Publications

Alidou S, Kamassa H.E, Lack F, Ataba E, Fleming F.M, Sossou E, Hemou M, Yakpa K, Tchalim M, Gnossike P, Vounatsou P, Pullan R, Gass K, Dorkenoo A.M. Risk factors associated with urogenital schistosomiasis: a multilevel assessment approach using an Oversampling Schistosomiasis Survey (SOS) community-based, Plateaux region, Togo 2022. BMJ Public Health. 2025;3(1):e001304. DOI: 10.1136/bmjph-2024-001304

Plass D, Beloconi A, Bessems J, Buekers J, Kienzler S, Martinez G.S, Purece A, Vounatsou P. Estimating the environmental burden of disease resulting from exposure to chemicals in European countries - potentials and challenges revealed in selected case studies. Environ Res. 2025;269:120828. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2025.120828

Grolimund C.M, Utzinger J, Coulibaly J.T, Sayasone S, Ali S.M, Keiser J, Vounatsou P. Modeling transmission mechanism to infer treatment efficacy of different drugs and combination therapy against Trichuris trichiura. Sci Rep. 2024;14:23543. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-73164-7

Kim J, Vounatsou P, Chun B.C. Changes in seasonality and sex ratio of scrub typhus: a case study of South Korea from 2003 to 2019 based on wavelet transform analysis. BMC Infect Dis. 2024;24:1066. DOI: 10.1186/s12879-024-09858-0

Massoda Tonye S.G, Wounang R, Kouambeng C, Vounatsou P. The influence of jittering DHS cluster locations on geostatistical model-based estimates of malaria risk in Cameroon. Parasite Epidemiol Control. 2024;27:e00397. DOI: 10.1016/j.parepi.2024.e00397

Mendieta M.J, Goderis G, Zeller A, Yip O, Siqeca F, Zúñiga F, Zullig L.L, De Geest S.M, Deschodt M, Flamaing J, Dhaini S, INSPIRE Consortium. Mapping implementation strategies to reach community-dwelling older adults in Northwest Switzerland. Implement Sci. 2024;19:44. DOI: 10.1186/s13012-024-01374-8

Nyawanda B.O, Kariuki S, Khagayi S, Bigogo G, Danquah I, Munga S, Vounatsou P. Forecasting malaria dynamics based on causal relations between control interventions, climatic factors, and disease incidence in western Kenya. J Glob Health. 2024;14:04208. DOI: 10.7189/jogh.14.04208

Nyawanda B.O, Khagayi S, Obor D, Odhiambo S.B, Beloconi A, Otieno N.A, Bigogo G, Kariuki S, Munga S, Vounatsou P. The effects of climatic and non-climatic factors on malaria mortality at different spatial scales in western Kenya, 2008-2019. BMJ Glob Health. 2024;9(9):e014614. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-014614

Nyawanda B.O, Khagayi S, Ochomo E, Bigogo G, Kariuki S, Munga S, Vounatsou P. The influence of malaria control interventions and climate variability on changes in the geographical distribution of parasite prevalence in Kenya between 2015 and 2020. Int J Health Geogr. 2024;23:22. DOI: 10.1186/s12942-024-00381-8

Plass D, Kienzler S, Bessems J, Buekers J, Cops J, Purece A, Beloconi A, Vounatsou P, Widmer K. Estimating the burden of disease due to lead, PFAS, phthalates, cadmium, pyrethroids and bisphenol A using HBM4EU data: test of feasibility and first results for selected countries: European Topic Centre on Human Health and the Environment, 2024

Rubuga F.K, Ahmed A, Siddig E, Sera F, Moirano G, Mbituyumuremyi A, Tuyishime A, Nshogoza G, Nébié E.I, Kitema G.F, Vounatsou P, Utzinger J, Cissé G. Potential impact of climatic factors on malaria in Rwanda between 2012 and 2021: a time-series analysis. Malar J. 2024;23:274. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-024-05097-5

Traoré N, Millogo O, Sié A, Vounatsou P. Impact of climate variability and interventions on malaria incidence and forecasting in Burkina Faso. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2024;21(11):1487. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph21111487

Traoré N, Singhal T, Millogo O, Sié A, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Relative effects of climate factors and malaria control interventions on changes of parasitaemia risk in Burkina Faso from 2014 to 2017/2018. BMC Infect Dis. 2024;24:166. DOI: 10.1186/s12879-024-08981-2

Beloconi A, Nyawanda B.O, Bigogo G, Khagayi S, Obor D, Danquah I, Kariuki S, Munga S, Vounatsou P. Malaria, climate variability, and interventions: modelling transmission dynamics. Sci Rep. 2023;13(1):7367. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-33868-8

