Papers of the Institute of International Health

Diagnostics for childhood tuberculosis: a marathon rather than a sprint. Togun TO, Kampmann B. Lancet Infect Dis. 2023 Oct 30:S1473-3099(23)00517-0. 

Streptococcus pyogenes carriage acquisition, persistence and transmission dynamics within households in The Gambia (SpyCATS): protocol for a longitudinal household cohort study. Armitage EP, Keeley AJ, de Crombrugghe G, Senghore E, Camara FE, Jammeh M, Bittaye A, Ceesay H, Ceesay I, Samateh B, Manneh M, Sesay AK, Kampmann B, Kucharski A, de Silva TI, Marks M; MRCG StrepA Study Group. Wellcome Open Res. 2023 Oct 30;8:41.

Global Oncology Course: Empowering Global Health Students to Address Cancer Burden in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Henke O, Kinkel HF, Mockenhaupt F, Kampmann B. JCO Glob Oncol. 2023 Sep;9:e2300356. 

A prize for global health in the name of Rudolf Virchow. Oni T, Ganten D, Kampmann B, Göhde R, Ottersen OP. J Public Health Afr. 2023 Oct 1;14(9):2862. 

Two cases of imported cholera in Germany after short business travel to Yaoundé, Cameroon. Nürnberg M, Equihua Martinez G, Jacob D, Dupke S, Graf B, Kotsias-Konopelska S, Kampmann B, Mockenhaupt FP, Lindner AK. J Travel Med. 2023 Sep 5;30(5):taad098.

Preventing HIV Infection in Pregnant Women in Western Uganda Through a Comprehensive Antenatal Care-Based Intervention: An Implementation Study. Jahn LS, Kengonzi A, Kabwama SN, Rubaihayo J, Theuring S.
Arch Sex Behav. 2023 Nov 9. doi: 10.1007/s10508-023-02726-z. Online ahead of print.

Percutaneous drainage and combined praziquantel-albendazole therapy: a novel approach for the treatment of simple echinococcal liver cysts. Richter J, Lindner AK, Geisel D, Fleckenstein FN, Torsello GF, Millet Pascual-Leone B, Ivanov O, Zöllner C, Wilde AB, Equihua Martinez G. Z Gastroenterol. 2023 Sep 20. doi: 10.1055/a-2084-3735. Online ahead of print.

ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in a rural Rwandan community: Carriage among community members, livestock, farm products and environment. Geuther N, Mbarushimana D, Habarugira F, Buregeya JD, Kollatzsch M, Pfüller R, Mugabowindekwe M, Ndoli J, Mockenhaupt FP. Trop Med Int Health. 2023 Sep 27. doi: 10.1111/tmi.13934. Online ahead of print.

Childhood TB sequel: evaluating respiratory function after treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis in a prospective cohort of Gambian children - a study protocol. Nkereuwem E, Agbla S, Jatta ML, Masterton U, Owolabi O, Edem VF, Kampmann B, Togun T. BMC Pulm Med. 2023 Oct 12;23(1):387.

Establishing vaccine pregnancy registries and active surveillance studies in low-and middle-income countries: Experience from an observational cohort surveillance project in The Gambia. Kochhar S, Okomo U, Nkereuwem O, Shaum A, Gidudu JF, Bittaye M, Fofana S, Marena M, Kaira MJ, Kampmann B, Longley AT. Vaccine. 2023 Oct 20;41(44):6453-6455. 

Clinical standards for drug-susceptible TB in children and adolescents. Chiang SS, Graham SM, Schaaf HS, Marais BJ, Sant'Anna CC, Sharma S, Starke JR, Triasih R, Achar J, Amanullah F, Armitage LY, Aurilio RB, Buck WC, Centis R, Chabala C, Cruz AT, Demers AM, du Preez K, Enimil A, Furin J, Garcia-Prats AJ, Gonzalez NE, Hoddinott G, Isaakidis P, Jaganath D, Kabra SK, Kampmann B, Kay A, Kitai I, Lopez-Varela E, Maleche-Obimbo E, Malaspina FM, Velásquez JN, Nuttall JJC, Oliwa JN, Andrade IO, Perez-Velez CM, Rabie H, Seddon JA, Sekadde MP, Shen A, Skrahina A, Soriano-Arandes A, Steenhoff AP, Tebruegge M, Tovar MA, Tsogt B, van der Zalm MM, Welch H, Migliori GB. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2023 Aug 1;27(8):584-598.

Corrigendum: Determinants of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and access among people experiencing homelessness in Germany: a qualitative interview study. Grune J, Savelsberg D, Kobus M, Lindner AK, Herrmann WJ, Schuster A.Front Public Health. 2023 Jul 21;11:1245524.

Plasmodium vivax Malaria in Duffy-Positive Patients in Rwanda. van Loon W, Oliveira R, Bergmann C, Habarugira F, Tacoli C, Jäger J, Savelsberg D, Mbarushimana D, Ndoli JM, Sendegeya A, Bayingana C, Mockenhaupt FP. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Aug 7;109(3):621-623. 

Mapping the timeliness of routine childhood vaccination in The Gambia: A spatial modelling study. Wariri O, Utazi CE, Okomo U, Metcalf CJE, Sogur M, Fofana S, Murray KA, Grundy C, Kampmann B. Vaccine. 2023 Aug 8:S0264-410X(23)00928-3. 

Timeliness of routine childhood vaccination among 12-35 months old children in The Gambia: Analysis of national immunisation survey data, 2019-2020. Wariri O, Utazi CE, Okomo U, Sogur M, Murray KA, Grundy C, Fofanna S, Kampmann B. PLoS One. 2023 Jul 21;18(7):e0288741.

Subgroups of adult-onset diabetes: a data-driven cluster analysis in a Ghanaian population. Danquah I, Mank I, Hampe CS, Meeks KAC, Agyemang C, Owusu-Dabo E, Smeeth L, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Bahendeka S, Spranger J, Mockenhaupt FP, Schulze MB, Rolandsson O. Sci Rep. 2023 Jul 4;13(1):10756.

Prevalence of and risk factors for microscopic and submicroscopic malaria infections in pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. van Eijk AM, Stepniewska K, Hill J, Taylor SM, Rogerson SJ, Cottrell G, Chico RM, Gutman JR, Tinto H, Unger HW, Yanow SK, Meshnick SR, Ter Kuile FO, Mayor A; Subpatent Malaria in Pregnancy Group. Lancet Glob Health. 2023 Jul;11(7):e1061-e1074.

A COVID-19 isolation facility for people experiencing homelessness in Berlin, Germany: a retrospective patient record study. Hörig M, Klaes SM, Krasovski-Nikiforovs S, van Loon W, Murajda L, Rodriguez RCO, Schade C, Specht A, Equihua Martinez G, Zimmermann R, Mockenhaupt FP, Seybold J, Lindner AK, Sarma N. Front Public Health. 2023 Jun 6;11:1147558.

Acquisition and carriage of genetically diverse multi-drug resistant gram-negative bacilli in hospitalised newborns in The Gambia. Bah SY, Kujabi MA, Darboe S, Kebbeh N, Kebbeh BFK, Kanteh A, Bojang R, Lawn JE, Kampmann B, Sesay AK, de Silva TI, Brotherton H. Commun Med (Lond). 2023 Jun 3;3(1):79.

Streptococcus pyogenes colonization in children aged 24-59 months in The Gambia: Impact of Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine and associated serological responses. Keeley AJ, Groves D, Armitage EP, Senghore E, Jagne YJ, Sallah HJ, Drammeh S, Angyal A, Hornsby H, de Crombrugghe G, Smeesters P, Rossi O, Carducci M, Peno C, Bogaert D, Kampmann B, Marks M, Shaw HA, Turner CE, de Silva TI; MRCG Strep A Study Group. J Infect Dis. 2023 May 29:jiad153. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiad153. 

Meningococcal ACWYX Conjugate Vaccine in 2-to-29-Year-Olds in Mali and Gambia. Haidara FC, Umesi A, Sow SO, Ochoge M, Diallo F, Imam A, Traore Y, Affleck L, Doumbia MF, Daffeh B, Kodio M, Wariri O, Traoré A, Jallow E, Kampmann B, Kapse D, Kulkarni PS, Mallya A, Goel S, Sharma P, Sarma AD, Avalaskar N, LaForce FM, Alderson MR, Naficy A, Lamola S, Tang Y, Martellet L, Hosken N, Simeonidis E, Welsch JA, Tapia MD, Clarke E. N Engl J Med. 2023 May 25;388(21):1942-1955.

COVID-19 impact on EuroTravNet infectious diseases sentinel surveillance in Europe. Grobusch MP, Weld L, Schnyder JL, Larsen CS, Lindner AK, Popescu CP, Huits R, Goorhuis A, Gautret P, Schlagenhauf P; for EuroTravNet. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2023 May 18;53:102583. 

Considerations for post-licensure group B streptococcus vaccine effectiveness studies. Skirrow H, Kajungu D, Le Doare K, Chantler T, Kampmann B. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2023 May 11. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.14845.

Perspectives of TB survivors and policymakers on post-TB disability. Nkereuwem O, Nkereuwem E, Owolabi O, Johm P, Egere U, Mortimer K, Kampmann B, Togun T. Public Health Action. 2023 Mar 21;13(1):17-22.

Bivalent Prefusion F Vaccine in Pregnancy to Prevent RSV Illness in Infants. Kampmann B, Madhi SA, Munjal I, Simões EAF, Pahud BA, Llapur C, Baker J, Pérez Marc G, Radley D, Shittu E, Glanternik J, Snaggs H, Baber J, Zachariah P, Barnabas SL, Fausett M, Adam T, Perreras N, Van Houten MA, Kantele A, Huang LM, Bont LJ, Otsuki T, Vargas SL, Gullam J, Tapiero B, Stein RT, Polack FP, Zar HJ, Staerke NB, Duron Padilla M, Richmond PC, Koury K, Schneider K, Kalinina EV, Cooper D, Jansen KU, Anderson AS, Swanson KA, Gruber WC, Gurtman A; MATISSE Study Group. N Engl J Med. 2023 Apr 20;388(16):1451-1464.

Safety of COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Ciapponi A, Berrueta M, P K Parker E, Bardach A, Mazzoni A, Anderson SA, Argento FJ, Ballivian J, Bok K, Comandé D, Goucher E, Kampmann B, Munoz FM, Rodriguez Cairoli F, Santa María V, Stergachis AS, Voss G, Xiong X, Zamora N, Zaraa S, Buekens PM. Vaccine. 2023 Mar 27:41(25):3688-700. 

Circulation of respiratory viruses during the COVID-19 pandemic in The Gambia. Jarju S, Senghore E, Brotherton H, Affleck L, Saidykhan A, Jallow S, Krubally E, Sinjanka E, Ndene MN, Bajo F, Sanyang MM, Saidy B, Bah A, Mohammed NI, Forrest K, Clarke E, Dalessandro U, Sesay AK, Usuf E, Cerami C, Roca A, Kampmann B, de Silva TI.Gates Open Res. 2023 Mar 27;6:148.

