Publications

Carbone F, Gerber E.Y, Rérat C, Hattendorf J, Hediger K. Neuromechanisms and subjective experiences during human-dog interactions: assessing motivation and mental state in a randomized, controlled trial. PLoS One. 2025;20(6):e0325325. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0325325

Galli A, Winkler M.S, Hattendorf J, Friedrich M.N.D, Bagayogo I, Ballo A, Bänziger C, Dembélé H, Keita M.S, Peter M, Tall A.O, Utzinger J, Owen B.N. Baseline characteristics of a cluster randomized controlled trial targeting hand hygiene in primary healthcare in Burkina Faso and Mali. Int J Public Health. 2025;70:1608406. DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2025.1608406

Hattendorf J, Keiser J. Chasing the end of helminths: is elimination within reach?. Lancet. 2025;406(10502):420-422. DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(25)01094-3

Joubert N, Adams L, Hattendorf J, Degen J, Dolley D, Gresse A, Müller I, Nqweniso S, Probst-Hensch N, Seelig H, Steinmann P, Randt R.D, Pühse U, Utzinger J, Gerber M, Walter C. Predictors of metabolic syndrome among teachers in under-resourced schools in South Africa: baseline findings from the KaziHealth workplace health intervention. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025;5(6):e0004681. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004681

Khounvisith V, Odermatt P, Virachith S, Innoula N, Vongphachanh B, Khenkha L, Hattendorf J, Hübschen J.M, Black A.P. Hepatitis A and E virus seroprevalence and water, sanitation and hygiene levels in rural areas of Khammouane province, Lao People's Democratic Republic: a cross-sectional study. J Med Virol. 2025;97(8):e70524. DOI: 10.1002/jmv.70524

Lotz C.N, Mrimi E.C, Schneeberger P.H.H, Ali S.M, Hattendorf J, Keiser J. Performance of real-time polymerase chain reaction and Kato-Katz for diagnosing soil-transmitted helminth infections and evaluating treatment efficacy of emodepside in randomized controlled trials. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2025;19(2):e0012872. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012872

Marti R, Petignat M, Marcar V.L, Hattendorf J, Wolf M, Hund-Georgiadis M, Hediger K. Effects of contact with a dog on prefrontal brain activation in patients in a minimally conscious state: a controlled crossover trial. Neuroscience. 2025;577:175-189. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2025.05.014

Nuvey F.S, Fink G, Hattendorf J, Haydon D.T, Fokou G, Addo K.K, Zinsstag J, Esse-Dibby C, Bonfoh B. Effects of community action on animal vaccination uptake, antimicrobial usage, and farmers' wellbeing in Ghana: study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial. One Health. 2025;20:100952. DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2024.100952

Schnoz A, Sprecher V.P, Biendl S, Hussein H.S, Najim S.O, Ali M.N, Mohammed I.S, Ali S.M, Hattendorf J, Keiser J. Efficacy and safety of moxidectin-albendazole combination therapy for Trichuris trichiura infections in school-aged children: a double-blind, randomised, controlled, superiority trial. Lancet Infect Dis. 2025(in press). DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(25)00344-5

Taylor L, Many S, Jeanguenat H, Hattendorf J, Sayasone S, Keiser J. Efficacy and safety of ascending doses of emodepside in comparison with ivermectin in adults infected with Strongyloides stercoralis in Laos: a phase 2a, dose-ranging, randomised, parallel-group, placebo-controlled, single-blind clinical trial. Lancet Infect Dis. 2025(in press). DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(25)00255-5

Trippler L, Ali S.M, Ali M.N, Mohammed U.A, Suleiman K.R, Ndum N.C, Juma S, Ame S.M, Kabole F, Hattendorf J, Knopp S. Adaptive integrated intervention approaches for schistosomiasis elimination in Pemba: a 4-year intervention study and focus on hotspots. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2025;19(6):e0013079. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0013079

Anyanwu U, Wang Y, Walker A, Dimov A, Zinsstag J, Akladios Y, Chitnis N, Volken S, Li B, Paronyan L, Manukyan A, Simonyan J, Markosian T, Hattendorf J. A mathematical model of animal-human brucellosis transmission in Armenia: implications for prevention and control. CABI One Health. 2024;3(1). DOI: 10.1079/cabionehealth.2024.0020

Baum E, Abdi S, Hattendorf J, van Eeuwijk P, Tschopp R, Vosseler B, Zinsstag J, Probst-Hensch N. Burden of chronic pain among adult pastoralists in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional household survey. Pain. 2024;165(11):2629-2643. DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003282

Galli A, Ma'ani Abuzahra Y, Bänziger C, Ballo A, Friedrich M.N.D, Gross K, Harter M, Hattendorf J, Peter M, Tamas A, Owen B.N, Winkler M.S. Assessing the effectiveness of a multicomponent intervention on hand hygiene and well-being in primary health care centers and schools lacking functional water supply in protracted conflict settings: protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024;13:e52959. DOI: 10.2196/52959