Beloconi A, Vounatsou P. Long-term air pollution exposure and COVID-19 case-severity: an analysis of individual-level data from Switzerland. Environ Res. 2023;216(Pt 1):114481. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114481

Beloconi A, Vounatsou P. Revised EU and WHO air quality thresholds: where does Europe stand?. Atmos Environ (1994). 2023;314:120110. DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2023.120110

Gerber D.J.F, Dhakal S, Islam M.N, Al Kawsar A, Khair M.A, Rahman M.M, Karim M.J, Rahman M.S, Aktaruzzaman M.M, Tupps C, Stephens M, Emerson P.M, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Distribution and treatment needs of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Bangladesh: a Bayesian geostatistical analysis of 2017-2020 national survey data. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023;17(11):e0011656. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011656

Nyawanda B.O, Beloconi A, Khagayi S, Bigogo G, Obor D, Otieno N.A, Lange S, Franke J, Sauerborn R, Utzinger J, Kariuki S, Munga S, Vounatsou P. The relative effect of climate variability on malaria incidence after scale-up of interventions in western Kenya: a time-series analysis of monthly incidence data from 2008 to 2019. Parasite Epidemiol Control. 2023;21:e00297. DOI: 10.1016/j.parepi.2023.e00297

Phonekeo S, Kounnavong S, Vonglokham M, Siengsounthone L, Homsana A, Gummin S, Vounatsou P, Nittiyanant P, Worawichawong S, Aekplakorn W, Odermatt P, Sayasone S. Intestinal helminth infections and associated risk factors among adults in the Lao People's Democratic Republic. Infect Dis Poverty. 2023;12:61. DOI: 10.1186/s40249-023-01112-0

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

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

Kokaliaris C, Garba A, Matuska M, Bronzan R.N, Colley D.G, Dorkenoo A.M, Ekpo U.F, Fleming F.M, French M.D, Kabore A, Mbonigaba J.B, Midzi N, Mwinzi P.N.M, N'Goran E.K, Polo M.R, Sacko M, Tchuem Tchuenté L.A, Tukahebwa E.M, Uvon P.A, Yang G, Wiesner L, Zhang Y, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Effect of preventive chemotherapy with praziquantel on schistosomiasis among school-aged children in sub-Saharan Africa: a spatiotemporal modelling study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2022;22(1):136-149. DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00090-6

Wiegand R.E, Fleming F.M, de Vlas S.J, Odiere M.R, Kinung'hi S, King C.H, Evans D, French M.D, Montgomery S.P, Straily A, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P, Secor W.E. Defining elimination as a public health problem for schistosomiasis control programmes: beyond prevalence of heavy-intensity infections. Lancet Glob Health. 2022;10(9):e1355-e1359. DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00287-X

Bärenbold O, Garba A, Colley D.G, Fleming F.M, Assaré R.K, Tukahebwa E.M, Kebede B, Coulibaly J.T, N'Goran E.K, Tchuem Tchuenté L.A, Mwinzi P, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Estimating true prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni from population summary measures based on the Kato-Katz diagnostic technique. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021;15(4):e0009310. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009310

Beloconi A, Probst-Hensch N, Vounatsou P. Spatio-temporal modelling of changes in air pollution exposure associated to the COVID-19 lockdown measures across Europe. Sci Total Environ. 2021;787:147607. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147607

Beloconi A, Vounatsou P. Substantial reduction in particulate matter air pollution across Europe during 2006-2019: a spatiotemporal modeling analysis. Environ Sci Technol. 2021;55(22):15505-15518. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c03748

Klohe K, Koudou B.G, Fenwick A, Fleming F, Garba A, Gouvras A, Harding-Esch E.M, Knopp S, Molyneux D, D'Souza S, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P, Waltz J, Zhang Y, Rollinson D. A systematic literature review of schistosomiasis in urban and peri-urban settings. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021;15(2):e0008995. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008995

Millogo O, Doamba J.E.O, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Constructing a malaria-related health service readiness index and assessing its association with child malaria mortality: an analysis of the Burkina Faso 2014 SARA data. BMC Public Health. 2021;21:20. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-09994-7

Rinaldo D, Perez-Saez J, Vounatsou P, Utzinger J, Arcand J.L. The economic impact of schistosomiasis. Infect Dis Poverty. 2021;10:134. DOI: 10.1186/s40249-021-00919-z

Siqeca F, Obas K, Yip O, Stenz S, Vounatsou P, Briel M, Schwenkglenks M, Quinto C, Blozik E, Zeller A, Zullig L.L, De Geest S, Deschodt M. The INSPIRE population survey: development, dissemination and respondent characteristics. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2021;21:131. DOI: 10.1186/s12874-021-01329-3

