Publications

Adebayo-Ojo T.C, Wichmann J, Arowosegbe O.O, Probst-Hensch N, Schindler C, Künzli N. Short-term joint effects of PM10, NO2 and SO2 on cardio-respiratory disease hospital admissions in Cape Town, South Africa. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022;19:495. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19010495

Brandt O, Wegenstein B, Müller I, Smith D, Nqweniso S, Adams L, Müller S, du Randt R, Pühse U, Gerber M, Navarini A.A, Utzinger J, Daniel Labhardt N, Schindler C, Walter C. Association between allergic sensitization and intestinal parasite infection in schoolchildren in Gqeberha, South Africa. Clin Exp Allergy. 2022;52(5):670-683. DOI: 10.1111/cea.14100

Braun S, Rihm B, Schindler C. Epidemiological estimate of growth reduction by ozone in Fagus sylvatica L. and Picea abies karst.: sensitivity analysis and comparison with experimental results. Plants. 2022;11(6):777. DOI: 10.3390/plants11060777

Cavalli L, Angehrn L, Schindler C, Orsini N, Grob C, Kaufmann M, Steiner L.A, Schwenkglenks M, Dell-Kuster S. Number of comorbidities and their impact on perioperative outcome and costs - a single centre cohort study. Swiss Med Wkly. 2022;152:w30135. DOI: 10.4414/smw.2022.w30135

Gabrani J, Schindler C, Wyss K. Out of pocket payments and access to NCD medication in two regions in Albania. PLoS One. 2022;17(8):e0272221. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0272221

Hardmeier M, Schlaeger R, Lascano A.M, Toffolet L, Schindler C, Gobbi C, Lalive P, Kuhle J, Kappos L, Fuhr P. Prognostic biomarkers in primary progressive multiple sclerosis: validating and scrutinizing multimodal evoked potentials. Clin Neurophysiol. 2022;137:152-158. DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2022.02.019

Hebestreit H, Kriemler S, Schindler C, Stein L, Karila C, Urquhart D.S, Orenstein D.M, Lands L.C, Schaeff J, Eber E, Radtke T, ACTIVATE-CF Study Working Group. Effects of a partially supervised conditioning program in cystic fibrosis: an International Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial (ACTIVATE-CF). Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022;205(3):330-339. DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202106-1419OC

Qian M.B, Patel C, Palmeirim M.S, Wang X, Schindler C, Utzinger J, Zhou X.N, Keiser J. Efficacy of drugs against clonorchiasis and opisthorchiasis: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Lancet Microbe. 2022;3(8):e616-e624. DOI: 10.1016/S2666-5247(22)00026-X

Radtke T, Kriemler S, Stein L, Karila C, Urquhart D.S, Orenstein D.M, Lands L.C, Schindler C, Eber E, Haile S.R, Hebestreit H, ACTIVATE-CF Study Working Group. Cystic fibrosis related diabetes is not associated with maximal aerobic exercise capacity in cystic fibrosis: a cross-sectional analysis of an international multicenter trial. J Cyst Fibros. 2022(in press). DOI: 10.1016/j.jcf.2022.06.012

Tran H.T.D, Schindler C, Pham T.T.T, Vien M.Q, Do H.M, Ngo Q.T, Nguyen T.B, Hoang H.T.H, Vu L.T.H, Schelling E, Paris D.H. Simple clinical and laboratory predictors to improve empirical treatment strategies in areas of high scrub typhus and dengue endemicity, central Vietnam. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022;16(5):e0010281. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010281

Yoboue C.A, Hosch S, Donfack O.T, Guirou E.A, Nlavo B.M, Ayekaba M.O, Guerra C, Phiri W.P, Garcia G.A, Schindler T, Daubenberger C.A. Characterising co-infections with Plasmodium spp., Mansonella perstans or Loa loa in asymptomatic children, adults and elderly people living on Bioko Island using nucleic acids extracted from malaria rapid diagnostic tests. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022;16(1):e0009798. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009798

Allabadi H, Alkaiyat A, Zahdeh T, Assadi A, Ghanayim A, Hasan S, Abu Al Haj D, Allabadi L, Haj-Yahia S, Schindler C, Kwiatkowski M, Zemp E, Probst-Hensch N. Posttraumatic stress disorder predicts poor health-related quality of life in cardiac patients in Palestine. PLoS One. 2021;16(7):e0255077. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255077