Homsana A, Southisavath P, Kling K, Hattendorf J, Vorasane S, Paris D.H, Probst-Hensch N, Sayasone S, Odermatt P. Burden and risk factors of suspected cholangiocarcinoma in high Opisthorchis viverrini endemic rural communities in southern Lao PDR. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2024;18(11):e0012617. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012617

Homsana A, Southisavath P, Kling K, Hattendorf J, Vorasane S, Paris D.H, Sayasone S, Odermatt P, Probst-Hensch N. Steatotic liver disease among lean and non-lean individuals in southern Lao PDR: a cross-sectional study of risk factors. Ann Med. 2024;56(1):2329133. DOI: 10.1080/07853890.2024.2329133

Muhummed A, Alemu A, Hosch S, Osman Y, Tschopp R, Yersin S, Schindler T, Hattendorf J, Zinsstag J, Cissé G, Vonaesch P. Fecal carriage of ESBL-producing E. coli and genetic characterization in rural children and livestock in the Somali region, Ethiopia: a One Health approach. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2024;13:148. DOI: 10.1186/s13756-024-01502-5

Muhummed A.M, Alemu A, Maidane Y.O, Tschopp R, Hattendorf J, Vonaesch P, Zinsstag J, Cissé G. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of rural communities regarding antimicrobial resistance and climate change in Adadle district, Somali region, Ethiopia: a mixed-methods study. Antibiotics (Basel). 2024;13(4):292. DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics13040292

Ndum N.C, Trippler L, Mohammed U.A, Ali A.S, Hattendorf J, Utzinger J, Ali S.M, Knopp S. Capacities and needs of health care facilities for schistosomiasis diagnosis and management in elimination settings. Parasit Vectors. 2024;17:263. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-024-06311-8

Ndum N.C, Trippler L, Najim S.O, Ali A.S, Hattendorf J, Ame S.M, Kabole F, Utzinger J, Ali S.M, Knopp S. One-year impact of behavioural interventions on schistosomiasis-related knowledge, attitude and practices of primary schoolchildren in Pemba, Tanzania. Infect Dis Poverty. 2024;13:84. DOI: 10.1186/s40249-024-01251-y

Palmeirim M.S, Hürlimann E, Beinamaryo P, Kyarisiima H, Nabatte B, Hattendorf J, Steinmann P, Keiser J. Efficacy and safety of albendazole alone versus albendazole in combination with ivermectin for the treatment of Trichuris trichiura infections: an open-label, randomized controlled superiority trial in south-western Uganda. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2024;18(11):e0012687. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012687

Sanchez-Samaniego G, Mäusezahl D, Hartinger-Peña S.M, Hattendorf J, Verastegui H, Fink G, Probst-Hensch N. Pre-pregnancy body mass index and caesarean section in Andean women in Peru: a prospective cohort study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2024;24:304. DOI: 10.1186/s12884-024-06466-3

Sékré J.K, Diakité N.R, Assaré R.K, Kouadio J.N, Coulibaly G, Konan C.K, Kouamin A.C, Méité A, Hattendorf J, Ouattara M, Utzinger J, N'Goran E.K. Potential associations between Schistosoma mansoni infection and physico-chemical characteristics and water-related human activities in Côte d'Ivoire: a cross-sectional study. Parasit Vectors. 2024;17:422. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-024-06466-4

Sprecher V.P, Hofmann D, Savathdy V, Xayavong P, Norkhankhame C, Huy R, Khieu V, Sayasone S, Hattendorf J, Keiser J. Efficacy and safety of moxidectin compared with ivermectin against Strongyloides stercoralis infection in adults in Laos and Cambodia: a randomised, double-blind, non-inferiority, phase 2b/3 trial. Lancet Infect Dis. 2024;24(2):196-205. DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(23)00507-8

Taylor L, Ahmada A.A, Ali M.S, Ali S.M, Hattendorf J, Mohammed I.S, Keiser J. Efficacy and safety of emodepside compared with albendazole in adolescents and adults with hookworm infection in Pemba Island, Tanzania: a double-blind, superiority, phase 2b, randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2024;404(10453):683-691. DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(24)01403-x

Trippler L, Ali S.M, Masoud M.O, Mohammed Z.H, Amour A.K, Suleiman K.R, Ame S.M, Kabole F, Hattendorf J, Knopp S. Impact of chemical snail control on intermediate host snail populations for urogenital schistosomiasis elimination in Pemba, Tanzania: findings of a 3-year intervention study. Parasit Vectors. 2024;17:489. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-024-06565-2