Wiegand R.E, Fleming F.M, Straily A, Montgomery S.P, de Vlas S.J, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P, Secor W.E. Urogenital schistosomiasis infection prevalence targets to determine elimination as a public health problem based on microhematuria prevalence in school-age children. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021;15(6):e0009451. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009451

Wiegand R.E, Secor W.E, Fleming F.M, French M.D, King C.H, Deol A.K, Montgomery S.P, Evans D, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P, de Vlas S.J. Associations between infection intensity categories and morbidity prevalence in school-age children are much stronger for Schistosoma haematobium than for S. mansoni. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021;15(5):e0009444. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009444

Wiegand R.E, Secor W.E, Fleming F.M, French M.D, King C.H, Montgomery S.P, Evans D, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P, de Vlas S.J. Control and elimination of schistosomiasis as a public health problem: thresholds fail to differentiate schistosomiasis morbidity prevalence in children. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021;8(7):ofab179. DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab179

Beloconi A, Vounatsou P. Bayesian geostatistical modelling of high-resolution NO2 exposure in Europe combining data from monitors, satellites and chemical transport models. Environ Int. 2020;138:105578. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105578

Deschodt M, Laurent G, Cornelissen L, Yip O, Zúñiga F, Denhaerynck K, Briel M, Karabegovic A, De Geest S, INSPIRE consortium. Core components and impact of nurse-led integrated care models for home-dwelling older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Nurs Stud. 2020;105:103552. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103552

Fornace K.M, Fronterre C, Fleming F.M, Simpson H, Zoure H, Rebollo M, Mwinzi P, Vounatsou P, Pullan R.L. Evaluating survey designs for targeting preventive chemotherapy against Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma mansoni across sub-Saharan Africa: a geostatistical analysis and modelling study. Parasit Vectors. 2020;13:555. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-020-04413-7

Herrmann C, Ess S, Walser E, Frick H, Thürlimann B, Probst-Hensch N, Rothermundt C, Vounatsou P. Regional differences and trends in breast cancer surgical procedures and their relation to socioeconomic disparities and screening patterns. J Publ Health. 2020;28(1):71-80. DOI: 10.1007/s10389-018-01007-7

Midzi N, Bärenbold O, Manangazira P, Phiri I, Mutsaka-Makuvaza M.J, Mhlanga G, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Accuracy of different diagnostic techniques for Schistosoma haematobium to estimate treatment needs in Zimbabwe: application of a hierarchical Bayesian egg count model. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020;14(8):e0008451. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008451

Mlacha Y.P, Wang D, Chaki P.P, Gavana T, Zhou Z, Michael M.G, Khatib R, Chila G, Msuya H.M, Chaki E, Makungu C, Lin K, Tambo E, Rumisha S.F, Mkude S, Mahende M.K, Chacky F, Vounatsou P, Tanner M, Masanja H, Aregawi M, Hertzmark E, Xiao N, Abdulla S, Zhou X.N. Effectiveness of the innovative 1,7-malaria reactive community-based testing and response (1, 7-mRCTR) approach on malaria burden reduction in Southeastern Tanzania. Malar J. 2020;19:292. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-020-03363-w

Brunner N.C, Chacky F, Mandike R, Mohamed A, Runge M, Thawer S.G, Ross A, Vounatsou P, Lengeler C, Molteni F, Hetzel M.W. The potential of pregnant women as a sentinel population for malaria surveillance. Malar J. 2019;18:370. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-019-2999-0

Dekker-Boersema J, Hector J, Frances Jefferys L, Binamo J, Camilo D, Muganga G, Aly M.M, Langa E.B.R, Vounatsou P, Hobbins M.A. Triage conducted by lay-staff and emergency training reduces paediatric mortality in the emergency department of a rural hospital in Northern Mozambique. Afr J Emerg Med. 2019;9(4):172-176. DOI: 10.1016/j.afjem.2019.05.005

Dietler D, Leuenberger A, Bempong N.E, Campbell-Lendrum D, Cramer C, Eggen R.I.L, Erismann S, Ferazzi S, Flahault A, Fletcher H.A, Fuhrer B, Fuhrimann S, Greter H, Heerdegen A.C, Leach M, Leissing A, Lilje J, Penny M.A, Prytherch H, Staudacher P, Vounatsou P, Weiss F, Wiedermann R, Winkler M.S, Zhou X.N, Utzinger J. Health in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: from framework to action, transforming challenges into opportunities. J Glob Health. 2019;9(2):020201. DOI: 10.7189/jogh.09.020201

Dlamini S.N, Beloconi A, Mabaso S, Vounatsou P, Impouma B, Fall I.S. Review of remotely sensed data products for disease mapping and epidemiology. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment. 2019;14:108-118. DOI: 10.1016/j.rsase.2019.02.005