Benhamou J, Schindler C, Rutishauser J. Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in an inpatient population in the Swiss canton of Basel-Country. Swiss Med Wkly. 2021;151:w20470. DOI: 10.4414/smw.2021.20470

Braun S, Hopf S.E, Tresch S, Remund J, Schindler C. 37 years of forest monitoring in Switzerland: drought effects on Fagus sylvatica. Front For Glob Change. 2021;4:765782. DOI: 10.3389/ffgc.2021.765782

Gabrani J, Schindler C, Wyss K. Health seeking behavior among adults and elderly with chronic health condition(s) in Albania. Front Public Health. 2021;9:616014. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.616014

Giduthuri J.G, Purohit V, Kudale A, Utzinger J, Schindler C, Weiss M.G. Antenatal influenza vaccination in urban Pune, India: clinician and community stakeholders' awareness, priorities, and practices. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2021;17(4):1211-1222. DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2020.1806670

Nguyen T.Y.C, Fagbayigbo B.O, Cissé G, Redi N, Fuhrimann S, Okedi J, Schindler C, Röösli M, Armitage N.P, Carden K, Dalvie M.A. Diarrhoea among children aged under five years and risk factors in informal settlements: a cross-sectional study in Cape Town, South Africa. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(11):6043. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18116043

Probst-Hensch N, Jeong A, Stolz D, Pons M, Soccal P.M, Bettschart R, Jarvis D, Holloway J.W, Kronenberg F, Imboden M, Schindler C, Lovison G.F. Causal effects of body mass index on airflow obstruction and forced mid-expiratory flow: a Mendelian randomization study taking interactions and age-specific instruments into consideration toward a life course perspective. Front Public Health. 2021;9:584955. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.584955

Barda B, Schindler C, Wampfler R, Ame S, Ali S.M, Keiser J. Comparison of real-time PCR and the Kato-Katz method for the diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminthiasis and assessment of cure in a randomized controlled trial. BMC Microbiol. 2020;20:298. DOI: 10.1186/s12866-020-01963-9

Braun S, Schindler C, Rihm B. Foliar nutrient concentrations of European beech in Switzerland: relations with nitrogen deposition, ozone, climate and soil chemistry. Front For Glob Change. 2020;3:33. DOI: 10.3389/ffgc.2020.00033

Cerletti P, Keidel D, Imboden M, Schindler C, Probst-Hensch N. The modifying role of physical activity in the cross-sectional and longitudinal association of health-related quality of life with physiological functioning-based latent classes and metabolic syndrome. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2020;18:345. DOI: 10.1186/s12955-020-01557-z

Eze I.C, Jeong A, Schaffner E, Rezwan F.I, Ghantous A, Foraster M, Vienneau D, Kronenberg F, Herceg Z, Vineis P, Brink M, Wunderli J.M, Schindler C, Cajochen C, Röösli M, Holloway J.W, Imboden M, Probst-Hensch N. Genome-wide DNA methylation in peripheral blood and long-term exposure to source-specific transportation noise and air pollution: the SAPALDIA study. Environ Health Perspect. 2020;128(6):67003. DOI: 10.1289/EHP6174

Gabrani J, Schindler C, Wyss K. Perspectives of public and private primary healthcare users in two regions of Albania on non-clinical quality of care. J Prim Care Community Health. 2020;11:2150132720970350. DOI: 10.1177/2150132720970350

Gabrani J, Schindler C, Wyss K. Factors associated with the utilisation of primary care services: a cross-sectional study in public and private facilities in Albania. BMJ Open. 2020;10(12):e040398. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040398

Hardmeier M, Schindler C, Kuhle J, Fuhr P. Validation of quantitative scores derived from motor evoked potentials in the assessment of primary progressive multiple sclerosis: a longitudinal study. Front Neurol. 2020;11:735. DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2020.00735

Herzig R, Schindler C, Urech M, Rihm B, Lotscher H, Thomann G. Recalibration and validation of the Swiss lichen bioindication methods for air quality assessment. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2020;27(23):28795-28810. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-09001-x

Herzig R, Schindler C, Urech M, Rihm B, Lotscher H, Thomann G. Correction to: Recalibration and validation of the Swiss lichen bioindication methods for air quality assessment. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2020;27(23):28811-28812. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-09732-x

Nhung N.T.T, Schindler C, Chau N.Q, Hanh P, Hoang L.T, Dien T.M, Thanh N.T.N, Künzli N. Exposure to air pollution and risk of hospitalization for cardiovascular diseases amongst Vietnamese adults: case-crossover study. Sci Total Environ. 2020;703:134637. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134637

