Publications

Biendl S, Häberli C, Chen G, Wang W, Zhong L, Saunders J, Pham T, Wang X, Wu J, Charman S.A, Vennerstrom J.L, Keiser J. In vitro and in vivo antischistosomal activity profiling and pharmacokinetics of ozonide carboxylic acids. ACS Infect Dis. 2023;9(3):643-652. DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.2c00581

Cappuccino C, Spoletti E, Renni F, Muntoni E, Keiser J, Voinovich D, Perissutti B, Lusi M. Co-crystalline solid solution affords a high-soluble and fast-absorbing form of praziquantel. Mol Pharm. 2023;20(4):2009-2016. DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.2c00984

Coffeng L.E, Vlaminck J, Cools P, Denwood M, Albonico M, Ame S.M, Ayana M, Dana D, Cringoli G, de Vlas S.J, Fenwick A, French M, Kazienga A, Keiser J, Knopp S, Leta G, Matoso L.F, Maurelli M.P, Montresor A, Mirams G, Mekonnen Z, Corrêa-Oliveira R, Pinto S.A, Rinaldi L, Sayasone S, Steinmann P, Thomas E, Vercruysse J, Levecke B. A general framework to support cost-efficient fecal egg count methods and study design choices for large-scale STH deworming programs-monitoring of therapeutic drug efficacy as a case study. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023;17(5):e0011071. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011071

Coulibaly J.T, Silue K.D, Armstrong M, Díaz de León Derby M, D'Ambrosio M.V, Fletcher D.A, Keiser J, Fisher K, Andrews J.R, Bogoch I.I. High sensitivity of mobile phone microscopy screening for Schistosoma haematobium in Azaguié, Côte d'Ivoire. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023;108(1):41-43. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0527

D'Abbrunzo I, Bianco E, Gigli L, Demitri N, Birolo R, Chierotti M.R, Škorić I, Keiser J, Häberli C, Voinovich D, Hasa D, Perissutti B. Praziquantel meets Niclosamide: a dual-drug antiparasitic cocrystal. Int J Pharm. 2023;644:123315. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2023.123315

Easland E, Biendl S, Keiser J. Development of a hookworm egg hatching assay to determine the ovicidal effects of anthelminthics. Parasit Vectors. 2023;16:157. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-023-05771-8

Friedrich L, Park S.K, Ballard P, Ho Baeurle T.H, Maillard D, Bödding M, Keiser J, Marchant J.S, Spangenberg T. Metabolism of (R)-Praziquantel versus the activation of a Parasite Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin ion channel. ChemMedChem. 2023;18(18):e202300140. DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202300140

Hürlimann E, Hofmann D, Keiser J. Ivermectin and moxidectin against soil-transmitted helminth infections. Trends Parasitol. 2023;39(4):272-284. DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2023.01.009

Kasago F.M, Häberli C, Keiser J, Masamba W. Design, synthesis and evaluation of praziquantel analogues and new molecular hybrids as potential antimalarial and anti-schistosomal agents. Molecules. 2023;28(13):5184. DOI: 10.3390/molecules28135184

Mäser P, Bernhard S, Brun R, Burri C, Gagneux S, Hetzel M.W, Kaiser M, Lengeler C, Pluschke G, Reus E, Rottmann M, Utzinger J, Warryn L, Wittlin S, Keiser J. Key contributions by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute towards new and better drugs for tropical diseases. Chimia. 2023;77(9):593-606. DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2023.593

Meier L, Antillon M, Burri C, Chitnis N, Endriss Y, Keiser J, Moore S, Müller P, Penny M, Voss T.S, Mäser P, Utzinger J. Repurposing know-how for drug development: case studies from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute. Chimia. 2023;77(9):582-592. DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2023.582

Mrimi E.C, Palmeirim M.S, Minja E.G, Long K.Z, Keiser J. Correlation of cytokines with parasitic infections, undernutrition and micronutrient deficiency among schoolchildren in rural Tanzania: a cross-sectional study. Nutrients. 2023;15(8):1916. DOI: 10.3390/nu15081916

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

Muya K, Kalonji M, Ilunga N.W, Maseho M, Kitambala M, Kalonda M, Ndoumba K, Byanga K, Wright C.W, Häberli C, Keiser J, Simbi L. Evaluation of 43 species of Congolese medicinal plants used traditionally for the treatment of schistosomiasis leading to the isolation of an anti-schistosomal phaeophytin from Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia Pax. J Ethnopharmacol. 2023;315:116688. DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2023.116688

