Publications

Afriyie D.O, Titi-Ofei R, Masiye F, Chansa C, Fink G. The political economy of national health insurance schemes: evidence from Zambia. Health Policy Plan. 2025;40(1):66-74. DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czae094

Bapolisi W, Makelele J, Kono-Tange L, Bisimwa G, Merten S. Exploring the impact of combining women’s empowerment through village savings and loans associations with men’s sensitization on gender equity on socio-economic, maternal, and children’s health outcomes. Community Dev J. 2025;60(1):181-199. DOI: 10.1093/cdj/bsad033

Baumann S, Sewing L, Traechslin C, Verhagen-Kamerbeek W, Grize L, Kraenzlin M, Meier C. Serum pentosidine in relation to obesity in patients with type 2 diabetes and healthy controls. Calcif Tissue Int. 2025;116:25. DOI: 10.1007/s00223-024-01338-6

Boogaard H, Pant P, Künzli N. Editorial: Science to foster the WHO air quality guideline values. Int J Public Health. 2025;69:1608249. DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2024.1608249

Braunack-Mayer L, Nekkab N, Malinga J, Kelly S.L, Ansah E, Moehrle J.J, Penny M.A. Therapeutic development to accelerate malaria control through intentional intervention layering. Malar J. 2025;24:12. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-024-05222-4

Caron A, de Garine-Wichatitsky M, Figuié M, Meunier J, Mugabe P, Zinsstag J. Bridging gaps and leveraging opportunities for One Health: feedback from the 8th World One Health Congress. CABI One Health. 2025;4(1):0003. DOI: 10.1079/cabionehealth.2025.0003

Clark C, Vienneau D, Aasvang G.M. Noise and effects on health and well-being. In: van Kamp I,Woudenberg F, eds. A sound approach to noise and health, 51-74: Springer, 2025. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-97-6121-0_4

Dupouy B, Cotos L, Binder A, Slavikova L, Rottmann M, Mäser P, Jacquemin D, Ganter M, Davioud-Charvet E, Elhabiri M. Click coupling of flavylium dyes with plasmodione analogues: towards new redox-sensitive pro-fluorophores. Chemistry. 2025;31(6):e202403691. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202403691

Dziwornu G.A, Attram H.D, Häberli C, Masike K, Njoroge M, Keiser J. Benzimidazole analogues active against adult Schistosoma mansoni: SAR analyses, in vivo efficacy in mice, and preliminary mechanistic studies as potential inhibitors of hemozoin formation. Eur J Med Chem. 2025;284:117186. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2024.117186

Fine A.H, Hediger K. Incorporating animals into psychotherapy. In: Fine A.H,Mueller M.K,Ng Z.Y,Griffin T.C,Tedeschi P, eds. Handbook on animal-assisted therapy, 111-126: Elsevier, 2025. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-22346-4.00008-1

Gal I.R, Demarta-Gatsi C, Fontinha D, Arez F, Wicha S.G, Rottmann M, Nunes-Cabaço H, Blais J, Jain J.P, Lakshminarayana S.B, Brito C, Prudêncio M, Alves P.M, Spangenberg T. Drug interaction studies of cabamiquine: ganaplacide combination against hepatic Plasmodium berghei. ACS Infect Dis. 2025;11(1):69-79. DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.4c00563

Gils T, Hella J, Jacobs B.K.M, Sossen B, Mukoka M, Muyoyeta M, Nakabugo E, Van Nguyen H, Ubolyam S, Macé A, Vermeulen M, Nyangu S, Sanjase N, Sasamalo M, Dinh H.T, Ngo T.A, Manosuthi W, Jirajariyavej S, Denkinger C.M, Nguyen N.V, Avihingsanon A, Nakiyingi L, Székely R, Kerkhoff A.D, MacPherson P, Meintjes G, Reither K, Ruhwald M. A prospective evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of the point-of-care VISITECT CD4 Advanced Disease test in seven countries. J Infect Dis. 2025(in press). DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiae374

Goig G.A, Loiseau C, Maghradze N, McHedlishvili K, Avaliani T, Brites D, Borrell S, Aspindzelashvili R, Avaliani Z, Kipiani M, Tukvadze N, Jugheli L, Gagneux S. Transmission as a key driver of resistance to the new tuberculosis drugs. N Engl J Med. 2025;392(1):97-99. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc2404644

Golumbeanu M, Edi C.A.V, Hetzel M.W, Koepfli C, Nsanzabana C. Bridging the gap from molecular surveillance to programmatic decisions for malaria control and elimination. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2025;112(1 Suppl.):35-47. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0749