Forrer A, Khieu V, Vounatsou P, Sithithaworn P, Ruantip S, Huy R, Muth S, Odermatt P. Strongyloides stercoralis: spatial distribution of a highly prevalent and ubiquitous soil-transmitted helminth in Cambodia. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019;13(6):e0006943. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006943

Herrmann C, Ess S, Walser E, Frick H, Thurlimann B, Probst-Hensch N, Rothermundt C, Mousavi M, Morant R, Vounatsou P. Screening is associated with lower mastectomy rates in Switzerland. Breast, 2019;44(Suppl. 1):S47

Khagayi S, Desai M, Amek N, Were V, Onyango E.D, Odero C, Otieno K, Bigogo G, Munga S, Odhiambo F, Hamel M.J, Kariuki S, Samuels A.M, Slutsker L, Gimnig J, Vounatsou P. Modelling the relationship between malaria prevalence as a measure of transmission and mortality across age groups. Malar J. 2019;18:247. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-019-2869-9

Lai Y.S, Biedermann P, Shrestha A, Chammartin F, À Porta N, Montresor A, Mistry N.F, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Risk profiling of soil-transmitted helminth infection and estimated number of infected people in South Asia: a systematic review and Bayesian geostatistical analysis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019;13(8):e0007580. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007580

Millogo O, Doamba J.E.O, Sie A, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Geographical variation in the association of child, maternal and household health interventions with under-five mortality in Burkina Faso. PLoS One. 2019;14(7):e0218163. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218163

Nambuusi B.B, Ssempiira J, Makumbi F.E, Kasasa S, Vounatsou P. The effects and contribution of childhood diseases on the geographical distribution of all-cause under-five mortality in Uganda. Parasite Epidemiol Control. 2019;5:e00089. DOI: 10.1016/j.parepi.2019.e00089

Nambuusi B.B, Ssempiira J, Makumbi F.E, Utzinger J, Kasasa S, Vounatsou P. Geographical variations of the associations between health interventions and all-cause under-five mortality in Uganda. BMC Public Health. 2019;19:1330. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-7636-x

Papaioannou I, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Malaria-anemia comorbidity prevalence as a measure of malaria-related deaths in sub-Saharan Africa. Sci Rep. 2019;9:11323. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-47614-6

Stensgaard A.S, Vounatsou P, Sengupta M.E, Utzinger J. Schistosomes, snails and climate change: current trends and future expectations. Acta Trop. 2019;190:257-268. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.09.013

Thiam S, Cissé G, Stensgaard A.S, Niang-Diène A, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Bayesian conditional autoregressive models to assess spatial patterns of diarrhoea risk among children under the age of 5 years in Mbour, Senegal.. Geospat Health. 2019;14(2):321-328. DOI: 10.4081/gh.2019.823

Amek N.O, Van Eijk A, Lindblade K.A, Hamel M, Bayoh N, Gimnig J, Laserson K.F, Slutsker L, Smith T, Vounatsou P. Infant and child mortality in relation to malaria transmission in KEMRI/CDC HDSS, Western Kenya: validation of verbal autopsy. Malar J. 2018;17:37. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-018-2184-x

Bärenbold O, Garba A, Colley D.G, Fleming F.M, Haggag A.A, Ramzy R.M.R, Assaré R.K, Tukahebwa E.M, Mbonigaba J.B, Bucumi V, Kebede B, Yibi M.S, Meite A, Coulibaly J.T, N'Goran E.K, Tchuem Tchuente L.A, Mwinzi P, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Translating preventive chemotherapy prevalence thresholds for Schistosoma mansoni from the Kato-Katz technique into the point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen diagnostic test. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018;12(12):e0006941. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006941

Beloconi A, Chrysoulakis N, Lyapustin A, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Bayesian geostatistical modelling of PM10 and PM2.5 surface level concentrations in Europe using high-resolution satellite-derived products. Environ Int. 2018;121(Pt 1):57-70. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.08.041

Forrer A, Khieu V, Schär F, Vounatsou P, Chammartin F, Marti H, Muth S, Odermatt P. Strongyloides stercoralis and hookworm co-infection: spatial distribution and determinants in Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia. Parasit Vectors. 2018;11:33. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-017-2604-8

Herrmann C, Vounatsou P, Thürlimann B, Probst-Hensch N, Rothermundt C, Ess S. Impact of mammography screening programmes on breast cancer mortality in Switzerland, a country with different regional screening policies. BMJ Open. 2018;8(3):e017806. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017806

Massoda Tonye S.G, Kouambeng C, Wounang R, Vounatsou P. Challenges of DHS and MIS to capture the entire pattern of malaria parasite risk and intervention effects in countries with different ecological zones: the case of Cameroon. Malar J. 2018;17:156. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-018-2284-7

