Publications

Fakih B.S, Seidahmed O, Holzschuh A, Abdul R, Irema I, Shija S.J, Aliy S.M, Ali A, Fink G, Yukich J, Hetzel M.W. Determinants of locally acquired malaria infections in Zanzibar: a cross-sectional study. Malar J. 2025;24:346. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-025-05524-1

Fakih B.S. Towards malaria elimination in Zanzibar: identifying opportunities for improving surveillance and response strategies. Basel: Univ. Basel, 2024. Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Medicine DOI: 10.5451/unibas-ep96913

Holzschuh A, Lerch A, Fakih B.S, Aliy S.M, Ali M.H, Ali M.A, Bruzzese D.J, Yukich J, Hetzel M.W, Koepfli C. Using a mobile nanopore sequencing lab for end-to-end genomic surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum: a feasibility study. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2024;4(2):e0002743. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002743

Das A.M, Hetzel M.W, Yukich J.O, Stuck L, Fakih B.S, Al-mafazy A.H, Ali A, Chitnis N. Modelling the impact of interventions on imported, introduced and indigenous malaria infections in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Nat Commun. 2023;14:2750. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38379-8

Fakih B.S, Holzschuh A, Ross A, Stuck L, Abdul R, Al-mafazy A.H, Irema I, Mbena A, Thawer S.G, Shija S.J, Aliy S.M, Ali A, Fink G, Yukich J, Hetzel M.W. Risk of imported malaria infections in Zanzibar: a cross-sectional study. Infect Dis Poverty. 2023;12:80. DOI: 10.1186/s40249-023-01129-5

Holzschuh A, Lerch A, Gerlovina I, Fakih B.S, Al-mafazy A.H, Reaves E.J, Ali A, Abbas F, Ali M.H, Ali M.A, Hetzel M.W, Yukich J, Koepfli C. Multiplexed ddPCR-amplicon sequencing reveals isolated Plasmodium falciparum populations amenable to local elimination in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Nat Commun. 2023;14:3699. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39417-1

Das A.M, Hetzel M.W, Yukich J.O, Stuck L, Fakih B.S, Al-mafazy A.H, Ali A, Chitnis N. The impact of reactive case detection on malaria transmission in Zanzibar in the presence of human mobility. Epidemics. 2022;41:100639. DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2022.100639

Vera-Arias C.A, Holzschuh A, Oduma C.O, Badu K, Abdul-Hakim M, Yukich J, Hetzel M.W, Fakih B.S, Ali A, Ferreira M.U, Ladeia-Andrade S, Sáenz F.E, Afrane Y, Zemene E, Yewhalaw D, Kazura J.W, Yan G, Koepfli C. High-throughput Plasmodium falciparum hrp2 and hrp3 gene deletion typing by digital PCR to monitor malaria rapid diagnostic test efficacy. eLife. 2022;11:e72083. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.72083