Noce B, Di Bello E, Zwergel C, Fioravanti R, Valente S, Rotili D, Masotti A, Ansari M.S.Z, Trisciuoglio D, Chakrabarti A, Romier C, Robaa D, Sippl W, Jung M, Häberli C, Keiser J, Mai A. Chemically diverse S. mansoni HDAC8 inhibitors reduced viability in worm larval and adult stages. ChemMedChem. 2023;18(3):e202200510. DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202200510

Radulov P.S, Yaremenko I.A, Keiser J, Terent'ev A.O. Bridged 1,2,4-Trioxolanes: SnCl4-catalyzed synthesis and an in vitro study against S. mansoni. Molecules. 2023;28(13). DOI: 10.3390/molecules28134913

Schärer A, Biendl S, Keiser J. Trichuris muris egg-hatching assay for anthelminthic drug discovery and characterization. Int J Parasitol Drugs Drug Resist. 2023;23:63-70. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2023.10.001

Specht S, Keiser J. Helminth infections: enabling the World Health Organization road map. Int J Parasitol. 2023;53(8):411-414. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2022.10.006

Sprecher V.P, Coulibaly J.T, Hürlimann E, Hattendorf J, Keiser J. Efficacy and safety of moxidectin-albendazole and ivermectin-albendazole combination therapy compared to albendazole monotherapy in adolescents and adults infected with Trichuris trichiura: a randomized controlled superiority trial. Clin Infect Dis. 2023;77(9):1294-1302. DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciad387

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. 2023(in press). DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(23)00507-8

Welsche S, Mrimi E.C, Hattendorf J, Hürlimann E, Ali S.M, Keiser J. Efficacy and safety of moxidectin and albendazole compared with ivermectin and albendazole coadministration in adolescents infected with Trichuris trichiura in Tanzania: an open-label, non-inferiority, randomised, controlled, phase 2/3 trial. Lancet Infect Dis. 2023;23(3):331-340. DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00589-8

Angeli A, Ferraroni M, Carta F, Häberli C, Keiser J, Costantino G, Supuran C.T. Development of praziquantel sulphonamide derivatives as antischistosomal drugs. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem. 2022;37(1):1479-1494. DOI: 10.1080/14756366.2022.2078970

Biendl S, Häberli C, Keiser J. Discovery of novel antischistosomal scaffolds from the open access Pandemic Response Box. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2022;20(4):621-629. DOI: 10.1080/14787210.2022.1990042

Cantara A, Luo Y, Dobrovolna M, Bohalova N, Fojta M, Verga D, Guittat L, Cucchiarini A, Savrimoutou S, Häberli C, Guillon J, Keiser J, Brazda V, Mergny J.L. G-quadruplexes in helminth parasites. Nucleic Acids Res. 2022;50(5):2719-2735. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac129

Coulibaly J.T, Hürlimann E, Patel C, Silué D.K, Avenié D.J, Kouamé N.A, Silué U.M, Keiser J. Optimizing implementation of preventive chemotherapy against soil-transmitted helminthiasis and intestinal schistosomiasis using high-resolution data: field-based experiences from Côte d'Ivoire. Diseases. 2022;10(4):66. DOI: 10.3390/diseases10040066

Di Bello E, Noce B, Fioravanti R, Zwergel C, Valente S, Rotili D, Fianco G, Trisciuoglio D, Mourão M.M, Sales P. Jr, Lamotte S, Prina E, Späth G.F, Häberli C, Keiser J, Mai A. Effects of structurally different HDAC inhibitors against Trypanosoma cruzi, Leishmania, and Schistosoma mansoni. ACS Infect Dis. 2022;8(7):1356-1366. DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.2c00232

Dube M, Llanes D, Saoud M, Rennert R, Imming P, Häberli C, Keiser J, Arnold N. Albatrellus confluens (Alb. & Schwein.) Kotl. & Pouz.: natural fungal compounds and synthetic derivatives with in vitro anthelmintic activities and antiproliferative effects against two human cancer cell lines. Molecules. 2022;27(9):2950. DOI: 10.3390/molecules27092950

Dube M, Raphane B, Sethebe B, Seputhe N, Tiroyakgosi T, Imming P, Häberli C, Keiser J, Arnold N, Andrae-Marobela K. Medicinal plant preparations administered by Botswana traditional health practitioners for treatment of worm infections show anthelmintic activities. Plants (Basel). 2022;11(21):2945. DOI: 10.3390/plants11212945