Moser W, Bärenbold O, Mirams G.J, Cools P, Vlaminck J, Ali S.M, Ame S.M, Hattendorf J, Vounatsou P, Levecke B, Keiser J. Diagnostic comparison between FECPAKG2 and the Kato-Katz method for analyzing soil-transmitted helminth eggs in stool. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018;12(6):e0006562. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006562

Ssempiira J, Kasirye I, Kissa J, Nambuusi B, Mukooyo E, Opigo J, Makumbi F, Kasasa S, Vounatsou P. Measuring health facility readiness and its effects on severe malaria outcomes in Uganda. Sci Rep. 2018;8(1):17928. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-36249-8

Ssempiira J, Kissa J, Nambuusi B, Kyozira C, Rutazaana D, Mukooyo E, Opigo J, Makumbi F, Kasasa S, Vounatsou P. The effect of case management and vector-control interventions on space-time patterns of malaria incidence in Uganda. Malar J. 2018;17:162. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-018-2312-7

Ssempiira J, Kissa J, Nambuusi B, Mukooyo E, Opigo J, Makumbi F, Kasasa S, Vounatsou P. Interactions between climatic changes and intervention effects on malaria spatio-temporal dynamics in Uganda. Parasit Epidemiol Control. 2018;3(3):e00070. DOI: 10.1016/j.parepi.2018.e00070

Bärenbold O, Raso G, Coulibaly J.T, N'Goran E.K, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Estimating sensitivity of the Kato-Katz technique for the diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni and hookworm in relation to infection intensity. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017;11(10):e0005953. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005953

Khagayi S, Amek N, Bigogo G, Odhiambo F, Vounatsou P. Bayesian spatio-temporal modeling of mortality in relation to malaria incidence in western Kenya. PLoS One. 2017;12(7):e0180516. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180516

Krauth S.J, Wandel N, Traoré S.I, Vounatsou P, Hattendorf J, Achi L.Y, McNeill K, N'Goran E.K, Utzinger J. Distribution of intermediate host snails of schistosomiasis and fascioliasis in relation to environmental factors during the dry season in the Tchologo region, Côte d'Ivoire. Adv Water Resour. 2017;108:386-396. DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2016.11.016

Lai Y.S, Zhou X.N, Pan Z.H, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Risk mapping of clonorchiasis in the People's Republic of China: a systematic review and Bayesian geostatistical analysis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017;11(3):e0005239. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005239

Pedersen U.B, Karagiannis-Voules D.A, Midzi N, Mduluza T, Mukaratirwa S, Fensholt R, Vennervald B.J, Kristensen T, Vounatsou P, Stensgaard A.S. Comparison of the spatial patterns of schistosomiasis in Zimbabwe at two points in time, spaced twenty-nine years apart: is climate variability of importance?. Geospat Health. 2017;12(1):59-66. DOI: 10.4081/gh.2017.505

Ssempiira J, Nambuusi B, Kissa J, Agaba B, Makumbi F, Kasasa S, Vounatsou P. The contribution of malaria control interventions on spatio-temporal changes of parasitaemia risk in Uganda during 2009-2014. Parasit Vectors. 2017;10:450. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-017-2393-0

Ssempiira J, Nambuusi B, Kissa J, Agaba B, Makumbi F, Kasasa S, Vounatsou P. Geostatistical modelling of malaria indicator survey data to assess the effects of interventions on the geographical distribution of malaria prevalence in children less than 5 years in Uganda. PLoS One. 2017;12(4):e0174948. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174948

Thiam S, Diene A.N, Fuhrimann S, Winkler M.S, Sy I, Ndione J.A, Schindler C, Vounatsou P, Utzinger J, Faye O, Cissé G. Prevalence of diarrhoea and risk factors among children under five years old in Mbour, Senegal: a cross-sectional study. Infect Dis Poverty. 2017;6:109. DOI: 10.1186/s40249-017-0323-1

Thiam S, Diene A.N, Sy I, Winkler M.S, Schindler C, Ndione J.A, Faye O, Vounatsou P, Utzinger J, Cissé G. Association between childhood diarrhoeal incidence and climatic factors in urban and rural settings in the health district of Mbour, Senegal. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017;14(9):1049. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14091049

Bennett A, Yukich J, Miller J.M, Keating J, Moonga H, Hamainza B, Kamuliwo M, Andrade-Pacheco R, Vounatsou P, Steketee R.W, Eisele T.P. The relative contribution of climate variability and vector control coverage to changes in malaria parasite prevalence in Zambia 2006-2012. Parasit Vectors. 2016;9:431. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-016-1693-0