Timeliness of routine childhood vaccination in 103 low-and middle-income countries, 1978-2021: A scoping review to map measurement and methodological gaps. Wariri O, Okomo U, Kwarshak YK, Utazi CE, Murray K, Grundy C, Kampmann B. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2022 Jul 14;2(7):e0000325.

Safety, immunogenicity, and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines for pregnant persons: A protocol for systematic review and meta analysis. Ciapponi A, Berrueta M, Ballivian J, Bardach A, Mazzoni A, Anderson S, Argento FJ, Bok K, Comandé D, Goucher E, Kampmann B, Parker EPK, Rodriguez-Cairoli F, Santa Maria V, Stergachis A, Voss G, Xiong X, Zaraa S, Munoz FM, Karron RA, Gottlieb SL, Buekens PM. Medicine (Baltimore). 2023 Mar 3;102(9):e32954. 

Immunoglobulin, glucocorticoid, or combination therapy for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: a propensity-weighted cohort study. Channon-Wells S, Vito O, McArdle AJ, Seaby EG, Patel H, Shah P, Pazukhina E, Wilson C, Broderick C, D'Souza G, Keren I, Nijman RG, Tremoulet A, Munblit D, Ulloa-Gutierrez R, Carter MJ, Ramnarayan P, De T, Hoggart C, Whittaker E, Herberg JA, Kaforou M, Cunnington AJ, Blyuss O, Levin M; Best Available Treatment Study (BATS) consortium. Lancet Rheumatol. 2023 Apr;5(4):e184-e199.

Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 infections in The Gambia: an analysis of routinely collected surveillance data between March, 2020, and January, 2022. Kanteh A, Jallow HS, Manneh J, Sanyang B, Kujabi MA, Ndure SL, Jarju S, Sey AP, Damilare K D, Bah Y, Sambou S, Jarju G, Manjang B, Jagne A, Bittaye SO, Bittaye M, Forrest K, Tiruneh DA, Samateh AL, Jagne S, Hué S, Mohammed N, Amambua-Ngwa A, Kampmann B, D'Alessandro U, de Silva TI, Roca A, Sesay AK. Lancet Glob Health. 2023 Mar;11(3):e414-e424. 

Immunogenicity and safety of a 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine administered as a 2 + 1 schedule to healthy infants in The Gambia: a single-centre, double-blind, active-controlled, randomised, phase 3 trial. Adigweme I, Futa A, Saidy-Jah E, Edem B, Akpalu E, Dibbasey T, Sethna V, Dhere R, Kampmann B, Bengt C, Sirr J, Hosken N, Goldblatt D, Antony K, Alderson MR, Lamola S, Clarke E. Lancet Infect Dis. 2023 May;23(5):609-620.

A single birth dose of Hepatitis B vaccine induces polyfunctional CD4+ T helper cells. Strandmark J, Darboe A, Diray-Arce J, Ben-Othman R, Vignolo SM, Rao S, Smolen KK, Leroux-Roels G, Idoko OT, Sanchez-Schmitz G, Ozonoff A, Levy O, Kollmann TR, Marchant A, Kampmann B. Front Immunol. 2022 Nov 8;13:1043375. 

Maternal colonization and early-onset neonatal bacterial sepsis in the Gambia, West Africa: a genomic analysis of vertical transmission. Okomo UA, Darboe S, Bah SY, Ayorinde A, Jarju S, Sesay AK, Kebbeh N, Gai A, Dibbasey T, Grey-Johnson M, Le Doare K, Holt KE, Lawn JE, Kampmann B. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2023 Mar;29(3):386.e1-386.e9. 

Reduced lung function and health-related quality of life after treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis in Gambian children: a cross-sectional comparative study. Nkereuwem E, Agbla S, Sallahdeen A, Owolabi O, Sillah AK, Genekah M, Tunkara A, Kandeh S, Jawara M, Saidy L, Bush A, Togun T, Kampmann B. Thorax. 2023 Mar;78(3):281-287.

Determinants of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and access among people experiencing homelessness in Germany: A qualitative interview study. Grune J, Savelsberg D, Kobus M, Lindner AK, Herrmann WJ, Schuster A. Front Public Health. 2023 Mar 24;11:1148029.

A deep-learning algorithm to classify skin lesions from mpox virus infection. Thieme AH, Zheng Y, Machiraju G, Sadee C, Mittermaier M, Gertler M, Salinas JL, Srinivasan K, Gyawali P, Carrillo-Perez F, Capodici A, Uhlig M, Habenicht D, Löser A, Kohler M, Schuessler M, Kaul D, Gollrad J, Ma J, Lippert C, Billick K, Bogoch I, Hernandez-Boussard T, Geldsetzer P, Gevaert O. Nat Med. 2023;29(3):738-747.

Generalized anxiety disorder in Berlin school children after the third COVID-19 wave in Germany: a cohort study between June and September 2021. Theuring S, Kern M, Hommes F, Mall MA, Seybold J, Mockenhaupt FP, Glatz T, Kurth T. Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health. 2023 Jan 3;17(1):1.

Participatory development and implementation of inclusive digital health communication on COVID-19 with homeless people. Specht A, Sarma N, Linzbach T, Hellmund T, Hörig M, Wintel M, Equihua Martinez G, Seybold J, Lindner AK. Front Public Health. 2022 Nov 10;10:1042677.

The Feasibility of School Music Trips With Safe Cohorts During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Pudasaini S, Boldt KL, Hitzek J, Möckel L, Slagman A, Theuring S, Mockenhaupt F, Möckel M. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2022 Aug 8;119(31-32):542-543.

Infant BCG vaccination and risk of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis throughout the life course: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis. Martinez L, Cords O, Liu Q, Acuna-Villaorduna C, Bonnet M, Fox GJ, Carvalho ACC, Chan PC, Croda J, Hill PC, Lopez-Varela E, Donkor S, Fielding K, Graham SM, Espinal MA, Kampmann B, Reingold A, Huerga H, Villalba JA, Grandjean L, Sotgiu G, Egere U, Singh S, Zhu L, Lienhardt C, Denholm JT, Seddon JA, Whalen CC, García-Basteiro AL, Triasih R, Chen C, Singh J, Huang LM, Sharma S, Hannoun D, Del Corral H, Mandalakas AM, Malone LL, Ling DL, Kritski A, Stein CM, Vashishtha R, Boulahbal F, Fang CT, Boom WH, Netto EM, Lemos AC, Hesseling AC, Kay A, Jones-López EC, Horsburgh CR, Lange C, Andrews JR. Lancet Glob Health. 2022 Sep;10(9):e1307-e1316.

Skin Infections Due to Panton-Valentine Leukocidin–Producing S. Aureus. Leistner R, Hanitsch LG, Krüger R, Lindner AK, Stegemann MS, Nurjadi D. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2022;119:775-84.

A Multicenter Clinical Diagnostic Accuracy Study of SureStatus, an Affordable, WHO Emergency Use-Listed, Rapid, Point-Of-Care Antigen-Detecting Diagnostic Test for SARS-CoV-2. Krüger LJ, Lindner AK, Gaeddert M, Tobian F, Klein J, Steinke S, Lainati F, Schnitzler P, Nikolai O, Mockenhaupt FP, Seybold J, Corman VM, Jones TC, Pollock NR, Knorr B, Welker A, Weber S, Sethurarnan N, Swaminathan J, Solomon H, Padmanaban A, Thirunarayan M, L P, de Vos M, Ongarello S, Sacks JA, Escadafal C, Denkinger CM. Microbiol Spectr. 2022;10(5):e0122922.

Psychosocial Wellbeing of Schoolchildren during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Berlin, Germany, June 2020 to March 2021. Theuring S, van Loon W, Hommes F, Bethke N, Mall MA, Kurth T, Seybold J, Mockenhaupt FP. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022;19(16):10103.

A web-based app to provide personalized recommendations for COVID-19. Thieme AH, Gertler M, Mittermaier M, Gröschel MI, Chen JH, Piening B, Benzler J, Habenicht D, Budach V, Gevaert O. Nat Med. 2022;28(6):1105-1106.

Imported Panton-valentine leucocidin (PVL)-positive Staphylococcus aureus skin infections: patients' perspective on quality of life and quality of medical care. Lindner AK, Hommes F, Nikolai O, Martinez GE, Gürer B, Krüger R, Leistner R, Nurjadi D, Mockenhaupt FP, Zanger P. J Travel Med. 2022(29)4:taac047.

In Vitro Confirmation of Artemisinin Resistance in Plasmodium falciparum from Patient Isolates, Southern Rwanda, 2019. van Loon W, Oliveira R, Bergmann C, Habarugira F, Ndoli J, Sendegeya A, Bayingana C, Mockenhaupt FP. Emerg Infect Dis. 2022;28(4):852-855.

SARS-CoV-2 infection among educational staff in Berlin, Germany, June to December 2020. Kindzierski S, van Loon W, Theuring S, Hommes F, Thombansen E, Böttcher M, Matthes H, Rössig H, Weiger D, Wiesmann C, Kurth T, Kirchberger V, Seybold J, Mockenhaupt FP, Gertler M.Kindzierski S, et al. Among authors: mockenhaupt fp. Euro Surveill. 2022;27(11):2100524.

Fasting blood glucose in a Ghanaian adult is causally affected by malaria parasite load: a mechanistic case study using convergent cross mapping. Abidha CA, Amoako YA, Nyamekye RK, Bedu-Addo G, Grziwotz F, Mockenhaupt FP, Telschow A, Danquah I. Malar J. 2022;21(1):93.

Surveillance of leishmaniasis cases from 15 European centres, 2014 to 2019: a retrospective analysis. Van der Auwera G, Davidsson L, Buffet P, Ruf MT, Gramiccia M, Varani S, Chicharro C, Bart A, Harms G, Chiodini PL, Brekke H, Robert-Gangneux F, Cortes S, Verweij JJ, Scarabello A, Karlsson Söbirk S, Guéry R, van Henten S, Di Muccio T, Carra E, van Thiel P, Vandeputte M, Gaspari V, Blum J; LeishMan Surveillance network; LeishMan Surveillance Network members who contributed to this article (in addition to authors above). Euro Surveill. 2022;27(4):2002028.

A Retrospective Outbreak Investigation of a COVID-19 Case Cluster in a Berlin Kindergarten, November 2020. Ruf S, Hommes F, van Loon W, Seybold J, Kurth T, Mall MA, Mockenhaupt FP, Theuring S. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;19(1):36.

SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern B.1.1.7: Diagnostic Sensitivity of Three Antigen-Detecting Rapid Tests. Lindner AK, Krüger LJ, Nikolai O, Klein JAF, Rössig H, Schnitzler P, Corman VM, Jones TC, Tobian F, Gaeddert M, Burock S, Sacks JA, Seybold J, Mockenhaupt FP, Denkinger CM. Microbiol Spectr. 2022;10(1):e0076321.

Accuracy and ease-of-use of seven point-of-care SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detecting tests: A multi-centre clinical evaluation. Krüger LJ, Tanuri A, Lindner AK, Gaeddert M, Köppel L, Tobian F, Brümmer LE, Klein JAF, Lainati F, Schnitzler P, Nikolai O, Mockenhaupt FP, Seybold J, Corman VM, Jones TC, Drosten C, Gottschalk C, Weber SF, Weber S, Ferreira OC, Mariani D, Dos Santos Nascimento ER, Pereira Pinto Castineiras TM, Galliez RM, Faffe DS, Leitão IC, Dos Santos Rodrigues C, Frauches TS, Nocchi KJCV, Feitosa NM, Ribeiro SS, Pollock NR, Knorr B, Welker A, de Vos M, Sacks J, Ongarello S, Denkinger CM; Study Team. EBioMedicine. 2022;75:103774.

Monitoring for COVID-19 by universal testing in a homeless shelter in Germany: a prospective feasibility cohort study. Lindner AK, Sarma N, Rust LM, Hellmund T, Krasovski-Nikiforovs S, Wintel M, Klaes SM, Hoerig M, Monert S, Schwarzer R, Edelmann A, Equihua Martinez G, Mockenhaupt FP, Kurth T, Seybold J. BMC Infect Dis. 2021;21(1):1241.

The Magnitude and Directions of the Associations between Early Life Factors and Metabolic Syndrome Differ across Geographical Locations among Migrant and Non-Migrant Ghanaians-The RODAM Study. van der Heijden TGW, Chilunga FP, Meeks KAC, Addo J, Danquah I, Beune EJ, Bahendeka SK, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Mockenhaupt FP, Waltz MM, Agyemang C. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(22):11996.

The Effect of Socioeconomic Factors and Indoor Residual Spraying on Malaria in Mangaluru, India: A Case-Control Study. Siegert K, van Loon W, Gai PP, Rohmann JL, Piccininni M, Näher AF, Boloor A, Shenoy D, Mahabala C, Kulkarni SS, Kumar A, Wedam J, Gai P, Devi R, Jain A, Kurth T, Mockenhaupt FP. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(22):11853.

Accuracy of a Novel SARS-CoV-2 Antigen-Detecting Rapid Diagnostic Test from Standardized Self-Collected Anterior Nasal Swabs. Osmanodja B, Budde K, Zickler D, Naik MG, Hofmann J, Gertler M, Hülso C, Rössig H, Horn P, Seybold J, Lunow S, Bothmann M, Barrera-Pesek A, Mayrdorfer M. J Clin Med. 2021;10(10):2099.

Evaluation of accuracy, exclusivity, limit-of-detection and ease-of-use of LumiraDx™: An antigen-detecting point-of-care device for SARS-CoV-2. Krüger LJ, Klein JAF, Tobian F, Gaeddert M, Lainati F, Klemm S, Schnitzler P, Bartenschlager R, Cerikan B, Neufeldt CJ, Nikolai O, Lindner AK, Mockenhaupt FP, Seybold J, Jones TC, Corman VM, Pollock NR, Knorr B, Welker A, de Vos M, Sacks JA, Denkinger CM; ACE-IT Study Group. Infection. 2022;50(2):395-406.

Sexual Risk Behavior in HIV-Uninfected Pregnant Women in Western Uganda. Theuring S, Rubagumya K, Schumann H, Harms G, Rubaihayo J, Wanyenze R. Arch Sex Behav. 2021; 50(7):3277-3286.

Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Infections Among Students, Teachers, and Household Members During Lockdown and Split Classes in Berlin, Germany. van Loon W, Theuring S, Hommes F, Mall MA, Seybold J, Kurth T, Mockenhaupt FP. JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4(9):e2127168.

Carbohydrate-dense snacks are a key feature of the nutrition transition among Ghanaian adults - findings from the RODAM study. Assmus F, Galbete C, Knueppel S, Schulze MB, Beune E, Meeks K, Nicolaou M, Amoah S, Agyemang C, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Bahendeka S, Spranger J, Mockenhaupt FP, Smeeth L, Stronks K, Danquah I. Food Nutr Res. 2021 May 6;65.

SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission in school settings during the second COVID-19 wave: a cross-sectional study, Berlin, Germany, November 2020. Theuring S, Thielecke M, van Loon W, Hommes F, Hülso C, von der Haar A, Körner J, Schmidt M, Böhringer F, Mall MA, Rosen A, von Kalle C, Kirchberger V, Kurth T, Seybold J, Mockenhaupt FP; BECOSS Study Group. Euro Surveill. 2021 Aug;26(34). doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.

Anterior nasal versus nasal mid-turbinate sampling for a SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detecting rapid test: does localisation or professional collection matter? Nikolai O, Rohardt C, Tobian F, Junge A, Corman VM, Jones TC, Gaeddert M, Lainati F, Sacks JA, Seybold J, Mockenhaupt FP, Denkinger CM, Lindner AK. Infect Dis (Lond). 2021; 53(12): 947-952.

Prospective cohort study using ultrasonography of Schistosoma haematobium infected migrants. Tamarozzi Ursini F, Ronzoni N, Badona Monteiro G, Gobbi FG, Angheben A, Richter J, Buonfrate D, Bisoffi Z. J Travel Med. 2021; 28(6): taab122.

Repercussions of the COVID-19 Response in Pregnant Women in Western Uganda: Knowledge, Behavior, and Emotional State after the First Lockdown in 2020. Theuring S, Kengonzi A, Hafermann L, Herrmann C, Kabwama SN, Rubaihayo J. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jul 23;18(15):7817.

Self-collected oral, nasal and saliva samples yield sensitivity comparable to professional-collected oro-nasopharyngeal swabs in SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis among symptomatic outpatients. Gertler M, Krause E, van Loon W, Krug N, Kausch F, Rohardt C, Rössig H, Michel J, Nitsche A, Mall MA, Nikolai O, Hommes F, Burock S, Lindner AK, Mockenhaupt FP, Pison U, Seybold J. Int J Infect Dis. 2021; 110:261-266.

Changing pattern of Plasmodium falciparum multi-drug resistance-1 gene polymorphisms in southern Rwanda. van Loon W, Bergmann C, Habarugira F, Tacoli C, Savelsberg D, Oliveira R, Mbarushimana D, Ndoli J, Sendegeya A, Bayingana C, Mockenhaupt FP. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2021; 65(9):e0090121. 

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis imported into low-incidence countries-a GeoSentinel analysis, 2008-2020. Eimer J, Patimeteeporn C, Jensenius M, Gkrania-Klotsas E, Duvignaud A, Barnett ED, Hochberg NS, Chen LJ, Trigo-Esteban E, Gertler M, Greenaway C, Grobusch MP, Angelo KM, Hamer DH, Caumes E, Asgeirsson H. J Travel Med. 2021; 28(6):taab069. 

Head-to-head performance comparison of self-collected nasal versus professional-collected nasopharyngeal swab for a WHO-listed SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detecting rapid diagnostic test. Klein JAF, Krüger LJ, Tobian F, Gaeddert M, Lainati F, Schnitzler P, Lindner AK, Nikolai O, Knorr B, Welker A, de Vos M, Sacks JA, Escadafal C, Denkinger CM; Study Team. Med Microbiol Immunol. 2021; 210(4): 181-186.

Risk factors for preeclampsia and eclampsia at a main referral maternity hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone: a case-control study. Stitterich N, Shepherd J, Koroma MM, Theuring S. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2021 Jun 2;21(1):413.

Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 Lineage at Outpatient Testing Site, Berlin, Germany, January-March 2021. van Loon W, Rössig H, Burock S, Hofmann J, Bernhard J, Linzbach E, Pettenkofer D, Schönfeld C, Gertler M, Seybold J, Kurth T, Mockenhaupt FP. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021; 27(7):1931-1934.

Diagnostic accuracy and feasibility of patient self-testing with a SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detecting rapid test. Lindner AK, Nikolai O, Rohardt C, Kausch F, Wintel M, Gertler M, Burock S, Hörig M, Bernhard J, Tobian F, Gaeddert M, Lainati F, Corman VM, Jones TC, Sacks JA, Seybold J, Denkinger CM, Mockenhaupt FP. J Clin Virol. 2021 May 29;141:104874.

Genome-wide DNA methylation analysis on C-reactive protein among Ghanaians suggests molecular links to the emerging risk of cardiovascular diseases. Chilunga FP, Henneman P, Venema A, Meeks KAC, Requena-Méndez A, Beune E, Mockenhaupt FP, Smeeth L, Bahendeka S, Danquah I, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Adeyemo A, Mannens MMAM, Agyemang C. NPJ Genom Med. 2021 Jun 11;6(1):46.

Circulation of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli of Pandemic Sequence Types 131, 648, and 410 Among Hospitalized Patients, Caregivers, and the Community in Rwanda. Eger E, Heiden SE, Korolew K, Bayingana C, Ndoli JM, Sendegeya A, Gahutu JB, Kurz MSE, Mockenhaupt FP, Müller J, Simm S, Schaufler K. Front Microbiol. 2021 May 14;12:662575.

The Abbott PanBio WHO emergency use listed, rapid, antigen-detecting point-of-care diagnostic test for SARS-CoV-2-Evaluation of the accuracy and ease-of-use. Krüger LJ, Gaeddert M, Tobian F, Lainati F, Gottschalk C, Klein JAF, Schnitzler P, Kräusslich HG, Nikolai O, Lindner AK, Mockenhaupt FP, Seybold J, Corman VM, Drosten C, Pollock NR, Knorr B, Welker A, de Vos M, Sacks JA, Denkinger CM; study team. PLoS One. 2021 May 27;16(5):e0247918.

SARS-CoV-2 infections in kindergartens and associated households at the start of the second wave in Berlin, Germany - a cross sectional study. Thielecke M, Theuring S, van Loon W, Hommes F, Mall MA, Rosen A, Böhringer F, von Kalle C, Kirchberger V, Kurth T, Seybold J, Mockenhaupt FP; BECOSS study group. Eur J Public Health. 2021;31(5):1105-1107.

The words we choose matter: recognising the importance of language in decolonising global health. Hommes F, Brazal Monzó H, Abbas Ferrand R, Harris M, Hirsch LA, Koum Besson E, Manton J, Togun T, Basu Roy R. Lancet Glob Health. 2021 Jul;9(7):e897-e898. 

Diagnosis and clinical management of hepatosplenic schistosomiasis: A scoping review of the literature. Tamarozzi F, Fittipaldo VA, Orth HM, Richter J, Buonfrate D, Riccardi N, Gobbi FG. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 Mar 25;15(3):e0009191.  