Shrestha A, Schindler C, Odermatt P, Gerold J, Erismann S, Sharma S, Koju R, Utzinger J, Cissé G. Nutritional and health status of children 15 months after integrated school garden, nutrition, and water, sanitation and hygiene interventions: a cluster-randomised controlled trial in Nepal. BMC Public Health. 2020;20:158. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-8027-z

Tonia T, Van Oyen H, Berger A, Schindler C, Künzli N. If I tweet will you cite later? Follow-up on the effect of social media exposure on article downloads and citations. Int J Public Health. 2020;65:1797–1802. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-020-01519-8

Allabadi H, Alkaiyat A, Alkhayyat A, Hammoudi A, Odeh H, Shtayeh J, Taha M, Schindler C, Zemp E, Haj-Yahia S, Probst-Hensch N. Depression and anxiety symptoms in cardiac patients: a cross-sectional hospital-based study in a Palestinian population. BMC Public Health. 2019;19:232. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-6561-3

Allabadi H, Probst-Hensch N, Alkaiyat A, Haj-Yahia S, Schindler C, Kwiatkowski M, Zemp E. Mediators of gender effects on depression among cardiovascular disease patients in Palestine. BMC Psychiatry. 2019;19:284. DOI: 10.1186/s12888-019-2267-4

Amini H, Nguyen N.T.T, Schindler C, Yunesian M, Hosseini V, Shamsipour M, Hassanvand M.S, Mohammadi Y, Farzadfar F, Vicedo-Cabrera A.M, Schwartz J, Henderson S.B, Künzli N. Short-term associations between daily mortality and ambient particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, and the air quality index in a Middle Eastern megacity. Environ Pollut. 2019;254(Pt B):113121. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113121

Bold B, Boue F, Schindler C, Badmaa B, Batbekh B, Argamjav B, Bayasgalan C, Ito A, Narankhuu U, Shagj A, Zinsstag J, Umhang G. Evidence for camels (Camelus bactrianus) as the main intermediate host of Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato G6/G7 in Mongolia. Parasitol Res. 2019;118(9):2583-2590. DOI: 10.1007/s00436-019-06391-x

Bringolf-Isler B, Schindler C, de Hoogh K, Kayser B, Suggs L.S, Dössegger A, Probst-Hensch N, Sophya Study Group. Association of objectively measured and perceived environment with accelerometer-based physical activity and cycling: a Swiss population-based cross-sectional study of children. Int J Public Health. 2019;64(4):499-510. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-019-01206-3

Eze I.C, Essé C, Bassa F.K, Koné S, Acka F, Schindler C, Imboden M, Laubhouet-Koffi V, Kouassi D, N'Goran E.K, Utzinger J, Bonfoh B, Probst-Hensch N. Asymptomatic Plasmodium infection and glycemic control in adults: results from a population-based survey in south-central Côte d'Ivoire. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2019;156:107845. DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2019.107845

Giduthuri J.G, Purohit V, Maire N, Kudale A, Utzinger J, Schindler C, Weiss M.G. Influenza vaccination of pregnant women: engaging clinicians to reduce missed opportunities for vaccination. Vaccine. 2019;37(14):1910-1917. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.02.035

Hansen S, Zemp E, Bettschart R, Pons M, Rochat T, Jeong A, Keidel D, Schindler C, Probst-Hensch N. Gender differences in the association between life history of body silhouettes and asthma incidence: results from the SAPALDIA cohort study. Respir Med X. 2019;1:100001. DOI: 10.1016/j.yrmex.2019.100001

Hardmeier M, Jacques F, Albrecht P, Bousleiman H, Schindler C, Leocani L, Fuhr P. Multicentre assessment of motor and sensory evoked potentials in multiple sclerosis: reliability and implications for clinical trials. Mult Scler J Exp Transl Clin. 2019;5(2):2055217319844796. DOI: 10.1177/2055217319844796

Jeong A, Imboden M, Ghantous A, Novoloaca A, Carsin A.E, Kogevinas M, Schindler C, Lovison G, Herceg Z, Cuenin C, Vermeulen R, Jarvis D, Amaral A.F.S, Kronenberg F, Vineis P, Probst-Hensch N. DNA methylation in inflammatory pathways modifies the association between BMI and adult-onset non-atopic asthma. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019;16(4):600. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16040600