Falcoz C, Guzy S, Kovač J, Meister I, Coulibaly J, Sayasone S, Wesche D, Lin Y.W, Keiser J. R-praziquantel integrated population pharmacokinetics in preschool- and school-aged African children infected with Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium and Lao adults infected with Opisthorchis viverrini. J Pharmacokinet Pharmacodyn. 2022;49(3):293-310. DOI: 10.1007/s10928-021-09791-8

Falcoz C, Guzy S, Kovac J, Meister I, Coulibaly J, Sayasone S, Wesche D, Lin Y.W, Keiser J. Correction to: R-praziquantel integrated population pharmacokinetics in preschool- and school-aged African children infected with Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium and Lao adults infected with Opisthorchis viverrini. J Pharmacokinet Pharmacodyn. 2022;49(3):395. DOI: 10.1007/s10928-022-09807-x

Grolimund C.M, Bärenbold O, Utzinger J, Keiser J, Vounatsou P. Modeling the effect of different drugs and treatment regimen for hookworm on cure and egg reduction rates taking into account diagnostic error. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022;16(10):e0010810. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010810

Hamway Y, Zimmermann K, Blommers M.J.J, Sousa M, Häberli C, Kulkarni S, Skalicky S, Hackl M, Götte M, Keiser J, da Costa C.P, Spangenberg T, Azzaoui K. Modulation of host-parasite interactions with small molecules targeting Schistosoma mansoni microRNAs. ACS Infect Dis. 2022;8:2028−2034. DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.2c00360

Harrington S, Knox J.J, Burns A.R, Choo K.L, Au A, Kitner M, Häberli C, Pyche J, D'Amata C, Kim Y.H, Volpatti J.R, Guiliani M, Snider J, Wong V, Palmeira B.M, Redman E.M, Vaidya A.S, Gilleard J.S, Stagljar I, Cutler S.R, Kulke D, Dowling J.J, Yip C.M, Keiser J, Zasada I, Lautens M, Roy P.J. Egg-laying and locomotory screens with C. elegans yield a nematode-selective small molecule stimulator of neurotransmitter release. Commun Biol. 2022;5:865. DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03819-6

Hassan M.M, Sedighi A, Olaoye O.O, Häberli C, Merz A, Ramos-Morales E, de Araujo E.D, Romier C, Jung M, Keiser J, Gunning P.T. Phenotypic screening of histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors against Schistosoma mansoni. ChemMedChem. 2022:e202100622. DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202100622

Herath H.M.P.D, Taki A.C, Rostami A, Jabbar A, Keiser J, Geary T.G, Gasser R.B. Whole-organism phenotypic screening methods used in early-phase anthelmintic drug discovery. Biotechnol Adv. 2022;57:107937. DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2022.107937

Hofmann D, Brussee J.M, Schulz J.D, Coulibaly J.T, Pfister M, Keiser J. Pharmacokinetic modelling and simulation to optimize albendazole dosing in hookworm- or Trichuris trichiura-infected infants to adults. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2022;77(4):1082-1093. DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkac020

Hofmann D, Smit C, Sayasone S, Pfister M, Keiser J. Optimizing moxidectin dosing for Strongyloides stercoralis infections: insights from pharmacometric modeling. Clin Transl Sci. 2022;15(3):700-708. DOI: 10.1111/cts.13189

Hürlimann E, Keller L, Patel C, Welsche S, Hattendorf J, Ali S.M, Ame S.M, Sayasone S, Coulibaly J.T, Keiser J. Efficacy and safety of co-administered ivermectin and albendazole in school-aged children and adults infected with Trichuris trichiura in Côte d'Ivoire, Laos, and Pemba Island, Tanzania: a double-blind, parallel-group, phase 3, randomised control. Lancet Infect Dis. 2022;22(1):123-135. DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00421-7

Kersting L, Kuhn L, Anokhin M, Schuster F, Häberli C, Sambyal S, Kumar H.M.S, Keiser J, Alabugin I, Tsogoeva S.B. Visible-light-driven metal-free C-H functionalization: access to new bioactive tetrahydroisoquinoline-butenolide hybrids via domino amine oxidation/vinylogous Mannich reaction. ChemPhotoChem. 2022;6(8):e202200109. DOI: 10.1002/cptc.202200109

Mrimi E.C, Palmeirim M.S, Minja E.G, Long K.Z, Keiser J. Malnutrition, anemia, micronutrient deficiency and parasitic infections among schoolchildren in rural Tanzania. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022;16(3):e0010261. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010261