Suitability of current typing procedures to identify epidemiologically linked human Giardia duodenalis isolates. Woschke A, Faber M, Stark K, Holtfreter M, Mockenhaupt F, Richter J, Regnath T, Sobottka I, Reiter-Owona I, Diefenbach A, Gosten-Heinrich P, Friesen J, Ignatius R, Aebischer T, Klotz C. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 Mar 25;15(3):e0009277.

Treatment of a giant hepatic echinococcal cyst with percutaneous drainage and in vivo assessment of the protoscolicidal effect of praziquantel. Richter J, Lindner AK, Geisel D, Torsello GF, Martinez GE, Isner C, Schürmann D, Pfäfflin F, Orhun A, Manciulli T, Brunetti E. Clin J Gastroenterol. 2021 Apr 13. Clin J Gastroenterol. 2021 Apr 13. Clin J Gastroenterol. 2021 Jun;14(3):888-892.

Renewed Absence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infections in the Day Care Context in Berlin, January 2021. van Loon W, Hommes F, Theuring S, von der Haar A, Körner J, Schmidt M, von Kalle C, Mall MA, Seybold J, Kurth T, Mockenhaupt FP. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Nov 16;73(10):1944-1945.

SARS-CoV-2 Infection, Risk Perception, Behaviour and Preventive Measures at Schools in Berlin, Germany, during the Early Post-Lockdown Phase: A Cross-Sectional Study. Hommes F, van Loon W, Thielecke M, Abramovich I, Lieber S, Hammerich R, Gehrke-Beck S, Linzbach E, Schuster A, von dem Busche K, Theuring S, Gertler M, Martinez GE, Richter J, Bergmann C, Bölke A, Böhringer F, Mall MA, Rosen A, Krannich A, Keller J, Bethke N, Kurzmann M, Kurth T, Kirchberger V, Seybold J, Mockenhaupt FP, Study Group B. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Mar 8;18(5):2739.

Evaluation of a duplex real-time PCR in human serum for simultaneous detection and differentiation of Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma haematobium infections - cross-sectional study. Frickmann H, Lunardon LM, Hahn A, Loderstädt U, Lindner AK, Becker SL, Mockenhaupt FP, Weber C, Tannich E. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2021 Mar 26;41:102035. 

Head-to-head comparison of SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detecting rapid test with professional-collected nasal versus nasopharyngeal swab. Lindner AK, Nikolai O, Rohardt C, Burock S, Hülso C, Bölke A, Gertler M, Krüger LJ, Gaeddert M, Tobian F, Lainati F, Seybold J, Jones TC, Hofmann J, Sacks JA, Mockenhaupt FP, Denkinger CM. Eur Respir J. 2021 Feb 11:2004430.

Can we be sure that the human Plasmodium exoerythrocytic developmental stages occur exclusively in the liver? Franken G, Richter J, Labisch A. Parasitol Res. 2020 Feb;119(2):667-673.  

Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 infections at a testing site in Berlin, Germany, March and April 2020-a cross-sectional study. Maechler F, Gertler M, Hermes J, van Loon W, Schwab F, Piening B, Rojansky S, Hommes F, Kausch F, Lindner AK, Burock S, Rössig H, Hartmann C, Kirchberger V, Thieme A, Behnke M, Gastmeier P, Mockenhaupt FP, Seybold J. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2020 Dec;26(12):1685.e7-1685.e12.

Representation of Social Determinants of Health in German Medical Education]. Hommes F, Drees S, Geffert K, von Philipsborn P, Stratil J. Gesundheitswesen. 2020 Mar;82(3):246-249.

The incidence of HIV and associated risk factors among pregnant women in Kabarole District, Uganda. Schumann H,  Rubagumya K, Rubaihayo J, Harms G, Wanyenze RK, Theuring S. PLoS One. 2020 Jun 5;15(6):e0234174.   

Feasibility of a Culturally Adapted Dietary Weight-Loss Intervention among Ghanaian Migrants in Berlin, Germany: The ADAPT Study. Amoah S, Ennin R, Sagoe K, Steinbrecher A, Pischon T, Mockenhaupt FP, Danquah I. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jan 9;18(2):E510.

Increase in Kelch 13 Polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum, Southern Rwanda . Bergmann C, van Loon W, Habarugira F, Tacoli C, Jäger JC, Savelsberg D, Nshimiyimana F, Rwamugema E, Mbarushimana D, Ndoli J, Sendegeya A, Bayingana C, Mockenhaupt FP. Emerg Infect Dis.2021 Jan;27(1):294-296.   

Cystic and alveolar echinococcosis of the hepatobiliary tract - the role of new imaging techniques for improved diagnosis. Dietrich CF, Douira-Khomsi W, Gharbi H, Sharma M, Cui XW, Sparchez Z, Richter J, Kabaalioğlu A, Atkinson NSS, Schreiber-Dietrich D, Yi D. Med Ultrason. 2020 Mar 1;22(1):75-84.

Cystic echinococcosis, review and illustration of non-hepatic manifestations. Dietrich CF, Douira-Khomsi W, Gharbi H, Sharma M, Cui XW, Sparchez Z, Richter J, Kabaalioğlu A, Atkinson NSs, Schreiber-Dietrich D, Dong Y. Med Ultrason. 2020 Sep 5;22(3):319-324.

Use of resuscitation promoting factors to screen for tuberculosis infection in household-exposed children in The Gambia. van Loon W, Gomez MP, Jobe D, Franken KL, Ottenhoff THM, Coninx M, Kestens L, Sutherland JS, Kampmann B, Tientcheu LD.BMC Infect Dis. 2020 Jul 2;20(1):469. 

How are social determinants of health represented in German medical education?: a qualitative content analysis of key-curricular documents. Hommes F, Drees S, Geffert K, von Philipsborn P, Stratil JM. BMJ Open. 2020 Jul 26;10(7):e036026. 

[Sustainable strengthening of Public Health in Germany through Attractive Career Paths - Core Requirements for a Public Health Strategy for Germany in the Area of Human Resources]. Hommes F, Alpers K, Reime B, Rexroth U. Gesundheitswesen. 2020 Apr;82(4):303-305.  

Head-to-head comparison of SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detecting rapid test with self-collected anterior nasal swab versus professional-collected nasopharyngeal swab. Lindner AK, Nikolai O, Kausch F, Wintel M, Hommes F, Gertler M, Krüger LJ, Gaeddert M, Tobian F, Lainati F, Köppel L, Seybold J, Corman VM, Drosten C, Hofmann J, Sacks JA, Mockenhaupt FP, Denkinger CM. Eur Respir J. 2020 Dec 10:2003961. doi: 10.1183/13993003.03961-2020.

Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of International Travelers with Enteric Fever and Antibiotic Resistance Profiles of Their Isolates: a GeoSentinel Analysis. Hagmann SHF, Angelo KM, Huits R, Plewes K, Eperon G, Grobusch MP, McCarthy A, Libman M, Caumes E, Leung DT, Asgeirsson H, Jensenius M, Schwartz E, Sánchez-Montalvá A, Kelly P, Pandey P, Leder K, Bourque DL, Yoshimura Y, Mockenhaupt FP, van Genderen PJJ, Odolini S, Schlagenhauf P, Connor BA, Hamer DH. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2020 Oct 20;64(11):e01084-20.

Geographic location determines beta-cell autoimmunity among adult Ghanaians: Findings from the RODAM study. Hampe CS, Sahabandu D, Kaiser V, Telieps T, Liam Smeeth L, Agyemang C, Spranger J, Schulze MB, Mockenhaupt FP, Danquah I, Rolandsson O. Immun Inflamm Dis. 2020 Sep;8(3):299-309. 

Zika among international travellers presenting to GeoSentinel sites, 2012-2019: implications for clinical practice. Angelo KM, Stoney RJ, Brun-Cottan G, Leder K, Grobusch MP, Hochberg N, Kuhn S, Bottieau E, Schlagenhauf P, Chen L, Hynes NA, Perret Perez P, Mockenhaupt FP, Crespillo-Andújar IM, Malvy D, Caumes E, Plourde P, Shaw M, McCarthy AE, Piper-Jenks N, Connor BA, Hamer DH, Wilder-Smith A. J Travel Med. 2020 Jul 14;27(4):taaa061.

MiRNA-146a Polymorphism Was Not Associated with Malaria in Southern India. van Loon W, Gai PP, Kulkarni SS, Rasalka R, Siegert K, Wedam J, Boloor A, Baliga S, Kumar A, Jain A, Chakrapani Mahabala C, Shenoy D, Devi R, Gai P, Frank P Mockenhaupt FP. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 May;102(5):1072-1074.

Flies from a tertiary hospital in Rwanda carry multidrug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens including extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing E. coli sequence type 131. Heiden SE, Kurz MS, Bohnert J, Claude Bayingana C, Ndoli JM, Sendegeya A, Gahutu JB, Eger E, Mockenhaupt FP, Schaufler K. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2020 Feb 17;9(1):34.

Describing nearly two decades of Chagas disease in Germany and the lessons learned: a retrospective study on screening, detection, diagnosis, and treatment of Trypanosoma cruzi infection from 2000 - 2018. Guggenbühl Noller JM, Froeschl G, Eisermann P, Jochum J, Theuring S, Reiter-Owona I, Lennart Bissinger A, Hoelscher M, Bakuli A, Falkner von Sonnenburg FJ, Rothe C, Bretzel G,  Albajar-Viñas P, Grout L, Pritsch M. BMC Infect Dis. 2020 Dec 3;20(1):919.

SNP rs6564851 in the BCO1 Gene Is Associated with Varying Provitamin a Plasma Concentrations but Not with Retinol Concentrations among Adolescents from Rural Ghana. Graßmann S, Pivovarova-Ramich O, Henze A, Raila J, Amoako YA, Nyamekye RK, Bedu-Addo G, Mockenhaupt FP, Schulze MB, Danquah I. Nutrients. 2020 Jun 16;12(6):1786. 

Studying the pathophysiology of coronavirus disease 2019: a protocol for the Berlin prospective COVID-19 patient cohort (Pa-COVID-19). Kurth F, Roennefarth M, Thibeault C, Corman VM, Müller-Redetzky H, Mittermaier M, Ruwwe-Glösenkamp C, Heim KM, Krannich A, Zvorc S, Schmidt S, Kretzler L, Dang-Heine C, Rose M, Hummel M, Hocke A, Hübner RH, Opitz B, Mall MA, Röhmel J, Landmesser U, Pieske B, Knauss S, Endres S, Spranger J, Mockenhaupt FP, Tacke F, Treskatsch S, Angermair S, Siegmund B, Spies C, Weber-Carstens S, Eckardt KU, Schürmann D, Uhrig A, Stegemann MS, Zoller T, Drosten C, Suttorp N, Witzenrath M, Hippenstiel S, von Kalle C, Sander LE. Infection. 2020 Aug;48(4):619-626. 