Hahad O, Lelieveld J, Al-Kindi S, Schmitt V.H, Hobohm L, Keller K, Röösli M, Kuntic M, Daiber A. Burden of disease in Germany attributed to ambient particulate matter pollution : findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Herz. 2025;50(1):42-50. DOI: 10.1007/s00059-024-05269-8

Horgan D, Tanner M, Aggarwal C, Thomas D, Grover S, Basel-Salmon L, Dienstmann R, Tan T.J.Y, Park W.Y, Abu Rasheed H.M, Siu L.L, Ma B, Ortiz-López R, Van den Bulcke M, Taucher S.C, Ferris A, Starling N, Malapelle U, Longshore J, Saldaña H.A.B, Subbiah V. Precision oncology: a global perspective on implementation and policy development. JCO Glob Oncol. 2025;11:e2400416. DOI: 10.1200/go-24-00416

Ikuteyijo O.O, Zepro N, Akinyemi A.I, Probst-Hensch N, Merten S. Socio-economic factors influencing intimate partner violence among adolescents and young women in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review. Public Health Rev. 2025;45:1607041. DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2024.1607041

Isaiah P.M, Nyawanda B, Okoyo C, Oloo J.O, Steinmann P. Schistosomiasis status and health impact in preschool-aged children in hard-to-reach areas and populations of Homa Bay County, Kenya. Acta Trop. 2025;261(107511). DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107511

Jeong A, Lovison G, Bussalleu A, Cirach M, Dadvand P, de Hoogh K, Flexeder C, Hoek G, Imboden M, Karrasch S, Koppelman G.H, Kress S, Ljungman P, Majewska R, Pershagen G, Pickford R, Shen Y, Vermeulen R.C.H, Vlaanderen J.J, Vogli M, Wolf K, Yu Z, Melén E, Pac A, Peters A, Schikowski T, Standl M, Gehring U, Probst-Hensch N. Lung function-associated exposome profile in the era of climate change: pooled analysis of 8 population-based European cohorts within the EXPANSE project. Environ Int. 2025(in press). DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2025.109269

Karipidis K, Baaken D, Loney T, Blettner M, Mate R, Brzozek C, Elwood M, Narh C, Orsini N, Röösli M, Paulo M.S, Lagorio S. Response to the letter from members of the ICBE-EMF. Environ Int. 2025;195:109201. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.109201

Knaab T.C, Moritz A, Pessanha de Carvalho L, Klein S, Lungerich B, Lohse K, Kruse L, Mombo-Ngoma G, Orta L, Thibaud J.L, de Villiers K.A, Fidock D.A, Burckhardt B.B, Held J, Wittlin S, Kurz T. TKK130 is a 3-hydroxy-propanamidine (HPA) with potent antimalarial in vivo activity and a high barrier to resistance. J Med Chem. 2025;68(1):95-107. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c01465

Künstle N, Gorlanova O, Rüttimann C, Mostacci N, Röösli M, de Hoogh K, Flückiger B, Da Silva Sena C.R, Steinberg R, Korten I, Yammine S, Schulzke S, Latzin P, Hilty M, Frey U, BILD study group. The association of increased pre- and postnatal NO2 and PM2.5 exposure with the infant nasal microbiome composition and respiratory symptoms. Environ Res. 2025(in press). DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.120694

Kurscheid J, Buhl A, Westenberg E, Palmeirim M.S, Winkler A.S, Steinmann P, Monnier N. Considerations and expectations for the administration of dispersible arpraziquantel to young children: a landscape analysis. Int Health. 2025(in press). DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihae092

Kweyamba P.A, Hofer L.M, Kibondo U.A, Mwanga R.Y, Sayi R.M, Matwewe F, Lwetoijera D.W, Tambwe M.M, Moore S.J. Contrasting vector competence of three main East African Anopheles malaria vector mosquitoes for Plasmodium falciparum. Sci Rep. 2025;15:2286. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-86409-w

Lauer J.M, Pyykkö J, Chembe M, Bilima-Mulenga T, Sikazwe D, Chibwe B, Henderson S, Parkerson D, Leppänen J.M, Fink G, Locks L.M, Rockers P.C. Markers of environmental enteric dysfunction are associated with poor growth and developmental outcomes among young children in Lusaka, Zambia. J Pediatr. 2025;277:10. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.114408

Lochmann S. Development of monoclonal antibody-based antigen capture assays to distinguish SARS-CoV-2 from related Sarbecoviruses in clinical samples from Ghana. Allschwil: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2025. MSc Thesis