Trippler L, Taylor L, Ali M.N, Najim S.O, Khamis K.S, Hattendorf J, Juma S, Ame S.M, Kabole F, Ali S.M, Knopp S. Test-treat-track-test-treat (5T) approach for Schistosoma haematobium elimination on Pemba Island, Tanzania. BMC Infect Dis. 2024;24:661. DOI: 10.1186/s12879-024-09549-w

Venkatesh A, Sanchez-Samaniego G, Mäusezahl D, Hattendorf J, Hartinger S.M. Prevalence of urinary tract infections in pregnancy in rural Andean communities of Peru. Womens Health (Lond). 2024;20:17455057241294215. DOI: 10.1177/17455057241294215

Welsche S, Schneeberger P.H.H, Hattendorf J, Sayasone S, Hürlimann E, Keiser J. Egg excretion patterns of soil-transmitted helminth infections in humans following albendazole-ivermectin and albendazole treatment. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2024;18(3):e0012073. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012073

Yared S, Abera T, Ali S.M, Muhummed A.M, Ibrahim M, Hassan A, Hattendorf J, Zinsstag J, Tschopp R. A community based seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in Somali Region, eastern Ethiopia. Immun Inflamm Dis. 2024;12:e1148. DOI: 10.1002/iid3.1148

Abukhattab S, Hosch S, Abu-Rmeileh N.M.E, Hasan S, Vonäsch P, Crump L, Hattendorf J, Daubenberger C, Zinsstag J, Schindler T. Whole-genome sequencing for One Health surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in conflict zones: a case study of Salmonella spp. and Campylobacter spp. in the West Bank, Palestine. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2023;89(9):e00658-23. DOI: 10.1128/aem.00658-23

Fedorova O.S, Kovshirina A.E, Kovshirina Y.V, Hattendorf J, Onishchenko S.V, Katanakhova L.L, Taslicki S.S, Chizhikov A.V, Tataurov I.A.C, Vtorushin S.V, Sripa B, Ogorodova L.M, Odermatt P. Opisthorchis felineus infection is a risk factor for cholangiocarcinoma in Western Siberia: a hospital-based case-control study. Clin Infect Dis. 2023;76(3):e1392-e1398. DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac497

Fischer F.B, Bigler M, Mäusezahl D, Hattendorf J, Egli A, Julian T.R, Rölli F, Gaia V, Wymann M, Fridez F, Bertschi S. Legionnaires' disease in Switzerland: rationale and study protocol of a prospective national case-control and molecular source attribution study (SwissLEGIO). Infection. 2023;51(5):1467-1479. DOI: 10.1007/s15010-023-02014-x

Fischer F.B, Saucy A, Vienneau D, Hattendorf J, Fanderl J, de Hoogh K, Mäusezahl D. Impacts of weather and air pollution on Legionnaires' disease in Switzerland: a national case-crossover study. Environ Res. 2023;233:116327. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.116327

Kouadio J.N, Giovanoli Evack J, Sékré J.K, Achi L.Y, Ouattara M, Hattendorf J, Balmer O, Bonfoh B, Zinsstag J, Utzinger J, N'Goran E.K. Prevalence and risk factors of schistosomiasis and hookworm infection in seasonal transmission settings in northern Côte d'Ivoire: a cross-sectional study. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023;17(7):e0011487. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011487

Lanker K.C, Muhummed A.M, Cissé G, Zinsstag J, Hattendorf J, Yusuf R.B, Hassen S.B, Tschopp R, Vonäsch P. Prevalence and associated risk factors of intestinal parasitic infections among children in pastoralist and agro-pastoralist communities in the Adadle woreda of the Somali Regional State of Ethiopia. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023;17(7):e0011448. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011448

Larson A.J, Haver S, Hattendorf J, Salmon-Mulanovich G, Riveros M, Verastegui H, Mäusezahl D, Hartinger S.M. Household-level risk factors for water contamination and antimicrobial resistance in drinking water among households with children under 5 in rural San Marcos, Cajamarca, Peru. One Health. 2023;16:100482. DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2023.100482

Mrimi E.C, Welsche S, Ali S.M, Hattendorf J, Keiser J. Emodepside for Trichuris trichiura and hookworm infection. N Engl J Med. 2023;388(20):1863-1875. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2212825

Nuvey F.S, Fink G, Hattendorf J, Mensah G.I, Addo K.K, Bonfoh B, Zinsstag J. Access to vaccination services for priority ruminant livestock diseases in Ghana: barriers and determinants of service utilization by farmers. Prev Vet Med. 2023;215:105919. DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.105919

Nuvey F.S, Hanley N, Simpson K, Haydon D.T, Hattendorf J, Mensah G.I, Addo K.K, Bonfoh B, Zinsstag J, Fink G. Farmers' valuation and willingness to pay for vaccines to protect livestock resources against priority infectious diseases in Ghana. Prev Vet Med. 2023;219:106028. DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.106028