Inverse Association between Iron Deficiency and Glycated Hemoglobin Levels in Ghanaian Adults-the RODAM Study. Lyons J, van der Linden EL, Meeks K, Beune E, Smeeth L, Silver Bahendeka 5 , Spranger J, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Mockenhaupt FP, Danquah I,  Agyemang C. J Nutr. 2020 Jul 1;150(7):1899-1908.

Cutaneous leishmaniasis in refugees from Syria: complex cases in Berlin 2015-2020. Lindner AK, Richter J, Gertler M, Nikolaus M, Equihua Martinez G, Müller K, Gundel Harms G. J Travel Med. 2020 Nov 9;27(7):taaa161. 

[Public Health in Germany From The Perspective of Young Professionals]. Akçay M, Drees S, Geffert K, Havemann M, Hommes F, Jaehn P, Krisam M, Mohsenpour A, Sell K, Stratil J, von Philipsborn P. Gesundheitswesen. 2019 Mar;81(3):176-181.

Safety and efficacy of artesunate-amodiaquine combined with either methylene blue or primaquine in children with falciparum malaria in Burkina Faso: A randomized controlled trial. Mendes Jorge M, Ouermi L, Meissner P, Compaoré G, Coulibaly B, Nebie E, Krisam J, Klose C, Kieser M, Jahn A, Lu G, D Alessandro U, Sié A, Mockenhaupt FP, Müller O. PLoS One. 2019 Oct 10;14(10): e0222993.

Can we be sure that the human Plasmodium exoerythrocytic developmental stages occur exclusively in the liver? Franken G, Richter J, Labisch A. Parasitol Res. 2020 Feb;119(2):667-673.

Bipedal Steps in the Development of Rhythmic Behavior in Humans. Larsson M, Richter J, Ravignani A. Music & Science 2019.

Correction to: The diagnosis and treatment of urogenital schistosomiasis in Italy in a retrospective cohort of immigrants from Sub-Saharan Africa. Tilli M, Gobbi F, Rinaldi F, Testa J, Caligaris S, Magro P, Buonfrate D, Degani M, Minervini A, Carini M, Tuccio A, Sforza S, Gulletta M, Castelli F, Agostini S, Parretti F, Richter J, Olliaro P, Bisoffi Z, Bartoloni A, Zammarchi L. Infection. 2019 Jun;47(3):461-462.

The diagnosis and treatment of urogenital schistosomiasis in Italy in a retrospective cohort of immigrants from Sub-Saharan Africa. Tilli M, Gobbi F, Rinaldi F, Testa J, Caligaris S, Magro P, Buonfrate D, Degani M, Minervini A, Carini M, Tuccio A, Sforza S, Gulletta M, Castelli F, Agostini S, Parretti F, Richter J, Olliaro P, Bisoffi Z, Bartoloni A, Zammarchi L. Infection. 2019 Jun;47(3):447-459.

Cystic Echinococcosis of the Bone: A European Multicenter Study. Cattaneo L, Manciulli T, Cretu CM, Giordani MT, Angheben A, Bartoloni A, Zammarchi L, Bartalesi F, Richter J, Chiodini P, Godbole G, Junghanss T, Stojkovic M, Sammarchi L, Dore R, Vercelli A, Benazzo F, Cuzzocrea F, Tamarozzi F, Brunetti E. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019 Mar;100(3):617-621.

Imaging of toxocariasis. Dietrich CF, Cretu CM, Atkinson NSS, Lee WJ, Richter J, Cui XW, Sparchez Z, Dong Y. Z Gastroenterol. 2019 Mar;57(3):327-334.                   

Cystic echinococcosis in unaccompanied minor refugees from Afghanistan and the Middle East to Germany, July 2016 through June 2017. Richter 1, Esmann L, Lindner AK, Trebesch I, Equihua-Martinez G, Niebank M, Georgi S, Schürmann D, Pfäfflin F, Pasić M, Gertler M. Eur J Epidemiol. 2019 Jun;34(6):611-612.

Safety and efficacy of artesunate-amodiaquine combined with either methylene blue or primaquine in children with falciparum malaria in Burkina Faso: A randomized controlled trial. Mendes Jorge M, Ouermi L, Meissner P, Compaoré G, Coulibaly B, Nebie E, Krisam J, Klose C, Kieser M, Jahn A, Lu G, D Alessandro U, Sié A, Mockenhaupt FP, Müller O. PLoS One. 2019 Oct 10;14(10): e0222993

Early-life exposures and cardiovascular disease risk among Ghanaian migrant and home populations: the RODAM study. oateng D, Danquah I, Said-Mohamed R, Smeeth L, Nicolaou M, Meeks K, Beune E, Addo J, Bahendeka S, Agyei-Baffour P, Mockenhaupt FP, Spranger J, Schulze MB, Grobbee DE, Agyemang C, Klipstein-Grobusch K. J Dev Orig Health Dis. 2019 Sep 26:1-14.

Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines gene polymorphisms and malaria in Mangaluru, India. Gai PP, van Loon W, Siegert K, Wedam J, Kulkarni SS, Rasalkar R, Boloor A, Kumar A, Jain A, Mahabala C, Baliga S, Devi R, Shenoy D, Gai P, Mockenhaupt FP. Malar J. 2019 Sep 24;18(1):328.

Early-life factors are associated with waist circumference and type 2 diabetes among Ghanaian adults: The RODAM Study. Danquah I, Addo J, Boateng D, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Meeks K, Galbete C, Beune E, Bahendeka S, Spranger J, Mockenhaupt FP, Stronks K, Agyemang C, Schulze MB, Smeeth L. Sci Rep. 2019 Jul 26;9(1):10848.

How worthwhile is methylene blue as a treatment of malaria? Müller O, Lu G, Jahn A, Mockenhaupt FP.Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2019 Jul;17(7):471-473.

The prevalence of metabolic syndrome among Ghanaian migrants and their homeland counterparts: the Research on Obesity and type 2 Diabetes among African Migrants (RODAM) study. van der Linden EL, Meeks K, Beune E, de-Graft Aikins A, Addo J, Owusu-Dabo E, Mockenhaupt FP, Bahendeka S, Danquah I, Schulze MB, Spranger J, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Tetteh Appiah L, Smeeth L, Stronks K, Agyemang C. Eur J Public Health. 2019 Oct 1;29(5):906-913.

Characterization of Plasmodium vivax pvmdr1 Polymorphisms in Isolates from Mangaluru, India. Tacoli C, Gai PP, Siegert K, Wedam J, Kulkarni SS, Rasalkar R, Boloor A, Jain A, Mahabala C, Baliga S, Shenoy S, Gai P, Devi R, Mockenhaupt FP. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019 Aug;101(2):416-417.

Cross-sectional study of association between socioeconomic indicators and chronic kidney disease in rural-urban Ghana: the RODAM study. Adjei DN, Stronks K, Adu D, Beune E, Meeks K, Smeeth L, Addo J, Owusu-Dabo E, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Mockenhaupt FP, Danquah I, Spranger J, Bahendeka S, De-Graft Aikins A, Agyemang C. BMJ Open. 2019 May 24;9(5):e022610.

Improving management of tuberculosis in people living with HIV in South Africa through integration of HIV and tuberculosis services: a proof of concept study. Sinai I, Cleghorn F, Kinkel HF. BMC Health Serv Res. 2018 Sep 14;18(1):711. 

New WHO guidelines for treatment of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis including fexinidazole: substantial changes for clinical practice. Lindner AK, Lejon V, Chappuis F, Seixas J, Kazumba L, Barrett MP, Mwamba E, Erphas O, Akl EA, Villanueva G, Bergman H, Simarro P, Kadima Ebeja A, Priotto G, Franco JR. Lancet Infect Dis. 2019 Dec 23. pii: S1473-3099(19)30612-7.

Differential associations between psychosocial stress and obesity among Ghanaians in Europe and in Ghana: findings from the RODAM study. Baratin C, Beune E, van Schalkwijk D, Meeks K, Smeeth L, Addo J, de-Graft Aikins A, Owusu-Dabo E, Bahendeka S, Mockenhaupt FP, Danquah I, Schulze MB, Spranger J, Boateng D, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Stronks K, Agyemang C.Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2020 Jan;55(1):45-56.     

Dyslipidaemia among Ghanaian migrants in three European countries and their compatriots in rural and urban Ghana: The RODAM study. van der Linden E, Meeks K, Beune E, de-Graft Aikins A, Addo J, Owusu-Dabo E, Mockenhaupt FP, Bahendeka S, Danquah I, Schulze MB, Spranger J, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Appiah LT, Smeeth L, Agyemang C.Atherosclerosis. 2019 May;284:83-91.

Knowledge and perceptions of type 2 diabetes among Ghanaian migrants in three European countries and Ghanaians in rural and urban Ghana: The RODAM qualitative study. de-Graft Aikins A, Dodoo F, Awuah RB, Owusu-Dabo E, Addo J, Nicolaou M, Beune E, Mockenhaupt FP, Danquah I, Bahendeka S, Meeks K, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Afrifa-Anane E, Smeeth L, Stronks K, Agyemang C.PLoS One. 2019 Apr 2;14(4):e0214501.

Dietary Patterns Are Associated with Predicted 10-Year Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Among Ghanaian Populations: the Research on Obesity and Diabetes in African Migrants (RODAM) Study. Boateng D, Galbete C, Nicolaou M, Meeks K, Beune E, Smeeth L, Osei-Kwasi HA, Bahendeka S, Agyei-Baffour P, Mockenhaupt FP, Spranger J, Grobbee DE, Schulze MB, Stronks K, Agyemang C, Danquah I, Klipstein-Grobusch K.J Nutr. 2019 May 1;149(5):755-769.

Cross-sectional study of association between socioeconomic indicators and chronic kidney disease in rural-urban Ghana: the RODAM study. Adjei DN, Stronks K, Adu D, Beune E, Meeks K, Smeeth L, Addo J, Owusu-Dabo E, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Mockenhaupt FP, Danquah I, Spranger J, Bahendeka S, De-Graft Aikins A, Agyemang C.BMJ Open. 2019 May 24;9(5):e022610.

Chronic oral ulceration and lip swelling after a long term stay in Guatemala: A diagnostic challenge. Lindner AK, Rickerts V, Kurth F, Wilmes D, Richter J. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2018 May - Jun;23:103-104.

Comment on "The optimal timing of post-treatment sampling for the assessment of anthelminthic drug efficacy against Ascaris infections in humans". Krücken J, Fraundorfer K, Mugisha JC, Ramünke S, Sifft KC, Geus D, Habarugira F, Ndoli J, Sendegeya A, Mukampunga C, Aebischer T, McKay-Demeler J, Gahutu JB, Mockenhaupt FP, von Samson-Himmelstjerna G. Int J Parasitol Drugs Drug Resist. 2018 May 18;8(2):329-330.