Lushasi S.C, Mwalugelo Y.A, Swai J.K, Mmbando A.S, Muyaga L.L, Nyolobi N.K, Mutashobya A, Mmbaga A.T, Kunambi H.J, Twaha S, Mwema M.F, Lwetoijera D.W. The interspecific competition between larvae of Aedes aegypti and major african malaria vectors in a semi-field system in Tanzania. Insects. 2025;16(1):34. DOI: 10.3390/insects16010034

Macha M.E, Qi W, Seiffert S.N, Bösch A, Kohler P, Urassa H.M, Haller S, West E, Rohacek M.W, Babouee Flury B. High prevalence of fecal carriage of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing Enterobacterales among patients with urinary tract infections in rural Tanzania. Front Microbiol. 2025;15:1517182. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1517182

Malan D, Van Niekerk S, Häberli C, Keiser J, Van der Kooy F. In vitro antischistosomal activity of Artemisia species. Acta Trop. 2025(in press). DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2025.107535

Mapesi H, Rohacek M, Vanobberghen F, Gupta R, Wilson H.I, Lukau B, Amstutz A, Lyimo A, Muhairwe J, Senkoro E, Byakuzana T, Nkouabi J, Mbunda G, Siru J, Tarr A, Ramapepe E, Mphunyane M, Oehri J, Nemtsova V, Yan X, Bresser M, Glass T.R, Paris D.H, Fink G, Gingo W, Labhardt N.D, Burkard T, Weisser M. Treatment strategies to control blood pressure in people with hypertension in Tanzania and Lesotho: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Cardiol. 2025(in press). DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2024.5124

March V.F.A, Maghradze N, McHedlishvili K, Avaliani T, Aspindzelashvili R, Avaliani Z, Kipiani M, Tukvadze N, Jugheli L, Bouaouina S, Doetsch A, Goig G.A, Gagneux S, Borrell S. Drug-induced differential culturability in diverse strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Sci Rep. 2025;15:3588. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-85092-7

Martinez de Salazar P, Parra-Salazar A, Niles-Robin R, Valz O, James K, Buckee C.O, Cox H. Malaria spillover in indigenous Guyanese communities following a crackdown on illegal gold mining in Brazil. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2025;42:100969. DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2024.100969

Martinez-Vega R, Ishengoma D.S, Gosling R, Rosenthal P.J, Dondorp A, Barnes K.I, Nsanzabana C, Djimde A.A, Ochola-Oyier L.I, Tibenderana J, Chimumbwa J, Golassa L, Kapologwe N.A, Mbacham W.F, Kamya M.R, Fidock D.A, Komatsu R, von Seidlein L, Dhorda M. Regional action needed to halt antimalarial drug resistance in Africa. Lancet. 2025;405(10472):7-10. DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(24)02706-5

Masserey T, Braunack-Mayer L, Miller R.S, Möhrle J.J, Penny M.A. A roadmap for understanding sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in malaria chemoprevention. Parasitology. 2025(in press). DOI: 10.1017/s0031182025000071

Naber A, Kreuzer L, Zink R, Millesi E, Palme R, Hediger K, Glenk L.M. Heart rate and salivary cortisol as indicators of arousal and synchrony in clients, therapy horses and therapist in equine-assisted therapy. Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2025(in press). DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2025.101937

Neumayr A, Kositz C, Künzli E. Eastern Africa, Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands. In: Petersen E,Chen L.H,Schlagenhauf P, eds. Routledge handbook of infectious diseases: a geographical guide, 97-113. London & New York: Taylor and Francis, 2025. DOI: 10.4324/9781003531425-10

Nuvey F.S, Fink G, Hattendorf J, Haydon D.T, Fokou G, Addo K.K, Zinsstag J, Esse-Dibby C, Bonfoh B. Effects of community action on animal vaccination uptake, antimicrobial usage, and farmers' wellbeing in Ghana: study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial. One Health. 2025;20:100952. DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2024.100952

Onen H, Kaindoa E.W, Nkya J, Limwagu A, Kaddumukasa M.A, Okumu F.O, Kayondo J.K, Akol A.M, Tripet F. Semi-field experiments reveal contrasted predation and movement patterns of aquatic macroinvertebrate predators of Anopheles gambiae larvae. Malar J. 2025;24:4. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-025-05242-8

Paris D.H, White N.J. South-East Asia. In: Petersen E,Chen L.H,Schlagenhauf P, eds. Routledge handbook of infectious diseases: a geographical guide, 196-212. London & New York: Taylor and Francis, 2025. DOI: 10.4324/9781003531425-16

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(in press). DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2025.120828