586m

Li J.V, Saric J, Wang Y, Keiser J, Utzinger J, Holmes E. Chemometric analysis of biofluids from mice experimentally infected with Schistosoma mansoni. Parasit Vectors. 2011;4:179. DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-4-179

Li J.V, Saric J, Wang Y, Utzinger J, Holmes E, Balmer O. Metabonomic investigation of single and multiple strain Trypanosoma brucei brucei infections. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011;84(1):91-98. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0402

Saric J, Li J.V, Swann J.R, Utzinger J, Calvert G, Nicholson J.K, Dirnhofer S, Dallman M.J, Bictash M, Holmes E. Integrated cytokine and metabolic analysis of pathological responses to parasite exposure in rodents. J Proteome Res. 2010;9(5):2255-2264. DOI: 10.1021/pr901019z

Saric J, Li J.V, Utzinger J, Wang Y, Keiser J, Dirnhofer S, Beckonert O, Sharabiani M.T, Fonville J.M, Nicholson J.K, Holmes E. Systems parasitology: effects of Fasciola hepatica on the neurochemical profile in the rat brain. Mol Syst Biol. 2010;6:396. DOI: 10.1038/msb.2010.49

Saric Jasmina. System-level metabolic effects of trematode infections in rodent models. Basel: Univ. Basel, 2010. Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Science DOI: 10.5451/unibas-005269482

Wang Y, Li J.V, Saric J, Keiser J, Wu J, Utzinger J, Holmes E. Advances in metabolic profiling of experimental nematode and trematode infections. Adv Parasitol. 2010;73:373-404. DOI: 10.1016/S0065-308X(10)73012-8

Li J.V, Holmes E, Saric J, Keiser J, Dirnhofer S, Utzinger J, Wang Y. Metabolic profiling of a Schistosoma mansoni infection in mouse tissues using magic angle spinning-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Int J Parasitol. 2009;39(5):547-558. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.10.010

Saric J, Li J.V, Wang Y, Holmes E, Utzinger J, Keiser J. Use of Echinostoma spp. in studies on chemotherapy and metabolic profiling. In: Fried B,Toledo R, eds. The Biology of Echinostomes, 295-325. New York: Springer, 2009

Saric J, Li J.V, Wang Y, Keiser J, Veselkov K.A, Dirnhofer S, Yap I.K, Nicholson J.K, Holmes E, Utzinger J. Panorganismal metabolic response modelling of an experimental Echinostoma caproni infection in the mouse. J Proteome Res. 2009;8(8):3899-3911. DOI: 10.1021/pr900185s

Keun H.C, Athersuch T.J, Beckonert O, Wang Y, Saric J, Shockcor J.P, Lindon J.C, Wilson I.D, Holmes E, Nicholson J.K. Heteronuclear 19F-1H statistical total correlation spectroscopy as a tool in drug metabolism: study of flucloxacillin biotransformation. Anal Chem. 2008;80(4):1073-1079

Li J.V, Wang Y, Saric J, Nicholson J.K, Dirnhofer S, Singer B.H, Tanner M, Wittlin S, Holmes E, Utzinger J. Global metabolic responses of NMRI mice to an experimental Plasmodium berghei infection. J Proteome Res. 2008;7(9):3948-3956

Saric J, Li J.V, Wang Y, Keiser J, Bundy J.G, Holmes E, Utzinger J. Metabolic profiling of an Echinostoma caproni infection in the mouse for biomarker discovery. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008;2(7):e254. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000254

Saric J, Wang Y, Li J, Coen M, Utzinger J, Marchesi J.R, Keiser J, Veselkov K, Lindon J.C, Nicholson J.K, Holmes E. Species variation in the fecal metabolome gives insight into differential gastrointestinal function. J Proteome Res. 2008;7(1):352-360

Wang Y, Utzinger J, Saric J, Li J, Burckhardt D, Dirnhofer S, Nicholson J.K, Singer B.H, Brun R, Holmes E. Global metabolic responses of mice to Trypanosoma brucei brucei infection. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2008;105(16):6127-6132

Yap I.K, Li J.V, Saric J, Martin F.P, Davies H, Wang Y, Wilson I.D, Nicholson J.K, Utzinger J, Marchesi J.R, Holmes E. Metabonomic and microbiological analysis of the dynamic effect of vancomycin-induced gut microbiota modification in the mouse. J Proteome Res. 2008;7(9):3718-3728