Dietary patterns and type 2 diabetes among Ghanaian migrants in Europe and their compatriots in Ghana: the RODAM study. Galbete C, Nicolaou M, Meeks K, Klipstein-Grobusch K, de-Graft Aikins A, Addo J, Amoah SK, Smeeth L, Owusu-Dabo E, Spranger J, Agyemang C, Mockenhaupt FP, Beune E, Stronks K, Schulze MB, Danquah I. Nutr Diabetes. 2018 Apr 25;8(1):25.

Efficacy and safety of methylene blue in the treatment of malaria: a systematic Review. Lu G1, Nagbanshi M, Goldau N, Mendes Jorge M, Meissner P, Jahn A, Mockenhaupt FP, Müller O. BMC Med. 2018 Apr 25;16(1):59.

Ideal cardiovascular health among Ghanaian populations in three European countries and rural and urban Ghana: the RODAM study. van Nieuwenhuizen B, Zafarmand MH, Beune E, Meeks K, Aikins AD, Addo J, Owusu-Dabo E, Mockenhaupt FP, Bahendeka S, Schulze MB, Danquah I, Spranger J, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Appiah LT, Smeeth L, Stronks K, Agyemang C. Intern Emerg Med. 2018 Sep;13(6):845-856.

Erythrocytic ferroportin reduces intracellular iron accumulation, hemolysis, and malaria risk. Zhang DL, Wu J, Shah BN, Greutélaers KC, Ghosh MC, Ollivierre H, Su XZ, Thuma PE, Bedu-Addo G, Mockenhaupt FP, Gordeuk VR, Rouault TA.Science. 2018 Mar 30;359(6383):1520-1523.

Cardiovascular disease risk prediction in sub-Saharan African populations - Comparative analysis of risk algorithms in the RODAM study. Boateng D, Agyemang C, Beune E, Meeks K, Smeeth L, Schulze MB, Addo J, de-Graft Aikins A, Galbete C, Bahendeka S, Danquah I, Agyei-Baffour P, Owusu-Dabo E, Mockenhaupt FP, Spranger J, Kengne AP, Grobbee DE, Klipstein-Grobusch K. Int J Cardiol. 2018 Mar 1;254:310-315.

Chronic kidney disease burden among African migrants in three European countries and in urban and rural Ghana: the RODAM cross-sectional study. Adjei DN, Stronks K, Adu D, Beune E, Meeks K, Smeeth L, Addo J, Owuso-Dabo E, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Mockenhaupt FP, Schulze MB, Danquah I, Spranger J, Bahendeka S, de-Graft Aikins A, Agyemang C. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2018 Oct 1;33(10):1812-1822.    

The common HAQ STING variant impairs cGAS-dependent antibacterial responses and is associated with susceptibility to Legionnaires' disease in humans. Ruiz-Moreno JS, Hamann L, Shah JA, Verbon A, Mockenhaupt FP, Puzianowska-Kuznicka M, Naujoks J, Sander LE, Witzenrath M, Cambier JC, Suttorp N, Schumann RR, Jin L, Hawn TR, Opitz B; CAPNETZ Study Group. PLoS Pathog. 2018 Jan 3;14(1):e1006829.     

Highly sensitive and specific detection of Giardia duodenalis, Entamoeba histolytica, and Cryptosporidium spp. in human stool samples by the BD MAX™ Enteric Parasite Panel. Parčina M, Reiter-Owona I, Mockenhaupt FP, Vojvoda V, Gahutu JB, Hoerauf A, Ignatius R. Parasitol Res. 2018 Feb;117(2):447-451.                   

Type 2 diabetes mellitus management among Ghanaian migrants resident in three European countries and their compatriots in rural and urban Ghana - The RODAM study. Bijlholt M, Meeks KAC, Beune E, Addo J, Smeeth L, Schulze MB, Danquah I, Galbete C, de-Graft Aikins A, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Owusu-Dabo E, Spranger J, Mockenhaupt FP, Amoah SK, Bahendeka S, Stronks K, Agyemang C. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2018 Feb;136:32-38.    

Canine Leishmania infantum infection: an imported case in UK after staying in the Canary Islands. Dandrieux JRS, Sacchini F, Harms G, Globokar M, Balzer HJ, Pantchev N. Parasitol Res. 2017 Nov 21. doi: 10.1007/s00436-017-5681-x.

Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV: Postpartum adherence to Option B+ until 18 months in Western Uganda. Decker S, Rempis E, Schnack A, Braun V, Rubaihayo J, Busingye P, Tumwesigye NM, Harms G, Theuring S. PLoS One. 2017 Jun 29;12(6):e0179448.

Liposomal amphotericin B in travelers with cutaneous and muco-cutaneous leishmaniasis: Not a panacea. Guery R, Henry B, Martin-Blondel G, Rouzaud C, Cordoliani F, Harms G, Gangneux JP, Foulet F, Bourrat E, Baccard M, Morizot G, Consigny PH, Berry A, Blum J, Lortholary O, Buffet P; French Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Study group & the LeishMan Network. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Nov 20;11(11):e0006094.

Decreased emergence of HIV-1 drug resistance mutations in a cohort of Ugandan women initiating option B+ for PMTCT. Machnowska P, Hauser A, Meixenberger K, Altmann B, Bannert N, Rempis E, Schnack A, Decker S, Braun V, Busingye P, Rubaihayo J, Harms G, Theuring S. PLoS One. 2017 May 31;12(5):e0178297.

Association between socioeconomic position and the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Ghanaians in different geographic locations: the RODAM study. Addo J, Agyemang C, de-Graft Aikins A3, Beune E, Schulze MB, Danquah I, Galbete C, Nicolaou M, Meeks K, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Bahendaka S, Mockenhaupt FP, Owusu-Dabo E, Kunst A, Stronks K, Smeeth L. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2017 Mar 27. pii: jech-2016-208322.

Peripheral insulin resistance rather than beta cell dysfunction accounts for geographical differences in impaired fasting blood glucose among sub-Saharan African individuals: findings from the RODAM study. Meeks KA, Stronks K, Adeyemo A, Addo J, Bahendeka S, Beune E, Owusu-Dabo E, Danquah I, Galbete C, Henneman P, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Mockenhaupt FP, Osei K, Schulze MB, Spranger J, Smeeth L, Agyemang C. Diabetologia. 2017 May;60(5):854-864.

Intense pre-admission carriage and further acquisition of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae among patients and their caregivers in a tertiary hospital in Rwanda. Kurz MS, Bayingana C, Ndoli JM, Sendegeya A, Durst A, Pfüller R, Gahutu JB, Mockenhaupt FP. Trop Med Int Health. 2017 Feb;22(2):210-220.

Travel-Associated Zika Virus Disease Acquired in the Americas Through February 2016: A GeoSentinel Analysis. Hamer DH, Barbre KA, Chen LH, Grobusch MP, Schlagenhauf P, Goorhuis A, van Genderen PJ, Molina I, Asgeirsson H, Kozarsky PE, Caumes E, Hagmann SH, Mockenhaupt FP, Eperon G, Barnett ED, Bottieau E, Boggild AK, Gautret P, Hynes NA, Kuhn S, Lash RR, Leder K, Libman M, Malvy DJ, Perret C, Rothe C, Schwartz E, Wilder-Smith A, Cetron MS, Esposito DH; GeoSentinel Surveillance Network. Ann Intern Med. 2017 Jan 17;166(2):99-108.

Asymptomatic only at first sight: malaria infection among schoolchildren in highland Rwanda. Sifft KC, Geus D, Mukampunga C, Mugisha JC, Habarugira F, Fraundorfer K, Bayingana C, Ndoli J, Umulisa I, Karema C von Samson-Himmelstjerna G, Aebischer T, Martus P, Sendegeya A, Gahutu JB, Mockenhaupt FP. Malar J. 2016 Nov 14;15(1):553.

Option B+ for prevention of vertical HIV transmission has no influence on adverse birth outcomes in a cross-sectional cohort in Western Uganda. Rempis EM, Schnack A, Decker S, Braun V, Rubaihayo J, Tumwesigye NM, Busingye P, Harms G, Theuring S. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2017 Mar 7;17(1):82.

Comparison of Leishmania typing results obtained from 16 European clinical laboratories in 2014.
Van der Auwera G, Bart A, Chicharro C, Cortes S, Davidsson L, Di Muccio T, Dujardin JC, Felger I, Paglia MG, Grimm F, Harms G, Jaffe CL, Manser M, Ravel C, Robert-Gangneux F, Roelfsema J17, Töz S18, Verweij JJ, Chiodini PL. Euro Surveill. 2016 Dec 8;21(49):1-11.

Artemisinin Resistance-Associated K13 Polymorphisms of Plasmodium falciparum in Southern Rwanda, 2010-2015. Tacoli C, Gai PP, Bayingana C, Sifft K, Geus D, Ndoli J, Sendegeya A, Gahutu JB, Mockenhaupt FP. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2016 Nov 2;95(5):1090-1093.

At Home with Mastomys and Rattus: Human-Rodent Interactions and Potential for Primary Transmission of Lassa Virus in Domestic Spaces. Bonwitt J, Sáez AM, Lamin J, Ansumana R, Dawson M, Buanie J, Lamin J, Sondufu D, Borchert M, Sahr F, Fichet-Calvet E, Brown H. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Apr;96(4):935-943. BMC Infect Dis. 2016 Jun 10;16:263.

High prevalence of IgG antibodies to Ebola virus in the Efé pygmy population in the Watsa region, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mulangu S, Borchert M, Paweska J, Tshomba A, Afounde A, Kulidri A, Swanepoel R, Muyembe-Tamfum JJ, Van der Stuyft P. Ecohealth. 2016 Jun;13(2):234-47.

Highly specific detection of Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts in human stool samples by undemanding and inexpensive phase contrast microscopy. Ignatius R, Klemm T, Zander S, Gahutu JB, Kimmig P, Mockenhaupt FP, Regnath T. Parasitol Res. 2016 Mar;115(3):1229-34.

Rat-atouille: A Mixed Method Study to Characterize Rodent Hunting and Consumption in the Context of Lassa Fever. Bonwitt J, Kelly AH, Ansumana R, Agbla S, Sahr F, Saez AM, Borchert M, Kock R, Fichet-Calvet E. Ecohealth. 2016 Jun;13(2):234-47.

Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Option B+ Era: Uptake and Adherence During Pregnancy in Western Uganda. Schnack A, Rempis E, Decker S, Braun V, Rubaihayo J, Busingye P, Tumwesigye NM, Harms G, Theuring S. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2016 Mar;30(3):110-8.

Smoking prevalence differs by location of residence among Ghanaians in Africa and Europe: The RODAM study. Brathwaite R, Addo J, Kunst AE, Agyemang C, Owusu-Dabo E, de-Graft Aikins A, Beune E, Meeks K, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Bahendeka S, Mockenhaupt FP, Amoah S, Galbete C, Schulze MB, Danquah I, Smeeth L. PLoS One. 2017 May 5;12(5):e0177291.