Biggeri A, Catelan D, Conesa D, Vounatsou P. Spatio-temporal statistics: applications in epidemiology, veterinary medicine and ecology. Geospat Health. 2016;11(1):469. DOI: 10.4081/gh.2016.469

Boelaert M, NIDIAG Consortium. Clinical research on neglected tropical diseases: challenges and solutions. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016;10(11):e0004853. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004853

Chammartin F, Probst-Hensch N, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Mortality atlas of the main causes of death in Switzerland, 2008-2012. Swiss Med Wkly. 2016;146:w14280. DOI: 10.4414/smw.2016.14280

Diboulo E, Sié A, Vounatsou P. Assessing the effects of malaria interventions on the geographical distribution of parasitaemia risk in Burkina Faso. Malar J. 2016;15:228. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1282-x

Houngbedji C.A, Chammartin F, Yapi R.B, Hürlimann E, N'Dri P.B, Silué K.D, Soro G, Koudou B.G, Assi S.B, N'Goran E.K, Fantodji A, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P, Raso G. Spatial mapping and prediction of Plasmodium falciparum infection risk among school-aged children in Côte d'Ivoire. Parasit Vectors. 2016;9:494. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-016-1775-z

Kouassi B.L, de Souza D.K, Goepogui A, Balde S.M, Diakite L, Sagno A, Djameh G.I, Chammartin F, Vounatsou P, Bockarie M.J, Utzinger J, Koudou B.G. Low prevalence of Plasmodium and absence of malaria transmission in Conakry, Guinea: prospects for elimination. Malar J. 2016;15:175. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1230-9

Lo N.C, Lai Y.S, Karagiannis-Voules D.A, Bogoch I.I, Coulibaly J.T, Bendavid E, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P, Andrews J.R. Assessment of global guidelines for preventive chemotherapy against schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis: a cost-effectiveness modelling study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2016;16(9):1065-1075. DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30073-1

Schär F, Giardina F, Khieu V, Muth S, Vounatsou P, Marti H, Odermatt P. Occurrence of and risk factors for Strongyloides stercoralis infection in South-East Asia. Acta Trop. 2016;159:227-238. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.03.008

Stensgaard A.S, Vounatsou P, Onapa A.W, Utzinger J, Pedersen E.M, Kristensen T.K, Simonsen P.E. Ecological drivers of Mansonella perstans infection in Uganda and patterns of co-endemicity with lymphatic filariasis and malaria. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016;10(1):e0004319. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004319

Yapi R.B, Chammartin F, Hürlimann E, Houngbedji C.A, N'Dri P.B, Silué K.D, Utzinger J, N'Goran E.K, Vounatsou P, Raso G. Bayesian risk profiling of soil-transmitted helminth infections and estimates of preventive chemotherapy for school-aged children in Côte d'Ivoire. Parasit Vectors. 2016;9:162. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-016-1446-0

Adigun A.B, Gajere E.N, Oresanya O, Vounatsou P. Malaria risk in Nigeria: Bayesian geostatistical modelling of 2010 malaria indicator survey data. Malar J. 2015;14:156. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0683-6

Amek N, Vounatsou P, Obonyo B, Hamel M, Odhiambo F, Slutsker L, Laserson K. Using health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS) data to analyse geographical distribution of socio-economic status: an experience from KEMRI/CDC HDSS. Acta Tropica. 2015;144:24-30. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.01.006

Assaré R.K, Lai Y.S, Yapi A, Tian-Bi Y.N.T, Ouattara M, Yao P.K, Knopp S, Vounatsou P, Utzinger J, N'Goran E.K. The spatial distribution of Schistosoma mansoni infection in four regions of western Côte d'Ivoire. Geospat Health. 2015;10(345):69-79. DOI: 10.4081/gh.2015.345

Diboulo E, Sie A, Diadier D.A, Karagiannis-Voules D.A, Ye Y, Vounatsou P. Bayesian variable selection in modelling geographical heterogeneity in malaria transmission from sparse data: an application to Nouna Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) data, Burkina Faso. Parasit Vectors. 2015;8:679. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-0679-7

Dlamini S.N, Franke J, Vounatsou P. Assessing the relationship between environmental factors and malaria vector breeding sites in Swaziland using multi-scale remotely sensed data. Geospat Health. 2015;10(302):88-98. DOI: 10.4081/gh.2015.302

Forrer A, Vounatsou P, Sayasone S, Vonghachack Y, Bouakhasith D, Utzinger J, Akkhavong K, Odermatt P. Risk profiling of hookworm infection and intensity in southern Lao People's Democratic Republic using Bayesian models. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015;9(3):e0003486. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003486

