Publications
König R.S, Paris D.H, Sollberger M, Tschopp R. Identifying the mental health burden in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) patients in Switzerland: a pilot study. Heliyon. 2024;10(5):e27031. DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27031
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
Abdikadir M.I, Tschopp R, Ali S.M, Zinsstag J, Pelikan K. Efficiency in transdisciplinary cooperation: the example of the Jigjiga One Health Initiative. trans-kom. 2023;16(1):58-73
Journal Article
Baum E, Abdi S, Probst-Hensch N, Zinsstag J, Vosseler B, Tschopp R, van Eeuwijk P. "I could not bear it": perceptions of chronic pain among Somali pastoralists in Ethiopia: a qualitative study. PLoS One. 2023;18(11):e0293137. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0293137
Baum E, Abdi S, van Eeuwijk P, Probst-Hensch N, Zinsstag J, Tschopp R, Vosseler B. "It is difficult for us to treat their pain": health professionals' perceptions of Somali pastoralists in the context of pain management: a conceptual model. Med Humanit. 2023;49(4):700-712. DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2022-012570
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
Tschopp R, König R.S, Rejmer P, Paris D.H. Health system support among patients with ME/CFS in Switzerland. J Taibah Univ Med Sci. 2023;18(4):876-885. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtumed.2022.12.019
Journal Article
Tschopp R, König R.S, Rejmer P, Paris D.H. Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS): a preliminary survey among patients in Switzerland. Heliyon. 2023;9(5):e15595. DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15595
Yersin S, Garneau J.R, Schneeberger P.H.H, Osman K.A, Cercamondi C.I, Muhummed A.M, Tschopp R, Zinsstag J, Vonäsch P. Gut microbiomes of agropastoral children from the Adadle region of Ethiopia reflect their unique dietary habits. Sci Rep. 2023;13:21342. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-47748-8
Zinsstag J, Pelikan K, Berger-González M, Kaiser-Grolimund A, Crump L, Mauti S, Heitz-Tokpa K, Bonfoh B, Ali S.M, Abtidon R, Tschopp R. Value-added transdisciplinary One Health research and problem solving. In: Lawrence R.J, ed. Handbook of transdisciplinarity: global perspectives, 333-350. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2023. DOI: 10.4337/9781802207835
Book Section
Zinsstag J, Ruiz De Castañeda R, Comte E, Tschopp R, Bonfoh B, Nkwescheu A.S, Wanda F, Bolon I. Evolution et impact de l’approche une seule santé (One Health) en Suisse et dans le monde. Rev Med Suisse. 2023;19(836):1407-1411. DOI: 10.53738/REVMED.2023.19.836.1407
Almaw G, Mihret A, Abebe T, Ameni G, Gumi B, Olani A, Tamiru M, Koran T, Aliy A, Sombo M, Ayalew S, Yesuf A, Taye H, Wood J.L.N, Berg S, The ETHICOBOTS consortium. Spoligotype analysis of Mycobacterium bovis isolates from cattle and assessment of zoonotic TB transmission among individuals working in bovine TB-infected dairy farms in Ethiopia. Zoonoses Public Health. 2022;69(6):663-672. DOI: 10.1111/zph.12955
Ashagre W, Atnafu A, Wassie L, Tschopp R, Fentahun D, Assefa G, Wegayehu T, Wondale B, Mulu A, Miheret A, Bobosha K. Evaluation of the diagnostic performance of PanbioTM Abbott SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen test for the detection of COVID-19 from suspects attending ALERT center. PLoS One. 2022;17(11):e0277779. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277779
Deneke T.T, Bekele A, Moore H.L, Mamo T, Almaw G, Mekonnen G.A, Mihret A, Tschopp R, Yeheyis L, Hodge C, Wood J.L.N, Berg S, ETHICOBOTS Consortium. Milk and meat consumption patterns and the potential risk of zoonotic disease transmission among urban and peri-urban dairy farmers in Ethiopia. BMC Public Health. 2022;22:222. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-12665-4
Fujita A.W, Werner K, Jacob J.T, Tschopp R, Mamo G, Mihret A, Abdissa A, Kempker R, Rebolledo P.A. Antimicrobial resistance through the lens of One Health in Ethiopia: a review of the literature among humans, animals, and the environment. Int J Infect Dis. 2022;119:120-129. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.03.041