Transmission of HIV in Option B+ Era: Uptake and Adherence During Pregnancy in Western Uganda.
Schnack A, Rempis E, Decker S, Braun V, Rubaihayo J, Busingye P, Tumwesigye NM, Harms G, Theuring S.
AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2016 Mar;30(3):110-8.

Schistosomiasis Screening of Travelers to Corsica, France. Gautret P, Mockenhaupt FP, von Sonnenburg F, Rothe C, Libman M, Van De Winkel K, Bottieau E, Grobusch MP, Hamer DH, Esposito DH, Parola P, Schlagenhauf P; GeoSentinel Surveillance Network. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Jan;22(1):159.

High carriage rate of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae at presentation and follow-up among travellers with gastrointestinal complaints returning from India and Southeast Asia. Barreto Miranda I, Ignatius R, Pfüller R, Friedrich-Jänicke B, Steiner F, Paland M, Dieckmann S, Schaufler K, Wieler LH, Guenther S, Mockenhaupt FP. J Travel Med. 2016 Feb 8;23(2):tav024.

Profile of illness in Syrian refugees: A GeoSentinel analysis, 2013 to 2015. Mockenhaupt FP, Barbre KA, Jensenius M, Larsen CS, Barnett ED, Stauffer W, Rothe C, Asgeirsson H, Hamer DH, Esposito DH, Gautret P, Schlagenhauf P. Euro Surveill. 2016;21(10):30160.

Screening for infectious diseases among unaccompanied minor refugees in Berlin, 2014-2015. Theuring S, Friedrich-Jänicke B, Pörtner K, Trebesch I, Durst A, Dieckmann S, Steiner F, Harms G, Mockenhaupt FP. Eur J Epidemiol. 2016 Jul;31(7):707-10.

Acceptability and Accuracy of Cervical Cancer Screening Using a Self-Collected Tampon for HPV Messenger-RNA Testing among HIV-Infected Women in South Africa. Adamson PC, Huchko MJ, Moss AM, Kinkel HF, Medina-Marino A. PLoS One. 2015 Sep 2;10(9):e0137299. 

Extending the "social": anthropological contributions to the study of viral haemorrhagic fevers. Brown H, Kelly AH, Marí Sáez A, Fichet-Calvet E, Ansumana R, Bonwitt J, Magassouba N, Sahr F, Borchert M. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Apr 16;9(4).

Matrix metalloproteinase-9 polymorphism 1562 C > T (rs3918242) associated with protection against placental malaria. Apoorv TS, Babu PP, Meese S, Gai PP, Bedu-Addo G, Mockenhaupt FP. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Jul;93(1):186-8.

Age-dependent decline and association with stunting of Giardia duodenalis infection among schoolchildren in rural Huye district, Rwanda. Heimer J, Staudacher O, Steiner F, Kayonga Y, Havugimana JM, Musemakweri A, Harms G, Gahutu JB, Mockenhaupt FP. Acta Trop. 2015 May;145:17-22.

Lack of effect of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy and intense drug resistance in western Uganda. Braun V, Rempis E, Schnack A, Decker S, Rubaihayo J, Tumwesigye NM, Theuring S, Harms G, Busingye P, Mockenhaupt FP. Malar J. 2015 Sep 26;14:372.

Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Isiro, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2012: Signs and Symptoms, Management and Outcomes. Kratz T, Roddy P, Tshomba Oloma A, Jeffs B, Pou Ciruelo D, de la Rosa O, Borchert M.v PLoS One. 2015 Jun 24;10(6):e0129333.

Losing women along the path to safe motherhood: why is there such a gap between women's use of antenatal care and skilled birth attendance? A mixed methods study in northern Uganda. Anastasi E, Borchert M, Campbell OM, Sondorp E, Kaducu F, Hill O, Okeng D, Odong VN, Lange IL. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2015 Nov 4;15:287.

Comparison of 454 Ultra-Deep Sequencing and Allele-Specific Real-Time PCR with Regard to the Detection of Emerging Drug-Resistant Minor HIV-1 Variants after Antiretroviral Prophylaxis for Vertical Transmission. Hauser A, Kuecherer C, Kunz A, Dabrowski PW, Radonić A, Nitsche A, Theuring S, Bannert N, Sewangi J, Mbezi P, Dugange F, Harms G, Meixenberger K. PLoS One. 2015 Oct 15;10(10):e0140809.

Official invitation letters to promote male partner attendance and couple voluntary HIV counselling and testing in antenatal care: an implementation study in Mbeya Region, Tanzania. Jefferys LF, Nchimbi P, Mbezi P, Sewangi J, Theuring S. Reprod Health. 2015 Oct 15;12:95.

Efficacy and safety of triple combination therapy with artesunate-amodiaquine-methylene blue for falciparum malaria in children: a randomized controlled trial in Burkina Faso. Coulibaly B, Pritsch M, Bountogo M, Meissner PE, Nebié E, Klose C, Kieser M, Berens-Riha N, Wieser A, Sirima SB, Breitkreutz J, Schirmer RH, Sié A, Mockenhaupt FP, Drakeley C, Bousema T, Müller O. J Infect Dis. 2015 Mar 1;211(5):689-97.

Travel-associated infection presenting in Europe (2008-12): an analysis of EuroTravNet longitudinal, surveillance data, and evaluation of the effect of the pre-travel consultation. Schlagenhauf P, Weld L, Goorhuis A, Gautret P, Weber R, von Sonnenburg F, Lopez-Vélez R, Jensenius M, Cramer JP, Field VK, Odolini S, Gkrania-Klotsas E, Chappuis F, Malvy D, van Genderen PJ, Mockenhaupt F, Jauréguiberry S, Smith C, Beeching NJ, Ursing J, Rapp C, Parola P, Grobusch MP; EuroTravNet. Lancet Infect Dis. 2015 Jan;15(1):55-64.

Skin and soft tissue infections in intercontinental travellers and the import of multi-resistant Staphylococcus aureus to Europe. Nurjadi D, Friedrich-Jänicke B, Schäfer J, Van Genderen PJ, Goorhuis A, Perignon A, Neumayr A, Mueller A, Kantele A, Schunk M, Gascon J, Stich A, Hatz C, Caumes E, Grobusch MP, Fleck R, Mockenhaupt FP, Zanger P. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2015 Jun;21(6):567.

Age-dependent decline and association with stunting of Giardia duodenalis infection among schoolchildren in rural Huye district, Rwanda. Heimer J, Staudacher O, Steiner F, Kayonga Y, Havugimana JM, Musemakweri A, Harms G, Gahutu JB, Mockenhaupt FP. Acta Trop. 2015 May;145:17-22.

High prevalence of anaemia among African migrants in Germany persists after exclusion of iron deficiency and erythrocyte polymorphisms. Heimer J, Staudacher O, Steiner F, Kayonga Y, Havugimana JM, Musemakweri A, Harms G, Gahutu JB, Mockenhaupt FP. Trop Med Int Health. 2015 Sep;20(9):1180-1189.

Lack of effect of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy and intense drug resistance in western Uganda. Braun V, Rempis E, Schnack A, Decker S, Rubaihayo J, Tumwesigye NM, Theuring S, Harms G, Busingye P, Mockenhaupt FP. Malar J. 2015 Sep 26;14:372.

Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Polymorphism 1562 C > T (rs3918242) Associated with Protection Against Placental Malaria. Apoorv TS, Babu PP, Meese S, Gai PP, Bedu-Addo G, Mockenhaupt FP. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Jul;93(1):186-8.

A Dietary Pattern Derived by Reduced Rank Regression is Associated with Type 2 Diabetes in An Urban Ghanaian Population. Frank LK, Jannasch F, Kröger J, Bedu-Addo G, Mockenhaupt FP, Schulze MB, Danquah I. Nutrients. 2015 Jul 7;7(7):5497-514.

Vitamin A: potential misclassification of vitamin A status among patients with type 2 diabetes and hypertension in urban Ghana. Danquah I, Dobrucky CL, Frank LK, Henze A, Amoako YA, Bedu-Addo G, Raila J, Schulze MB, Mockenhaupt FP, Schweigert FJ. Am J Clin Nutr. 2015 Jul;102(1):207-14.

Emergence of trimethoprim resistance gene dfrG in Staphylococcus aureus causing human infection and colonization in sub-Saharan Africa and its import to Europe. Nurjadi D, Olalekan AO, Layer F3, Shittu AO, Alabi A, Ghebremedhin B, Schaumburg F, Hofmann-Eifler J, Van Genderen PJ, Caumes E, Fleck R, Mockenhaupt FP, Herrmann M, Kern WV, Abdulla S, Grobusch MP, Kremsner PG, Wolz C, Zanger P. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2014 Sep;69(9):2361-8.

Investigating the zoonotic origin of the West African Ebola epidemic. Marí Saéz A, Weiss S, Nowak K, Lapeyre V, Zimmermann F, Düx A, Kühl HS, Kaba M, Regnaut S, Merkel K, Sachse A, Thiesen U, Villányi L, Boesch C, Dabrowski PW, Radonić A, Nitsche A, Leendertz SA, Petterson S, Becker S, Krähling V, Couacy-Hymann E, Akoua-Koffi C, Weber N, Schaade L, Fahr J, Borchert M, Gogarten JF, Calvignac-Spencer S, Leendertz FH. EMBO Mol Med. 2015 Jan;7(1):17-23.

Reduced prevalence of Giardia duodenalis in iron-deficient Rwandan children. Danquah I, Gahutu JB, Ignatius R, Musemakweri A, Mockenhaupt FP. Trop Med Int Health. 2014 May;19(5):563-7.

Soil-transmitted helminths in southern highland Rwanda: associated factors and effectiveness of school-based preventive chemotherapy. Staudacher O, Heimer J, Steiner F, Kayonga Y, Havugimana JM, Ignatius R, Musemakweri A, Ngabo F, Harms G, Gahutu JB, Mockenhaupt FP. Trop Med Int Health. 2014 Jul;19(7):812-24.

Anaemia, iron deficiency and a common polymorphism of iron-regulation, TMPRSS6 rs855791, in Rwandan children. Danquah I, Gahutu JB, Zeile I, Musemakweri A, Mockenhaupt FP. Trop Med Int Health. 2014 Jan;19(1):117-22.

No association of the p53 codon 72 polymorphism with malaria in Ghanaian primiparae and Rwandan children. Gai PP, Meese S, Bedu-Addo G, Gahutu JB, Mockenhaupt FP. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Jun;90(6):1133-4.

Detection of Giardia duodenalis assemblage A and B isolates by immunochromatography in stool samples from Rwandan children. Ignatius R, Gahutu JB, Klotz C, Musemakweri A, Aebischer T, Mockenhaupt FP. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2014 Oct;20(10):O783-5.