Forrer A, Vounatsou P, Sayasone S, Vonghachack Y, Bouakhasith D, Utzinger J, Akkhavong K, Odermatt P. Bayesian-based risk profiling of the prevalence and intensity of hookworm infection in Champasack province, Lao People's Democratic Republic. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):225. Abstracts of the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, 6-10 September 2015, Basel, Switzerland

Giardina F, Franke J, Vounatsou P. Geostatistical modelling of the malaria risk in Mozambique: effect of the spatial resolution when using remotely-sensed imagery. Geospat Health. 2015;10(333):232-238. DOI: 10.4081/gh.2015.333

Herrmann C, Ess S, Thürlimann B, Probst-Hensch N, Vounatsou P. 40 years of progress in female cancer death risk: a Bayesian spatio-temporal mapping analysis in Switzerland. BMC Cancer. 2015;15:666. DOI: 10.1186/s12885-015-1660-8

Houngbedji C.A, N'Dri P.B, Hürlimann E, Yapi R.B, Silué K.D, Soro G, Koudou B.G, Acka C.A, Assi S.B, Vounatsou P, N'Goran E.K, Fantodji A, Utzinger J, Raso G. Disparities of Plasmodium falciparum infection, malaria-related morbidity and access to malaria prevention and treatment among school-aged children: a national cross-sectional survey in Côte d'Ivoire. Malar J. 2015;14:7. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-14-7

Jürgens V, Ess S, Schwenkglenks M, Cerny T, Vounatsou P. Using lung cancer mortality to indirectly approximate smoking patterns in space. Spat Spattemporal Epidemiol. 2015;14/15:23-31. DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2015.06.003

Karagiannis-Voules D.A, Biedermann P, Ekpo U.F, Garba A, Langer E, Mathieu E, Midzi P, Mwinzi P, Polderman A.M, Raso G, Sacko M, Talla I, Tchuem Tchuenté L.A, Touré S, Winkler M.S, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Spatial and temporal distribution of soil-transmitted helminth infection in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and geostatistical meta-analysis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2015;15(1):74-84. DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(14)71004-7

Karagiannis-Voules D.A, Odermatt P, Biedermann P, Khieu V, Schär F, Muth S, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Geostatistical modelling of soil-transmitted helminth infection in Cambodia: do socioeconomic factors improve predictions?. Acta Trop. 2015;141(Pt B):204-212. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.09.001

Khieu V, Schär F, Forrer A, Hattendorf J, Bless P.J, Marti H, Duong S, Char M.C, Vounatsou P, Muth S, Odermatt P. Highest prevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis in Cambodia. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):310-311

Lai Y.S, Biedermann P, Ekpo U.F, Garba A, Mathieu E, Midzi N, Mwinzi P, N'Goran E.K, Raso G, Assaré R.K, Sacko M, Schur N, Talla I, Tchuem Tchuenté L.A, Touré S, Winkler M.S, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Spatial distribution of schistosomiasis and treatment needs in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and geostatistical analysis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2015;15(8):927-940. DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00066-3

Oluwole A.S, Ekpo U.F, Karagiannis-Voules D.A, Abe E.M, Olamiju F.O, Isiyaku S, Okoronkwo C, Saka Y, Nebe O.J, Braide E.I, Mafiana C.F, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Bayesian geostatistical model-based estimates of soil-transmitted helminth infection in Nigeria, including annual deworming requirements. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015;9(4):e0003740. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003740

Schär F, Khieu V, Giardina F, Muth S, Vounatsou P, Marti H, Odermatt P. Occurrence of and risk factors for Strongyloides stercoralis infection globally and in South-East Asia. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):305. Abstracts of the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, 6-10 September 2015, Basel, Switzerland

Walz Y, Wegmann M, Dech S, Vounatsou P, Poda J.N, N'Goran E.K, Utzinger J, Raso G. Modeling and validation of environmental suitability for schistosomiasis transmission using remote sensing. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015;9(11):e0004217. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004217

Walz Y, Wegmann M, Leutner B, Dech S, Vounatsou P, N'Goran E.K, Raso G, Utzinger J. Use of an ecologically relevant modelling approach to improve remote sensing-based schistosomiasis risk profiling. Geospat Health. 2015;10(398):271-279. DOI: 10.4081/gh.2015.398

Yapi R.B, Chammartin F, Houngbedji C.A, Hürlimann E, N'Dri P.B, Silue D.K, N'Goran E.K, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P, Raso G. Bayesian risk profiling and model-based prediction of soil-transmitted helminth infections among schoolchildren from Côte d'Ivoire. Trop Med Int Health, 2015;20(Suppl. 1):39. Abstracts of the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, 6-10 September 2015, Basel, Switzerland