Gelanew T, Seyoum B, Mulu A, Mihret A, Abebe M, Wassie L, Gelaw B, Sorsa A, Merid Y, Muchie Y, Teklemariam Z, Tesfaye B, Osman M, Jebessa G, Atinafu A, Hailu T, Habte A, Kenea D, Gadisa A, Admasu D, Tesfaye E, Bates T.A, Bulcha J.T, Tschopp R, Tsehay D, Mullholand K, Howe R, Genetu A, Tafesse F.G, Abdissa A. High seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among Ethiopian healthcare workers. BMC Infect Dis. 2022;22:261. DOI: 10.1186/s12879-022-07247-z
Ibrahim M, Muhummed A, Melaku H, Mohammed S, Zinsstag J, Tschopp R. Perception of Somali pastoralists in Adadle woreda, Eastern Ethiopia, towards wildlife at the human-animal interface, conservation and wildlife population change. Afr J Ecol. 2022;60(4):1210-1217. DOI: 10.1111/aje.13050
Journal Article
Pelikan K, Abdikadir M.I, Tschopp R, Zinsstag J. Transdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit impliziert Mehrsprachigkeit. Das Beispiel der Jigjiga University One Health Initiative. In: Weber T,Böhm H, eds. Wissenskommunikation unter Bedingungen von Mehrsprachigkeit, 239-256. Berlin: Peter Lang, 2022. DOI: 10.3726/b19457
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Tschopp R, Gebregiorgis A, Abdulkadir O, Molla W, Hamid M, Tassachew Y, Andualem H, Osman M, Waqjira M.W, Mohammed A, Negron M, Walke H, Kadzik M, Mamo G. Risk factors for brucellosis and knowledge-attitude practice among pastoralists in Afar and Somali regions of Ethiopia. Prev Vet Med. 2022;199:105557. DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2021.105557
Tschopp R, Zinsstag J, Conlan A, Gemechu G, Wood J, ETHICOBOTS Consortium. Productivity loss and cost of bovine tuberculosis for the dairy livestock sector in Ethiopia. Prev Vet Med. 2022;202:105616. DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2022.105616
Worku G, Gumi B, Girma M, Mohammedbirhan B, Diriba G, Seid G, Getu M, Amare M, Sinshaw W, Ashagre W, Tschopp R, Carruth L, Ameni G. Drug sensitivity of clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its association with bacterial genotype in the Somali region, eastern Ethiopia. Front Public Health. 2022;10:942618. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.942618
Worku G, Gumi B, Mohammedbirhan B, Girma M, Sileshi H, Hailu M, Wondimu A, Ashagre W, Tschopp R, Carruth L, Ameni G. Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in the Somali region, eastern Ethiopia. Front Med (Lausanne). 2022;9:960590. DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.960590
Zinsstag J, Hediger K, Osman Y.M, Abukhattab S, Crump L, Kaiser-Grolimund A, Mauti S, Ahmed A, Hattendorf J, Bonfoh B, Heitz-Tokpa K, Berger-González M, Bucher A, Léchenne M, Tschopp R, Obrist B, Pelikan K. The promotion and development of One Health at Swiss TPH and its greater potential. Diseases. 2022;10(3):65. DOI: 10.3390/diseases10030065
Crump L, Maidane Y, Mauti S, Tschopp R, Ali S.M, Abtidon R, Bourhy H, Keita Z, Doumbia S, Traore A, Bonfoh B, Tetchi M, Tiembré I, Kallo V, Paithankar V, Zinsstag J. From reverse innovation to global innovation in animal health: a review. Heliyon. 2021;7(9):e08044. DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08044
Getnet F, Demissie M, Worku A, Gobena T, Tschopp R, Farah A.M, Seyoum B. Challenges in delivery of tuberculosis services in Ethiopian pastoralist settings: clues for reforming service models and organizational structures. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021;21:627. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-021-06662-3
Ibrahim M, Schelling E, Zinsstag J, Hattendorf J, Andargie E, Tschopp R. Sero-prevalence of brucellosis, Q-fever and Rift Valley fever in humans and livestock in Somali Region, Ethiopia. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021;15(1):e0008100. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008100
Mekonnen G.A, Conlan A.J.K, Berg S, Ayele B.T, Mihret A, Olani A, Asgedom H, ETHICOBOTS Consortium, Wood J.L.N, Ameni G. Dynamics and risk of transmission of bovine tuberculosis in the emerging dairy regions of Ethiopia. Epidemiol Infect. 2021;149:e69. DOI: 10.1017/S0950268821000480