Illness in travelers returned from Brazil: the GeoSentinel experience and implications for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics. Wilson ME, Chen LH, Han PV, Keystone JS, Cramer JP, Segurado A, Hale D, Jensenius M, Schwartz E, von Sonnenburg F, Leder K; GeoSentinel Surveillance Network. Clin Infect Dis. 2014 May;58(10):1347-56.

Rationale and cross-sectional study design of the Research on Obesity and type 2 Diabetes among African Migrants: the RODAM study. Agyemang C, Beune E, Meeks K, Owusu-Dabo E, Agyei-Baffour P, Aikins Ad, Dodoo F, Smeeth L, Addo J, Mockenhaupt FP, Amoah SK, Schulze MB, Danquah I, Spranger J, Nicolaou M, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Burr T, Henneman P, Mannens MM, van Straalen JP, Bahendeka S, Zwinderman AH, Kunst AE, Stronks K. BMJ Open. 2014 Mar 21;4(3):e004877.

Soil-transmitted helminths in southern highland Rwanda: associated factors and effectiveness of school-based preventive chemotherapy. Staudacher O1, Heimer J, Steiner F, Kayonga Y, Havugimana JM, Ignatius R, Musemakweri A, Ngabo F, Harms G, Gahutu JB, Mockenhaupt FP. Trop Med Int Health. 2014 Jul;19(7):812-24.

Reduced prevalence of placental malaria in primiparae with blood group O. Bedu-Addo G, Gai PP, Meese S, Eggelte TA, Thangaraj K, Mockenhaupt FP. Malar J. 2014 Jul 28;13:289. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-289.

Dietary patterns in urban Ghana and risk of type 2 diabetes. Frank LK, Kröger J, Schulze MB, Bedu-Addo G, Mockenhaupt FP, Danquah I. Br J Nutr. 2014 Jul 14;112(1):89-98.

The challenge of referring HIV-positive pregnant women with treatment indication from PMTCT to ART services: a retrospective follow-up study in Mbeya, Tanzania. Theuring S, Sewangi J, Nchimbi P, Harms G, Mbezi P. AIDS Care. 2014;26(7):850-6.

Reducedprevalence of Giardia duodenalis in iron-deficient Rwandan children. Danquah I, Gahutu JB, Ignatius R, Musemakweri A, Mockenhaupt FP. Trop Med Int Health. 2014 May;19(5):563-7.

Detection of Giardia duodenalis assemblage A and B isolates by immunochromatography in stool samples from Rwandan children. Ignatius R, Gahutu JB, Klotz C, Musemakweri A, Aebischer T, Mockenhaupt FP. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2014 Oct;20(10):O783-5.

LeishMan Recommendations for Treatment of Cutaneous and Mucosal Leishmaniasis in Travelers, 2014. Blum J, Buffet P, Visser L, Harms G, Bailey MS, Caumes E, Clerinx J, van Thiel PP, Morizot G, Hatz C, Dorlo TP, Lockwood DN. J Travel Med. 2014 Mar-Apr;21(2):116-29.

The TCF7L2 rs7903146 (T) allele is associated with type 2 diabetes in urban Ghana: a hospital-based case--control study. Danquah I, Othmer T, Frank LK, Bedu-Addo G, Schulze MB, Mockenhaupt FP. BMC Med Genet. 2013 Sep 23;14:96. doi: 10.1186/1471-2350-14-96.

Acute Schistosomiasis in European Students Returning From Fieldwork at Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania.
Steiner F, Ignatius R, Friedrich-Jaenicke B, Dieckmann S, Harms G, Poppert S, Mockenhaupt FP. J Travel Med. 2013 Nov-Dec;20(6):380-3.

Giardia duodenalis Arginine Deiminase Modulates the Phenotype and Cytokine Secretion of Human Dendritic Cells by Depletion of Arginine and Formation of Ammonia. Banik S, Renner Viveros P, Seeber F, Klotz C, Ignatius R, Aebischer T. Infect Immun. 2013 Jul;81(7):2309-17.

The Attenuated Brucella abortus Strain 19 Invades, Persists in, and Activates Human Dendritic Cells, and Induces the Secretion of IL-12p70 but Not IL-23. Weinhold M, Eisenblätter M, Jasny E, Fehlings M, Finke A, Gayum H, Rüschendorf U, Renner Viveros P, Moos V, Allers K, Schneider T, Schaible UE, Schumann RR, Mielke ME, Ignatius R. PLoS One. 2013 Jun 21;8(6):e65934.

Dendritic cells from human mesenteric lymph nodes in inflammatory and non-inflammatory bowel diseases: subsets and function of plasmacytoid dendritic cells. Hostmann A, Kapp K, Beutner M, Ritz JP, Loddenkemper C, Ignatius R, Duchmann R, Daum S, Gröne J, Hotz H, Buhr HJ, Zeitz M, Ullrich R. Immunology. 2013 May;139(1):100-8.

An ATP2B4 Polymorphism Protects Against Malaria in Pregnancy.  Bedu-Addo G, Meese S, Mockenhaupt FP. J Infect Dis. 2013 May 15;207(10):1600-3.

Clinical complexity of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis infections amongst travelers. Eichner S, Thoma-Uszynski S, Herrgott I, Sebald H, Debus A, Tsianakas A, Ehrchen J, Harms G, Simon M, Sunderkötter C, Bogdan C. Eur J Dermatol. 2013 Apr 1;23(2):218-23.

Fifteen years of the tropEd Masters in International Health programme: what has it delivered? Results of an alumni survey of masters students in international health. Gerstel L, Zwanikken PA, Hoffman A, Diederichs C, Borchert M, Peterhans B. Trop Med Int Health. 2013 Mar;18(3):377-84.

Hematological Changes in Women and Infants Exposed to an AZT-Containing Regimen for Prevention of Mother-to-Child-Transmission of HIV in Tanzania. Ziske J, Kunz A, Sewangi J, Lau I, Dugange F, Hauser A, Kirschner W, Harms G, Theuring S. PLoS One. 2013;8(2):e55633.

Clinical manifestations and case management of Ebola haemorrhagic fever caused by a newly identified virus strain, Bundibugyo, Uganda, 2007-2008. Roddy P, Howard N, Van Kerkhove MD, Lutwama J, Wamala J, Yoti Z, Colebunders R, Palma PP, Sterk E, Jeffs B, Van Herp M, Borchert M. PLoS One. 2012;7(12):e52986.

Risk of immunodeficiency virus infection may increase with vaccine-induced immune response. Tenbusch M, Ignatius R, Temchura V, Nabi G, Tippler B, Stewart-Jones G, Salazar AM, Sauermann Ü, Stahl-Hennig C, Uberla K. J Virol. 2012 Oct;86(19):10533-9.

Local or systemic treatment for New World cutaneous leishmaniasis? Re-evaluating the evidence for the risk of mucosal leishmaniasis. Blum J, Lockwood DN, Visser L, Harms G, Bailey MS, Caumes E, Clerinx J, van Thiel PP, Morizot G, Hatz C, Buffet P. Int Health. 2012 Sep;4(3):153-63.

Zidovudine Exposure in HIV-1 Infected Tanzanian Women Increases Mitochondrial DNA Levels in Placenta and Umbilical Cords. Kunz A, von Wurmb-Schwark N, Sewangi J, Ziske J, Lau I, Mbezi P, Theuring S, Hauser A, Dugange F, Katerna A, Harms G. PLoS One. 2012;7(7):e41637.

High Prevalence of Giardia duodenalis Assemblage B Infection and Association with Underweight in Rwandan Children. Ignatius R, Gahutu JB, Klotz C, Steininger C, Shyirambere C, Lyng M, Musemakweri A, Aebischer T, Martus P, Harms G, Mockenhaupt FP. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012;6(6):e1677.

Uncommon manifestation of a mixed-species malaria infection: cryptic falciparum malaria in a traveler with successfully treated tertian malaria Menner N, Borchert M, Dieckmann S, Ignatius R, Mockenhaupt FP. J Travel Med. 2012 Mar-Apr;19(2):133-5.

Diabetes mellitus type 2 in urban Ghana: characteristics and associated factors. Danquah I, Bedu-Addo G, Terpe KJ, Micah F, Amoako YA, Awuku YA, Dietz E, van der Giet M, Spranger J, Mockenhaupt FP.BMC Public Health. 2012 Mar 20;12:210.

Mutations of complement lectin pathway genes MBL2 and MASP2 associated with placental malaria. Holmberg V, Onkamo P, Lahtela E, Lahermo P, Bedu-Addo G, Mockenhaupt FP, Meri S. Malar J. 2012 Mar 2;11:61.

Mannose-binding lectin and Toll-like receptor polymorphisms and Chagas disease in Chile. Weitzel T, Zulantay I, Danquah I, Hamann L, Schumann RR, Apt W, Mockenhaupt FP. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012 Feb;86(2):229-32.

Emergence of Minor Drug-Resistant HIV-1 Variants after Triple Antiretroviral Prophylaxis for Prevention of Vertical HIV-1 Transmission. Hauser A, Sewangi J, Mbezi P, Dugange F, Lau I, Ziske J, Theuring S, Kuecherer C, Harms G, Kunz A. PLoS One. 2012;7(2):e32055.

Localized Leishmanial Lymphadenopathy: An Unusual Manifestation of Leishmaniasis in a Traveler in Southern Europe. Ignatius R, Loddenkemper C, Woitzik J, Schneider T, Harms G. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2011 Aug;11(8):1213-5.

Treatment of imported New World cutaneous leishmaniasis in Germany. Harms G, Scherbaum H, Reiter-Owona I, Stich A, Richter J. Int J Dermatol. 2011 Nov;50(11):1336-42.

Modulation of the CD4+ T-Cell Response by Helicobacter pylori Depends on Known Virulence Factors and Bacterial Cholesterol and Cholesterol {alpha}-Glucoside Content. Beigier-Bompadre M1, Moos V, Belogolova E, Allers K, Schneider T, Churin Y, Ignatius R, Meyer TF, Aebischer T. J Infect Dis. 2011 Nov;204(9):1339-48.

Difficulties leaving home: A cross-sectional study of delays in seeking emergency obstetric care in Herat, Afghanistan. Hirose A, Borchert M, Niksear H, Alkozai AS, Cox J, Gardiner J, Osmani KR, Filippi V. Soc Sci Med. 2011 Oct;73(7):1003-13.

Mucosal Leishmania infantum infection. Richter J, Hanus I, Häussinger D, Löscher T, Harms G. Parasitol Res. 2011 Sep;109(3):959-62.

Amoebic liver abscess with negative serologic markers for Entamoeba histolytica: mind the gap! Marn H, Ignatius R, Tannich E, Harms G, Schürmann M, Dieckmann S. Infection. 2012 Feb;40(1):87-91.