Bennett A, Yukich J, Miller J.M, Vounatsou P, Hamainza B, Ingwe M.M, Moonga H.B, Kamuliwo M, Keating J, Smith T.A, Steketee R.W, Eisele T.P. A methodological framework for the improved use of routine health system data to evaluate national malaria control programs: evidence from Zambia. Popul Health Metr. 2014;12:30. DOI: 10.1186/s12963-014-0030-0

Chammartin F, Guimaraes L.H, Scholte R.G, Bavia M.E, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Spatio-temporal distribution of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Brazil. Parasit Vectors. 2014;7:440. DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-440

Chammartin F, Houngbedji C.A, Hürlimann E, Yapi R.B, Silué K.D, Soro G, Kouame F.N, N'Goran E.K, Utzinger J, Raso G, Vounatsou P. Bayesian risk mapping and model-based estimation of Schistosoma haematobium - Schistosoma mansoni co-distribution in Côte d'Ivoire. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014;8(12):e3407. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003407

Ekpo U.F, Oluwole A.S, Karagiannis-Voules D.A, Abe E.M, Olamiju F, Isiyaku S, Okoronkwo C, Saka Y, Nebe O.J, Braide E.I, Mafiana C.F, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Bayesian geostatistical model-based estimates of geospatial distribution of soil-transmitted helmitted helminthiasis and albendazole treatment requirement in nigeria. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2014;91(5 Suppl. 1):193

Giardina F, Kasasa S, Sié A, Utzinger J, Tanner M, Vounatsou P. Effects of vector-control interventions on changes in risk of malaria parasiotaemia in sub-Saharan Africa: a spatial and temporal analysis. Lancet Glob Health. 2014;2(10):e601-e615. DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70300-6

Hirve S, Vounatsou P, Juvekar S, Blomstedt Y, Wall S, Chatterji S, Ng N. Self-rated health: small area large area comparisons amongst older adults at the state, district and sub-district level in India. Health Place. 2014;26:31-38. DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.12.002

Jürgens V, Ess S, Cerny T, Vounatsou P. A Bayesian generalized age-period-cohort power model for cancer projections. Stat Med. 2014;33(26):4627-4636. DOI: 10.1002/sim.6248

Khieu V, Schär F, Forrer A, Hattendorf J, Marti H, Duong S, Vounatsou P, Muth S, Odermatt P. High prevalence and spatial distribution of Strongyloides stercoralis in rural Cambodia. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014;8(6):e2854. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002854

Rumisha S.F, Smith T, Abdulla S, Masanja H, Vounatsou P. Modelling heterogeneity in malaria transmission using large sparse spatio-temporal entomological data. Glob Health Action. 2014;7:22682. DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.22682

Rumisha S.F, Smith T.A, Masanja H, Abdulla S, Vounatsou P. Relationship between child survival and malaria transmission: an analysis of the malaria transmission intensity and mortality burden across Africa (MTIMBA) project data in Rufiji demographic surveillance system, Tanzania. Malar J. 2014;13:124. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-124

Scholte R.G.C, Gosoniu L, Malone J.B, Chammartin F, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Predictive risk mapping of schistosomiasis in Brazil using Bayesian geostatistical models. Acta Trop. 2014;132:57-63. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.12.007

Yapi R.B, Hürlimann E, Houngbedji C.A, Ndri P.B, Silué K.D, Soro G, Kouame F.N, Vounatsou P, Fürst T, N'Goran E.K, Utzinger J, Raso G. Infection and co-infection with helminths and Plasmodium among school children in Côte d'Ivoire: results from a national cross-sectional survey. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014;8(6):e2913. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002913

Briët O.J, Amerasinghe P.H, Vounatsou P. Generalized seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average models for count data with application to malaria time series with low case numbers. PLoS One. 2013;8(6):e65761. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065761

Chammartin F, Hürlimann E, Raso G, N'Goran E.K, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Statistical methodological issues in mapping historical schistosomiasis survey data. Acta Trop. 2013;128(2):345-352. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.04.012

Chammartin F, Scholte R.G, Guimaraes L.H, Tanner M, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Soil-transmitted helminth infection in South America: a systematic review and geostatistical meta-analysis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2013;13(6):507-518. DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70071-9

Chammartin F, Scholte R.G, Malone J.B, Bavia M.E, Nieto P, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Modelling the geographical distribution of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Bolivia. Parasit Vectors. 2013;6:152. DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-152

Ekpo U.F, Hürlimann E, Schur N, Oluwole A.S, Abe E.M, Mafe M.A, Nebe O.J, Isiyaku S, Olamiju F, Kadiri M, Poopola T.O, Braide E.I, Saka Y, Mafiana C.F, Kristensen T.K, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Mapping and prediction of schistosomiasis in Nigeria using compiled survey data and Bayesian geospatial modelling. Geospat Health. 2013;7(2):355-366. DOI: 10.4081/gh.2013.92