Nyasulu P.S, Weyer J, Tschopp R, Mihret A, Aseffa A, Nuvor S.V, Tamuzi J.L, Nyakarahuka L, Helegbe G.K, Ntinginya N.E, Gebreyesus M.T, Doumbia S, Busse R, Drosten C. Rabies mortality and morbidity associated with animal bites in Africa: a case for integrated rabies disease surveillance, prevention and control: a scoping review. BMJ Open. 2021;11(12):e048551. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048551
Osman Y, Ali S.M, Schelling E, Tschopp R, Hattendorf J, Muhumed A, Zinsstag J. Integrated community based human and animal syndromic surveillance in Adadle district of the Somali region of Ethiopia. One Health. 2021;13:100334. DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2021.100334
Taye H, Alemu K, Mihret A, Ayalew S, Hailu E, Wood J.L.N, Shkedy Z, Berg S, Aseffa A, ETHICOBOTS Consortium. Epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineages and strain clustering within urban and peri-urban settings in Ethiopia. PLoS One. 2021;16(7):e0253480. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253480
Tschopp R, Conlan A.J.K, Gemechu G, Almaw G, Hattendorf J, Zinsstag J, ETHICOBOTS Consortium, Wood J.L.N. Effect of bovine tuberculosis on selected productivity parameters and trading in dairy cattle kept under intensive husbandry in Central Ethiopia. Front Vet Sci. 2021;8:698768. DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2021.698768
Tschopp R, Gebregiorgis A, Tassachew Y, Andualem H, Osman M, Waqjira M.W, Hattendorf J, Mohammed A, Hamid M, Molla W, Mitiku S.A, Walke H, Negron M, Kadzik M, Mamo G. Integrated human-animal sero-surveillance of Brucellosis in the pastoral Afar and Somali regions of Ethiopia. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021;15(8):e0009593. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009593
Tschopp R, Gemechu G, Wood J.L.N, ETHICOBOTS Consortium. A longitudinal study of cattle productivity in intensive dairy farms in central Ethiopia. Front Vet Sci. 2021;8:698760. DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2021.698760
Tschopp R. Bovine tuberculosis at the human-livestock-wildlife interface in sub-Saharan Africa. In: Zinsstag J,Schelling E,Waltner-Toews D,Whittaker M,Tanner M, eds. One Health: the theory and practice of integrated health approaches, 283-297. Wallingford: CABI, 2021
Book Section
Gemechu G, Ayalew S, Hailu E, Tarekegn A, Tschopp R. Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a primagam negative wild caught captive olive baboon (Papio anubis) in Ethiopia. Ethiop Vet J. 2020;24(1):116-126
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Getnet F, Demissie M, Worku A, Gobena T, Tschopp R, Seyoum B. Longer delays in diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in pastoralist setting, Eastern Ethiopia. Risk Manag Healthc Policy. 2020;13:583–594. DOI: 10.2147/RMHP.S258186
Hassell J.M, Zimmerman D, Fèvre E.M, Zinsstag J, Bukachi S, Barry M, Muturi M, Bett B, Jensen N, Ali S, Maples S, Rushton J, Tschopp R, Madaine Y.O, Abtidon R.A, Wild H. Africa's nomadic pastoralists and their animals are an invisible frontier in pandemic surveillance. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020;103(5):1777-1779. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-1004
Osman K.A, Zinsstag J, Tschopp R, Schelling E, Hattendorf J, Umer A, Ali S, Cercamondi C.I. Nutritional status and intestinal parasites among young children from pastoralist communities of the Ethiopian Somali region. Matern Child Nutr. 2020:e12955. DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12955
Tschopp R. Tuberculose bovine à l’interface homme-bétail-faune sauvage en Afrique subsaharienne. In: Zinsstag J,Schelling E,Waltner-Toews D,Whittaker M,Tanner M, eds. One Health, une seule santé: théorie et pratique des approches intégrées de la santé, 229-244. Versailles: Éditions Quae, 2020. DOI: 10.35690/978-2-7592-3097-6
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Umer A, Zinsstag J, Schelling E, Tschopp R, Hattendorf J, Osman K, Yuya M, Ame A, Zemp E. Antenatal care and skilled delivery service utilization in Somali pastoral communities of eastern Ethiopia. Trop Med Int Health. 2020;25(3):328-337. DOI: 10.1111/tmi.13346